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The Anthropology of News & Journalism: Global Perspectives

S. Elizabeth Bird (ed.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), viii, 328 pp.

"The Anthropology of News and Journalism is the first book to explore the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective—as a form of cultural meaning-making in its creation, content, and dissemination. Anthropology's global, comparative perspective and eth ... more

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Asian Media Barometer: Pakistan 2009

Kuala Lumpur; Islamabad: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD);Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 76 pp.

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Asia's Media Innovators Vol. 2

Stephen Quinn, Kim Kierans

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 137 pp.

"Asia’s Media Innovator’s Vol 2 is the offspring of the earlier book that appeared in 2008. This new volume consists of studies of innovations at media companies in the region. The success of these media companies shows the dynamism in the region, and reflects its potential for growth. Each chap ... more

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Political Economy of Communications in India: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Pradip Ninan Thomas

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 267 pp.

"This book is a critical study of the political economy of communications in India. It explores the ways in which contexts, policies, and processes at national and international levels shape media structures and studies how a political economy-inspired approach can be used to understand both media d ... more

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America Through the Eyes of China and India: Television, Identity, and Intercultural Communication in a Changing World

Edward D. Sherman

New York; London: Continuum (2010), ix, 167 pp.

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Media and governance in Pakistan: A controversial yet essential relationship

Marco Mezzera, Safdar Sial

Brussels: Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP);Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations (2010), 47 pp.

"Probably one of the most relevant pieces of military legislation affecting the media has been the establishment and formalisation of a media regulatory authority. The Regulatory Authority for Media Broadcast Organisations (RAMBO), the predecessor of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authorit ... more

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Final Program Report: Working to Heighten Awareness in the Media (WHAM). Media Advancement Project for Azerbaijan (MAP)

Linda Trail (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2010), 52 pp.

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Media Seminars on Militants’ Media in Pakistan and its Impact

Islamabad: Pak Institute for Peace Studies (2010), 5 pp.

"The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a series of policy dialogues to seek expert opinion on a PIPS research report titled ‘Understanding Militants’ Print Media in Pakistan and its Impact’. The report maps the militants’ media, its genesis and evolution, and impact on the Pak ... more

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Baseline Study: Children in Bangladesh News Media

Dhaka: UNICEF Bangladesh (2010), 128 pp.

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Facing the Challenges of Climate Change and Food Security: The Role of Research, Extension and Communication Institutions

Cees Leeuwis, Andy Hall

Rome: FAO (2010), 101 pp.

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Internetnutzung islamistischer Terror- und Insurgentengruppen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von medialen Geiselnahmen im Irak, Afghanistan, Pakistan und Saudi-Arabien

Judith Tinnes

Saarbrücken: Universität des Saarlandes, Doctoral Thesis (2010), xvii, 846 pp.

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Authoritarian Regimes, Muslims' Religious Rights in Central Asia, and Lack of Foreign Press Coverage of Rights Violations

Eric Freedman

Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 11, issue 1 (2010), pp. 146-158

"Today, extended geographical links are the most important yet far from the only factor that makes Central Eurasia highly significant for China's conceptualization of its security. The Soviet Union's disintegration, which created newly independent states, also generated favorable conditions for Chin ... more

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Needs Assessment Study on Media Capacity Building in Disaster Reporting

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2010), 52 pp.

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Waves of Peace: Experiences of Nepali Radio

Mohan Mainali (ed.)

Kathmandu: Search for Common Ground (2010), 43 pp.

"There are many examples in Nepal of radio programs helping in peace building. A few of these examples are included in this book. The personal stories of the radio producers are as interesting and inspiring as the examples of positive impacts their radio programs had in their societies. Success stor ... more

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Mass Communication in India

Keval J. Kumar

Mumbai: Jaico Publishing House, 4th completely revised and updated ed. (2010), xviii, 609 pp.

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Social Media and Politics: Online Social Networking and Political Communication in Asia

Philip Behnke (ed.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 140 pp.

"This is a compilation of 13 essays and studies that show the role social networking is playing in political communication in Asia. Each of the 13 chapters describes how various online social communities and networks such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs, are being used as tools in general political c ... more

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Dokumentarfilme der türkisch-deutschen Arbeitsmigration: Ein Bericht und eine Filmographie

Yvonne Nadler

Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, Institut für Germanistik (2010), 42 pp.

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International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World

Angela Romano (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2010), ix, 251 pp.

"This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across t ... more

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Bernhard Chiari, Conrad Schetter (eds.)

Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2010), 276 pp.

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Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth Century

Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Jay Winter, Ruth Ginio (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2010), ix, 223 pp.

"Silence lies between forgetting and remembering. This book explores the ways in which different societies have constructed silences to enable men and women to survive and make sense of the catastrophic consequences of armed conflict. Using a range of disciplinary approaches, it examines the silence ... more