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Media and Conflict Reporting in Asia
Deep Insights
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 203 pp.
"The thirteen significant case studies presented here examine the challenges faced by media practitioners reporting on conflicts across the diverse media ecologies of Asia. Significant themes covered include: how media culture affects the way conflict is covered, including aspects such as resource l
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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.
Money Matters: How Independent Media Manage to Survive. 15-16 September 2006
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO); Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2007), 77 pp.
"Discussions on how to support sustainability of independent media generally focus on the political conditions, the legal framework and – especially in German development cooperation – on the quality of journalistic coverage. Nevertheless, economic factors are of equal importance, not only for p
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Radio Elshinta: No Music, Just News and Stories as the People See it
Media Asia, volume 34, issue 2 (2007), pp. 96-104
"Long before the descriptor “citizen journalism” became a topic of research interest in academia, Indonesia’s Radio Elshinta (www.elshinta.com) in Jakarta had already opened its airwaves for listeners, most with no formal journalism training, to call in their stories. This paper contextualises
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Religiöser Wandel und Krisenerfahrung: Tendenzen der islamischen Buchproduktion in Indonesien seit 1945
Asien (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde), issue 104 (2007), pp. 153-165
"Wer sich heute auf eine Reise in die malaiische Welt (Indonesien, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam) begibt, wird beobachten, dass sich das Angebot in den Buchhandlungen von Land zu Land zum Teil erheblich unterscheidet. In Indonesien etwa, das mit seinen zur Zeit etwa 230 Millionen Einwohnern fast 90% d
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Community Radio in Indonesia: The Re-Invention of Democratic Communication
Nijmegen; Jakarta: Radboud University Nijmegen (2007), 15 pp.
"This paper discusses the ways in which efforts aimed at democratising the media system and empowering communities in Indonesia in three discursive periods (the 1998 "Revolution Movement," the "Reform Era" follow-up, and the 2002 Broadcasting Act up till the present time) have ebbed and flowed. The
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"This book is the result of a research project covering eight countries in South and South East Asia examining the role and impact of alternative media. The definition of alternative media depends very much on the political, social, cultural and economic environment you live in. Thus, this book give
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Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book
Deep Insights
Bangkok; Nugegoda (LK): UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok; Television for Education Asia-Pacific (TVE Asia-Pacific) (2007), x, 150 pp.
"Our 21 contributors -– most of them from Asia, and representing media, development or humanitarian sectors -- do not engage in mere theoretical discussions. In 19 chapters of this book, they draw on their rich and varied experience working in either preparing disaster resilient communities or res
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Poverty and Digital Inclusion: Preliminary Findings of Finding a Voice Project
New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 48 pp.
"This paper presents preliminary findings from a multi-sited qualitative study of poverty and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India, Indonesia Sri Lanka and Nepal. It draws upon data gathered by 12 ethnographic action researchers working across 15 community ICT initiatives. Thes
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Donors and Media Development: Reports from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
New York: Open Society Institute (2007), 140 pp.
Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives
Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.
"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program
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Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia
Jakarta: Equinox (2007), x, 245 pp.
Social Marketing: Marketing Moral, Human, Social and Cultural Values
Kuala Lumpur: Signis Asia (2007), 104 pp.
Evaluation of Ache Media Reconstruction Assistance (AMRA) Programme in Indonesia
Oxfam (2006), 49 pp.
"In May 2005, a programme was initiated to support reconstruction and development of media in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province destroyed by the tsunami on December 26, 2005. This programme, which was given the name Aceh Media Construction Assistance (AMRA), received funding of € 1,097,927 from Fr
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Exploring New Modalities: Experiences with Information and Communications Technology Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review and Analysis of the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme
Bangkok; New Delhi: Elsevier (2006), x, 155 pp.
"This book is a review of 56 projects funded by the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2005. The aim of this book is to examine trends within these particular information and communications technology (ICT) projects in order to determine factors for success, and, common cha
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"This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information chann
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Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame
Oxford: New York: Berg (2006), vi, 250 pp.
"With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan, the book presents the most authoritative assessment of contemporary Asian cinema available. Each chapter describes the cultural aspe
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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.
"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film
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Media's Challenge: Asian Tsunami and Beyond
Deep Insights
"The tsunami demonstrated that modern journalists can do more than just bring unfolding stories to the world. One of the biggest lessons of the tsunami that is unravelling is that the modern journalist can also help to heal communities, rebuild lives, keep families intact and raise funds. The media
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