[eBook]Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change (Legal Changes for Media and Expression: New Reforms, Old Controls)

“Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change is the first and most comprehensive study of the role of media in contemporary Myanmar from a range of perspectives, including scholars, practitioners, journalists, artists, and activists. This edited book is easily accessible, illuminating and timely. This is a welcome addition and a great contribution to Myanmar studies. I highly recommend it.”

—Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung

Professor and Chair

University of Massachusetts Lowell

 

“A unique and urgent collection of essays that captures the menacing Zeitgeist of Myanmar’s embattled media. Fusing foreign academic analysis and Myanmar media practitioner experiences, this book will stand as the seminal study of press freedoms of the past and present for many years to come.”

—David Scott Mathieson

Independent Myanmar Analyst and Author

 

“This volume of academic essays and practitioner reflections provides a nuanced understanding of Myanmar media in the post-2010 semi-democratic era. Vested interests, vaguely defined laws, and societal norms all constrain media actors, but many have also found ways to address critical issues and offer audiences new perspectives. This book will be of great relevance to all who are interested in Myanmar, media studies, and societies in transition.”

—Christina Fink

Professor of Practice of International Affairs

The Elliott School of International Affairs

The George Washington University

"This book sheds light on how a military-orchestrated democratic transition in Myanmar brought forth only the mere impression of press freedom in the country.”

—Swe Win

Chief Editor, Myanmar Now