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"During political system change and for coming to terms with conflicts, media are the most important mediators. They should help with making the past more transparent, in order to support the transition to democracy. Experts of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the international “Article 10 ECHR
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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Nepal: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 115 pp.
"This United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report documents the national state of journalists' safety and the issue of impunity by providing an overview of the safety situation of journalists in Nepal. It also examines the context of safety and the responsibility
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Der Film Hara Harwaa Reihaby von Emma Chodzaa als Instrument der staatlichen Beeinflussung des kollektiven Gedächtnisses in Abchasien
Frankfurt, Oder: Europa-Universität Vidriana, Bachelor Thesis (2016), 53 pp.
"Die Fallanalyse hat gezeigt, dass eine Erzählung vom Krieg 1992-93 propagiert wird, die einer abchasischen Version des Narrationsschemas 'Die Vertreibung von fremden Feinden' entspricht. Ein zentrales Element der Erzählung ist zudem, so ergab die Interpretation, eine betont positive Darstellung d
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Media and Peace in the Middle East: The Role of Journalism in Israel-Palestine
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 191 pp.
"In exploring the dynamics and narratives of peace in journalism, this book explains the media's impact on the transformation of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. It discusses the perspectives of peace activists who have been involved in grassroots action since the first Intifada, and
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Implicit Counterinsurgency: Media, Development and Security in Afghanistan
George Washington University, Master Thesis (2016), iv, 69 pp.
"This paper focuses on post-September 11, 2001 media assistance in Afghanistan at the confluence of the development and defense sectors, otherwise known as the security-development nexus. It is out of this nexus that a burgeoning press-state system developed amid an ongoing conflict between the Gove
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Chinese War Correspondents: Covering Wars and Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 204 pp.
"(1) How do Chinese journalists perceive their roles and practices in conflict zones outside China? (2) How do they cover armed conflicts overseas? (3) Who are the actors, and how do they influence Chinese war correspondence? (4) Do the Chinese news media practice peace or war journalism? To answer
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Opening the News Gates? Humanitarian and Human Rights NGOs in the US News Media, 1990-2010
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 3 (2016), pp. 315-331
"This study examines whether changes in the media, political, and civic landscapes give leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) increased news access. Using longitudinal content analysis (1990-2010) of a purposive sample of US news outlets, it compares the prevalence, prominence, and story loc
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La couverture de Studio Tamani et sa contribution au processus de paix au Mali: Étude exploratoire des caractéristiques relatives aux bulletins d’information et aux Grands Dialogues de Studio Tamani ainsi que de ses contributions possibles à une évolution des savoirs et des points de vue
Winterthur: Université des Sciences Appliquées de Zurich, IAM Institut d’études médiatiques appliquées (2016), 89 pp.
"Ce compte-rendu présente les résultats d'une étude s'appuyant sur une méthode à la fois innovante et éprouvée pour mettre en lumière les effets d'un programme radiophonique d'informations et de débats au mali. La présente étude poursuit deux objectifs : d’une part, il s’agit d’iden
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Interactive Voice Response and Radio for Peacebuilding: A Macro View of the Literature and Experiences from the Field
Deep Insights
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2016), 27 pp.
"This report provides a broad overview and assessment of how Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems are being implemented in international development work with an emphasis on the particular role IVR can play in peacebuilding work in post-conflict contexts. In order to narrow the scope of research
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Experiences of Peer Bullying Among Adolescents and Associated Effects on Young Adult Outcomes: Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Viet Nam
Florence: UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2016), 61 pp.
"Being bullied has been found to have a significant impact on children’s physical and mental health, psychosocial well-being and educational performance, with lasting effects into adulthood on health, well-being and lifetime earnings. Little is known about bullying in low- and middle-income countr
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Zimbabwe’s State-Controlled Public Media and the Mediation of the 1980s Genocide 30 Years On
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 145-165
"Since the end of genocide in 1987 Zimbabwe has remained a zone of ‘conflicts’, and the enduring debates surrounding this genocide, especially in public-owned but state-Controlled media, call for critical attention. Three years after independence, in 1980, Zimbabwe was plunged into a genocide na
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Disputed Memory: Emotions and Memory Politics in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter (2016), vi, 383 pp.
"The world wars, genocides and extremist ideologies of the 20th century are remembered very differently across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, resulting sometimes in fierce memory disputes. This book investigates the complexity and contention of the layers of memory of the troubled 20th ce
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Preventing Violent Extremism Through Promoting Inclusive Development, Tolerance and Respect for Diversity: A Development Response to Addressing Radicalization and Violent Extremism
New York: UNDP (2016), 39 pp.
"Development practice has a critical role in providing the foundation for preventing violent extremism. UNDP’s conceptual framework proposes eleven interlinked building blocks for a theory of change explaining how development can help prevent violent extremism. These building blocks, which will in
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How the UN Silenced Liberia’s Press
Foreign Policy, August 8 (2016)
"Few aspects of Liberian society have suffered more under UNMIL than the media, which is critical for any young democracy but all the more so for one emerging from civil war. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.N. mission itself, and other donors have spent more than $10 mil
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Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form
Cambridge, Mass.; London: Belknap Press; Harvard University Press (2016), 359 pp.
"In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima's Ground Zero, comics display a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Investigating how hand-drawn comics has come of age as a serious medium for engaging history, Disaster Drawn explores the ways graphic narratives by d
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Video as Evidence: Field Guide
Key Guides
Witness (2016), 200 pp.
"The goal of the Field Guide is to provide methods for filmers to use so that their videos can be as valuable as possible in exposing abuse and bringing about justice. This resource will help ensure that more cameras in more hands can lead to more exposure and greater justice. Activists producing fo
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The enigma of news media development with multi-pronged ‘capture’: The Afghanistan case
Journalism, volume 18, issue 10 (2016), pp. 1233-1255
"This qualitative study of influences on a purposive sample of Afghan journalists was carried out in the year after the US military mission was declared over. After more than a hundred million dollars of Western government funding had been invested in development of liberal democratic journalism, th
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The Value of Freedom of Expression and Information on Countries' Human Rights Performance: A Cross-National Longitudinal Study
Deep Insights
Mass Communication & Society, volume 19, issue 3 (2016), pp. 352-376
"The current study explores the influence of communication variables on human rights protection. The effects of international and domestic mass communication and digital media were assessed among global social, economic, and political factors. The statistical analyses on a sample of 101 nation state
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Fake News: The Narrative Battle Over the Ukrainian Conflict
Journalism Practice, volume 10, issue 7 (2016), pp. 891-901
"The crisis in Ukraine has accentuated the position of Russian television as the government’s strongest asset in its information warfare. The internet, however, allows other players to challenge the Kremlin’s narrative by providing counter-narratives and debunking distorted information and fake
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