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Social media and hate

Shakuntala Banaji; Ramnath Bhat

London, New York: Routledge (2022), 130 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-367-53726-5 (pbk); 978-1-003-08307-8 (ebook) CC BY-NC-ND

"Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies. Social Media and Hate argues that these phenomena, and the extreme violence and discrimination they initiate against targete... more

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Media assistance in Burma’s reform decade

Jane Madlyn McElhone

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 35 pp.

"Using the coup as a vantage point, interviewees for this report were asked to reflect on three main questions: What have we learned about past media reform efforts? With hindsight, what are the legacies, best practices, and lessons learned? With a view to the future, what does the media’s respons... 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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UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Myanmar: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 12 pp.

"The road to media freedom has been winding and narrow for Myanmar. Prior to the February 2021 military takeover, there had been guarded optimism that the country would soon enjoy freedom of expression and democratic principles. The country’s political reform process started in 2011, after 50 year... 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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Media assistance in Burma’s reform decade

Jane Madlyn McElhone

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 8 pp.

"Despite the grim outlook, media development efforts in Burma between 2010 and 2020 may be instructive not only for donors pondering the way forward, but also for media assistance efforts in other countries in transition. This report, part of the Center for International Media Assistance’s “Medi... more

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Let free media thrive: stories of impact of the multi-donor programme on freedom of expression and safety of journalists

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 19 pp.

"2019 has seen major achievements resulting from needs-based, and specifically-tailored support through the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP). Actions building on ongoing work and others opening new avenues, have initiated substantial changes in favour of... more

Media and mass atrocity: the Rwanda genocide and beyond

Allan Thompson (ed.)

Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), x, 637 pp.

ISBN 978-1-928096-72-6

"The book includes an extensive section on the echoes of Rwanda, which looks at the cases of Darfur, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and South Sudan, while the impact of social media as a new actor is examined through chapters on social media use by the Islamic State and in Syria and in other... 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

Thirty rising media markets 2016

Anne Austin; Jonathan Barnard; Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2016), 51 pp.

"The markets we do include are a very diverse bunch, from the very closed and politically tightly controlled such as Laos; through a large number of nations on the African continent which have seen a sudden improvement in digital infrastructure thanks to the landing of several new submarine intercon... 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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In the service of the public: functions and transformation of media in developing countries

Jan Lublinski; Petra Berner; Merjam Wakili

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 300 pp.

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3d Conference on Media Development in Myanmar, 18-19 September 2014: summary of presentations and conclusions

Myanmar Media Development Thematic Working Group; International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 50 pp.

ISBN 978-87-92209-66-5 CC BY

"For the third consecutive year in a row, the Myanmar Media Development Conference, a unique multi-partner, multi-stakeholder enterprise, gathered government officials, journalists, media owners, editors, reporters, NGOs, local, regional and international organisations for discussions on the status ... 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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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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Burma media use 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 2 pp.

"Despite the country’s long history of censorship, Burmese do not currently appear to be apathetic about news coverage. Almost half (47.5%) say they access some type of news – whether via radio, TV, Internet, newspapers, etc. – at least daily, and 78.5% do so at least once a week. Radio remain... more

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Media use in Burma: findings from the 2012 international audience research project

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 52 slides

"Burma s media environment is underdeveloped and firmly anchored in old media, but changes have started. Radio is the most used media for entertainment and news in Burma, and domestic outlets have expanded rapidly in recent years. Television s growth in urban areas has been striking in recent years.... more

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Leaping over the firewall: a review of censorship circumvention tools

Cormac Callanan; Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner; Alberto Escudero-Pascual; Robert Guerra

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2011), 75 pp.

"Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online. Circumvention tools are primarily designed to bypass internet f... 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)