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Ageing and the media: international perspectives

Virpi Ylänne (ed.)

Bristol: Policy Press (2022), 234 pp.

ISBN 978-1-4473-6206-7 (online); 978-1-4473-6203-6 (print)

"Media representations of ageing play a role in stereotype formation and even reinforce them. Encountering these stereotypes can negatively impact the self-esteem, health status, physical wellbeing and cognitive performance of older people. This international collection examines different dimensions... 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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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

Joy in solitude: the retreat journals

Jerry Martinson

Contributor(s): Barry Martinson (ed.)

Taipei: Tau Books; Gabriel Press (2021), xxiv, 357 pp.

ISBN 978-986-97070-2-2

"Father Jerry Martinson (1942-2017) was a Jesuit missionary priest serving in Taiwan, well-known for his TV productions, documentaries, talks and workshops throughout Asia. His popular TV series on learning English made "Uncle Jerry" a household name. Living and working at Taipei's Kuangchi Program ... more

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Computational propaganda: political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media

Samuel C. Woolley; Philip N. Howard (eds.)

New York: Oxford University Press (2019), vi, 263 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-19-093141-4 (pbk)

"Computational propaganda is an emergent form of political manipulation that occurs over the Internet. The term describes the assemblage of social media platforms, autonomous agents, algorithms, and big data tasked with the manipulation of public opinion. Our research shows that this new mode of int... 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

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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

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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