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Television Publics in South Asia: Mediated Politics and Culture
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiii, 250 pp.
"Television has a prime role to play in the formation of discursive domains in the everyday life of South Asian publics. This book explores various television media practices, social processes, mediated political experiences and everyday cultural compositions from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
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Small talk, big issue: Development, silence and the elite agenda in a Bangladesh newspaper
Journal of Development Communication, volume 34, issue 2 (2023), pp. 36-46
"In an examination of development issues appearing in the highest circulated mainstream English daily newspaper in Bangladesh— the Daily Star (DS)— this study discursively argues that this newspaper provided much less attention and even remained silent on development issues related to education
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"On average in the 16 countries surveyed, 56% of internet users frequently use social media to stay informed about current events, far ahead of television (44%). However, it is worth noting that differences exist among population groups: television is the primary source in the most developed countri
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CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press (2023), xiii, 345 pp.
"By the summer of 2020, when the coronavirus had fully entered our everyday vocabulary and our lives, religious communities and places of worship around the world were already undergoing profound changes. In Asian and Asian diaspora communities, diverse cultural tropes, beliefs, and artifacts were m
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"What might feminist approaches to the protection of journalists look like, and what benefits might they bring? From national organisations to grassroots networks, our findings document women’s monumental efforts to make structural changes, tackle entrenched patterns of gender-based discrimination
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Harassed and Hushed: Bangladeshi Women Journalists’ Experiences of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassments
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, volume 9, issue 3 (2023), pp. 185-202
"A large number of Bangladeshi women journalists are facing gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace. This is one of the contributing factors in excluding women journalists’ voices from the public sphere. Drawing on the feminist approach of structure and agency theory, the stud
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SACMID Evaluation: An Evaluation of SACMID’s Activities Within the PRIMED Project
Free Press Unlimited (2023), 16 pp. + annexes
"The South Asia Center for Media in Development (SACMID), addresses gender disparity both within the workplace and media content. Its main focus is utilizing the Gender Media Monitoring Tool to tackle these issues. The data collected through media monitoring is subsequently employed for advocacy ini
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Gender Equality and Media Regulation Study: Bangladesh
Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI); Fojo Media Institute, 2nd ed. (2023), 108 pp.
"The study finds that provisions for gender equality and sensitivity in media regulations and national policies have two distinct features. The earlier provisions were concerned more about decency, obscenity and other such issues mainly from a moralistic perspective. The main concerns seemed to have
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Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South
Deep Insights
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2023), 310 pp.
"This edited collection brings together voices from the margins in underrepresented regions of the Global South, within the context of scholarship focusing on indigenous languages and development communication. Contributors bring together research from often-overlooked parts of the world to engage i
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Bangladesh
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 116 pp.
"The Bangladesh Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Bangladesh DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Bangladesh's digital ecosystem and provides 10 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by
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Child Abusing News: Episodic and Thematic Media Framing Adapting the Children Act and UNICEF’s Principles in Bangladesh
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, volume 9, issue 2 (2023), pp. 113-130
"The present study is designed to assess the trend of episodic and thematic media framing on child-abusing news and its relation with the adaptation of The Children Act along with UNICEF's reporting principles. With media framing theory this paper executed a quantitative study through content analys
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Critical Gaps and Implications of Risk Communication in the Global Agreements SFDRR, SDGs, and UNFCCC: 3 Select Case Studies from Urban Areas of Tropics in South Asia
Natural Hazards, issue 111 (2022), pp. 2559-2577
"There has been a consistent rise in urban disasters, particularly in developing countries located in tropical areas. Among various challenges of disaster risk management and climate change impacts, it is noted that most residents are poorly informed about their risk exposure or apposite response. T
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Global Sceptical Publics: From Non-Religious Print Media to ‘Digital Atheism’
London: UCL Press (2022), xix, 359 pp.
"Global Sceptical Publics is the first major study of the significance of different media for the (re)production of non-religious publics and publicity. While much work has documented how religious subjectivities are shaped by media, until now the crucial role of diverse media for producing and part
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Climate Change and Community Resilience: Insights from South Asia
Singapore: Springer; South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE); International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (2022), xxvii, 460 pp.
"Using a narrative style, this book draws on stories and examples from seven South Asian countries—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—to highlight how communities in South Asia are building resilience to climate change. A total of 58 authors have contributed to t
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"The pandemic made inequality, discrimination, exclusion and structural inequity more palpable, and rather than stagnating in indignation, it reactivated a sense of rebellion and contestation. The strength and sharpness with which we connect social justice, gender justice, environmental justice, eco
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Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change
New York; London: Routledge (2022), vi, 205 pp.
"An international line-up of authors first discuss communication practices, strategies, and media uses by NGOs, providing insights into the specifics of NGO programs for social change goals and reveal particular sets of tactics NGOs commonly employ. The book then presents a set of case studies of NG
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Gender Equality and Media Regulation Study: Bangladesh
Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2022), 108 pp.
"This study seeks to provide new knowledge and analysis about gender-equality related provisions in regulations, self-regulatory frameworks and policies concerning media in Bangladesh. It also explores their implementation and monitoring aspects. It seeks to provide clear recommendations and cite be
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