Tina Burrett is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Japan. She is also the author of Television and Presidential Power in Putin’s Russia (Routledge, 2013).Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan. His recent publications include Contemporary Japan 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2019), Japan’s Foreign Relations with Asia (Routledge, 2018) and Press Freedom in Japan (Routledge, 2017).

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• 1 Introduction; 2 Theorising Media Freedom in Asia; Part 1 - East Asia; 3 Social Media with Chinese Characteristics: Implications for Press Freedom; 4 Borrowing, Buying and Building Boats: How China Exerts its Influence Over the Press in Asia; 5 Press Freedom in China Under Xi Jinping; 6 Japan’s Activist News Media: How and Why Reporters and News Organizations Became a Positive Force in Confronting a Negative Past; 7 Fortress Okinawa: Japan’s Media and the US Military Footprint; 8 Press Freedom in South Korea; 9 External Threat and Internal Defense: Freedom of the Press in Taiwan 2008-2018; Part 2 - South East Asia; 10 The Indonesian Press: Between the State, Market, Politics and Society; 11 Press Freedom in Malaysia: An Awakening for the Media?; 12 Media Freedom in Myanmar: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back; 13 Press Repression in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, the Reuters Reporters and the Rohingya; 14 Press Freedom in the Philippines; 15 Press Freedom Chained in Thailand; 16 Vietnamese Media Going Social: Connectivism, Collectivism, and Conservatism; Part 3 - South Asia; 17 Press freedom in Bangladesh: How to Kill the Fourth Estate in 48 Years or Less; 18 Killing Press Freedom in India, Siddhartha Deb; 19 Muzzling the Press: Military Control and Journalism in Jammu and Kashmir; 20 Challenges of Press Freedom in Nepal; 21 Pakistan’s Media under Siege; 22 Free and Fair Media: A Distant Dream for Sri Lanka; Part 4 - Internet Freedom; 23 The Polemics of Internet Freedom in Asia: Reality, Perception and Attitudes

Tina Burrett is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Japan. She is also the author of Television and Presidential Power in Putin’s Russia (Routledge, 2013).Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan. His recent publications include Contemporary Japan 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2019), Japan’s Foreign Relations with Asia (Routledge, 2018) and Press Freedom in Japan (Routledge, 2017).

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• 1 Introduction; 2 Theorising Media Freedom in Asia; Part 1 - East Asia; 3 Social Media with Chinese Characteristics: Implications for Press Freedom; 4 Borrowing, Buying and Building Boats: How China Exerts its Influence Over the Press in Asia; 5 Press Freedom in China Under Xi Jinping; 6 Japan’s Activist News Media: How and Why Reporters and News Organizations Became a Positive Force in Confronting a Negative Past; 7 Fortress Okinawa: Japan’s Media and the US Military Footprint; 8 Press Freedom in South Korea; 9 External Threat and Internal Defense: Freedom of the Press in Taiwan 2008-2018; Part 2 - South East Asia; 10 The Indonesian Press: Between the State, Market, Politics and Society; 11 Press Freedom in Malaysia: An Awakening for the Media?; 12 Media Freedom in Myanmar: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back; 13 Press Repression in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, the Reuters Reporters and the Rohingya; 14 Press Freedom in the Philippines; 15 Press Freedom Chained in Thailand; 16 Vietnamese Media Going Social: Connectivism, Collectivism, and Conservatism; Part 3 - South Asia; 17 Press freedom in Bangladesh: How to Kill the Fourth Estate in 48 Years or Less; 18 Killing Press Freedom in India, Siddhartha Deb; 19 Muzzling the Press: Military Control and Journalism in Jammu and Kashmir; 20 Challenges of Press Freedom in Nepal; 21 Pakistan’s Media under Siege; 22 Free and Fair Media: A Distant Dream for Sri Lanka; Part 4 - Internet Freedom; 23 The Polemics of Internet Freedom in Asia: Reality, Perception and Attitudes