"Concerns are growing in Asia about offensive and extremist material on the internet. New laws have been passed to remedy this, but they have collided with the ways that search engines, social networks and internet cafes run their operations. These service providers have therefore been resisting cal ... ls for self-censorship, which is often technically difficult, too. And the media are worried that press freedom and freedom of speech will be put at risk. The threat of retribution could lead to even more content disappearing from the Web than is actually stipulated by law." (Introduction) more

"This publication sets out to achieve a number of objectives of importance to environmental journalism in the Asia-Pacific region. The objectives are: to identify the key environmental issues facing the Asia-Pacific region; to identify and assess journalism organizations, NGOs and others involved in ... environmental journalism; to identify relevant environmental institutions, journalism awards, funds and educational programs; to assess the state of environmental reporting in Asia-Pacific." (Back cover) more