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The Global Journalist in the 21st Century

David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2012), 584 pp.

"The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more ... more

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Women and the Media in Asia: The Precarious Self

Youna Kim (ed.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiii, 258 pp.

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Radio

John Allen Hendricks (ed.)

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xxxiv, 590 pp.

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The Geography of Foreign News on Television: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries

Jürgen Wilke, Christine Heimprecht, Akiba Cohen

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 301-322

"The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all ... more

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Asian Communication Handbook
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Sundeep R. Muppidi (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2012), 466 pp.

"The first "theoretical perspectives" section has opinions and research articles by academic scholars and expert practitioners on new media and communication Issues and trends in Asia. Some of the topics covered include the dynamics arising out of the shift to the 'digilogue', mobile activism, corpo ... more

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Human Rights and Media

Diana Papademas (ed.)

Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2011), xiv, 223 pp.

Political Communication in Asia

Lars Willnat, Annette Aw (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2009), viii, 240 pp.

Media Education in Asia

Chi-Kim Cheung (ed.)

Dordrecht; London: Springer (2009), viii, 239 pp.

"Media education in Asia is a relatively young, but rapidly developing part of the curriculum. Research has been conducted and papers have been written on various issues concerning media education in Asia. The dominant models of media education in the world are broadly Western and most are drawn fro ... more

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TV China

Ying Zhu, Chris Berry (ed.)

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2009), vi, 259 pp.

"If radio and film were the emblematic media of the Maoist era, television has rapidly established itself as the medium of the "marketized" China and in the diaspora. In less than two decades, television has become the dominant medium across the Chinese cultural world. TV China is the first antholog ... more

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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010

Shahid Akhtar, Patricia Arinto (eds.)

Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom;International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp.

"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u ... more

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The Asia Media Directory: A Handbook for Media Practitioners in the Region Interested in Establishing a Contact Network

Werner vom Busch, Alastair Carthew (eds.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 305 pp.

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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008: Reports on 31 Economies and 2 Sub-Regional Associations

Felix Librero, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)

New Dehli: Sage India;Orbicom;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), xv, 373 pp.

"This edition (2007/2008) continues the tradition of providing an analytical overview of the state of ICT4D in Asia Pacific. It covers 31 countries and economies, including North Korea for the first time. Each country chapter is an attempt to provide a relatively comprehensive coverage of the variou ... more

The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a Health Communication Crisis

John H. Powers, Xiaosui Xiao (eds.)

Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company (2008), vi, 242 pp.

Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia

Youna Kim (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2008), 238 pp.

"This book explores people's everyday experience of the media in Asian countries in confrontation with huge social change and transition and the need to understand this phenomenon as it intersects with the media. It argues for the centrality of the media to Asian transformations in the era of global ... more

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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

Tom Vick

New York: Collins (2007), xiv, 274 pp.

The Cinema of Small Nations

Mette Hjort, Duncan Petrie (eds.)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2007), vi, 250 pp.

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Playing to the World's Biggest Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV

Michael Curtin

London; Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press (2007), x, 341 pp.

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Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies

Katrin Voltmer (ed.)

London: Routledge (2006), 262 pp.