| Description |
1 online resource (427 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors and Editors -- Burma or Myanmar? A Note on Terminology -- 1. Introduction: Myanmar Media Historically and the Challenges of Transition / Brooten, Lisa / McElhone, Jane Madlyn / Venkiteswaran, Gayathry -- Part I. Structural Constraints and Opportunities -- 2. Legal Changes for Media and Expression: New Reforms, Old Controls / Venkiteswaran, Gayathry / Thein, Yin Yadanar / Kyaw, Myint -- 3. Whispered Support: Two Decades of International Aid for Independent Journalism and Free Expression / McElhone, Jane Madlyn / Brooten, Lisa -- 4. The Changing Face of Print Media: An Interview with News Veteran Thiha Saw / McElhone, Jane Madlyn / Venkiteswaran, Gayathry -- 5. Privacy Risks in Myanmar's Emerging ICT Sector / Emad, Kamran / McAuliffe, Erin -- Part II. Journalism in Transition -- 6. Silencing a Snakehead Fish: A Case Study in Local Media, Rural-Based Activism, and Defamation Litigation in Southern Myanmar / Leehey, Jennifer -- 7. Precarity and Risk in Myanmar's Media: A Longitudinal Analysis of Natural Disaster Coverage by The Irrawaddy / Banki, Susan / Seng, Ja -- 8. Educating a New Generation of Watchdogs: Interview with Ye Naing Moe, Director of the Yangon and Mandalay Journalism Schools / Nai, Nai / McElhone, Jane Madlyn -- 9. The Metamorphosis of Media in Myanmar's Ethnic States / McElhone, Jane Madlyn -- 10. Covering Rakhine: Journalism, Conflict and Identity / Thu, Eaint Thiri -- 11. Media in Myanmar: Laws, Military and the Public / Weng, Lawi -- 12. Cracking the Glass Ceiling in Myanmar Media / Win, Thin Lei -- 13. Media and the 2015 General Elections / Jaquet, Carine -- Part III. Creative Expression -- 14. Myanmar's Pop Music Industry in Transition / MacLachlan, Heather -- 15. New Video Generation: The Myanmar Motion Picture Industry in 2017 / Ferguson, Jane M. -- 16. Films for Dignity / Myat, Mon Mon -- 17. A "Fierce" Fear: Literature and Loathing after the Junta / Thida, Ma -- Part IV. Society and Media -- 18. The Tea Shop Meets the 8 O'clock News: Facebook, Convergence and Online Public Spaces / Oak, Yan Naung / Brooten, Lisa -- 19. From Blogging to Digital Rights: Telecommunications Reform in Myanmar / Aung, Htaike Htaike / Htut, Wai Myo -- 20. Counter-Narratives: Myanmar's Digital Media Activists / Oh, Sarah -- Epilogue: Media Studies in Myanmar -- Where Do We Go from Here? / Brooten, Lisa / McElhone, Jane Madlyn / Venkiteswaran, Gayathry -- Index |
| Summary |
Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change is the first volume to overview the country's contemporary media landscape, providing a critical assessment of the sector during the complex and controversial political transition. Moving beyond the focus on journalism and freedom of the press that characterizes many media-focused volumes, Myanmar Media in Transition also explores developments in fiction, filmmaking, social movement media and social media |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2019) |
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- Burma
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Mass media -- Social aspects -- Burma
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Government and the press -- Burma
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Journalism -- Burma
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Freedom of expression -- Burma
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Digital media -- Burma
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Digital media
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Freedom of expression
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Government and the press
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Journalism
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Mass media -- Social aspects
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Burma
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brooten, Lisa, editor
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McElhone, Jane Madlyn, editor
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Venkiteswaran, Gayathry, editor
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| ISBN |
9789814843409 |
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9814843407 |
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