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Unruly speech: displacement and the politics of transgression

Saskia Witteborn

Contributor(s): aaa

Minneapolis: Stanford University Press (2023), 252 pp., bibliogr. p.185-220, index

ISBN 978-1-5036-3431-2 (online); 978-1-5036-3430-5 (print)

"Unruly Speech explores how Uyghurs in China and in the diaspora transgress sociopolitical limits with "unruly" communication practices in a quest for change. Drawing on research in China, the United States, and Germany, Saskia Witteborn situates her study against the backdrop of displacement and sh... more

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Chinese discourse power: aspirations, reality, and ambitions in the digital domain

Kenton Thibaut

Washington, DC: Atlantic Council (2022), 32 pp.

ISBN 978-1-61977-242-7

"China's ambitions to supplant the current liberal international order presents the most viable challenge to the ideological consensus around open societies since the end of the Cold War.This report provides a framework for understanding China's discourse-power ambitions [...], the strategy Chin... more

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Entrepreneurial journalism in Greater China and Southeast Asia: case studies and tools for media professionals

Judith Clarke

London; New York: Routledge (2022), 219 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-351-98206-1 (pdf); 978-1-138-28308-4 (hbk); 978-1-138-28309-1 (pbk)

"Drawing from a range of case studies of news and journalism startups, including Malaysiakini, Hong Kong Free Press, The News Lens of Taiwan, Thailand’s The Standard, Ciwei Gongshe of China, Indonesia’s IDN Media, Sabay of Cambodia and Frontier Myanmar, this book provides tips on how to launch a... more

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Navigating copyright for libraries: purpose and scope

Jessica Coates; Victoria Owen; Susan Reilly (eds.)

Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Saur (2022), vii, 547 pp., illustr.

ISBN 978-3-11-073715-8 (print); 978-3-11-073200-9 (pdf) CC BY

"This book, produced on behalf of the IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Advisory Committee, provides basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues. The chapters note the sign... more

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The China network: inside China's global media mission in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Brussels; Redfern: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2022), 15 pp.

"In recent years, China’s playbook for expanding influence under the banner of “common destiny” is well known, with tactics ranging from ‘soft power’ incentive structures to ‘wolf warrior’ diplomatic brawls played out on the front pages of local newspapers. But how consistent is China�... more

Politiques éditoriales dans la mission (XIXe-XXIe siécle)

Annie Lenoble-Bart; Bernadette Truchet; Jean-François Zorn; Didier Galibert (eds.)

Paris: Karthala (2022), 405 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-2-8111-2427-4

"Les Missions à l’époque contemporaine ont continué de se propager grâce à destechniques éditoriales que les progrès des moyens de communication leur ont procurées. En tout premier lieu, l’imprimerie a permis l’édition de la Bible dans de multiples langues et la multiplication de supp... more

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The global handbook of media accountability

Susanne Fengler; Tobias Eberwein; Matthias Karmasin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xviii, 614 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-0-367-34628-7 (hbk); 978-1-03-215615-6 (pbk); 978-0-429-32694-3 (pdf)

"The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to 'de-Westernize' the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in... more

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Media governance: a cosmopolitan critique

Sarah Anne Ganter; Hanan Badr (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xv, 318 pp., index

ISBN 978-3-031-05020-6 (ebook); 978-3-031-05022-0 (pbk)

"The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional foci. The first part addresses the epistemological and ontological flaws in the use and adap... more

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Iron net: digital repression in the Middle East and North Africa

James Lynch

London: European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (2022), 25 pp.

ISBN 978-1-914572-56-2

"Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the leading exponents of digital authoritarianism in the Middle East. The two states have intensified their collaboration with China and Israel to gain greater access to advanced technologies. The EU has responded to concerns about the risks of new technologies with a r... more

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Investigative journalism

Hugo de Burgh; Paul Lashmar (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021) 3rd ed., xvi, 299 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-367-18248-9 (pbk); 978-0-429-06028-1 (ebook)

"This 3rd edition maps the new world of Investigative Journalism, where technology and globalisation have connected and energized journalists, whistle-blowers and the latest players, with far-reaching consequences in politics and business worldwide. In this new edition, expert contributors demonstra... more

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Towards media systems framework in Asia Chinese and Korean media on framing the initial COVID-19 pandemic

Sookyung Cho; Ziyi Wang

International communication gazette, volume 83, issue 5 (2021), pp. 183-205

"Due to the relative lack of media comparison studies within Asian contexts, theoretical frameworks based in Western societies have been applied to knowledge production in the global South. Using a ‘most different’ design, this study compares the dimensions of media systems reflected in two Chin... more

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Wielding influence in the age of coronavirus: how the Chinese communist party shapes narratives and builds influence in Africa

Tom Bayes

Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2021), 125 pp., abbrev. p.6-7, bibliogr. p.101-125

ISBN 978-3-95721-977-0 CC BY-SA

"The geopolitical implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has dislocated global life, shaken economies and caused over 4 million deaths, continue to play out. For China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP), China’s status as the virus’ origin posed political risks, heightened by international s... more

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The Routledge companion to digital media and children

Lelia Green; Donell Holloway; Kylie Stevenson; Tama Leaver; Leslie Haddon (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2021), xxv, 603 pp., illustr., tables, index

ISBN 978-1-138-54434-5 (hbk); 978-1-351-00410-7 (ebook)

"This collection investigates and critiques the dynamism of children's lives online with contributions fielding both global and hyper-local issues, and bridging the wide spectrum of connected media created for and by children. From education to children's rights to cyberbullying and youth in challen... more

The digital Silk Road: China's quest to wire the world and win the future

Jonathan E. Hillman

New York, NY: Harper Business (2021), xiv, 351 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-06-304628-3 (hbk); 978-0-06-304629-0 (online)

Other Editions: London: Profile Books, 2022; German ed.: Kulmbach: Plassen Verlag, 2022

"China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order. As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data... more

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Regardless of frontiers: global freedom of expression in a troubled world

Lee C. Bollinger; Agnès Callamard (eds.)

New York: Columbia University Press (2021), xxiv, 409 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-231-19698-7 (hbk); 978-0-231-19699-4 (pbk)

"This volume brings together leading experts from a variety of fields to critically evaluate the extent to which global norms on freedom of expression and information have been established and which actors and institutions have contributed to their diffusion. The contributors also consider ongoing a... more

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Beyond journalistic norms: role performance and news in comparative perspective

Claudia Mellado (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2021), xix, 299 pp., figures, tables, index

ISBN 978-1-138-38849-9 (hbk); 978-0-429-42550-9 (online)

"The book brings together scholars from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia, reporting findings based on data collected from democratic, transitional, and non-democratic contexts to produce thematic chapters that address how journalistic cultures vary around the globe,... more

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The great firewall of China: how to build and control an alternative version of the internet

James Griffiths

London: Zed Books (2021), xv, 423 pp., bibliogr. p.407-411, index

ISBN 978-1-350-26531-8 (pbk); 978-1-350-25791-7 (hbk); 978-1-350-25793-1 (ebook)

Other Editions: hardback ed. 2019

"China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. Update... more

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Buchmarkt China 2020

Buchinformationszentrum (BIZ) Peking (2021), 12 pp. + annex

"Dieser Bericht besteht aus drei Teilen. Im ersten Teil finden sich Informationen über den chinesischen Bucheinzelhandel im Jahr 2020, auf Basis einer im Januar 2021 veröffentlichten Marktanalyse von Open Book. Der zweite Teil enthält Branchenstatistiken der chinesischen Regierungsbehörden, die ... more

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Summary report: Justice4her 2.0. Strengthening rule of law to reduce gender-based violence

Hilversum: RNW Media (2020), 7 pp.

"Justice4Her is a cross-sector, multi-stakeholder project of RNW Media and Qianqian Law Firm that seeks to strengthen the rule of law and reduce gender-based violence (GBV) towards women migrant workers in China. The project launched in 2016 and targets women migrant workers in Beijing, Shanghai and... more

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From digital divide to social inclusion: a tale of mobile platform empowerment in rural areas

Lisha Ye; Huiqin Yang

Sustainability, volume 12, issue 1,933333333 (2020), 16 pp.

CC BY

"The digital divide in rural areas is an important social issue, especially in developing countries. Although Internet and broadband penetration have increased in the world generally, there are many obstacles for rural China to get access to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its ser... more