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Media Freedom Report 2011 (May 2011 - May 2012)
Ulaanbaatar: Globe International (2012), 33 pp.
"In the report, we included two chapters. The first describes the media legal environment, namely guarantees and restrictions of the freedom of expression and the second chapter highlights media freedom situation in 2011." (Preface, page 5)
Kid Gloves at the Keyboard: Defamation Charges Threaten Freedom of Speech in Asia
KAS International Reports, issue 8 (2012), pp. 118-134
"Concerns are growing in Asia about offensive and extremist material on the internet. New laws have been passed to remedy this, but they have collided with the ways that search engines, social networks and internet cafes run their operations. These service providers have therefore been resisting cal
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Responding to an Activist Public: Hangzhou Press Office Rethinks its Role
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 8 (2012), pp. 1013-1027
"In China as elsewhere, netizens have made new demands upon government and challenged conventional media to respond to popular concerns. Established approaches to controlling the media may be otiose; Party leaders are stressing the value of cooperation rather than confrontation and calling for a new
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"The report analyzes 27 aspects of the media system of Serbia, basing on principles established by the Council of Europe as desirable standards in media legislation and practice. Each of 27 parts of the study describes the legal regulation of the subject matter and then provides available facts abou
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Controlling the Internet in China: The Real Story
Convergence, volume 18, issue 4 (2012), pp. 403-425
"This article examines the complexity of the internet control mechanisms in China by breaking it down to five layers, ranging from the government, service and content providers to webmasters and individual users. It inquires into the logic of the control mechanisms and how such logic is naturalized
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Internet und Demokratie
Wien: Mandelbaum (2012), 124 pp.
Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach
African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 12, issue 2 (2012), pp. 508-538
"The article explores the relationship between democratic governance and the free and independent press in The Gambia since the inception of the Gambian First Republic in 1970. It supports the rights-based approach which perceives the issues of democracy, good governance, and a free and independent
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Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East. Selected Data from Freedom House's Annual Press Freedom Index
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2012), 40 pp.
"The improvements in the Arab world were the most significant findings of Freedom of the Press 2012: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980. The gains came on the heels of eight consecutive years of decline in the global ave
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Old Tricks in a New Era: Self-Censorship in Indonesian Journalism
Asian Studies Review, volume 36, issue 2 (2012), pp. 227-245
"Even though Indonesia has entered a new era of democracy and press freedom, self-censorship still exists in the professional practice of many Indonesian newspaper journalists. Indonesia has a long history of censorship, particularly pressure from the government encouraging journalists to self-censo
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"This report finds that while media ownership is sometimes obvious, media owners often use their spouse, parents or trusted friends to register their media outlets, making it difficult to obtain clear data on media ownership. For instance, the researcher notes that the connection of presidential can
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An Assessment of Media Development Challenges and Opportunities in Myanmar: Change is in the Air
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 34 pp.
"At the request of the Norwegian, Swedish and subsequently Danish Embassies in Bangkok, International Media Support (IMS) conducted an assessment of the current media environment inside Myanmar during two missions between July and November 2011. The assessment was motivated by a democratic reform pr
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International Mission to Bahrain Report. Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
[no publisher] (2012), 27 pp.
The following report documents the findings of a delegation comprised of representatives from six international rights groups (three members and three partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX), which carried out a fact-finding mission between 20-30 November, 2011, in order
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Media Watch and Journalism Rights Organisations as Advocates of Press Freedom in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Journal of Development Communication, volume 23, issue 1 (2012), pp. 56-75
"In the bleak press rights territory of post-Soviet Central Asia, domestic and international nong-overnmental organisations, foreign governments, news outlets, and multinational entities such as the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) and UNESCO monitor constraints on the pres
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Censura y autocensura periodística en Bolivia: Una perspectiva desde la profesión misma
La Paz: Fundación UNIR (2012), 80 pp.
"A partir de una encuesta anónima y grupos focales en las tres ciudades del eje, La Paz, Santa Cruz y Cochabamba, se buscó analizar la problemática desde la profesión misma. El propósito de la investigación fue conocer la percepción y evaluar el grado de (auto) censura de los periodistas al r
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