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China in Africa: Soft Power, Media Perceptions and a Pan-Developing Identity

Shubo Li, Helge Rønning

Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2013), 17 pp.

"China is currently implementing a full-fledged ‘Going Global’ strategy, particularly in Africa. Chinese engagement on the continent is all pervasive and spearheaded by summit conferences and flanked by a surge of Chinese state-own media houses and state-funded cultural institutions. This report ... more

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The Media Landscape in 54 Countries: Country Profiles from the 2011 and 2012 UIS Pilot Surveys

Paris: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), 155 pp.

"The current UIS Questionnaire on Media Statistics provides information for three UNESCO frameworks, namely the Media and Information Literacy Framework, the Media Development Indicators Framework and the Framework for Cultural Statistics. The questionnaire collects data for reporting global progres ... more

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Half-Orchestrated, Half Freestyle: Soft Power and Reporting Africa in China

Shubo Li, Helge Rønning

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 102-124

"The discussion of soft power in China can be dated back to 1992, the year Nye's Bound to lead was translated into Chinese and published in Mainland China. Chinese scholars urged that restrictions on civil society be lifted, since China's lack of voluntary associations and NGOs drastically hindered ... more

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Reporting China in Africa

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 1-160

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Data Journalism in Asia: A Collection of Articles from Members of the Society of Asian Journalists (SAJ)

Simon Winkelmann (ed.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), 90 pp.

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Soap Operas as a Matchmaker: A Cultivation Analysis of the Effects of South Korean TV Dramas on Vietnamese Women’s Marital Intentions

Hong Tien Vu, Tien-Tsung Lee

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 90, issue 1-2 (2013), 23 pp.

"This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption ... more

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The Role of Public Sentiment and Social Media in the Evolving China-Africa Relationship

Yu-Shan Wu

Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2013), 24 pp.

"The demands of public diplomacy have shifted with the development of social media technologies. Increasingly, governments are required to gauge and respond to public sentiment over and above the one-way communication of broadcast media. The social media and accompanying elevated public role have co ... more

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Media Use in Vietnam 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2013), 2 pp.

"Vietnamese are avid news consumers; nine in 10 (89.8%) say they access news at least daily, while 93.9% do so at least once a week. Weekly access to TV news varies little by gender, education or urban vs. rural residence. This in part reflects the finding that televisions are ubiquitous throughout ... more

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How the Segmentation Analysis for Climate Asia Was Conducted

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 12 pp.

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ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness

Nor Aziah Alias

New York: Springer (2013), viii, 46 pp.

"ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness provides an introduction to the concept of 'connectedness', and explores how this socio-psychological term has evolved during the age of the Internet. The book surveys the principles of ICT for development (ICTD), and closely examines how ICT has p ... more

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Diplomacy, Development and Security in the Information Age

Shanthi Kalathil (ed.)

Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (2013), v, 142 pp.

"[...] This series thus proposes to unpack the concepts of transparency and volatility across three major arenas of international affairs: security, diplomacy, and development. Each issue-area features two essays, each focusing on different aspects of transparency and/or volatility. Two additional e ... more

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Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013

Berthold Pelster (Red.)

München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.

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China as a Persuader: CCTV Africa's First Steps in the African Mediasphere

Iginio Gagliardone

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-40

"China, in seeking greater engagement with African audiences, has dramatically boosted its potential to shape narratives in ways that can favour its image or interests abroad. Focusing on CCTV Africa, China’s flagship efforts to win hearts and minds on the continent, the article explains how this ... more

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Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue

Ulla Carlsson, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom;UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (2013), 416 pp.

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Indonesia: Crisis Communication Channels. Case Studies in Humanitarian Communication Preparedness and Response

Matt Abud

Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 68 pp.

"Exploring communication ecologies rather than discrete communication practices remains a difficult challenge. Indonesia: Crisis Communication Channels is one of the early attempts to develop this practice, with case-study examples [...] The three case-study disasters are: Jakarta’s January 2013 f ... more

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Edutainment Radio, Women's Status and Primary School Participation: Evidence from Cambodia

Maria Cheungy

Stockholm University, Department of Economics (2013), 49 pp.

"This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women's status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in Cambodia. To identify the effect, I exploit plausible exogenous ... more

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The Rediscovery of Religious Silence in the Social Media Era: A Korean Case

Ignatius Kim Min-soo

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 138-154

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Global eBook: A Report on Market Trends and Developments

Rüdiger Wischenbart

Carlo Carrenho; Veronika Licher; Miha Kovac; Vinutha Mallya (contrib.)

O'Reilly, revised and updated ed. (2013), 111 pp.

"The report offers a status on the US and UK markets as well as close ups on ebook markets as they take shape across Europe, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and in the Arab world. Thematic chapters focus on critical policy debates and on key driving forces, notably ebook bestsellers and pricing strate ... more

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Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter

Araba Sey, Chris Coward, François Bar, George Sciadas, Chris Rothschild, Lucas Koepke

Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.

"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S ... more

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Sustainable Development and Green Communication: African and Asian Perspectives

Jan Servaes (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xvii, 220 pp.

"Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In contrast to the more economically and politically oriented approach in traditional views on sustainable development, the central idea in alternative, more partic ... more