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Cluster Evaluation Report: UNDEF-Funded Media-Related Projects

Pierre Robert

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF);Transtec (2012), 40 pp.

"This report is the cluster evaluation of 12 UNDEF-supported projects related to the media. It concerns projects that either focused on media capacity building or included a significant element of work with the media. The projects were implemented between 2007 and 2011; they lasted between 12 and 24 ... more

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Mapping the Landscape of the Media Industry in Contemporary Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho, Dinita Andriani Putri, Shita Laksmi

Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG);Hivos (2012), xii, 151 pp.

"The Profile of Media Industry in Indonesia aims to profile the Indonesian media industry through publicly available information and data (including news in the media, statistical analysis of the figure collected through the survey by the National Survey Agency (SUSENAS), and grey literatures alike. ... more

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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Thailand

Watcharas Leelawath, Danupon Ariyasajjakorn, Poonsri Sakhornrad

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2012), 76 pp.

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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey

Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.

"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G ... more

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Partner, Prototype or Persuader? China’s Renewed Media Engagement with Ghana

Iginio Gagliardone, Nicole Stremlau, Daniel Nkrumah

Communication, Politics & Culture, volume 45 (2012), pp. 174-196

"This article provides an empirically grounded assessment of China’s increasing role in the African mediasphere. It examines the strategic importance of Chinese media assistance to Ghana along three dimensions: the potential appeal of the Chinese approach to information regulation for countries st ... more

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The Potential of Foreign News as International Development Communication

Bella Mody

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 45-58

"This article investigates what the news says about inequity-driven civil wars and economic underdevelopment. Dewey argued that the lack of causal knowledge that distinguishes between symptoms and root causes would limit potential effective and transformative public action. Political scientists have ... more

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Contemporary Indonesian Film: Spirits of Reform and Ghosts from the Past

Katinka van Heeren

Leiden: KITLV Press (2012), 239 pp.

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Forum Theatre on the Air: Towards a Model of Participatory Radio Drama for Development on Community Radio

Mary Traynor

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 10, issue 2 (2012), pp. 173-187

"This article proposes an enhanced model of radio drama for development, which places forum theatre on the community radio platform. The model responds to the key development priorities of democratic, multi-directional communication, participation and social advocacy. It utilizes the mass disseminat ... more

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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis

Geoffrey Batchen, Mick Gidley, Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

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Digital Media Preservation: Why Media Organizations Can’t Archive (and What They Can Do Instead)

Anthony Bouch

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 40 pp.

"This study focuses on digital archive management and will review the current “state of play” in archive management for content creators. It includes both academic and industry research, as well as the results of site visits to nine media organizations located in Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and ... more

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Attribute Agenda Setting, Priming and the Media’s Influence on How to Think About a Controversial Issue

Sei-Hill Kim, Miejeong Han, Doo-Hun Choi, Jeong-Nam Kim

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 1 (2012), pp. 43-59

"Using a controversial issue in South Korea, a government plan to relocate the administrative capital, this study examines attribute agenda setting. Linking survey data to an analysis of news coverage, more specifically, the article explores how television news has influenced the way the public eval ... more

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The World News Prism: Challenges of Digital Communication

William A. Hachten, James F. Scotton

Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 8th ed. (2012), xi, 249 pp.

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Asian Media Barometer: Mongolia 2012

Berlin; Ulaanbaatar: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 69 pp.

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Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
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Esa Sirkkunen, Clare Cook, Risto Kunelius (eds.)

Tampere: Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (2012), 125 pp.

"The SuBMoJour study has mapped journalistic startups in nine countries. It has created an online database detailing the business models of journalistic startups that are deemed sustainable (www.SuBMoJour.net) and this accompanying narrative report. The study supports research to date that online en ... more

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Women and the Media in Asia: The Precarious Self

Youna Kim (ed.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiii, 258 pp.

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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 1: Forms

Lina Khatib (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press (2012), xi, 208 pp.

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New Media and Intercultural Communication: Identity, Community and Politics

Pauline Hope Cheong, Judith N. Martin, Leah P. Macfadyen (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), xx, 337 pp.

"Chapters explore what happens in praxis when digital media are implemented across cultures and are contested and negotiated within complex local and political conditions. The book showcases interpretative and critical research from voices with diverse backgrounds, from locations around the world." ... more

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Chinese Television 'internationalization' and the Search for Creativity

Hugo de Burgh, Zeng Rong, Chen Siming

Creative Industries Journal, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 137-154

"In order to maintain competitive edge over both domestic rivals and international competition, Chinese television companies have been looking abroad for ideas. A number of political and commercial concerns have come together to inform a sudden interest by Chinese media companies in creativity and i ... more

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Ex Post-Evaluierung: Kurzbericht. Indonesien: Ausbau des Rundfunknetzes, Phase 2

Frankfurt am Main: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) (2012), 7 pp.

"Mit dem Vorhaben sollte der Zugang zu Informationen insbesondere mit regionalen Inhalten landesweit auch auf abgelegenen Inseln in den jeweils relevanten Sprachen Indonesiens verbessert werden. Es umfasste die Modernisierung und den Ausbau des staatlichen Rundfunksendernetzes durch den Aufbau moder ... more

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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World

Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini (eds.)

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.

"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring ... more

Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models Inspiring Practice

Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
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