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A Digital Culture Ministry: A Case of the Korean Church

Ignatius Kim Min-soo

Religion and Social Communication, volume 14, issue 1 (2016), pp. 40-59

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Journalists in the Philippines

Edson C. Tandoc Jr.

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.

"In terms of professional role orientations, Filipino journalists found it most important to report things as they are, educate the audience, and advocate for social change. Most journalists were in strong agreement in the importance of these roles, as reflected by the relatively low standard deviat ... more

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Citizen Media and Public Spaces: Diverse Expressions of Citizenship and Dissent

Mona Baker, Bolette Blaagaard (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), xii, 250 pp.

"Citizen Media and Public Spaces presents a pioneering exploration of citizen media as a highly interdisciplinary domain that raises vital political, social and ethical issues relating to conceptions of citizenship and state boundaries, the construction of publics and social imaginaries, processes o ... more

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Religious Conversations in the Marketplace: The Philippine Church Online

Anthony G. Roman

Religion and Social Communication, volume 14, issue 1 (2016), pp. 60-85

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Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives

Des Freedman, Jonathan Obar, Cheryl Martens, Robert McChesney (eds.)

New York: Fordham University Press (2016), 360 pp.

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Communications, Knowledge Management, and Media Strategy

UN-REDD (2016), 39 pp.

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China in Africa: An Analysis of the Effect of Chinese Media Expansion on African Public Opinion

Catie Snow Bailard

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 21, issue 4 (2016), pp. 446-471

"In 2006, Chinese officials revealed an extensive plan to increase the nation’s soft power in Africa through a number of initiatives to increase the presence and relevance of Chinese media in Africa. However, the question remains: Has China been successful in enhancing its soft power via its news ... more

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Journalists in China

Baohua Zhou, Yangfan Zhou

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 5 pp.

"With regards to professional role orientations, Chinese journalists found it most important to report things as they are, to provide analysis of current affairs, to support national development, to provide advice, orientation and direction for daily life, and to be a detached observer. The relevanc ... more

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Journalists in Singapore

Andrew Duffy, Wee Kim

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.

"Respondents believed that their primary role was to monitor and scrutinize political leaders, followed closely by reporting facts as they are. Yet only half found either of these to be ‘extremely’ or ‘very important’. They were also keen that everyday people should be allowed to express the ... more

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Journalists in Hong Kong

Francis L. F. Lee

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.

"Hong Kong journalists treated as most important the roles of monitoring and scrutinizing political leaders, reporting things as they are, monitoring and scrutinizing businesses, providing analysis of current affairs, and letting people express their views. Given the emphasis on monitoring the power ... more

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Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam

Vivencio O. Ballano

Singapore: Springer (2016), xiv, 259 pp.

"This book addresses the persistence of the optical media piracy trade in the Philippines and Vietnam. It goes beyond arguments of defective law enforcement and copyright legal systems by applying sociological perspectives to examine the socio-economic forces behind the advent of piracy in the regio ... more

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Myanmar Community Media Start-up Strategy: Building Blocks for a Sustainable Beginning of Community Media in Myanmar

UNDP Myanmar;Empowerhouse (2016), 23 pp.

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The Public Diplomacy of Emerging Powers, Part 2: The Case of Indonesia

Ellen Huijgh

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), 66 pp.

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Journalists in Malaysia

Mohd Safar Hasim, Lee Kuok Tiung, Siti Suriani Othman, Chang Peng Kee, Moniza Waheed

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.

"Journalists in Malaysia view educating the audience, reports things as they are, promote tolerance, tell stories about the world, and cultural diversity and be a detached observer as their main roles (see Table 1). On the other hand, they did not indicate highly as their roles such as setting of po ... more

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The Media and Religious Authority

Stewart M. Hoover (ed.)

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press (2016), viii, 296 pp.

"The contributors to The Media and Religious Authority examine the ways in which new centers of power and influence are emerging as religions seek to "brand" themselves in the media age. Putting their in-depth, incisive studies of particular instances of media production and reception in Asia, Afric ... more

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Integration of Pastoral Communication into the Formation for Laity in Wenzhou Diocese: The Needs and Possibilities

Suyan Wang

University of Santo Tomas, Graduate School, Master of Arts in Theology Thesis (2016), 202 pp.

"This study aims to examine the pastoral situations of Wenzhou Diocese, to evaluate the formation for laity in Wenzhou Diocese under pastoral communication perspective, to find its positive and critical signs, as well as to analyze the pastoral needs, which leads to integrate pastoral communication ... more

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Infrastructural Action in Vietnam: Inverting the Techno-Politics of Hacking in the Global South

Lilly U. Nguyen

New Media & Society, volume 18, issue 4 (2016), pp. 637-652

"This article introduces the concept of infrastructural action and argues that it serves as a useful analytical tool to understand hacking in the Global South. Infrastructural action consists of the delicate ways in which people establish sociotechnical connections when located along the margins of ... more

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Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape. Full Report: Yangon, Kayin, Saggaing, Shan and Across Myanmar

Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Nang Phyu Phyu Lin

Stockholm: Fojo Media Institute (2016), 32 pp.

"The Myanmar media industry reflects global trends to the extent that women are strongly represented in newsrooms in terms of numbers but media institutions remain significantly male-dominated at the decision making level. Safety is a major concern for women media professionals within the workplace ... more

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How the World Changed Social Media

Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang

London: UCL Press;University College London (2016), xxiv, 262 pp.

"The first book in Why We Post, a book series that investigates the findings of nine anthropologists who each spent 15 months living in communities across the world, including Brazil, Chile, China, England, India, Italy, Trinidad and Turkey. This book offers a comparative analysis summarising the re ... more

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Media Ownership Monitor Mongolia

Reporters Without Borders (2016), 847 pp.

"Only one out of ten Mongolian media outlets is actively transparent about its ownership. A majority of them has political affiliations through their founders and / or owners. This limits the important role of media to act as an independent watchdog for democracy. These are some of the main findings ... more