Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors and Editors ix
4. Burma or Myanmar? A Note on Terminology xvii
5. 1. Introduction: Myanmar Media Historically and the Challenges of Transition 1
6. Part I. Structural Constraints and Opportunities
7. 2. Legal Changes for Media and Expression: New Reforms, Old Controls 59
8. 3. Whispered Support: Two Decades of International Aid for Independent Journalism and Free Expression 95
9. 4. The Changing Face of Print Media: An Interview with News Veteran Thiha Saw 131
10. 5. Privacy Risks in Myanmar’s Emerging ICT Sector 137
11. Part II. Journalism in Transition
12. 6. Silencing a Snakehead Fish: A Case Study in Local Media, Rural-Based Activism, and Defamation Litigation in Southern Myanmar 151
13. 7. Precarity and Risk in Myanmar’s Media: A Longitudinal Analysis of Natural Disaster Coverage by The Irrawaddy 177
14. 8. Educating a New Generation of Watchdogs: Interview with Ye Naing Moe, Director of the Yangon and Mandalay Journalism Schools 201
15. 9. The Metamorphosis of Media in Myanmar’s Ethnic States 210
16. 10. Covering Rakhine: Journalism, Conflict and Identity 229
17. 11. Media in Myanmar: Laws, Military and the Public 239
18. 12. Cracking the Glass Ceiling in Myanmar Media 243
19. 13. Media and the 2015 General Elections 251
20. Part III. Creative Expression
21. 14. Myanmar’s Pop Music Industry in Transition 267
22. 15. New Video Generation: The Myanmar Motion Picture Industry in 2017 287
23. 16. Films for Dignity 307
24. 17. A “Fierce” Fear: Literature and Loathing after the Junta 315
25. Part IV. Society and Media
26. 18. The Tea Shop Meets the 8 O’clock News: Facebook, Convergence and Online Public Spaces 327
27. 19. From Blogging to Digital Rights: Telecommunications Reform in Myanmar 366
28. 20. Counter-Narratives: Myanmar’s Digital Media Activists 377
29. Epilogue: Media Studies in Myanmar – Where Do We Go from Here? 387
30. Index 395