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Implicit Counterinsurgency: Media, Development and Security in Afghanistan

Nicholas Ross Zevely

George Washington University, Master Thesis (2016), iv, 69 pp.

"This paper focuses on post-September 11, 2001 media assistance in Afghanistan at the confluence of the development and defense sectors, otherwise known as the security-development nexus. It is out of this nexus that a burgeoning press-state system developed amid an ongoing conflict between the Gove ... more

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US Nation-building in Afghanistan

Conor Keane

London; New York: Routledge (2016), vii, 247 pp.

"Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality conflicts inside the US state. This book rectifies this weakness in commentary on Afghanistan by exploring the significant role of these divisions in the US ... more

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Critical Perspectives on Applied Theatre

Jenny Hughes, Helen Nicholson (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2016), xiv, 278 pp.

"This collection offers fresh perspectives on the aesthetics, politics and histories of applied theatre. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the book illuminates theatre in a diverse range of global contexts and regions. Divided into three sections - histories and cultural memorie ... more

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Comparative Analysis of Sustainability of Selected Community Radio Stations

D. K. Krishna, N. V. Kumbhare, Rabindra N. Padaria, Pemlata Singh

International Journal of Extension Education, volume 12 (2016), pp. 39-45

"The community radio has made an impression in all grounds of rural society with specific need of sustenance in the long run. The study was taken up to compare the status of three community radios operational each under State Agricultural University (SAU), Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and Non-Governme ... more

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The Reporting Heroes: A Study on the Condition of Afghan Female Journalists

Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) (2016), 13 pp.

"This report reflects the findings of a survey performed by Afghan Journalists Safety Committee on the status of female journalists and media workers in Afghanistan. The purpose of the report is to identify the extensive challenges female journalists and media workers face and develop specific measu ... more

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Save Us from Saviours: Disrupting Development Narratives of the Rescue and Uplift of the ‘Third World Woman’

Andrea Cornwall

In: Voice & Matter: Communication, Development and the Cultural Return

Oscar Hemer; Thomas Tufte (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 139-154

"The images used to market development often feature women, as victims of terrible traditions and disempowering situations, or – more commonly these days – as enterprising agents of change, poised to ‘lift’ economies and their families and communities. These images tell a story of victims an ... more

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The Public Diplomacy of Emerging Powers, Part 1: The Case of Turkey

Ellen Huijgh, Jordan Warlick

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), 48 pp.

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Stifling Dissent: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India

Human Rights Watch (2016), 117 pp.

"This report details how the criminal law is used to limit peaceful expression in India. It documents examples of the ways in which vague or overbroad laws are used to stifle political dissent, harass journalists, restrict activities by nongovernmental organizations, arbitrarily block Internet sites ... more

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Journalists in Bangladesh

Mohammad Sahid Ullah, Rawshon Akhter

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 7 pp.

"While answering questions about their professional roles, journalists in Bangladesh preferred being assertive with social issues. An overwhelming majority of the Bangladeshi journalists work to promote tolerance and cultural diversity (87.0%). They also put importance on advocacy for social change ... more

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The Indian Graphic Novel: Nation, History and Critique

Pramod K. Nayar

London: Routledge (2016), xvi, 212 pp.

"This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre's engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretica ... more

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Community Radio in India: Towards Diversity & Sustainability

New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (2016), 180 pp.

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The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective

Jan Servaes, Toks Oyedemi (eds.)

Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxiv, 269 pp.

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How the World Changed Social Media

Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang

London: UCL Press;University College London (2016), xxiv, 262 pp.

"The first book in Why We Post, a book series that investigates the findings of nine anthropologists who each spent 15 months living in communities across the world, including Brazil, Chile, China, England, India, Italy, Trinidad and Turkey. This book offers a comparative analysis summarising the re ... more

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Carolyn M. Byerly (ed.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback ed. (2016), xxxi, 477 pp.

"Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal investigator of the original study. ... more

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The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16

Laxmi Murthy (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2016), 113 pp.

"As we stand now, Pakistan’s media continues its stratospheric expansion, but in the midst of curbs and controls and ongoing safety issues. Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are treading a precarious path to finding credible and independent spaces for the media against economic challenge and political c ... more

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Strategic Communication for Non-Profit Organisations: Challenges and Alternative Approaches

Evandro Oliveira, Ana Duarte Melo, Gisela Gonçalves (eds.)

Wilmington, Delaware; Malaga: Vernon Press (2016), 308 pp.

"The aim of the present book is to offer an overview and report on Strategic Communication for Non-Profit-Organisations and the Challenges and Alternative Approaches. Considering the assumption that a key principle of strategic communication is the achievement of organisational goals, the majority o ... more

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Social Media in Southeast Turkey: Love, Kinship and Politics

Elisabetta Costa

London: UCL Press;University College London (2016), xi, 194 pp.

"This book presents an ethnographic study of social media in Mardin, a medium-sized town located in the Kurdish region of Turkey. The town is inhabited mainly by Sunni Muslim Arabs and Kurds, and has been transformed in recent years by urbanisation, neoliberalism and political events. Elisabetta Cos ... more

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Medien in Kasachstan: Entwicklung, Zustand, Perspektiven

Assel Nazarbetova, Zarema Shaukenova, Beate Eschment

Osteuropa, volume 66, issue 11 (2016), pp. 181-195

"Seit der Unabhängigkeit 1991 ist in Kasachstan ein Mediensystem entstanden, das formal viele Gemeinsamkeiten mit den Mediensystemen in konsolidierten Demokratien aufweist. Die Verfassung garantiert Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit, auf dem Medienmarkt herrscht Vielfalt, das Internet gewinnt zulasten d ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2016: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Internet

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2016), 269 pp.

"The 45 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) activists: the right to health, education and culture; the socioec ... more

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Desecrating Expression: An Account of Freedom of Expression and Religion in Asia

Gayatri Khandhadai

Bytes for All;Asian Forum for Human Rights & Development;Global Partners Digital (2016), 80 pp.

"This report outlines the international human rights standards and processes related the protection of freedom of expression and religious belief, and discusses regional trends and challenges. The nine country case studies include the stories of many people across the region struggling to defend fre ... more