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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Cybersecurity Policy for Human Rights Defenders
London: Global Partners Digital (2016), 106 pp.
"This guide aims to help correct the imbalance in capacity and expertise between human rights defenders and cybersecurity professionals and policy-makers. At the heart of the guide is an attempt to address perhaps the fundamental barrier: the absence of clear definitions and agreed terms. It will do
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Safety Guide for Journalists: A Handbook for Reporters in High-Risk Environments
Paris: Reporters Without Borders; UNESCO (2015), 143 pp.
"The Safety Guide for Journalists issued by Reporters Without Borders is aimed at providing guidelines and practical advice for all those who risk running into an enemy of press freedom on a street corner or on a deserted road. Such a situation can quickly test the difference between a happy-go-luck
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"Batswana overwhelmingly express support for media and individual freedoms. This suggests that freedom of expression – both personal and collective – is regarded by the Batswana as an essential attribute of a functioning democracy. Despite recent government attempts to suppress the media and ind
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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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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Wiley (2015), 256 pp.
Study of Internet Connected Cambodians: Perceptions of Online Freedom of Expression and Political Engagement
Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) (2015), 34 pp.
"Data for this report were gathered through an electronic survey of 895 Cambodian Internet users conducted from March 12 to 18, 2015, as well as through three follow-up focus group discussions [...] Cambodians find the Internet to be useful for personal, professional and civic interests, with the ma
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Media Ownership and Finances in Turkey: Increasing Concentration and Clientelism
Ljubljana: Peace Institute; South East European Media Observatory (2015), 22 pp.
"The structural problems in the media ownership in Turkey have been embedded in the political system since mid-1980s. With the AKP government’s tenure, the “media pool” of uncritical government support was formed and the major media outlets were pacified by means of financial threats, self-cen
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Human Rights Film Festivals: Activism in Context
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiii, 248 pp.
"This book explores how human rights developed as a language located in history, space and time, and how the festivals continue with this tradition by adapting it for local audiences. The tensions produced by human rights' search for universality and the located-ness of the festivals are explored in
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Media Reform Stalled in the Slow Lane: Soft Censorship in Serbia
Paris: WAN-IFRA, updated ed. (2015), 17 pp.
Hostile Climate for Environmental Journalists
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2015), 27 pp.
"Stop Reporting or We'll Kill Your Family": Threats to Media Freedom in Afghanistan
New York: Human Rights Watch (2015), 45 pp.
"Afghan journalists face threats from all sides: government officials exploiting weak legal protections to intimidate reporters and editors to compel them not to cover controversial topics; the Taliban and other insurgent groups using threats and violence to compel reporting they consider favorable;
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Let 100 Voices Speak: How the Internet is Transforming China and Changing Everything
London: Tauris (2015), 212 pp.
"Despite being a heavily-censored society, China has over 560 million active internet users, more than double that of the USA. In this book, social media expert and China-watcher Liz Carter tells the story of how the internet in China is leading to a coming together of activists, ordinary people and
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Tendances mondiales en matières de liberté d'expression et de dévelppement des médias: Regards sur le numérique 2015
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 210 pp.
Platform Convergence in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities for Media Freedom
Convergence, volume 21, issue 2 (2015), pp. 182-197
"This article examines media freedom in Indonesia, an age where the media landscape is being remade by convergence. Media scholars are debating the implications of this trend for media freedom, with some believing it is opening new possibilities for a greater range of voices to be heard and others i
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Freedom of the Media - Freedom Through Media?
Bochum; Freiburg: Projektverlag (2015), 384 pp.
Security Versus Access: The Impact of Mobile Network Shutdowns. Case Study: Telenor Pakistan
London: Institute for Human Rights and Business (2015), 49 pp.
"Network shutdowns are usually justified on security grounds, and the counterargument is often framed around the impact on freedom of expression. However, the impacts of network shutdowns can have far-reaching, adverse economic and social implications and could affect future economic growth; further
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The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom
New York: Columbia University Press (2015), x, 236 pp.
"Drawing on his experience defending journalists on the front lines, Joel Simon calls for a global freedom-of-expression agenda. He proposes ten key priorities, including combating the murder of journalists, ending censorship, and a global free-expression charter to challenge the criminal and corrup
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Media Ownership and Finances in Kosovo: Legal Vacuum and Lack of Transparency
Ljubljana: Peace Institute; South East European Media Observatory (2015), 23 pp.
"Media ownership and media financing, although both crucially influence the ability of the media in Kosovo to play democratic role and demonstrate integrity of their journalism and business operations, have not been properly addressed through the media legislation in Kosovo. Lack of transparency mad
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