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Censorship in Lebanon: Law and Practice
Beirut: Marsad al-Raqaba The Censorship Observatory;Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2012), 149 pp.
"This study aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of censorship in Lebanon which will hopefully allow the many local artistic and cultural actors the opportunity to lobby for the most appropriate legislative amendments to the current censorship regulations which are currently not conducive to t
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Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and of the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas
Deep Insights
Cambridge, UK; Portland: Intersentia (2011), xvi, 668 pp.
"This book offers a rigorous, theory-based, and uniquely comprehensive, analysis of European and international legal standards shaping minorities’ right to freedom of expression. The analysis pays particular attention to the instrumental role played by traditional and new forms of media in ensurin
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Die Datenfresser: Wie Internetfirmen und Staat sich unsere persönlichen Daten einverleiben und wie wir die Kontrolle darüber zurückerlangen
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2011), 271 pp.
"Warum findet Facebook jeden meiner Bekannten? Auf welche Datenspuren hat der Staat Zugriff? Und was kann man aus ihnen herauslesen? Die Experten für Informationssicherheit, Constanze Kurz und Frank Rieger, weisen uns den Weg zu einer neuen digitalen Mündigkeit. Sachkundig und verständlich erklä
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Media Use and Abuse in Ethiopia
In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 700-734
The Globalization of Chinese Television: The Role of the Party-State
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 7 (2011), pp. 573-594
"China’s television sector has undergone rapid transformation since the country’s reform and opening-up in the late 1970s. This article presents the main results of a recently completed PhD project, aiming to understand the role of the Chinese party-state in this transformation. The project supp
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A Book is Not a Bomb! Media and Justice in Turkey, Mistrust and Repression
Reporters Without Borders (2011), 20 pp.
"Turkey has made important reforms over the past decade and the military’s influence on the media is now much less. Genuine progress has been made but a legislative straitjacket continues to stifle journalists. Reporting of some topics is still routinely punished by the courts. Journalists are arr
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The Myth of Press Freedom in Botswana: From Sir Seretse Khama to Ian Khama
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2011), pp. 43-55
"This article argues that for all the plaudits that it has received Botswana is not a true example of democracy. It only continues to shine because of its historical context and the elaborate machinations of the ruling party. It supports Good's (1996) thesis of Authoritarian Liberalism as an apt des
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Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2011), 75 pp.
"Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online. Circumvention tools are primarily designed to bypass internet f
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"Vamos a portarnos mal": Protesta social y libertad de expresión en América Latina
Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2011), 346 pp.
"¿Por qué hacer un libro sobre protesta social en América Latina? Porque los movimientos indígenas, cooperativas obreras, grupos ecologistas, movimientos feministas, agrupaciones piqueteras, movimientos estudiantiles y hasta las cacerolas de la clase media y los sectores de altos recursos, entre
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Confronting the News: The State of Independent Media in Latin America
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 38 pp.
"Over time the governments of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador have shown a growing willingness to shrug off even the harshest criticism from usually friendly forums such as the OAS and UNESCO. As the media is forced into silence and the independence of the judiciary is weakened, there are
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Opening Remarks to the Sessions of the UNESCO International Symposium on Freedom of Expression, 26 January, 2011
Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue 3 (2011), pp. 111-113
"On 26 January 2011, UNESCO hosted the second International Symposium on Freedom of Expression at its Paris headquarters. The Swedish National Commission for UNESCO sponsored the conference. The symposium brought together individuals and organisations linked to the field of journalism and sparked no
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Online Security in the Middle East and North Africa: A Survey of Perceptions, Knowledge, and Practice
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (2011), 15 pp.
"In this report we describe the results of a survey of 98 bloggers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) carried out in May 2011 in order to study bloggers’ perceptions of online risk and the actions they take to address digital communications security, including both Internet and cell phone
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