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Human Rights
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Media Reform Amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 36 pp.
"This study points to several recommendations for how international donors can improve support for media sector reform in countries at critical political junctures, and how they can build upon and strengthen approaches that have been effective in the past. Donor support is more likely to be effectiv
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The social atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya
London: Amnesty International (2022), 72 pp.
"Beginning in August 2017, the Myanmar security forces undertook a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State. A UN investigation found that the role of Facebook in the violence was “significant”. This report is based on an in-depth investi
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The Global Handbook of Media Accountability
Top Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xviii, 614 pp.
"The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to 'de-Westernize' the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in
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The Unfreedom Monitor: A Methodology for Tracking Digital Authoritarianism Around the World
Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2022), 71 pp.
"This briefing document provides an overview of key developments in digital authoritarianism in 11 countries and explains the theoretical framework and methodology behind The Unfreedom Monitor project. The document also provides a basis for expanding this research to other countries to deepen our un
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Social Media and Hate
London, New York: Routledge (2022), 130 pp.
"Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies. Social Media and Hate argues that these phenomena, and the extreme violence and discrimination they initiate against targete
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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) Action in Myanmar: 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report, Country Summaries
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 12 pp.
"The road to media freedom has been winding and narrow for Myanmar. Prior to the February 2021 military takeover, there had been guarded optimism that the country would soon enjoy freedom of expression and democratic principles. The country’s political reform process started in 2011, after 50 year
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Comparing Impacts on Media Freedom in Southeast Asia: Connotative Context Factors in Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand
Global Media and Communication, volume 18, issue 2 (2022), pp. 157-179
"Cross-national media freedom comparison is often based on Western-biased indices published by organizations such as Freedom House or Reporters Without Borders. Additionally, Eurocentric analysis and comparison are endorsed by the application of hegemonic media systems models to compare media enviro
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"News is Life and Death to Us": Understanding Media Audiences in Post-Coup Myanmar
International Media Support (IMS) (2022), 23 pp.
"This publication presents the findings from an audience study carried out by International Media Support (IMS) and Nyan Corridor in June-August 2022. The report provides insights into the media habits of the population of Myanmar following the 2021-military coup as well as people’s news concepts,
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Pretending to be States: The Use of Facebook by Armed Groups in Myanmar
Journal of Contemporary Asia, volume 52, issue 2 (2022), pp. 200-225
"Which functions do social media fill for non-state armed groups in countries with internal armed conflict? Building on conflict data, interviews and media monitoring, we have reviewed the use of social media by Myanmar’s nine most powerful armed groups. The first finding is that they act like sta
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Internet Access Amid Darkness and Lives Amid Threats: Analysis of Internet Blackout
Athan Freedom of Expression Activist Organization (2022), 24 pp.
Digital Media for Young People in Myanmar: Breaking Taboo and Discussing Sexual and Reproductive Health
London: BBC Media Action (2022), 2 pp.
"BBC Media Action’s innovative sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) project - Ma Shet Ne (Don’t be shy!) – was designed to support young people living in Yangon to access quality information and realise their rights. Research findings show that young people are highly engaged with the
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Media Assistance in Burma’s Reform Decade
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 35 pp.
"Using the coup as a vantage point, interviewees for this report were asked to reflect on three main questions: What have we learned about past media reform efforts? With hindsight, what are the legacies, best practices, and lessons learned? With a view to the future, what does the media’s respons
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Media Assistance in Burma’s Reform Decade
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 8 pp.
"Despite the grim outlook, media development efforts in Burma between 2010 and 2020 may be instructive not only for donors pondering the way forward, but also for media assistance efforts in other countries in transition. This report, part of the Center for International Media Assistance’s “Medi
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Neglected to Indispensable: Lessons from Beyond Access for Global Public Library Reform and Development
Public Library Quarterly, volume 41, issue 3 (2022), pp. 273-293
"Beyond Access was the first major global attempt to connect the international development and public library worlds. Taking the form of a series of projects in a dozen countries meant to help catalyze library development around national goals, the program operated from 2011 to 2018. Starting from a
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Ma Shet Ne: Evaluation Report. Phase 1: 2020-2021
BBC Media Action (2021), 51 slides
Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Techtonic Shift
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 239 pp.
"Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, So
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Regional good practices: Accelerating innovation, entrepreneurship and digital transformation in the Asia-Pacific region
Geneva: ITU (2021), viii, 80 pp.
"This report provides an overview of the innovation capacity of the Asia-Pacific region through ICT-centric innovation activity and offers an insight to how good practice can strengthen Member State capacity to integrate ICT innovation into development agendas.
Although the Asia-Pacific region has a
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Supporting Humanitarian Communication: What Role Does a Dedicated ‘common Service’ Play in Community Engagement and Accountability? A Case Study from the Rohingya Response, Cox's Bazaar
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 55 pp.
"Since October 2017, the Common Service for Community Engagement and Accountability (‘the Common Service’) has been funded as a dedicated project providing key services and support to help humanitarian organisations engage effectively with Rohingya communities and Bangladeshis living near Rohing
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Impact of COVID-19 on Media Freedom, Journalist Safety and Media Viability in Southeast Asia
Public Media Alliance; UNESCO; Asia Democracy Network (ADN) (2021), 141 pp.
"This Situation Report on the “Impact of COVID-19 on Media Freedom, Media Business Viability, and the Safety of Journalists in Southeast Asia” offers an insight into the key impacts of the pandemic on the media across nine countries. The report proposes recommendations for enabling sustainable a
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Myanmar: Dismantling Dissent. Crackdowns on Internet Freedoms
Bangkog: Asia Centre (2021), 27 pp.
