Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 396 pages) |
Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 -- Democracy, Governance and Media Reform: Sri Lanka and the Wider Region -- Part I: The Print Media in Sri Lanka -- 2 -- The Erosion of Media Freedoms: Some Historical Reflections -- 3 -- Minority Media at the Crossroads -- 4 -- Journalism on the Front Line -- 5 -- Women Journalists: Fighting the Good Fight -- Part II: Electronic and New Media -- 6 -- The Political Economy of the Electronic Media -- 7 -- New Media, Old Mindsets -- Part III: Legal and Institutional Reforms -- 8 -- One Step Forward, Many Steps Back: Media Law Reform Examined -- 9 -- Why a Right to Information Act Is an Urgent Necessity -- Part IV: Media Education and Reform -- 10 -- Media Education: A Curricular Review -- 11 -- Media Education and the Tamil Community: A View from the North and the East -- 12 -- Putting the Citizen First: New Approaches to Media Literacy -- Part V: Future Prospects -- 13 -- Challenges Ahead and a Call for Action -- 14 -- Conclusion: Media Reform in a National and Global Context -- Bibliography -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index |
Summary |
Insights into the importance of independent media for democratic governance in the wider South Asian region! |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
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Subject |
Mass media -- Sri Lanka
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Mass media policy -- Sri Lanka
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Civil society -- Sri Lanka
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Democracy -- Sri Lanka
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Civil society
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Democracy
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Mass media
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Mass media policy
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Sri Lanka
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Crawley, William, 1940-
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Page, David, 1944-
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Pinto-Jayawardena, Kishali
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ISBN |
9789351502159 |
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9351502155 |
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9789351504917 |
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9351504913 |
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