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Talkback Program: Cambodia Communication Assistance Project. Impact Briefing

ABC International Development (2019), 11 pp.
"Talkback radio programs (TBP) were established to educate the Cambodian public on governance issues and provide a channel through which they could communicate with authorities directly. Programs were broadcast in 4 provinces: Battambang, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, and Kampot. This impact briefing rev ... more
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Media in the Global Context: Applications and Interventions

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxii, 272 pp.
"This book investigates ways in which global media coverage of conflicts affects the worldviews of the social and cultural values of nationals from the war regions. It identifies the cultural patterns in remote communities that have been 'diluted' by IT and the extent to which the changes impacted t ... more
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The Opportunity for Digital Sexuality Education in East Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok: UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (2019), 55 pp.
"A growing body of evidence shows that young people are regularly using the digital world as a key source of information about sexuality. This review seeks to understand the opportunity for digital sexuality education by exploring what young people search for online, the range of digital sexuality e ... more
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Counter-Narratives: Myanmar's Digital Media Activists

Sarah Oh
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone, Gayathry Venkiteswaran (eds.)
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 377-386
"In the months before Myanmar's national elections in November 2015, Khin Oo says she began to engage directly with Facebook users to dispel rumours and misinformation that, in her view, propagated hate and inflamed intercommunal tensions. She posted "right speech" and "right information" by comment ... more
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Data Journalism in the Global South
Deep Insights

Bruce Mutsvairo, Saba Bebawi, Eddy Borges-Rey (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxxv, 334 pp.
"This volume seeks to analyse the emerging wave of data journalism in the Global South. It does so by examining trends, developments and opportunities for data journalism in the aforementioned contexts. Whilst studies in this specific form of journalism are increasing in numbers and significance, th ... more
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Digital Media and Information Literacy Framework

Singapore: Ministry of Communications and Information (2019), 73 pp.
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Security First, Technology Second: Putin Tightens his Grip on Russia's Internet, with China's Help

Andrej A. Soldatov
Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik (DGAP) (2019), 5 pp.
"Over the past seven years, the Russian government has employed various methods from censorship and surveillance to the intimidation of internet companies to tighten its control over the internet. The Kremlin undoubtedly considers the costs of control insignificant compared to the costs of political ... more
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The Need for a New US Information Strategy for North Korea

Nat Kretchun
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2019), 19 pp.
"Drawing on relevant literature, analysis of North Korean media and information control techniques, and interviews with refugees and defectors, this report argues that a new US information strategy is needed to alleviate the social isolation of the North Korean people and improve their long-term wel ... more
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Making it Personal: The Campaign Battle on Social Media in Indonesia's 2019 Presidential Election

Budi Irawanto
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), 11 pp.
"Ranked fourth in the number of Facebook users in the world in 2018, Indonesia has witnessed increasing social media usage as a strategic platform for political campaigns since the third direct presidential election in 2014. Due to their accessibility and relatively low cost, social media platforms ... more
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Muss man wissen … über Verschwörungstheorien

iz3w, issue 371 (2019), pp. 19-39
"Verschwörungstheorien sind kein Alleinstellungsmerkmal der Rechten und des Rechtspopulismus, sie reichen bis weit in gesellschaftliche Mitte. Auch die linke Szene ist anfällig dafür. Das unreflektierte Gerede von »den Herrschenden«, »den Eliten« oder »den Großmächten« eröffnet eine Quer ... more
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Media and the Global South: Narrative Territorialities, Cross-Cultural Currents

Mehita Iqani, Fernando Resende
London et al.: Routledge (2019), xvi, 207 pp.
"This book interrogates the possibilities of global thinking from the south in the field of media, communication, and cultural studies. Through lenses of millennial media cultures, it refocuses the praxis of the global south in relation to the established ideas of globalization, development, and con ... more
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"Privacy is Not a Concept, But a Way of Dealing with Life": Localization of Transnational Technology Platforms and Liminal Privacy Practices in Cambodia

Margaret Jack, Pang Sovannaroth, Nicola Dell
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
New York: Association for Computing Machinery (2019), 19 pp.
"This paper describes findings from a qualitative research study that examines practices and perceptions of privacy in Cambodia as the population rapidly moves into an online environment (specifically Facebook, the most popular Internet tool in Cambodia today). We empirically demonstrate how the con ... more
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Legal Changes for Media and Expression: New Reforms, Old Controls

Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Yin Yadanar Thein, Myint Kyaw
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone, Gayathry Venkiteswaran (eds.)
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 59-94
"This chapter provides an overview of the laws related to media and free expression introduced or changed in Myanmar since 2011. We begin with a review of the literature on media legal reforms during transitions, followed by a mapping of the media laws in Myanmar and issues related to the reform pro ... more
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Routledge Handbook of Ecocriticism and Environmental Communication

Scott Slovic, Swarnalatha Rangarajan, Vidya Sarveswaran (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge; Earthscan (2019), xxi, 412 pp.
"Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionally crossing paths but typically operating in separate academic spheres. These fields are now rapidly converging, and this handbook aims to reinforce the common concerns and methodo ... more
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Chinese Propaganda Seducing the World

Jeanne Boden
Brussels: PUNCT (2019), 292 pp.
"In contrast to earlier publications on Chinese propaganda and media, 'Chinese propaganda seducing the world' offers the first comprehensive analysis of propaganda from Mao to today. Here lies the book’s strength. The author, Jeanne Boden, holds a PhD in Oriental Languages and Cultures (Ghent Univ ... more
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Viability of Alternative Online News Media Organizations in Developing and Transformation Countries

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)
Baden-Baden: Nomos; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 209 pp.
"The main aim of the present study is to assess the status quo and the influencing factors of media viability in developing countries and economies in transition. Accordingly, three general research questions have been formulated: 1. Which factors determine the viability of alternative online news m ... more
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Epilogue: Media Studies in Myanmar. Where Do We Go from Here?

Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone, Gayathry Venkiteswaran
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone, Gayathry Venkiteswaran (eds.)
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 387-394
"Academic studies of Myanmar media in English are few and far between, although this is starting to change as the country continues to open and a new generation of Myanmar scholars emerges. Many of the studies that do exist fall into common conceptual traps, such as an overemphasis on journalism or ... more
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Charitable Crowdfunding in China: An Emergent Channel for Setting Policy Agendas?

Kellee S. Tsai, Qingyan Wang
China Quarterly, issue 240 (2019), pp. 936-966
"Social media in China has not only become a popular means of communication, but also expanded the interaction between the government and online citizens. Why have some charitable crowdfunding campaigns had agenda-setting influence on public policy, while others have had limited or no impact? Based ... more
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Futuros Criativos: Economia e Criatividade em Angola, Moçambique e Timor-Leste

Empreza Di’ak, Marta Lança, Orlando Garcia, Sara Almeida, Sara Moreira, Vanessa Rodrigues
Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2019), 231 pp.
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Catalysing Social Change in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Evaluating the LIN Model of Participatory Community Development

Chau Doan-Bao, Evangelia Papoutsaki, Giles Dodson
Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 3 (2019), pp. 519-540
"In communication for social change, a catalyst can play an important role in creating dialogue within the community, leading to collective actions and providing solutions for common problems. In urban communities of developing countries, this role is more essential because of the complexities of ur ... more