Media - use of media by Burmese
Websites/Multiple Documents
Description:
"BurmaNet News" closed down in October 2016, though the archive still exists
Source/publisher:
Various sources via
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-18
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Media - control of media in Burma, Media - use of media by Burmese, Information services - print, broadcast and Internet media, libraries etc.
Language:
English
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Silence Kills Democracy But a Free Press Talks: Vol.29, No. 567 ..... ကမ္ဘာ့သတင်း လွတ်လပ်ခွင့်နေ့ - ဆိတ်ဆိတ်နေခြင်းသည် ဒီမိုကရေစီကို ဆိတ်သုဉ်းစေသည်။ အတွဲ ၂၉၊ အမှတ် ၅၆၇ ( ၄ - ၁ဝ၊ ၅၊ ၂ဝ၁၂) ၏ အထူးထုတ် စာစောင်။
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2012-05-10
Date of entry/update:
2012-08-23
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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MTM_World_PressDay.pdf
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Root Investigative Agency (RiA) is a registered news agency of Sittwe, Arakan State, in Burma (Myanmar). RIA reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing focused in the Western Myanmar in Burmese language.
the RiA aims to not only produce investigative projects but also provide a place for the listeners, viewers and readers to discuss the stories, submit ideas for investigative reports, and peruse the produced data.
ရခိုင်မြောက်ပိုင်းသတင်း၊ ရခိုင်တောင်ပိုင်းသတင်း၊အသွင်အပြင်၊အမြင်၊မြန်မာဆက်ဆံရေး၊စီးပွားရေး၊လူမူရေး၊နိုင်ငံရေး၊ဗွီဒီယို၊မေးမြန်းခန်း၊ နိုင်ငံတကာ။
Source/publisher:
"RiA"
Date of entry/update:
2016-04-20
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Media - use of media by Burmese, News - Burma news sources focussed on non-Burman peoples, Burma/Myanmar news sources in Burmese (online news and articles)
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Individual Documents
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ABSTRACT:
"This study examines the place of new media in the maintance of Burmese diasporic identities. Political oppression in Burma, the experience of exile and the importance of opposition movements in the borderlands make the Burmese diaspora a unique and complex group. This study uses tapoetetha-kot, an indigenous Karen research methodology, to explore aspects of new media use and identity among a group of Burmese refugees in Auckland, New Zealand. Common among all participants was a twin desire to share stories of suffering and to have that pain recognised. Participants in this project try to maintain their language and cultural practices, with the intent of returning to a democratic Burma in the future. New media supports this, by providing participants with access to opposition news reports of human rights abuses and suffering; through making cultural and linguistic artifacts accessible, and through providing an easy means of communication with friends and family in Burma and the borderlands."...
Keywords: Burma, Karen, refugee, diaspora, indigenous, political activism, new media, tapotaethakot
VIOLET CHO
Violet Cho
Source/publisher:
PACIFIC JOURNALISM REVIEW 17 (1) 2011
Date of publication:
2011-05-20
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Media - use of media by Burmese, Third country resettlement of refugees from Burma, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants
Language:
English
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Abstract:
"This study examines ways in which Burmese diasporic identities are formed and maintained, and
the importance of new media in this process. Political oppression in Burma, the experience of
exile and the importance of opposition movements in the borderlands make the Burmese
diaspora a unique and complex group. This study used tapoetethakot, an indigenous Karen
research methodology, to interact with fourteen participants in Auckland, exploring aspects of
new media use and identity maintenance.
Common among all participants was a twin desire to share stories of suffering and to have that
pain recognised. This suffering is an important part of refugee identity and is also linked with
resistance against assimilation in New Zealand. Instead, participants try and maintain their
language and cultural practices, with the intent of returning to a democratic Burma in the future.
New media supports these processes, by providing participants with access to opposition media
reports of human rights abuses and suffering, through making cultural and linguistic artifacts
accessible and through providing an easy means of communication with friends and family in
Burma and the borderlands."
Naw Violet Cho
Source/publisher:
School of Communication Studies Auckland University of Technology
Date of publication:
2009-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-24
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Internet activism and resources, Third country resettlement of refugees from Burma, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants, Burmese refugees in other countries, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants, Media - use of media by Burmese
Language:
English (main text); Interviews (English, Karen, Burmese)
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"Despite many difficulties,
Burmese journalists inside
Burma and abroad have in
recent weeks covered two
events of great importance for the
country: the 7 November general elections
and Aung San Suu Kyi?s release
six days later. The military authorities
sent contradictory signals about their
intentions as regards media freedom.
The undemocratic elections were marked
by censorship, arrests of journalists
and other obstacles, but Burmese
newspapers were able to interview the
various candidates during the campaign.
The privately-owned media and
foreign correspondents were initially
allowed to talk about Suu Kyi?s release,
until more than 10 publications were
disciplined by the Press Scrutiny Board
and the surveillance of foreign reporters
was stepped up.
The military junta and the members of
the newly-elected parliament can now
choose either to pursue the repressive
policies or to initiate a process in which
more space is given to basic freedoms.
We urge the Burmese authorities to
seize the opportunity to respond to the
various calls from neighbouring countries
and ASEAN ?s secretary general for
more freedom of expression. The international
community must also press
the authorities to show more tolerance
and must support the media inside and
outside the country that are trying to
push back censorship.
With the help of its partner organization,
the Burma Media Association,
Reporters Without Borders followed
the work of the Burmese press and
foreign reporters during this historic
month of November. A Reporters Without
Borders representative went to
Burma before the elections to evaluate
the situation. Despite the censorship,
surveillance and obstruction, the Burmese
media managed to offer their
readers, listeners and viewers a variety
of reports and analyses that has been
without precedent since the 1990 elections.
Reporters Without Borders also
wanted to learn more about the impact
in Burma of the so-called exile media
such as Democratic Voice of Burma. A
poll and a survey recently carried out
in Burma confirm the popularity of the
radio and TV stations that broadcast in
Burmese from abroad. In the poll, 2,950
people in eight provinces were questioned
about how they get their news..."
Source/publisher:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of publication:
2010-12-22
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-30
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Media - use of media by Burmese
Language:
English, Francais, French
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84 MINUTES RUNNING TIME. TRAILER PLUS 9 PARTS. FOR PARTS 1-9, CLICK ON ALTERNATE LINKS, BELOW, OR IN RIGHT HAND COLUMN OF YOUTUBE PAGE..."Armed with small handycams undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Their material is smuggled out of Burma and broadcast back via satellite.
Joshua, age 27, becomes tactical leader of a group of reporters, as Buddhist monks in September 2007 lead a massive uprising. Foreign TV crews are banned from the country, so its left to Joshua and his crew to keep the revolution alive on TV screens all over. As government intelligence understands the power of the camera, the VJs become their prime target."
ANDERS OËœSTERGAARD, Khin Maung Win et al
Source/publisher:
Magic Hour Films
Date of publication:
2008-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2009-12-25
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Events of 2007 and their consequences: "The Saffron Revolution" and its aftermath, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Media - control of media in Burma, Media - use of media by Burmese
Language:
Burmese, English
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"Burma?s generals may have underestimated the power of the Internet during the 2007 uprising, but they are now playing catch-up...
The Burmese military government has found a new enemy—the growing number of ?cyber dissidents? who are gaining popularity both inside and outside the country. The bad news is that the junta usually finds a way of defeating each new enemy..."
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 16, No. 3
Date of publication:
2008-03-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Media - use of media by Burmese, Media - control of media in Burma
Language:
English
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Description:
"Burma?s exiled media took center stage during the September uprising. Now they must not rest on their laurels...
If the Burmese people are ready for change, then we must ask whether the exiled Burmese media is ready for change. The answer, I believe, should be a resounding ?Yes!?
Burma enjoyed perhaps the liveliest free press in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 60s. Burma?s first constitution in 1947 guaranteed citizens the right to express their opinions and convictions.
Unfortunately, the freedoms of expression and media were short-lived in Burma.
The first assault on journalism came soon after the military coup in 1962. Press freedom gradually disintegrated thereafter, truncated by Gen Ne Win?s socialist regime.
Newspapers were nationalized and many foreign news agencies were asked to pack their bags. Journalists and editors found themselves in prison.
During the 1980s, all forms of public expression and publications had to pass through Burma?s notorious censorhip board, now known as the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, even though Burma?s second constitution, drawn up in 1974, guaranteed freedom of expression..."
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 3
Date of publication:
2008-03-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Media - control of media in Burma, Media - use of media by Burmese
Language:
English
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Description:
A Dissertation Presented to
The Faculty of the College of Communication of
Ohio University
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
by
Lisa B. Brooten
March 2003...
"...This study examines the impact of new information technologies (NITs) on the
Burmese opposition movement-in-exile based in Thailand. The intent of the research is
to determine whether NITs, primarily computers and the Internet, are helping to reduce,
maintain, or intensify ethnic conflict within the movement. The study explores
implications for political mobilization by examining what groups within the movement
have access to which technologies, and how these groups understand and use global
media and the discourses they produce. The research is a multi-sited ethnography
conceived within the epistemological framework of standpoint theory, providing an
empirically grounded exploration of the Burmese opposition movement in both its local
and global contexts. It employs participant observation, in-depth interviews and
discourse analysis to examine the impact of global communications at the local level.
The work begins with an historical examination of the development of the modern state
in Burma, which provides the context for exploring how militarization, gender and
ethnicity have affected the development of nationalisms and conflict defined largely as
"ethnic" in nature. This is followed by a discussion of how the history and current state
of communications both inside and outside Burma constrain attitudes toward the possible
uses of communications technologies and media among the opposition-in-exile. An
overview of opposition media investigates the degree to which these media have opened a space for dialogue between groups. Interviews with opposition activists and refugees
from Burma demonstrate how the Burmese regime's militaristic values are both
perpetuated and countered within the opposition movement itself. The research finds that
the introduction of NITs and patterns of foreign funding have reinforced existing
hierarchies within the opposition movement. Finally, this study demonstrates how the
"local" reinvents the "global" through the use of a global discourse of human rights
which acts subtly but powerfully to shape social conventions within the movement. This
results in an unstated hierarchy of human rights that perpetuates the inequitable gender
and ethnic composition of the opposition political groups and the hierarchy of access and
use of technologies among these groups."
Lisa B. Brooten
Source/publisher:
Lisa B. Brooten (Ohio University thesis)
Date of publication:
2003-03-00
Date of entry/update:
2005-08-10
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict and peace-building in Burma - theoretical, strategic and general, Media - use of media by Burmese
Language:
English
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pdf
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2.17 MB
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