TY - BOOK AU - VOM BUSCH Werner (ed) AU - CARTHEW Alastair TI - The Asia media directory: a handbook for media practitioners in the region interested in establishing a contact network SN - 9789810824235 (pbk.) PY - 2008/// CY - Singapore PB - Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, KW - MASS MEDIA KW - ASIA KW - DIRECTORIES N2 - The Media Directory examines and updates media activity in 15 countries. Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, are new to the list. All three have reported continued assaults on media freedom as their countries were wracked by internal strife, changes in Government, the removal of the Nepalese Royal Family , and the ongoing independence struggle of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. The author hope that this booklet makes its own meaningful contribution to understanding more about the media in Asia ER -