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UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Vietnam: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 3 pp.

"UNESCO’s Hanoi office requested to be the first country implementing activities under Output 2, with the aim to help media institutions adopting policies on gender equality and raising awareness about gender-based violence in media. The first step consisted in the translation to Vietnamese of UNE... more

Church communication in the new normal: perspectives from Asia and beyond

Anthony Le Duc (ed.)

Bangkok: Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication (2022), xxvii, 343 pp.

ISBN 978-974-487-164-0

"Despite the wide-ranging topics presented in this collection, this volume takes ‘communication’ as the keyword for the various research and reflections on the life and mission of the Catholic Church during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as post-crisis. The reader will readily recognize that what... more

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Transforming journalism in Vietnam: an exploration of two Swedish media aid projects

Andreas Mattsson

Journal of applied journalism & media studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 227-247

"In this article, I examine the development of journalism in Vietnam by exploring documentation from two media aid projects carried out by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) from 1993 until 2007. The project documents contain fieldnotes, evaluations and reflections from ... more

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What is next for media development?

Nicholas Benequista; Susan Abbott; Tawana Kupe; Fatima El-Issawi

Journal of applied journalism & media studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 135-140

"What comes next for media development? Though the contributors to this volume [i.e., the special issue focusing on international media development] provide answers from diverse perspectives, they each touch upon questions of agency and localization. The contributors investigate major issues with a ... more

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Communication for development: an evaluation framework in action

Jessica Noske-Turner (ed.)

Rugby: Practical Action Publishing (2020), xiii, 124 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-85339-997-8 (pbk); 978-1-78044-996-8 (pdf) CC BY-NC-ND

"This book presents five cases that reflect on the experiences of using practices consistent with the 'Evaluating C4D framework' [published by June Lennie and Jo Tacchi in 2013]. Case studies are important to help move from a set of ideal principles to an understanding of how the framework may be op... 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.

CC BY-NC-SA

"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

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The war correspondent

Greg McLaughlin

London: Pluto Press (2016) 2nd ed., x, 267 pp., index, bibliogr. p.245-258

ISBN 9780745333199 (hbk); 9780745333182 (pbk); 9781783717583 (pdf)

Other Editions: 1st ed. 2002

"This book has presented a critical, historically grounded analysis of the role of the war correspondent. It has highlighted the risks, the problems and the failures that have defined the role but it has also given credit where that is due and acknowledged the inspirational example of correspondents... more

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The changing media landscape in Vietnam

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2015), 38 slides

"Vietnam has a highly engaged, optimistic and entrepreneurial population and a rapidly changing media environment. Television remains the most used medium and the top source for news and information ¡V especially from official TV. Vietnam severely restricts its news media but Vietnamese want their ... more

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Media use in Vietnam

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2015), 2 pp.

"Vietnam's government-run VTV television network continues to dominate the country's media landscape. However, the current survey also points to a powerful generational shift in media use toward online news sources and less dependence on state TV. This trend is perhaps more clearly reflected in the ... 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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Media use in Vietnam 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 2 pp.

"Vietnamese are avid news consumers; nine in 10 (89.8%) say they access news at least daily, while 93.9% do so at least once a week. Weekly access to TV news varies little by gender, education or urban vs. rural residence. This in part reflects the finding that televisions are ubiquitous throughout ... more

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Soap operas as a matchmaker: a cultivation analysis of the effects of South Korean TV dramas on Vietnamese women’s marital intentions

Hong Tien Vu; Tien-Tsung Lee

Journalism & mass communication quarterly, volume 90, issue 44958 (2013), 23 pp.

"This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption... more

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Religion and public diplomacy

Philip Seib (ed.)

New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-349-45074-9 (print); 978-1-137-29112-7 (ebook)

"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... more

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A snapshot of life and media use in Vietnam: findings from the world poll

Gallup; Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (2013), 53 slides

"Vietnam is changing rapidly: attitudinal, socio-economic and media usage. Traditional media, especially television, is still dominant. New media is pushed forward by young people and those with the most education: urban-rural divides in media use are closing; internet has overtaken radio as key new... more

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Financially viable media in emerging and developing markets

Anne Nelson (ed.)

Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA); African Media Initiative (AMI) (2011), 118 pp., bibliogr. p.112-117

"This report investigates the relationships between media freedoms, financial sustainability of media in emerging markets, and international media support. It is based on a survey of more than 220 newspapers and media executives in more than sixty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, ... 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)

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People, land and water: participatory development communication for natural resource management

Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.286-303, index

ISBN 1-84407343-2

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N... more