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Impact of Social Media Law on Media Freedom in Turkey Monitoring Report

Gürkan Özturan, Dilek Içten, Hasan Berk Akkoç

Media Research Association (MEDAR) (2021), 83 pp.

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The Politics of Authenticity and Populist Discourses: Media and Education in Brazil, India and Ukraine

Christoph Kohl, Barbara Christophe, Heike Liebau, Achim Saupe (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), viii, 240 pp.

"Starting from the assumption that media play a crucial role for populist discourses of authenticity, the volume moves beyond conventional and social media by expanding its focus to media in formal education, notably school textbooks and curricula. These two particular media formats lastingly shape ... more

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The Fall of Kabul: When Platforms Enable Propaganda

Marie Lamensch

Centre for International Governance Innovation, August 27 (2021)

"Social media companies face an increasingly urgent ethical dilemma about the use of their platforms by Taliban officials and supporters." (Introduction)

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National Regulatory and Self-Regulatory Framework Against Hate Speech and Disinformation: Factsheet Turkey

Sinem Aydinli

Ljubljana: South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) (2021), 14 pp.

"The current legislation should include a direct expression of hate speech and expand the scope of hate speech in terms of person and subject as much as possible. The anti-discrimination state bodies should focus on protecting the human rights of the most vulnerable groups, broadening legal protecti ... more

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Connecting with Homeland: Media Consumption of Afghan Diaspora in India

Farooq Gowhar

International Journal of Communication and Media Science, volume 8, issue 2 (2021), 5 pp.

"Afghan presence in India dates back centuries. It exists in the form of goods, language, cultural and political influences, and other subtler yet significant forms. The influx of Afghan students, traders, and medical tourists in India, especially post the 2001 regime change in Afghanistan, has give ... more

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National Consultations on Solutions to Promote Media Viability While Preserving Media Independence: Consultations on Media Viability in Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal and Tunisia
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Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2021), 33 pp.

"The intersection between media and politics remains very strong in several countries under study. In these conditions, there is often little transparency on media ownership and a lack of transparency on local funding sources of media. Relatedly, in some cases, a change in government policies was ra ... more

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Metamorphosis: Community broadcasting and disaster response

New Delhi: Maraa Media and Arts Collective;UNESCO (2021), 134 pp.

"The book is a collection of perspectives and creative possibilities of programming on CR, not exclusive to disaster. The book is for anyone who believes in employing reflective creative practices as an approach to their work. It proposes a different way of seeing and listening. It also includes exe ... more

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Understanding Indian Movies: Culture, Cognition, and Cinematic Imagination

Patrick Colm Hogan

Austin: University of Texas Press (2021), 293 pp.

"In this book, Patrick Colm Hogan sets out through close analysis and explication of culturally particular information about Indian history, Hindu metaphysics, Islamic spirituality, Sanskrit aesthetics, and other Indian traditions to provide necessary cultural contexts for understanding Indian films ... more

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Multihazard Multisectoral Risk Communication Framework for Pakistan

Washington, DC: World Bank;Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination (2021), 26 pp.

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Bangladesh: A Mapping of Innovative Media

digitally right;International Media Support (IMS) (2021), 10 pp.

"This study mapped 11 innovative and public interest media initiatives in Bangladesh seeking to reach diverse audience groups and communities with news and information in a changing media landscape. Each of these media initiatives has its unique strengths and weaknesses but managed to thrive to cont ... more

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Media and Freedom of Expression

International Reports , volume 37, issue 3 (2021), pp. 2-99

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Visual and Cultural Identity Constructs of Global Youth and Young Adults: Situated, Embodied and Performed Ways of Being, Engaging and Belonging

Fiona Blaikie (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), 293 pp.

"Embracing an international perspective encompassing the Global North and Global South, chapters explore expressions and performances of youth and young adults as shifting and entangled, in and through the clothed body, gender, sexuality, race, artistic and pedagogical making practices, in spaces an ... more

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Digital News Report 2021
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Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Anne Schulz, Simge Andi, Craig T. Robertson, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2021), 163 pp.

"This year's report reveals new insights about digital news consumption based on a YouGov survey of over 92,000 online news consumers in 46 markets including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Colombia and Peru for the first time. The report looks at the impact of coronavirus on news consumption a ... more

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Ethnic Journalism in the Global South

Anna Gladkova Jamil, Sadia

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xiii, 319 pp.

"This book focuses on ethnic journalism in the Global South, approaching it from two angles: as a professional area and as a social mission. The book discusses journalistic practices and ethnic media in the Global South, managerial and editorial strategies of ethnic media outlets, their content spec ... more

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Religious Television and Pious Authority in Pakistan

Taha Kazi

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2021), xi, 226 pp.

"In Pakistan, religious talk shows emerged as a popular television genre following the 2002 media liberalization reforms. Since then, these shows have become important platforms where ideas about Islam and religious authority in Pakistan are developed and argued. In Religious Television and Pious Au ... more

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Gender Assessment of Civic Space and the Media Environment in Bangladesh (Draft)

Sayed Md Saikh Imtiaz

Internews (2021), 20 pp.

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#Kanhaiya: Exploring Indian Journalists’ Use of Twitter to Share Developing News and Audience Engagement with Different Types of Tweets

Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Sriya Chattopadhyay

Global Media and Communication, volume 17, issue 1 (2021), pp. 45-66

"This exploratory study examined the twitter feeds of ten senior Indian journalists during a specific event of national importance to understand what type of tweets led to greater follower engagement. Further, we examined how followers engaged with congruent and incongruent messages. Analysis of twe ... more

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Decent Work in Pakistani Media: An Assessment of Labour Laws & the Impacts for Media Workers

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2021), 27 pp.

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Digital Civil Society: (Dis-) Connected

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 52 pp.

"This publication is a collection of a variety of outlooks, recommendations, and input from the participants of the 2020 workshop [for fellows of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen] and others. On the subject of digital access, CCP alumnus Camilo Olea speaks ab ... more

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5 Lessons Learned from Investing in Libraries for National Development

Ari Katz

www.ictworks.org (2021)

"Beyond Access was the first major global attempt to connect the international development and public library worlds. Taking the form of a series of projects in a dozen countries meant to help catalyze library development around national goals, the program operated from 2011 to 2018. Starting from a ... more

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Digital News Report 2021 Top Insights

National Consultations on Solutions to Promote Media Viability While Preserving Media Independence: Consultations on Media Viability in Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal and Tunisia
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Digital News Report 2021
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