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Political Polling in Asia-Pacific

Alastair Carthew, Simon Winkelmann (eds.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 117 pp.

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Maintaining the Enthusiasm: Economic Viability of Community Radio in the Philippines

Kalinga Seneviratne

Singapur: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2011), 80 pp.

"AMIC undertook a research project to assess the economic viability of the Tambuli model in the Philippines after 15 years of its introduction. This book documents the opinions and the perspectives of many stakeholders in the community radio sector. It reflects both the success stories and barriers ... more

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Women and Community Radio in Thailand

Sarintip Mansap, Sarod Wellmanee

Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2011), 11 pp.

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Thai Public Broadcasting Service: Towards Building a Civic-Minded Society

Palphol Rodloytuk

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2011), 190 pp.

"This book documents the researcher's effort to gain insights on how Thailand's public broadcaster Thai Public Broadcasting Service strategised its civil-society strengthening mechanisms, including creating a television programme called 'TV Jor Nuer', that is produced by and for the citizen journali ... more

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From the World's Largest Propaganda Machine to a Multipurposed Global News Agency: Factors in and Implications of Xinhua's Transformation Since 1978

Junhao Hong

Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 377-393

"The Xinhua News Agency is China's largest state news agency. It is also the largest news agency among developing countries. This research examines the changes Xinhua has undergone over the past three decades under the backdrop of (a) the end of the Cold War, (b) the trend of globalization and vario ... more

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Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere

Ulrika Mårtensson, Jennifer Bailey, Priscilla Ringrose, Asbjorn Dyrendal (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2011), xi, 349 pp.

"How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise ... more

Interactivity, the Global Conversation and World Service Research: Digital China

Hugh Mackay, Jingrong Tong

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 8, issue 1 (2011), pp. 48-74

"This paper examines the relationship between a broadcaster’s research methods and aspects of the environment in which it operates, specifically its accountability to its funders and the growth of interactivity by its users. It is concerned with (1) how the BBC World Service’s funding by the UK ... more

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The Practice of Public Diplomacy: Confronting Challenges Abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss ... more

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Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in East Asia

Sook Chong Lee, Jan Melissen (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), viii, 279 pp.

"This book discusses the question of soft power and public diplomacy challenges in East Asian context. Both concepts originate in the West, and in a sense this book can therefore be seen as an exercise in critically assessing soft power and public diplomacy in a different geographical and cultural s ... more

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Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change
Inspiring Practice

Andrew Skuse, Marie Gillespie, Gerry Power (eds.)

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2011), xxiii, 324 pp.

"By assessing edutainment as a space of cultural translation, Drama for Development advances an often neglected perspective in this topics' research. It focuses on what happens when various goals, worldviews and needs from donors, producers and the audiences come together in the production and meani ... more

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The Political Consequences of the Rise of the Internet: Political Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Netizens

Ya-Wen Lei

Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 291-322

"This article addresses a long-standing question: What are the political consequences of the rise of the Internet and the attendant emergence of netizens in China, particularly in terms of China's democratic prospects? Given the Chinese state's firm control in the realm of traditional media, the Int ... more

Battambang Provincial Information Service (PIS): Qualitative Audience Evaluation on “Youth Voice” and “Light of the Region” Radio Programs

DMC (2011), 87 pp.

"Provincial Information Service of Battambang, with technical assistance from the ABC International Projects, has produced two regular radio programs. Light of the Region is a one-hour talkback program which broadcasts from Monday to Friday at 11am. Covering wide ranging topics from governance to re ... more

New Questions, New Insights, New Approaches: Contributions to the Research Forum at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson, Catharina Bucht

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom (2011), 275 pp.

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Asian Media Barometer: The Philippines 2011

Berlin; Manila: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 104 pp.

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Media, Militarization, and Human Rights: Comparing Media Reform in the Philippines and Burma

Lisa Brooten

Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 4, issue 3 (2011), pp. 229-249

"Those working to develop and reform media often draw on human rights discourse, especially in areas of political violence. Yet discourse reflecting globally dominant conceptions of individually based human rights can have detrimental effects. This study illustrates how militarization and this disco ... more

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Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management: Online Dispute Resolution, Governance, Participation

Marta Poblet (ed.)

Dordrecht et al.: Springer (2011), xii, 220 pp.

"Mobile phones are the most ubiquitous communications technology in the world. Besides transforming the way in which we communicate, they can also be used as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and management. This book presents innovative uses of mobile technologies in the areas of early warnin ... more

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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia

Andrew N. Weintraub (ed.)

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2011), xv, 259 pp.

China in South Africa: The Media’s Response to a Developing Relationship

Herman Wasserman

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies (2011), 20 pp.

"Literature about China’s role in Africa suggests that China’s presence on the continent is often viewed in stark binary terms, as either an exploitative, predatory force or a benevolent, development partner. An analysis of attitudes in the South African media over the last three years (if De Be ... more

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