Embattled media : democracy, governance and reform in Sri Lanka /

Insights into the importance of independent media for democratic governance in the wider South Asian region!

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crawley, William, 1940-, Page, David, 1944-, Pinto-Jayawardena, Kishali
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2015.
Temas:
Mass media > Sri Lanka.
Mass media policy > Sri Lanka.
Civil society > Sri Lanka.
Democracy > Sri Lanka.
Médias > Sri Lanka.
Médias > Politique gouvernementale > Sri Lanka.
Société civile > Sri Lanka.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Civil society.
Democracy.
Mass media.
Mass media policy.
Sri Lanka.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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