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Community Radio: Celebrating a Decade of People’s Voices

New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting;One World Foundation India (2013), 271 pp.

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Qissa and Popular Hindi Cinema

Anjali Gera Roy

In: Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts

Lina Khatib (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), pp. 183-194

"While acknowledging the contribution of the dominant Hindi Sanskritic narrative tradition to the shaping of popular Hindi cinema, this chapter aims to explore the alternative narrative streams that have governed storytelling in Hindi films, particularly the Perso-Arabic legacy of the qissa and dast ... more

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Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories

Michael Rouland, Gulnara Abikeyeva, Birgit Beumers (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2013), xx, 297 pp.

"Cinema in Central Asia is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the cinema of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan from its origins to the present day. Bringing together specialists from Central Asia, Russia, Europe and the United States, this companion to the ... more

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Regional Segment Profiles

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 7 pp.

"In order to understand people’s needs and identify opportunities to communicate with them effectively, Climate Asia has analysed survey data from across the seven project countries – Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, and China – and placed people into five discrete segme ... more

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Journalism in Afghanistan: Current and Post-2014 Threats and Journalist Safety Mechanisms

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2013), 28 pp.

"This report seeks to provide an immediate overview of the current insecure media environment in which Afghan journalists work and the threat scenario potentially facing them after the 2014 withdrawal of international troops. The aim of the report is to provide input into local and international dis ... more

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New Technology and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict

Francesco Mancini (ed.)

New York: International Peace Institute (IPI);UNDP (2013), iv, 94 pp.

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Social Media and Civic Participation: Literature Review and Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh and Palestinian Territories

Dina Bokai, David Fernando Forero, Pablo Garcés, Joseph Peralta, Kate Shieh

London: BBC Media Action;London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2013), 55 pp.

"Highlights the findings of the LSE students’ work undertaken between October 2012 and March 2013: a literature review and analysis of BBC Media Action data from Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh on use of social media and civic participation. Findings include: Use of social media is positive ... more

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Roots of Impunity: Pakistan’s Endangered Press and the Perilous Web of Militancy, Security, and Politics

Elizabeth Rubin

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2013), 51 pp.

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The Media Landscape in 54 Countries: Country Profiles from the 2011 and 2012 UIS Pilot Surveys

Paris: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), 155 pp.

"The current UIS Questionnaire on Media Statistics provides information for three UNESCO frameworks, namely the Media and Information Literacy Framework, the Media Development Indicators Framework and the Framework for Cultural Statistics. The questionnaire collects data for reporting global progres ... more

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Data Journalism in Asia: A Collection of Articles from Members of the Society of Asian Journalists (SAJ)

Simon Winkelmann (ed.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), 90 pp.

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Influences of Religious Telecast in a Multi-Religious India: An Analysis of Hindu and Non-Hindu Television Viewers

Binod C. Agrawal

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 5-21

"On the whole, it seems religious television viewing had moderate or no influence whatsoever at attitudinal level among Hindu and non-Hindu viewers. In the light of the analysis, it is argued that strongly held religious beliefs and cultural dictates would not get influenced by religious television ... more

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Asian Media Barometer: India 2013

Berlin; New Delhi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 88 pp.

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Rethinking the Growth of Print Media in India

Gopalan Ravindram

Media Development, volume 60, issue 2 (2013), pp. 28-31

"Recent times have seen an increasing number of reports about the plight of press systems in the Western hemisphere in contrast to the growing prospects of the print media in Asia, particularly in countries like India and China. While many attribute the success stories of the Indian and Chinese news ... more

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India’s Media Boom: The Good News and the Bad

James Painter (ed.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xv, 86 pp.

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Shades of Expression: Online Political Journalism in the Post-Colour Revolution Nations

Simon Gwyn Roberts

Chester: University of Chester Press (2013), xi, 188 pp.

"This book captures a snapshot of the contemporary role of online journalism in rapidly evolving post-Soviet, post-Colour Revolution political environments, exploring the wider journalistic and political context alongside the use and influence of online news sites. In particular, it aims to fill a g ... more

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Changing Media and Politics in Tajikistan

Esfandiar Adinabay

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 66 pp.

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How the Segmentation Analysis for Climate Asia Was Conducted

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 12 pp.

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Exploring the Diegesis of the Haridasi Kirtan: A Critical Study

Sanjay Ranade

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 22-32

"It is argued that to identify an Indian theory of communication Rasa and Dhvani experience must be studied in multimedia and multicultural contexts of the contemporary media universe and that such a theory shall emerge better from an in depth study of Indian folk media. The study explores the world ... more

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How the people of Nepal live with climate change and what communication can do

Anna Colom, Sabina Pradhan

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 72 pp.

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Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013

Berthold Pelster (Red.)

München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.