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EU Funding Opportunities: News Media Organisations

European Commission (2024), 4 pp.

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Narrative Framing of EU Accession on Most Popular Moldovan Online Platforms: A Discourse Analysis

Anja Wollenberg, Marian Vogel

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2024), 18 pp.

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Media pluralism in selected Black Sea countries: The influence of European standards

Andrei Richter

Strasbourg: European Audiovisual Observatory; Council of Europe (2024), 35 pp.

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Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics: Populism, Disinformation and the Public Sphere

Maximilian Conrad, Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, Asimina Michailidou, Charlotte Galpin, Niko Pyrhönen (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xvii, 259 pp.

"This open access book is the product of three years of academic research that has been carried out in the EU-funded Jean Monnet Network on "Post-Truth Politics, Nationalism and the Delegitimation of European Integration" since 2019. Drawing on the multidisciplinary expertise of the network's member ... more

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Africa-Europe Cooperation and Digital Transformation

Chux Daniels, Benedikt Erforth, Chloe Teevan (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxiii, 247 pp.

"Digital transformations have had catalytic efects on African and European governance, economies, and societies, and will continue to do so. The COVID-19 pandemic has already accelerated the penetration of digital tools all over the globe and is likely to be perceived as a critical juncture in how a ... more

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Iniciativas de institucionalidad para la transparencia y rendición de cuentas de las grandes plataformas digitales

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 37 pp.

"Este informe elaborado por el Instituto de Desarrollo Digital de América Latina y el Caribe (IDD LAC) describe y analiza diversos modelos e iniciativas (tanto estatales como de la sociedad civil) sobre formas de institucionalidad para la supervisión de obligaciones de transparencia y rendición d ... more

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Towards a Safer and More Free Internet: Expert Opinion on the Draft Digital Services Act

Henrike Weiden

Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 29 pp.

"With the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) package, the European Union will adopt what is probably the most significant international standard-setting project besides the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is expected that the DSA will have far-reaching impact ... more

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Protecting the Safety of Journalists, Protecting Freedom of Expression: A Handbook for EU Delegations
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Brussels: Media4Democracy (2020), 102 pp.

"This Handbook, which provides non-compulsory technical guidance to EU Delegations, aims to provide tools and hands-on examples to support them in implementing the the 2014 'EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline' and in taking actions to support the safety and securi ... more

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Strengthening Media Freedom: The Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms

Gianluca Sgueo

European Parliament (2020), 20 pp.

"European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2020 on strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms (2020/2009(INI))." (Introduction)

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Understanding and Implementing the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online & Offline: Freedom of Expression Policy Essentials Webinar. Quick Guide for EU Delegations

Brussels: Media4Democracy (2020), 31 pp.

"The EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline (the Guidelines) were approved by the Council of the European Union (EU) in 2014. The Guidelines provide a policy and operational foundation for EU Delegations, EU institutions and Member States working to support freedom of ... more

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Anti-Western Propaganda

Tamar Kintsurashvili

Tblisi: Media Development Foundation (MDF); UN Association of Georgia; USAID (2018), 38 pp.

"As many as 1,967 anti-Western comments were detected in the 17 monitored media outlets in 2017. In contrast to 2016 and 2015, when negative messages targeted human identity and rights, in 2017, a dominant topic was the foreign policy with the messages aimed at increasing the polarization on the for ... eign policy orientation of the country. This change in the strategic communication of pro-Kremlin actors shows that “loss of identity” was a rather tactical message that prepared the ground, while the messaging aimed at demonizing Georgia’s strategic partners (USA, NATO, EU) is of strategic nature. The United States of America accounted for the highest share of negative comments (25.9%), up by almost three times as compared to the previous year, followed by NATO (18,4%) and the West (14,1%). Compared to 2016, messages against the European Union have almost doubled (13.4%) whereas the comments about the loss of identity and human rights in anti-Western context have almost halved (12.9%). Comments against nongovernmental organizations (NGO) and the US philanthropist George Soros have trebled, as compared to 2016, and comprised 7.3%; this increase can be explained by a stepped up activity of far-right groups and their campaign to smear Open Society Georgia Foundation. Yet another change as compared to the previous years were clearer messages showcasing Russia as an alternative to the West and idealizing the Soviet system (7.2%). Comments against Great Britain (0,8%) have been mainly detected in two pro-Kremlin online media outlets – Georgia and the World, and Sakinformi. Alike previous years, the main source of anti-Western messages was media (827), followed by politicians (463), society (411), civil organizations (230) and the clergy (37). The structure of the Kremlin narrative in the Georgian discourse consists of three stages and aims at: 1. Creating threats; 2. Sowing distrust towards partners and Western institutions; 3. Ingraining a belief that Russia is the only option in fighting against the threats and that authoritative/Soviet-style governance is necessary. Four major threats were emphasized by pro-Kremlin actors: threat of war; threat of loss of territories; threat of bio subversion; threat of loss of identity." (Key findings, page 7) more

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Reconnecting with Citizens: From Values to Big Data. Communication of Governments, the EU and Political Parties in Times of Populism and Filter Bubbles

Darija Fabijanic, Christian Spahr, Manuela Zlateva (eds.)

Sofia; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2017), 193 pp.

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European and International Media Law

Jan Oster

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), lxx, 583 pp.

"This book is the first to incorporate current academic literature on European, transnational, and international media law into a comprehensive overview intended primarily for students. It introduces the legal framework for globalised communication via mass media, and considers the transformative ef ... more

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Balancing Act: Press Freedom at Risk as EU Struggles to Match Action with Values

Jean-Paul Marthoz

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2015), 65 pp.

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EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline

Brussels: European Union Council (2014), 28 pp.

"The Guidelines explain the international human rights standards on freedom of opinion and expression and provide political and operational guidance to officials and staff of the EU Institutions and EU Member States for their work in third countries and in multilateral fora as well as in contacts wi ... more

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Media Aid Beyond the Factual: Culture, Development, and Audiovisual Assistance

Benjamin A. J. Pearson

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 17 pp.

"In this paper, I examine the aims and motivations behind the EU’s audiovisual assistance programs to countries in the Global South, using data from policy documents and semi-structured, in-depth interviews with program managers and administrative staff in Brussels. These programs prioritize forms ... more

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Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans

Elda Brogi, Alina Dobreva, Pier Luigi Parcu et al.

Brussels: Policy Department Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union European Union (2014), 88 pp.

"The study analyses media freedom and pluralism in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia) in light of the EU enlargement policy. Despite the different stages of their EU accession paths, these countries share si ... more

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Priorities in Global Media Policy Transfer: Audiovisual and Digital Policy Mutations in the EU, MERCOSUR and US Triangle

Katharine Sarikakis, Sarah Ganter

European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 1 (2014), pp. 17-33

"This article investigates the flow of communication policy principles across the supranational, international and national levels, through the lens of policy transfer. Policy transfer is a new concept for the field of media and communication studies. The article utilizes and expands on the concept ... more

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Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: Key Issues

Andrew Puddephatt, Per Oesterlund

EPRD Policy & Development; European Commission (2012), 35 pp.

"Key recommendations: Explore ways of integrating EU diplomatic power alongside its development programmes in order to support freedom of expression and independent media and communicaitons; Enhance coordination between the different operational arms of the EU; Utilise EU’s convening power to brin ... more

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Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and of the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas
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Tarlach McGonagle

Cambridge, UK; Portland: Intersentia (2011), xvi, 668 pp.

"This book offers a rigorous, theory-based, and uniquely comprehensive, analysis of European and international legal standards shaping minorities’ right to freedom of expression. The analysis pays particular attention to the instrumental role played by traditional and new forms of media in ensurin ... more

Protecting the Safety of Journalists, Protecting Freedom of Expression: A Handbook for EU Delegations Key Guidance

Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and of the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas Top Insights

Protecting the Safety of Journalists, Protecting Freedom of Expression: A Handbook for EU Delegations
Key Guidance

Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and of the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas
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