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Traditional Folk Media in India: Jathara as a Mode of Communication for Development and Social Change

Srinivas Panthukala
White Falcon Publishing (2021), xxii, 153 pp.
"The contents of this book deals with an overview of traditional folk media, characteristic elements of the study, empirical data of Jathara, Importance of Jathara as a medium of communication for the development of society. The analyzed the role of Jathara as a local and traditional mode of communi ... more
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Georgia: Media Consumption and Audience Perceptions Research

Thomson Reuters Foundation (2021), 45 pp.
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Vibrant Information Barometer: Europe & Eurasia

Washington, DC: IREX (2021), 219 pp.
"The 2021 Europe & Eurasia Vibrant Information Barometer (VIBE) publication stands on the shoulders of IREX’s almost 20 years of the Media Sustainability Index (MSI), which was last published in 2019. Through VIBE, IREX aims to capture a modern era where many people around the world are simultaneo ... more
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Monitoring Media Pluralism in the Digital Era: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania and Turkey in the Years 2018-2019
Deep Insights

Elda Brogi, Roberta Carlini, Iva Nenadic, Pier Luigi Parcu, Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha
European University Institute; Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) (2020), 92 pp.
"The findings show a general stagnation or deterioration of media pluralism and media freedom in the four major areas encompassed by the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM): Basic protection, Market plurality, Political independence and Social inclusiveness. The study comprises the European Union Member S ... more
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State Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Strategy/guidelines (2020): Maharashtra 2020

Mumbai: All India Institute of Local Self Government (2020), 133 pp.
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The Causes and Consequences of Plagiarism by Journalists in Central Asia

Bahtiyar Kurambayev
Asian Studies Review, volume 44, issue 4 (2020), pp. 691-708
"Central Asia has been generally omitted from most academic debates, including those on the causes and consequences of widespread plagiarism and copy-and-paste behaviour among journalists. In this article I address this problem by interviewing working journalists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikis ... more
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Journalism in Turkey: Practices, Challenges, Opportunities

Devrim Ince, Yurdagül Bezirgan Arar (eds.)
Berlin: Peter Lang (2020), 304 pp.
"Journalism in Turkey has an ambivalent characteristic. On the one hand, the social demand for genuine journalism has increased, and on the other hand, news has turned into a tool within the polluted political polarization atmosphere. In the age of fake news and post-truth, practices of journalism i ... more
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Digital Media, Young Adults, and Religion: An International Perspective

Marcus Moberg, Sofia Sjö (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xi, 179 pp.
"Utilising results of an unprecedented global study, this volume explores the ways in which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Rel ... more
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Internet Shutdown: Is it Violation of Fundamental Right?

Raveena Panicker
Delhi: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (2020), 11 pp.
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Communication for Development: An Evaluation Framework in Action
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Jessica Noske-Turner (ed.)
Rugby: Practical Action Publishing (2020), xiii, 124 pp.
"This book presents five cases that reflect on the experiences of using practices consistent with the 'Evaluating C4D framework' [published by June Lennie and Jo Tacchi in 2013]. Case studies are important to help move from a set of ideal principles to an understanding of how the framework may be op ... more
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Practices of Self-Censorship Among Nepali Journalists

Samiksha Koirala
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Sadia Jamil (ed.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 72-82
"Although Nepal has entered a new era of democracy and press freedom since 2006, self-censorship still exists in the reporting/editing of many Nepali journalists. Nepal has more than 100 years of press history, most of it has faced pressure from the government if not censorship. Drawing upon intervi ... more
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Professionalism, Safety Measures, and Threats: An Exploratory Approach

Syed Muhammad Bilal Shah, Farish Ullah Khan Yousafzai
Paradigms, volume 14, issue 1 (2020), pp. 117-124
"All citizens have equal rights to lead their life in any country in the world. The primary responsibility of the government is to protect the rights of all human beings on equal basis residing in a country. This study is an endeavor to highlight the intensity and reasons behind the threats received ... more
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Change the Story, Change the World. Annual Report 2019-2020

Video Volunteers (2020), 61 pp.
"At Video Volunteers, we will always remember this year as the year that our network of correspondents came of age. They demonstrated their commitment not just to the work but to the organization; they proved to the world that Video Volunteers is a resilient organization, and thanks to them, we fini ... more
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Media Influence Matrix: India. Funding Journalism

Vibodh Parthasarathi, Simran Agarwal
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2020), 40 pp.
"The largest players in terms of funding spent in the media are commercial advertisers. In 2018 advertising contributed €7.8bn to the media funding in India, an annual growth rate of 11.5%. Advertising makes the largest cut in the operating revenues of the news media. Subscription revenue does not ... more
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Behind Closed Curtains: Disinformation on Messenger Services

Ann Cathrin Riedel
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2020), 30 pp.
"Several studies analysed in this paper show that messenger services facilitate and exacerbate the spread of disinformation. Any solution must make allowances for the complexity with which information spreads. The case studies show that a lack of trust in government is a key factor in the proliferat ... more
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Das Indernet: Eine rassismuskritische Internet-Ethnografie

Urmila Goel
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2020), 448 pp.
"Im Jahr 2000 gründeten drei junge Männer das Internetportal »Indernet« – einen deutschsprachigen Raum von »Indern der zweiten Generation« für »Inder der zweiten Generation«. Aufbauend auf Material, das sie über 17 Jahre gesammelt hat, legt Urmila Goel in ihrer Ethnografie drei Mosaike d ... more
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Information to Empower Youth: Survey Report 2020

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2020), 40 pp.
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Impact of the 2015 Universal Periodic Review on Press Freedom in Nepal

Meenal Thakur
Free Press Unlimited (2020), 12 pp.
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DEF’s Covid-19 Relief Initiatives as a Digitally-Enabled Humanitarian Organisation

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) (2020), 42 pp.
"Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) launched the Digital Emergency Relief Programme through its Community Information Resource Centers (CIRC) across 600+ locations in India who have been rigorously responding to the crisis by reaching out to the most vulnerable communities. The CIRC centres with t ... more
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Media and Social Media Analysis on Religious Freedom and Violent Extremism in Central Asia: Cases of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Search for Common Ground (2020), 33 pp.
"This report analyzes the content of traditional media and social networks on religious freedom and violent extremism in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At the same time, the study seeks to examine hate speech against certain religious groups and how pre-labeling affects those officially accu ... more