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Asian Media Information & Communication Centre - Asia-Pacific Region

Country

Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Region

Global, Africa, South East and East Asia, South Asia, South Pacific

Programme Summary

Established in 1971, Asian Media Information & Communication Centre (AMIC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation actively engaged in communication documentation, research, training, publishing, and press development in the Asia-Pacific region. AMIC's goal is to contribute to the development of all forms of communication in the Asia-Pacific region by helping individuals and institutions involved in communications to stay abreast of developments in the field. AMIC broader purpose is to foster socio-economic progress in the region.

Communication Strategies

AMIC helps provide a forum for exchange of views and opinions among communication scholars and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region. It also encourages the development of institutional capabilities to conduct appropriate research programmes through networking, exchange of research fellows, and joint research activities.


Specifically, there are four distinct programmes within the Centre:

  1. Documentation programme - maintains a collection of documents and audio-visual materials on communication, including a collection of unpublished materials. Total library holdings as of this writing: 75,000
  2. Publishing programme - identifies information and publication needs of AMIC's constituents and undertakes publications. Also maintains a bimonthly newsletter (AMCB - Asian Mass Communication Bulletin) and a quarterly magazine (Media Asia)
  3. Research programme - initiates and organises research projects and research publications. Examples of AMIC publications include Media & Human Rights in Asia, Under Asian Eyes, and Media & Democracy in Asia. Also jointly edits a biannual research journal (The Asian Journal of Communication) with the School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
  4. Training programme - organises workshops, seminars, and conferences to discuss communication issues and upgrade skills for institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. Examples include: Peace Journalism Workshop (August 2003, Taiping, Malaysia), Regional Consultation on Cyber Communities in Rural Asia (August 2003, Bangkok, Thailand), and Regional Consultationn on Free Expression & Development (December 2003, Singapore).

Development Issues

Media Education, Science and Technology Communication, Environmental Concerns.

Key Points

A membership programme is available; members include development professionals, academics, and policy makers, both from the region and the rest of the world. Members are entitled to subscriptions to AMIC's newsletters, quarterlies, and journals; discounts on all AMIC publications and seminars; and access to as well as borrowing previleges at AMIC's documentation centre. For more information, contact Ms. Levy D. Alcantara at the email address listed below.

Partners

The School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. AMIC was established with the support of the Government of Singapore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Contact

Mr. Vijay Menon
Asian Media Information & Communication Centre
Jurong Point, P.O. Box 360
Singapore 916412
Tel.: (65) 67927570
Fax: (65) 67927129
amicline@singnet.com.sg
AMIC site

Source

AMIC site; and letter from Sandhya Srinivasan to The Communication Initiative on May 7 2003.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site June 16 2003
Last Updated June 16 2003

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