Handbook of the Media in Asia

What:

Handbook of the Media in Asia. ISBN 0-7619-9427-0
£39.99; US$79.95
734pp.

Where:

Publisher's address: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. P. O. Box 4215
New Delhi 110048
Fax 91-11-647-2426.

Who:

Shelton Gunaratne, professor
of mass communications at Minnesota State University Moorhead, is the editor and principal author of the book.

When:

Sage Publications (New Delhi, London and Thousand Oaks, CA) released the book in May 2000

Contents of the book

More details at:
Sage (London)
Sage (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Sage (New Delhi)

Review by Kevin Engels in AsiaPacific MediaEducator No. 9, 2001

Part 1: Overview Shelton Gunaratne, Minnesota State University Moorhead

Part 2: South Asia:
           Introduction Shelton Gunaratne
           Bangladesh Serajul I. Bhuiyan, Nanyang Technological University, & Shelton Gunaratne
           Bhutan         Christine Conlon, University of Technology, Sydney
           India            K. Viswanath, Ohio State University, & Kavita Karan, Osmania University
           Maldives     Kavita Karan, Osmania University, & K. Viswanath, Ohio State University
           Nepal          Sandhya Rao, Southwest Texas State University, & Bharat Koirala, Nepal
                               Press Institute
           Pakistan       Owais Aslam Ali, Pakistan Press Foundation, & Shelton Gunaratne
           Sri Lanka     Shelton Gunaratne, Minnesota State University, and Chanuka Wattegama,
                                Sri Lanka

Part 3: Southeast Asia:
           Introduction Shelton Gunaratne
           Brunei Darussalam Mohd. Safar Hasim with Yussof Ladi,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
           Cambodia   Judith Clarke, Hong Kong Baptist University
           Indonesia   Naswil Idris, Indonesian Open Learning University, & Shelton Gunaratne
           Laos           Frank Morgan, University of Newcastle, & Eric Loo, University of Wollongong
           Malaysia     Mohd. Safar Hasim & Asiah Sarji, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, & Shelton Gunaratne
           Myanmar    Kalyani Chada, University of Maryland, & Anandam P. Kavoori, University of Georgia
           Philippines   Crispin Maslog, University of the Philippines, Los Banos
           Singapore    Eddie Kuo & Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University
           Thailand       Daradirek Ekachai, Southern Illinois University
           Vietnam       Zeny Sarabia Panol, Southwest Texas State University, with NgocYen Do

Part 4: East Asia:
           Introduction       Shelton Gunaratne
           China                Yan Liqun, Tennessee State University
           China—Hong Kong and Macau
                                    Clement Y.K. So, Joseph Man Chan & Chin-Chuan Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
           Japan                Shinichi Saito, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
           Korea—North Shelton Gunaratne, MSU, & Shin Dong Kim, Hallym University,Korea
           Korea—South Chul Heo, Ki-yul Uhm, University of Iowa, & Jeong-heon Chang, Michigan State
           Mongolia           Barry Lowe, City University of Hong Kong, & Shelton Gunaratne, MSU
           Taiwan             Georgette Wang & Lo Ven-Hwei, National Chengchi University, Taipei

Chapter format

Each country-specific chapter will have the following sections:

1. National profile
        1.1 Geography
        1.2 People
        1.3 Government/politics
        1.4 Economy
2. Development of the press and broadcasting
        2.1 Brief early history
        2.2 Developments since 1945
                2.2.1 Press
                2.2.2 Radio
                2.2.3 Television
3. The Press
        3.1 Policy and legal framework
        3.2 Financial aspects (circulation, advertising, mkt. strategies)
        3.3 Structure and organization
        3.4 Quality and popular press
        3.5 Distribution and technology
4. Broadcasting
        4.1 Policy and legal framework
        4.2 Structure and organization
                4.2.1 Radio
                4.2.2 Television
        4.3 Program policies--radio and TV
        4.4 Ownership and financing
5. New electronic media
        5.1 Internet and on-line media
        5.2 Telecommunication infrastructure
6. Policy trends for press and broadcasting
7. Main issues
8. Statistics
9. Useful addresses
10. References

Contact address:
The editor's postal address is 3215 Village Green Drive, Moorhead, MN 56560, USA.
His office address is Mass Communications Department, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN 56563, USA
His phone numbers are (218) 233-0453 (home) and (218) 477-4035 (office)
His fax number is (218) 477-4333
His e-mail address is <gunarat@mnstate.edu>

Uploaded: Feb. 12, 1998
Revised: May 13, 2006