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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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Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
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Nic Newman; Richard Fletcher; Craig T. Robertson; Kirsten Eddy; Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp., many diagr.

ISBN 978-1-907384-98-1

"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr... more

Digital inclusion of the Orang Asli of peninsular Malaysia: remote virtual mechanism for usability of telecentres amongst indigenous peoples

Poline Bala; Chon Eng Tan

Electronic journal of information systems in developing countries (EJISDC), volume 87, issue 4, e12171 (2021), 14 pp.

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"Turning to an ICT-based community development known as the Telecentre Programme amongst Orang Asli, an indigenous people groups in Peninsular Malaysia, this paper describes why a remote virtual management devise was invented to encounter challenges related to rugged terrain constraints, which would... more

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Moving mountains: the challenges of religious representation in Malaysia

Projek Dialog; Internews (2021), 25 pp.

"... Faith communities in Malaysia seem to constantly find ways to reach out to each other and to Malaysians who may not necessarily share their backgrounds. This already contradicts the assumption that local religions are often intolerant towards each other. Rather, what is required is a platform f... 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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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

Monetising the dividual self: the emergence of the lifestyle blog and influencers in Malaysia

Julian Hopkins

New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2019), xiii, 221 pp., figures, bibliogr. p.199-216, index

ISBN 978-1-78920-118-5 (hbk); 978-1-78920-119-2 (ebook)

"Combining theoretical and empirical discussions with shorter thick description case studies, this book offers an anthropological exploration of the emergence in Malaysia of lifestyle bloggers – precursors to current social media microcelebrities and influencers. It tracks the transformation of pe... more

Spiritual news: reporting religion around the world

Yoel Cohen (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-4331-2862-2

"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on-... more

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Online supplement to working paper 2018.1. Challenging truth and trust: a global inventory of organized social media manipulation

Samantha Bradshaw; Philip N. Howard

Oxford: Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford; Computational Propaganda Research Project (2018), 81 pp.

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"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s... more

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Desecrating expression: an account of freedom of expression and religion in Asia

Gayatri Khandhadai

Bytes for All; Asian For Human Rights & Development; Global Partners Digital (2016), 80 pp.

"This report outlines the international human rights standards and processes related the protection of freedom of expression and religious belief, and discusses regional trends and challenges. The nine country case studies include the stories of many people across the region struggling to defend fre... more

Puppetry for all times: papers presented at the Bali puppetry seminar 2013

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof

Singapore: Patridge (2014), 389 pp., illustr.

ISBN 978-1-4828-2811 (hbk); 978-14828-2810-8 (pbk); 978-1-4828-2812-2

"The Puppetry for All Times Seminar held in September of 2013 in Ubud, Bali, was one of the most enchanting of events of its kind held anywhere in recent years. Its success revolved around the fantastic locale, the overwhelming response from performers as well as the paper presenters, and the genero... more

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Losing control: freedom of the press in Asia

Louise Williams; Roland Rich

Canberra: Australian National University (ANU) E Press (2014), xvi, 282 pp., abbrev. p.258-261, bibliogr. p.262-274, index

ISBN 9781925021431 (pbk); 9781925021448 (ebook)

Other Editions: 1st ed. Asia Pacific Press, 2000

"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... more

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Social media and elections in Asia-Pacific: the growing power of the youth vote

Alastair Carthew; Simon Winkelmann (eds.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), 164 pp., tables

"Undoubtedly, politicians have awoken to the political power of social media and it will be increasingly adopted as a mainstream means of information distribution and communications as voters and young people are becoming more politically active in a number of the jurisdictions surveyed in this book... 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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Digital review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010

Shahid Akhtar; Patricia Arinto (eds.)

Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp., abbrev. p.xv-xxvii, index

ISBN 978-81-321-0084-3 (pbk); 978-1-5255-0456-7 (ebook)

"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u... more

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Digital review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008: reports on 31 economies and 2 sub-regional associations

Felix Librero; Patricia B. Arinto

New Dehli: Sage India; Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), xv, 373 pp., abbrev. p.xiv-xv, illustr., tables, index

ISBN 978-1-52550-377-5 (IDRC); 978-0-7619-3674-9 (pbk); 978-81-7829-840-5 (pbk India)

Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022 Quick overview

Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
Quick overview