Asian Communication Handbook 2008

The ACH 2008 provides a comprehensive overview of media developments in Asia. It begins with a series of theoretical and critical papers that provide a context for the discussions on media development and specific national systems. The theoretical papers here cover many of the most significant issues in the Asian media landscape.

A first set of contributions cover several critical issues, including the role and responsibility of the media in promoting peace and development, managing media pluralism and promoting diversity, fostering knowledge societies through the use of information and communication technologies, and media and their role in structuring the public sphere.

Another series of articles cover issues such as media globalisation and localisation, the role of the media in national development, the equilibrium between the government and the market in China, and the challenges facing schools of journalism and mass communication.

The section ends with a set of articles covering media and terrorism, new paradigms within communication research, community radio and people?s empowerment, and the impact of new media on traditional forms of broadcasting.

Introduction, by 1

Theoretical Perspectives

Weapons of Mass Distraction? UN Perspectives on the Future of the Media
by Shashi Tharoor, p 7

The Media in Managing Plurality: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Millennium
by Abdul Waheed Khan, p 13

Fostering Diversity in Knowledge Societies: Fault Lines and Intermediaries
by Robin Mansell, p17

Structural and Operational Transformations of the Public Sphere
by Gaëtan Tremblay, p 26

Mapping the Murdochisation of the Media
by Daya Kishan Thussu, p 32

Role of the Media in National Development in the 21st Century
by Javed Jabbar, p 42

The Equilibrium between the Government and the Market: An Analysis of China’s Media Policy after the WTO
by Hu Zhengrong, p 49

The Challenges of Communication Education in Asia
by Paul S. N. Lee, p 58

Challenges Facing Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication in the Next Decade
by Srinivas R. Melkote, p 67

Jihad and the Media: Osama bin Laden as Reported in the Regional Press
by Alan Knight, p 74

New Media, New Grammar and New Dimensions: What Questions Do Communication Researchers Need to Ask?
by Usha Vyasulu Reddi, p 86

Community Radio and People Empowerment
by Louie N. Tabing, p 93

Country Reports

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (incl. HK SAR), India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste & Vietnam.