This site introduces you to various aspects of alternative media in Asia and the Pacific. We provide you news, views and interviews from alternative media sources, and alternative perspectives not only on the media but also on other burning issues in the region. This site also links you to other alternative media sources in the region.
We hope to develop this site into a valuable resource for communication researchers and mass communication educators in the region and beyond.
This portal is supported by the Participation Programme of UNESCO.
02/09/2010
Laos: MTV Releases Animated Film Against Human Trafficking MTV revealed in Vientiane its first animated film intersection that provides a hard-hitting look at human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Asia.
01/09/2010
Nepal: Media Bodies Object To Indian Embassy Statement Four Nepali media organisations raise serious concerns over the Indian Embassy’s recent statement over the differences between the Indian joint ventures and the media houses.
01/09/2010
Maldives: Private Channels Are Run With “ill-gotten” Money MP accuses Maldivian private channels of using "ill-gotten" money to run TV channels critical of the government.
01/09/2010
Thailand: Government Channel Hit By Grenade Attack Police suspect a grenade attack at state-run Channel 11 station was the work of the same people behind last week's explosion in the city.
01/09/2010
China: Fiji Commissions CCTV To Make Documentary South Pacific island nation commissions Chinese TV expertise to promote tourism.
Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC).
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The latest issue of “Asian Voices” a monthly radio magazine programme produced by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in Singapore could be listened / downloaded from our alternative media portal < www.amicaltmedia.net> . Just click on “Asian Voices” banner to reach the audio file.
This month's programme is focusing on “Technology, Culture, Communications and Media”.
Features in the programme include;
1) Bella Mody, Professor of Colorado University in the US, sharing her thoughts on “creating a new international communication and information order”.
2) A formal discussion on “Benchmarking Asian Journalism Schools” conducted at the 19th AMIC Annual Conference in Singapore.
3) An interview with P.V. Sateesh from Deccan Development Society in India.
4) A discussion with Asian scholars on different knowledge journalism students in Asia should focus on, to develop their countries.
You are welcomed to download the programme and broadcast on your radio station free of charge.
Feel free to give us any feedback.
Kalinga Seneviratne
Head of ResearchAsian Media Information and Communication Centre,
P.O.Box 360, Jurong Point,
Singapore 916412
Ph: (65) 6792 7570 Fax: (65) 6792 7129
