"Vietnam has a highly engaged, optimistic and entrepreneurial population and a rapidly changing media environment. Television remains the most used medium and the top source for news and information ¡V especially from official TV. Vietnam severely restricts its news media but Vietnamese want their
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media to present the country and its people in a positive light. Vietnamese adults tend to say they trust blogs more than official news, though serious blogging is very risky. Young people are pushing digital media forward by what they own and what they do digitally. Mobile is the dominant platform. Google, Facebook and YouTube are very widely used. Across demographic segments, conflicts in the South China Sea are seen as Vietnam¡¦s most serious problem and Vietnamese overwhelming support of Western involvement in resolving this issue." (Conclusions, slide 36)
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"Vietnam's government-run VTV television network continues to dominate the country's media landscape. However, the current survey also points to a powerful generational shift in media use toward online news sources and less dependence on state TV. This trend is perhaps more clearly reflected in the
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results when Vietnamese adults are asked to name the three media outlets that are their most important sources of information. While almost three-fourths of those age 35 and older (74.1%) include VTV among their responses, less than half of those age 15-34 (48.6%) do so. Young people, in turn, are more likely to name online sources - most commonly the popular Vietnamese news and information portals 24 Gio and Dantri.com, and the global social media giant Facebook." (Page 1)
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"This project is conducted in response to Global Disaster Preparedness Center’s (GDPC) initiative of developing flood hazard preparedness mobile apps in the four target countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam)." (Executive summary)
"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year, with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content. State authorities have also jailed more users for their online writings, wh
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ile criminal and terrorist groups have made public examples of those who dared to expose their activities online. This was especially evident in the Middle East, where the public flogging of liberal bloggers, life sentences for online critics, and beheadings of internet-based journalists provided a powerful deterrent to the sort of digital organizing that contributed to the Arab Spring. In a new trend, many governments have sought to shift the burden of censorship to private companies and individuals by pressing them to remove content, often resorting to direct blocking only when those measures fail. Local companies are especially vulnerable to the whims of law enforcement agencies and a recent proliferation of repressive laws. But large, international companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have faced similar demands due to their significant popularity and reach." (Page 1)
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"As only Japanese comics output has received close and by now voluminous scrutiny, Asian Comics tells the story of the major comics creators outside of Japan. Lent covers the nations and regions of Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philipp
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ines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Organized by regions of East, Southeast, and South Asia, Asian Comics provides 178 black and white illustrations and detailed information on comics of sixteen countries and regions – their histories, key creators, characters, contemporary status, problems, trends, and issues. One chapter harkens back to predecessors of comics in Asia, describing scrolls, paintings, books, and puppetry with humorous tinges, primarily in China, India, Indonesia, and Japan." (Publisher website)
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"Vietnam thrives on a rich tapestry of stories across generations; personal and collective stories that form precious threads in the fabric of a diverse nation of more than 90 million people. There are valuable stories waiting to be told by Cham fisherwomen and men living in An Giang; by Hanoi stree
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t cleaners living with disabilities; by farmers growing cassava in the Quang Tri highlands. Such stories not only help us understand the diversity of this dynamic country, but can also inform important development decisions that impact the people whose stories most need to be heard [...] CARE believes that a vibrant, diverse society becomes stronger when everyone can equally contribute their voice to decisions that impact them. This is why CARE is using Community Digital Storytelling (CDST); an innovative participatory development approach that enables people to gain knowledge, build their confidence and share their concerns with others who can address them. CDST builds on the full potential of people often unheard; strengthening the wider society in the process. Through Community Digital Storytelling, community members collectively create and share stories in their own language using audio, photos and music. The resulting photo-videos are often 3-5 minutes long and in the local language. These stories are driven by the community members themselves who develop the content and decide what photos best represent the narratives they want to tell." (Page 3)
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"The three case studies depict a range of repressive efforts that are calibrated to achieve particular ends. Sometimes, the authorities choose to co-opt independent voices. In other instances, the regime may create new government-backed versions of media initiatives or civic organizations which mimi
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c the form but not the substance of their authentic counterparts. Some techniques emphasize regulatory controls, while others utilize economic or financial pressure. All three regimes rely on broadly worded laws to punish critics and encourage self-censorship. State-run media remain dominant sources of information for most of the population in each country, and are used by the authorities as a weapon to tarnish and subvert the work of civil society activists and independent journalists." (Introduction, page 8)
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"This report surveys the changing patterns of media consumption in 65 countries across the world, and forecasts how the amount of time people allocate to different media will change between 2014 and 2017. It measures the amount of time spent reading newspapers and magazines, watching television, lis
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tening to the radio, visiting the cinema, using the internet, and viewing outdoor advertising while out of the home. Note that the extent of information available varies considerably from market to market. For some countries we have a full breakdown of consumption figures across all media, with separate figures for desktop and mobile internet, with historical figures back to 2010 and forecasts to 2014, plus monthly breakdowns for consumption across the year, and hourly breakdowns for consumption across the day. For a few countries there is very little research on media consumption trends, so we are able to present only a limited set of figures. We expect the scope of the report to expand in future editions, both by adding new countries and by providing more details for countries where information is currently sparse." (Introduction)
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"Internews’ research reveals a confluence of conditions in ASEAN that make the present time a critical moment for Freedom of Expression / Right to Information (FoE/RTI) interventions in the region. As donor support dwindles, and threats to FoE increase, there is a danger of a severe roll-back of t
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he rights and freedoms in the region that underpin thriving democracies. The backdrop to this scenario – ASEAN integration along with various other regional synergies – has created an opening for dialogue on key social issues such as FoE/RTI that connect countries within the region." (Conclusion)
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"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fourth consecutive year, with a growing number of countries introducing online censorship and monitoring practices that are simultaneously more aggressive and more sophisticated in their targeting of individual users. In a departure from the pa
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st, when most governments preferred a behind-the-scenes approach to internet control, countries are rapidly adopting new laws that legitimize existing repression and effectively criminalize online dissent." (Page 1)
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"Dinh Nhat Uy forderte auf Facebook die Freilassung seines inhaftierten Bruders, jetzt wurde er selbst verurteilt. Uys jüngerer Bruder Dich Nguyen Kha hatte im Frühjahr Flugblätter verteilt, in denen die Partei und die Politik der Regierung kritisiert wurden, und erhielt dafür vier Jahre Gefäng
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nis. Das Verteilen von solchen Schriften wird seit Jahren als »Propaganda gegen den Staat« eingestuft und nach Artikel 88 Strafgesetzbuch mit bis zu 20 Jahren Haft bestraft. Nun ist auch Dinh Nhat Uy für seine Beiträge auf Facebook bestraft worden – mit 15 Monaten Haft auf Bewährung. Uys Fall erregte Aufmerksamkeit in der Online-Community, denn es ist das erste Mal, dass einem vietnamesischen Aktivisten wegen seiner Kommentare in einem sozialen Netzwerk der Prozess gemacht wurde." (Abstract)
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"Losing Control: freedom of the press in Asia takes us right up to the end of this tumultuous century. It deals with the Chinese media cranking up its latest propaganda campaign, this time against the Falun Gong. It discusses how the Indonesian media lost its way in reporting the tragedy in East Tim
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or. And it comments on how the Cambodian media-or at least parts of it-surprisingly reported the allegations that the Prime Minister's wife had her husband's movie star girlfriend assassinated. The book adopts a country-by-country approach dealing with all the countries in Northeast and Southeast Asia. It does not attempt to sweep across to the sub-continent. It would not be possible to do justice to any discussion of freedom of the press in that region by sandwiching it in between the pages of a book about East Asia. The methodology is based on an underlying assumption: that journalists are best placed to provide the most up-to-date analysis of their own industry. Where possible, local journalists have contributed the country chapters. In some cases a more useful outcome could be achieved by employing foreign correspondents and commentators. Authors have written their chapters using journalistic research tools, such as first hand interviews, as well as more conventional academic methods." (Page 14)
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"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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elevant factors driving ICT readiness and impacts, providing policymakers, business leaders, and civil society at large with a useful tool for designing national strategies for increased networked readiness and for benchmarking their country’s performance against other relevant comparators. The Global Information Technology Report 2013 features the latest computation and rankings of the NRI, and in referring to this year’s theme, dives deeper into the connection between ICTs and economic growth and job creation. As in previous years, it also showcases a number of ICT development stories of particular interest. In addition, the report includes detailed profiles for the 144 economies covered this year together with data tables for each of the 54 indicators used in the computation of the NRI." (Back cover)
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"Vietnamese are avid news consumers; nine in 10 (89.8%) say they access news at least daily, while 93.9% do so at least once a week. Weekly access to TV news varies little by gender, education or urban vs. rural residence. This in part reflects the finding that televisions are ubiquitous throughout
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the country, including in both urban (98.6%) and rural (97.0%) households. Even among Vietnamese with no formal education or those who say they are finding it “very difficult” to get by on their current income, at least nine in 10 have a TV in their homes (96.0% and 90.4%, respectively). By contrast, radio and computer ownership, as well as home Internet access, are more common among Vietnamese at higher socioeconomic levels. Not only are televisions nearly universal in Vietnamese households; almost all adults (97.1%) say they use TV at least weekly to get news. Word-of-mouth and SMS/text messaging are the next most commonly used means for receiving news, though much of this news is personal in nature. Just over one-quarter of Vietnamese overall use radio, the Internet and print media. Though radio use is comparable in rural areas and cities, urban Vietnamese are more likely to get news weekly online or via newspapers and magazines. Weekly use of radio for news is equally common among urban (28.0%) and rural (27.7%) areas, but rises to about one-third (34.3%) among Vietnamese with at least a high school education. Not surprisingly, past-week use of the Internet for news is more common in urban (36.1%) than rural (22.3%) areas and trends sharply upward with education. A majority (56.3%) of Vietnamese with a high school education or more have gone online for news in the past week. Among Hanoi residents with at least a high school education, that figure rises to 64.8%; in Ho Chi Minh City, it is 71.3%." (Page 1)
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"In dieser Ausgabe wollen wir die neuen Filmszenen der südostasiatischen Filmproduktion näher betrachten und würdigen. Gleichzeitig wollen wir eine erstmals in deutscher Sprache erscheinende Gesamteinführung in das Thema »Film in Südostasien« anbieten. Den folgenden Fragen wurde dabei eine be
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sondere Relevanz beigemessen: Wie gestaltet sich grundsätzlich das Verhältnis Gesellschaft und Film in Südostasien? Welche Rolle spielte der Film in den großen Auseinandersetzungen des 20. Jahrhunderts: der kolonialen Niederwerfung, der nationalen Befreiung und der langen Kriege der Blockkonfrontationen? Wie versuchten herrschende Eliten mit Filmen ihre hegemoniale Stellung abzusichern? Welche herrschaftskritischen Filme entstanden? Wie beeinflussten Wirtschaftsentwicklung und sozialer Wandel die Themen, die in Filmen aufgegriffen wurden? Wie werden Genderverhältnisse reproduziert oder in Frage gestellt? Welche Filme übten ihrerseits großen Einfluss auf bestimmte Generationen aus?" (Editorial, Seite 3)
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