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Pathways to Media Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections from a Regional Consultation
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 25 pp.
"To ensure that African media organizations remain viable players in this changing political and economic landscape, new coalitions need to be built and existing ones strengthened. The existing coalitions in the region display certain weaknesses: they tend to be unevenly spread across the region and
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The Political Economy of Media Capture: What Influences Media Capture in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) and How Does This Present Opportunities and Challenges for Progress in Achieving Key Components of SDG 16?
London: Capstone Project London School of Economics (LSE) (2017), vii, 75 pp.
"In South Sudan, media capture, media market and audience segmentation are driven by: the ongoing civil conflict (since 2013), ethnic and linguistic divisions, a lack of rule of law, the legacy of clientelistic networks in the media and the government, a stark urban-rural divide, and a lack of infra
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Relations Between Media and Politics in Albania
Tiranë: Albanian Media Institute; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2017), 59 pp.
"During the transition years, Albania saw the establishment of a relatively complete legal framework for the protection and development of media freedom and independence. However, in many cases, the legal framework was delayed or a mechanical transplant of western legislation. Enforcement of legisla
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The Political Economy of Climate Change Reporting in Nigeria
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 40-65
"While scholarly inquiries into the coverage of climate change in Africa are growing, there appears to be a dearth of studies focusing on how the political economy shapes the coverage. This qualitative study addresses this gap by exploring how vested interests, corruption and declining advertising r
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Blurring the Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 206 pp.
"Blurring the Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression focuses on challenges from the market to free speech and how free speech can be protected, promoted and developed when lines between journalism and advertising are blurred. With contributions from 20 scholars in law, media
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Media Ownership Monitor Ukraine
Reporters Without Borders (2016), 611 pp.
"Ukrainian mass media outlets are mostly driven by their owners’ individual interests and thus serve as instruments to securing political and economic power. Corruption and lack of financial transparency further inhibit the healthiness of the country’s media landscape. The Media Ownership Monito
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Media Ownership Monitor Philippines
Reporters Without Borders (2016), 699 pp.
"Two giant broadcast networks dominate the Philippine media industry both in terms of economic market power and audience reach, which gives them a major potential to shape public opinion. Despite a high number of media outlets and being described as one of the most freewheeling media systems in the
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Media Ownership Monitor Peru
Reporters Without Borders (2016), 612 pp.
"High levels of revenue and ownership concentration in the media sector pose a threat to freedom of information in Peru. Concentration is also exceptionally high in terms of circulation and audience in the print and digital media sectors. MOM Peru, carried out from September and December 2016, has r
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Media Ownership Monitor Mongolia
Reporters Without Borders (2016), 847 pp.
"Only one out of ten Mongolian media outlets is actively transparent about its ownership. A majority of them has political affiliations through their founders and / or owners. This limits the important role of media to act as an independent watchdog for democracy. These are some of the main findings
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Fragile Finance: The Revenue Models of Oppositional News Outlets in Repressive Regimes
Top Insights
International Communication Gazette, volume 78, issue 6 (2016), pp. 514-535
"For journalists promoting the free flow of information in repressive or restrictive media environments, the issue of financial sustainability is complex. Both media in exile (out-of-country news outlets feeding independent information into the country of origin) and news outlets in restrictive news
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Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings
Top Insights
London: Hurst (2016), xi, 254 pp.
"Bullets and Bulletins takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in the wake of the Arab uprisings. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, with the research backed up by in-depth and rigorous case studies of the key countries of
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La tutelle politique dans la production de l'information de presse en Afrique francophone: Le cas du Congo-Brazzaville
Paris: L'Harmattan (2016), 189 pp.
"Ce livre traite de l'évolution de la presse africaine francophone dans un contexte de mutations sociopolitiques récurrentes. S'appuyant sur le cas particulier du Congo-Brazzaville, l'analyse démontre clairement comment les mutations sociopolitiques induisent des logiques sociales de la communica
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Media Ownership Monitor Tunisia
Reporters Without Borders (2016)
"The Tunisian revolution has left a significant mark on the country’s media landscape, which diversified and played an important role in the transition process. Media diversity, however, does not guarantee the independence of information per se, especially if it remains to be dominated by politica
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Media Ownership Monitor Turkey
Reporters Without Borders (2016)
"While the Turkish media market looks diverse from the outside because of the large numbers of outlets, it is increasingly concentrated in terms of opinion. The Media Ownership Monitor Turkey, carried out with IPS Communication Foundation/ bianet between July and October 2016, shows that the governm
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Towards a Political Economy of Communication in Development?
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue Special Issue (2015), pp. 11-24
"In the development communication equation, whether more theoretical, empirical and analytical attention is given to ‘development’ or to ‘communication’ makes a difference: where the emphasis is on development, it is at the expense of communication. Since communication and media arguably pla
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Media Ownership Monitor Colombia
Reporters Without Borders (2015), 661 pp.
"Even though Colombia has more than 200 radio stations, more than 50 television channels and more than 50 newspapers, there is little media pluralism. The Media Ownership Monitor 2015, jointly carried out with the Colombian Association for Journalists (Federación Colombiana de Periodistas, FECOLPER
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Arab Media Moguls
London; New York: Tauris (2015), xiii, 233 pp.
"Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in the regional dynamics of political change. Where do the private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and r
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Global Communication
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2015), xiii, 279 pp.
Media Freedom and Right to Information in Africa
Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2015), 136 pp.
The Greedy Giants: Centralized Television in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 390-406
"This article essentially shows how the development of commercial television in Indonesia has conflicted with the country’s media democratization, as illustrated by the growth of local media in the past 15 years. Compared to print media and radio, which are decentralized, Indonesia’s television
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