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McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India

Jonathan D. James

New Delhi: Sage (2010), xxvii, 232 pp.

"This book looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people. The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India, in a new historical, cultur ... more

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Reorienting Global Communication: Indian and Chinese Media Beyond Borders

Michael Curtin, Hemant Shah (eds.)

Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2010), 313 pp.

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'Chindia' and Global Communication

Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 3 (2010), pp. 243-389

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Development Communication: Reframing the Role of Media

Thomas L. McPhail (ed.)

Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell (2009), xiii, 239 pp.

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Media Education in Asia

Chi-Kim Cheung (ed.)

Dordrecht; London: Springer (2009), viii, 239 pp.

"Media education in Asia is a relatively young, but rapidly developing part of the curriculum. Research has been conducted and papers have been written on various issues concerning media education in Asia. The dominant models of media education in the world are broadly Western and most are drawn fro ... more

Mapping Media Education Policies in the World: Visions, Programmes and Challenges

Divina Frau-Meigs, Jordi Torrent (eds.)

New York; Paris; Huelva: United Nations Alliance of Civilizations;UNESCO;Grupo Comunicar (2009), 259 pp.

"This publication offers a comprehensive and multidimensional approach to media education, considering it from three inter-related dimensions: its national, regional and global contexts; its value to citizens and civic participation; and the crucial role of collaboration among governments, civil soc ... more

La video dans le developpement: Filmer pour le changement rural

Rico Lie, Andreas Mandler

Wageningen; Rome; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);FAO (2009), v, 60 pp.

Under Fire: Press Freedom in South Asia 2008-2009

Sukumar Muralidharan (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific (2009), 45 pp.

Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy

Alan Finlay (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2009), 231 pp.

"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. Each year the report focuses on ... more

Communication for Development: A Glimpse at UNDP's Practice

Elizabeth McCall

Oslo: United Nations;UNDP Oslo Governance Centre (2009), 54 pp.

Video in Development
Key Guidance

Rico Lie, Andreas Mandler

Wageningen; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);FAO (2009), 60 pp.

"The book was written mainly to inform rural development professionals, practitioners and decision-makers in a variety of organisations – from NGOs and farmer associations to government departments and research and educational institutions – about the diverse uses of video in development. Specif ... more

Learning to Live Together: Using Distance Education for Community Peacebuilding
Inspiring Practice

Rawwida Baksh, Tanyss Munro (eds.)

Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2009), viii, 244 pp.

"The book brings together a range of community peacebuilding experiences that apply open and distance learning. The emphasis on community requires distance educators to change focus. The book addresses how to help a community articulate its own purposes for learning and then support it in achieving ... more

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Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses

Birgit Meyer (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xiv, 278 pp.

"This book examines the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings including the Pentecostal Church and Islamic movements, as well as the use of religious forms and image in the sphere of radio and cinema." (Publisher description)

Directory of Community Radios and Related Organizations in Asia Pacific

Kathmandu: AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Office;Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2009), 136 pp.

India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes

Karline McLain

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), 240 pp.

"Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the A ... more