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Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of E-Inclusion

Kim J. Andreasson (ed.)

Boca Raton et al.: CRC Press (2015), xxviii, 300 pp.

"The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the cu ... more

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Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels

Carolene Ayaka, Ian Hague (eds.)

New York, London: Routledge (2015), xiii, 269 pp.

"This book presents a wide ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of) visibility for characters who don't conform to particular cultural stereotypes. Contributors engage with ethnicity and other cultural forms from Israel, Ro ... more

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The Ministry of Matteo Ricci in Pastoral and Evangelizing Communication Perspective for China Today

Hongpo Zhao

University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Sacred Theology And the Graduate School, Master of Arts in Theology Major in Social/Pastoral Communication Thesis (2015), xi, 182 pp.

"The history of Catholic mission in China has revealed the fact that the encounter of the Gospel with Chinese culture and people, beginning with the folk customs and the further dialogue with Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism. The summit of Church mission is in the period of Ming Dynasty. Matteo Ric ... more

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Unboxing Television in Contemporary Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho, Dwitri Amalia, Leonardus K. Nugraha, Fajri Siregar, Klara Esti, Dinita Andriani Putri

Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) (2015), xxiii, 210 pp.

"Having spent some time in the living rooms of 12 families across Greater Jakarta, West Java and East Nusa Tenggara, we found that audience has their own ways of consuming media and capacity to reflect on the content they are served. This capacity differs varyingly, fundamentally depending on three ... more

Freedom on the Net 2015: Privatizing Censorship, Eroding Privacy

Sanja Kelly, Madeline Earp, Laura Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2015), 986 pp.

"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year, with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content. State authorities have also jailed more users for their online writings, wh ... more

Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape. First Study: Yangon and Beyond

Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Stockholm: Fojo Media Institute (2015), 30 pp.

"Although female media practitioners are well-represented in newsrooms making up for over 50% of staff on average, media institutions remain male dominated on levels of decision making. This results in two main challenges for women within the industry: a lack of opportunity to advance their careers ... more

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Youth Voice: Cambodia Communication Assistance Project. Impact Assessment Briefing

Houn Kalyan, Vipul Khosla, Sam Freeman

ABC International Development (2015), 11 pp.

"Youth Voice was launched in July 2012 by the Battambang Provincial Department of Information (PDI) in Cambodia, as a weekly youth-oriented program. It provides information that aims to give young people the confidence and understanding to participate in governance processes. The program delivers in ... more

Digital, Social & Mobile in 2015: We Are Social's Compendium of Global Digital Statistics

Simon Kemp

Singapore: We Are Social (2015), 372 slides

State of the Use of Mobile Technologies for Disaster Preparedness in South East Asia

Chih-Hui Lai, Arul Chib, Rich Ling

Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (2015), 66 pp.

"This project is conducted in response to Global Disaster Preparedness Center’s (GDPC) initiative of developing flood hazard preparedness mobile apps in the four target countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam)." (Executive summary)

East Meets West: Innovative Literacy Learning Concepts

Karin Plötz, Holger Volland (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Litcam;Frankfurt Book Fair (2015), 37 pp.

Bridging the Gender Gap: Mobile Access and Usage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Connected Women 2015

Shireen Santosham, Dominica Lindsey

GSMA;Altai Consulting (2015), 128 pp.

"Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, which translates into 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38% less likely to own a phone than men, highlighting that the gender gap in mobile phone ownership is wider in certain parts of ... more

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Mapping BRICS Media

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xvii, 272 pp.

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Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics

Dan Edwards

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2015), xii, 204 pp.

"This timely study is based on detailed interviews with Chinese documentary makers rarely available in English, and insights gained by the author while working as a journalist in Beijing. It considers the relationship between independent documentaries and China’s official film and television secto ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media
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Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xviii, 486 pp.

"The study of Chinese media is a field that is growing and evolving at an exponential rate. Not only are the Chinese media a fascinating subject for analysis in their own right, but they also offer scholars and students a window to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communic ... more

Country Report: “Media and Gender in Malaysia”

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific (2015), 31 pp.

Country Report: “Media and Gender in Cambodia”

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific (2015), 27 pp.

Inside the News: Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific

Paris; Bangkok: UNESCO;UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (2015), ix, 90 pp.

"On average across Asia and the Pacific, women make up 28.6 percent of the media workforce. The proportions are lower in decision-making roles in media organizations where women make up 17.9 percent of executive roles, 19.5 percent of senior editorial and 22.6 percent of mid-level editorial position ... more

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Political Parody and Satire as Subversive Speech in the Global Digital Sphere

Sangeet Kumar, Kirk Combe (eds.)

International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 3 (2015), pp. 211-311