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Empowering Independent Media: U.S. Efforts to Foster a Free Press and an Open Internet Around the World
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Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), 2nd ed. (2012), 149 pp.

"This report examines seven central areas of media development—funding, digital media, sustainability, media law, journalists' safety, journalism education, and monitoring and evaluation. It also delves in-depth into four areas deserving of greater attention: citizen journalism, investigative jour ... more

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Using ICT to Promote Governance

John Siceloff, Rikke Ingrid Jensen

DANIDA (2012), 40 pp.

"In the fall of 2011, Danida commissioned a study with the objective of examining strategic opportunities for using ICT for promoting governance and democratization efforts within development assistance; and exploring opportunities for ICT in the present Danish portfolio of development programs and ... more

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Social Change and the Russian Network Society: Redefining Development Priorities in New Information Environments

Josh Machleder, Gregory Asmolov

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2011), 27 pp.

"This paper explores the use of new information technologies in Russia to examine the next generation of media development and to ask how the ability of the “network society” – and the new forms of collective action it allows to contribute to social change can be supported. Building on the ide ... more

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Demokratieförderung im Zeitalter sozialer Medien: Risiken und Chancen

Anita Breuer

Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (2011), 4 pp.

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Towards a Critical Understanding of Media Assistance for 'new Media' Development

Jude Mathurine

Grahamstown: Master Thesis Rhodes University (2011), vii, 177 pp.

"This study contextualises the assumptions of media development historically and critically, with particular focus on new media’s roles and relationships with the media environment, and its objectives democratisation and development. Through the application of literature, theory and various resear ... more

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New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Vanderwerff

Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.

"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine ... more

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Scaling a Changing Curve: Traditional Media Development and the New Media

Shanthi Kalathil

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2008), 16 pp.

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