"Presents case studies from 12 countries and lists 69 organisations working with media as conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding tool." (commbox)
"This book contains the main presentations and final statement of the Fourth Bishops Institute for Social Communication (BISCOM IV) on E- Generation: The Communication of Young People in Asia. It reflects not only the actual BISCOM presentations but also serves as documentation for everybody interes
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ted and concerned about the Church and young people in Asia." (Publisher description)
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"Drawing on first-hand research in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand—and employing comparative examples that include Burma, Malaysia and the Philippines—Duncan McCargo examines the various influences of the media as agents of stability, restraint and change. He also analyses pressures on
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the media from a range of state, non-state and market forces, and sets out to problematize simplistic readings of issues such as media freedom, ownership, partisanship, profitability, regulation and the public interest." (Publisher description)
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"This article is based on the analysis of 198 communication and media projects financed by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Nearly 80% of the projects were aimed at communication infrastructure and training for its maintenance." (commbox)
"Media in China is about a new kind of revolution in China - a revolution in which rapidly commercializing media industries confront slow-changing power relations between political, social and economic spheres. This interdisciplinary collection draws on the expertise of industry professionals, acade
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mic experts and cultural critics. It offers a variety of perspectives on audio-visual industries in the world's largest media market. In particular, the contributors examine television, film, music, commercial and political advertising, and new media such as the internet and multimedia. These essays explore evolving audience demographies, new patterns of media reception in regional centres, and the gradual internationalization of media content and foreign investment in China's broadcasting industries." (Publisher description)
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"The bloody conflicts of the past decade have focused international attention on the strategic role of the media in promoting war and perpetuating chaos. Written against this backdrop, Forging Peace brings together case studies and legal analysis of the steps that the United Nations, NATO, and other
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organizations have taken to build pluralist and independent media in the wake of massive human rights violations. It examines current thinking on the legality of unilateral humanitarian intervention, and analyzes in graphic detail the pioneering use of information intervention techniques in conflict zones, ranging from full-scale bombardment and confiscation of transmitters to the establishment of new laws and regulatory regimes. With its focus on the role of media in preventing human rights violations, Forging Peace will influence policy and debate for years to come." (Publisher description)
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