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Unholy Speech and Holy Laws: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan—Controversial Origins, Design Defects, and Free Speech Implications

Osama Siddique, Zahra Hayat

Minnesota Journal of International Law, volume 17, issue 2 (2008), pp. 303-385

"This article, inter alia, attempts to analyze and focus on the historical, formalistic, and design aspects of Pakistan’s existing blasphemy laws from a comparative perspective. It argues that, quite apart from procedural inadequacies of the Pakistani legal system and its special socio-political c ... more

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Church and Social Communication in Asia: Documents, Analysis, Experiences

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications, 2nd ed. (2008), 232 pp.

"The book presents all final statements of FABC communication meetings from 1996 to 2007, including the annual meetings of Asian communication bishops (Bishops' Meet), all six BISCOMs (Bishops' Institutes for Social Communication), and special gathering of experts (Roundtables) on Communication Rese ... more

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Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program

Jon Cohen, Laurie Zivetz, Mia Malan

Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.

"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal ... more

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Journalistic Training in Conflict-Related Situations

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2008), 82 pp.

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Democracy or Polyarchy? US-Funded Media Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq Post 9/11

Michael J. Barker

Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 1 (2008), pp. 109-130

"This paper has demonstrated that the benefits for the general Afghan and Iraqi public derived from the ‘promotion of independent media’ by institutions like the NED are questionable, especially for parties interested in encouraging more deliberative or participatory forms of democracy. Instead, ... more

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Community Radio: Collective Marketing Strategy

Bikram Subba, Yadav Chapagain, Raghu Mainali

Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 91 pp.

"This is an introduction to the collective marketing strategy with a regional and thematic emphasis on Nepalese community radio stations. In this publication, airtime is viewed as the "product" that all community radio stations sell, and which builds a link between them, as well as their mutual aim ... more

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Community Radio: Strategic Planning Manual
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Bikram Subba, Raghu Mainali

Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 66 pp.

"This is an overview of strategic planning tools designed for Nepalese community radios. In plane language, it introduces to the basics of strategic planning, situation and stakeholder analysis, long-term vision and guiding principles, identification of risk factors, definition of indicators and the ... more

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Radio Pledge

Raghu Mainali

Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 136 pp.

"This book is based on conclusion that ethics are nothing but a series of moral qualities. The first chapter, apart from tracing the history of ethics and throwing some light on the concept as such, tries to define ethics. The second chapter outlines the efforts surrounding enforcement of ethics in ... more

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Pioneering Community Radio: Impacts of IPDC Assistance in Nepal

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2008), 12 pp.

"IPDC’s support for community radio in Nepal has been a strategic, defining factor in the growth of the community media sector. The Programme has regularly supported small, distinct projects that have catalyzed the growth of the sector at different times by promoting replicable models, establishin ... more

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Community Radio for Development in South Asia: A Sustainability Study

Faheem Hussain, Rahul Tongia

[authors] (2008), 13 pp.

"We examine the sustainability of Community radio (CR) as a tool towards achieving the overall development in the South Asian region. A cross-country comparison of CR in areas including people’s participation, regulatory scenarios, human resource development, technology usage trends, financial pra ... more

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Developing Alternative Media Traditions in Nepal

Michael Wilmore

Kathmandu; Lanham, Md.: Chautari;Lexington Books (2008), xvi, 239 pp.

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Die Nase des Sultans: Karikaturen aus der Türkei = Padisahin burnu: Türkiye'den Karikatürler

Sabine Küper-Büsch, Nigar Rona (eds.)

Berlin; Istanbul: Dagyeli;Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari (2008), 263 pp.

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Asia's Media Innovators

Stephen Quinn

Werner vom Busch (introd.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 170 pp.

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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

Paula Chakravartty, Yuezhi Zhao (ed.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2008), xi, 359 pp.

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Evaluation Reports on the Projects Selected by the IPDC Bureau: Intergovernmental Council of the IPDC, Twenty-Sixth Session

Paris: UNESCO (2008), 108 pp.

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Building for the Future: An Overview of Nepal's Media and Recommendations for Development Priorities

International Media Support (IMS);Article 19;Fondation Hirondelle;International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2008), 45 pp.

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Newspapers Monitoring Report

Jafar Mehdi, Ch. Mohammad Idrees, Mazhar Arif

Islamabad: Society for Alternative Media and Research (2008), 16 pp.

"SAMAR did a more in-depth, comprehensive analysis of news coverage. It examined coverage every day for the entire month (15 June to 15 July). Hundreds of stories were examined. The results offer what we believe to be an astonishing view of what the mainstream media delivered in one month as well as ... more

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The Bollywood Reader

Rajinder Dudrah, Jigna Desai (eds.)

Maidenhead: Open University Press (2008), xi, 301 pp.

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Sri Lanka: Silencing Dissent

London: Amnesty International (2008), 42 pp.

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Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives. The South Asian Scenario

Anup Kumar Das

Bimal Kanti Sen; Jocelyne Josiah (eds.)

New Delhi: UNESCO (2008), 137 pp.

"This publication has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of UNESCO-supported th international conferences and workshops including the 4 International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL2001, Bangalore); the International Conferences on Digital Libraries (ICDL2004 & ICDL2006, ... more

Community Radio: Strategic Planning Manual Key Guidance

Community Radio: Strategic Planning Manual
Key Guidance