Introducing Lu Nge Khit
4 Minutes To ReadMya Yi Nyo Lwin (pseudonym) introduces Lu Nge Khit, a new media organisation by and for the youth of Myanmar today.
Avoiding Pitfalls in Engaging with Digital Myanmar: A Post-coup Analysis of Risk Mitigation (Part 1)
8 Minutes To ReadBenedict Mette-Starke analyses Myanmar digital communication considerations in Part 1 of a 2-part post on digital conduct concerning Myanmar.
A Preliminary Analysis of the Myanmar Military Junta’s Media Propaganda
13 Minutes To ReadSix students from the University of Yangon analyze key themes in the military-controlled and state-owned media since the February 1st coup. On 1st February 2021, the Myanmar military staged a […]
Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change, edited by Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone and Gayathry Venkiteswaran, ISEAS, Singapore, 2019, 407 Pages.
9 Minutes To ReadDaniel Wood reviews how Myanmar Media in Transition unravels legacies of authoritarianism, carving new spaces for dissent.
Myanmar’s future journalists confront the meaning of freedom of expression (Part 1)
10 Minutes To ReadMarie Puyessegur explores events in part one of a three-part series conducted as part of the MEMORY! Heritage Film Festival, an annual event in Yangon.
What role has social media played in facilitating the spread of hardline nationalist sentiment in Myanmar?
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
Myanmar’s Freedom of Expression as a Broken Promise of the NLD
11 Minutes To ReadYaw Bawm Mangshang analyzes the status of press freedom under the NLD-led government.
Myanmar’s Paletwa Township: A Photo Essay
< 1 minuteBobby Anderson captures Myanmar’s Paletwa Township in Chin State, and parts of neighboring Rakhine.
Placing spotlights casts shadows
4 Minutes To ReadAlice Dawkins argues that foreign lawyers should not overshadow the work of Myanmar’s activist lawyers.
Moral quandary in Myanmar studies: Looking at the Rohingya crisis as an outsider
5 Minutes To ReadHunter Marston explores the divergent perspectives of international scholars and the people of Myanmar.