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Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia
Canberra: Australian National University (ANU) E Press (2014), xvi, 282 pp.
"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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Beyond State-Centric Frameworks: Transversal Media and the Stateless in the Burmese Borderlands
In: Global Communication: New Agendas in Communication
New York; London: Routledge (2014), pp. 142-162
"Transversal dissent by communities whose actions and identities are no longer primarily state centric but, rather, have shifted to cross identity boundaries is one of the most important developments for understanding how politics is being transformed today. Burmese media groups, political activists
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Freedom on the Net 2014. Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 986 pp.
"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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Handbuch Myanmar: Gesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur, Entwicklung
Berlin: Horlemann (2014), 495 pp.
"The 2nd Conference on Media Development in Myanmar took place from May 20-21 2013 in Yangon. With over 300 participants, the conference marked another significant milestone in Myanmar’s media reform process. This report is a summary of the presentations held at this conference. Under the theme
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The Business of Media in Myanmar
Washington, DC, Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 22 pp.
Religion and Public Diplomacy
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp.
"Mixing religion and public diplomacy can produce volatile results, but in a world in which the dissemination and influence of religious beliefs are enhanced by new communications technologies, religion is a factor in many foreign policy issues and must be addressed. Faith is such a powerful part of
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.
"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre
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Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013
München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.
Südostasien auf der Leinwand: Film, Gesellschaft, Politik
Südostasien, issue 4 (2013), pp. 3-64
"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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Kachin Refugees, Myanmar: Needs for Pastoral and Evangelizing Communication
Manila: University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Sacred Theology, Master Thesis (2013), ix, 115 pp.
"The study is divided into three parts: Part One is a discussion on brief history of civil war in Myanmar especially in Kachin State, the past experiences of the Church in pastoral and evangelizing communication in Kachin State and the current life situation of the Kachin refugees. In Part Two, we p
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Media regulation in the Mekong and opportunities for the development of public service and community broadcasting
Bangkok: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific (2013), 48 pp.
"This report analyses current media legislation and regulation in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam and examines the opportunities for the development of public service and community broadcasting. The report also includes useful references to Singapore." (Preface)
Film und Politik in Myanmar: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel durch politischen Film?
Südostasien, volume 29, issue 4 (2013), pp. 23-25
"Myanmar durchläuft derzeit einen rasanten gesellschaftlichen Öffnungsprozess. Nicht zuletzt wachsen die Freiräume für politische Aktivisten, Journalisten und Filmemacher. Welche Wirkungen aber haben Filme auf politische Reformen in Myanmar, dessen Medienzensur zu den striktesten Zensursystemen
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Exile Media, Global News Flows and Democratization: The Role of Democratic Voice of Burma's 2010 Elections
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 5 (2012), pp. 537-554
"This article explores the links between transnational media flows and social and political change in authoritarian regimes through a conjunctural study of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a Burmese exile media organization. Drawing on observation and interviews conducted at DVB's Oslo studio during
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Burma Media Use 2012
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 2 pp.
"Despite the country’s long history of censorship, Burmese do not currently appear to be apathetic about news coverage. Almost half (47.5%) say they access some type of news – whether via radio, TV, Internet, newspapers, etc. – at least daily, and 78.5% do so at least once a week. Radio remain
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An Assessment of Media Development Challenges and Opportunities in Myanmar: Change is in the Air
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 34 pp.
"At the request of the Norwegian, Swedish and subsequently Danish Embassies in Bangkok, International Media Support (IMS) conducted an assessment of the current media environment inside Myanmar during two missions between July and November 2011. The assessment was motivated by a democratic reform pr
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching
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Conference on Media Development in Myanmar
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 47 pp.
"This report summarises the presentations and recommendations made at the Conference on Media Development in Myanmar organised by the Myanmar Ministry of Information and Culture and UNESCO in cooperation with International Media Support (IMS) and Canal France International with support from the Gove
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Asian Communication Handbook
Deep Insights
"The first "theoretical perspectives" section has opinions and research articles by academic scholars and expert practitioners on new media and communication Issues and trends in Asia. Some of the topics covered include the dynamics arising out of the shift to the 'digilogue', mobile activism, corpo
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