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'Asia
Media Report: A Crisis Within', a report on media trends in Asia
produced and coordinated by IPS Asia-Pacific is now off the
press.
Have the Internet and new technologies brought about a more
informative, independent or socially responsible media, or
helped create more space to push for human rights and democracy?
How are the pressures from the oft-invoked 'market' shaping
trends in reporting and ownership of media in
Asia
?
Barring a few gems here and there, the product of those
transformative years has been anything but desirable. In many
countries in
Asia
, the sacred walls of separation between editorial and marketing
functions are breaking down, making way for the
commercialisation of media and concentration of media ownership.
These, in turn, raise questions about whether media have become
just another business product, and how media can keep to their
function of being watchdogs.
Be it in
Pakistan
or
China
,
Indonesia
,
Thailand
or
India
, many among the region's dominant media have metamorphosed into
advertisement delivery vehicles for ever-hungry corporate
masters. In other words, media -- which do not look critically
enough into themselves -- are facing a crisis from within.
The different facets of this crisis are what this 'Asia Media
Report: A Crisis Within' examines.
For
information on getting a copy of the report, please write to
ipsasia@ipsnews.net or ipsasia@gmail.com, or call (in
Bangkok
) + 66 2 246 7877/78, + 632 499 7244 in
Manila
, or +91 11 243 3134 in
Delhi
. You may also order online at
http://www.kinibooks.com/product_info.php?products_id=633.
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Research News
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