Category Media Development

Public memory, public media, and the politics of justice

Philip Lee; Pradip Thomas (eds.)

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvii, 220 pp., index

ISBN 9780230354067 (hbk); 978-1-349-34616-5; 978-1-137-26517-3 (ebook)

"This book aims to provide a context in which a clear link can be traced between the politics of memory and its manifold representations and misrepresentations in public media towards a viable politics of justice. The assumption is that public awareness and perceptions of injustice, whether they are... more

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The Sudanese press after separation: contested identities of journalism

Anke Fiedler; Anja Wollenberg; Magdi El Gizouli; Roman Deckert

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2012), 47 pp.

"This volume seeks to impart a deeper understanding of the political nature of the Sudanese press. Through observation, research and analysis, it also conveys a multifaceted impression of Sudanese journalists’ working conditions. It tries to paint an authentic and differentiated picture of their s... more

Picturing Afghanistan: the photography of foreign conflict

Paul Verschueren

New York: Hampton Press (2012), xiii, 199 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.161-183, index

ISBN 978-1-61289-039-5

"Picturing Afghanistan is an in-depth account of the Euro-American visualization of the conflict in Afghanistan. Comparing images in public affairs, psychological warfare, journalism and the photobook, the author argues that there are no strong boundaries between photography in war and photography a... more

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The geography of foreign news on television: a comparative study of 17 countries

Jürgen Wilke; Christine Heimprecht; Akiba Cohen

International communication gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 301-322

"The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all... more

Picturing atrocity: photography in crisis

Geoffrey Batchen; Mick Gidley; Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp., many illustr.

ISBN 978-1-86189-872-2 (pbk)

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

Situación de las radios comunitarias en México: informe 2011-Julio 2012

México, DF: World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) (2012), 20 pp.

"En el presente informe exponemos la situación de las radios comunitarias en México en el tema de libertad de expresión, a la luz de los deberes y obligaciones signadas por el Estado Mexicano y las recomendaciones emitidas por diversos organismos de Derechos Humanos, particularmente de las Relato... more

The performance of vernacular radio stations in Kenya: monitoring report

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), viii, 33 pp., 15 figures, 17 tables

"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK), the statutory body established under the Media Act 2007 that regulates media and advances professionalism of the media in Kenya, monitored a set of ten vernacular radio stations in September/October 2011 in order to assess their current performance. The study looke... more

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The hierarchy of global suffering: a critical discourse analysis of television news reporting on foreign natural disasters

Stijn Joye

Journal of international communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2011), pp. 45-61

"In 2007 nearly 17,000 people died because of natural disasters and more than 211 million others were directly affected. News media play a basic role in giving publicity to these numerous instances of global suffering as it is mainly through media reports that the world perceives international crise... more

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The practice of public diplomacy: confronting challenges abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

ISBN 978-0-230-11322-0 (print); 978-1-283-09673-7 (ebook)

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss... more

Otras voces, otras imágenes: radio y televisión local en el Perú

Giuliana Cassano (ed.)

Lima: Departamento Académico de Comunicaciones Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2011), 191 pp.

ISBN 978-9972-2932-4-5

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The economic contribution of copyright-based industries in Bhutan

Ministry of Economic Affairs Royal Government of Bhutan

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2011), 62 pp., 27 tables, 7 charts

"Based on the study estimates, the total contribution of CBIs to the Bhutanese economy in 2008 was 5.5% of GDP or Nu.3,009 million; 10.1% of total employment or 25,215 persons; 4.0% of total exports or Nu. 912.4 million; 6.9% of total imports or Nu.1,604.8 million. The contribution of CBIs to GDP wa... more

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Anti-American sentiment as a media effect? Arab media, political identity, and public opinion in the Middle East

Erik C. Nisbet; Teresa A. Myers

Communication research, volume 38, issue 5 (2011), pp. 684-709

"Many have attributed anti-American sentiment within Arab countries to a highly negative information environment propagated by transnational Arab satellite TV news channels such as Al-Jazeera. However, theoretical models and empirical evidence evaluating the linkages between media exposure and opini... more

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Channels of resistance in Lebanon: liberation propaganda, Hezbollah and the media

Zahera Harb

London; New York: Tauris (2011), 279 pp., bibliogr. p.241-259, index

"The South Lebanon conflict saw two decades of sustained resistance by the Lebanese to the Israeli occupation. The Lebanese media’s role in achieving liberation over this period is significant, through campaigns conducted to unify the Lebanese people against their foreign occupier and in support o... more

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Soft power in China: public diplomacy through communication

Jian Wang

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), 221 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-230-11637-5 (ebook); 978-1-349-29137-3 (pbk)

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The new Arab journalist: mission and identity in a time of turmoil

Lawrence Pintak

London; New York: Tauris (2011), xii, 287 pp., tables, bibliogr. p.267-272, index

ISBN 978-1-84885-098-9 (pbk); 978-0-75561-064-8 (online)

"Drawing on the first broad cross-border survey of Arab journalists, first-person interviews with scores of reporters and editors, and his three decades' experience reporting from the Middle East, Lawrence Pintak examines how Arab journalists see themselves and their mission at this critical time in... more

Localizing the internet: an anthropological account

John R. Postill

New York et al.: Berghahn (2011), xxv, 150 pp., bibliogr., index

ISBN 978-0-85745-197-2

"Internet activism is playing a crucial role in the democratic reform happening across many parts of Southeast Asia. Focusing on Subang Jaya, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, this study offers an in-depth examination of the workings of the Internet at the local level. In fact, Subang Jaya is regarded as Ma... more

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