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Laws Governing Media Practice in Kenya: A Journalists’ Handbook
Nairobi: Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) (2014), iv, 39 pp.
Democratising the Media in the New Democracies of Ghana and Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 3 (2014), pp. 87-105
"The institutionalisation of democracy in Ghana (1992) and Nigeria (1999) after years of military regimes facilitated the need to reform old media structures that supported authoritarian regimes into institutions that would facilitate the democratic process. The media reform initiatives embarked upo
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Briefing Note Series: Freedom of Expression
Halifax; Copenhagen: Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD); International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 50 pp.
"This series of Briefing Notes is designed to give readers an understanding of the key international legal standards that apply in the context of freedom of expression. They are aimed at an audience which does not necessarily have a deep understanding of freedom of expression issues, but they also a
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Process and Document Checklist for Community Radio Licence Procedure
New Delhi: Community Radio Facilitation Centre (2014), 20 pp.
Public Funding of Private Media
London: LSE Media Policy Project (2014), 17 pp.
"As advertising revenues shift to non-journalistic platforms, news organizations face financial difficulties. To safeguard pluralism and editorial competition, alternative funding sources should be considered. Policymakers can support private media organizations with mechanisms such as tax relief or
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Developing Media Diversity: Baseline Study of State Support for Independent Print Media in West Africa, South America and Scandinavia
Johannesburg: Association of Independent Publishers (AIP); Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2014), 37 pp.
"The practicability and effectiveness of state support schemes would have to be assessed on the basis of the economic and sociopolitical context in which the different types of support and subsidies are implemented. The expansive press subsidy schemes of Northern Europe cannot be directly compared t
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Priorities in Global Media Policy Transfer: Audiovisual and Digital Policy Mutations in the EU, MERCOSUR and US Triangle
European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 1 (2014), pp. 17-33
"This article investigates the flow of communication policy principles across the supranational, international and national levels, through the lens of policy transfer. Policy transfer is a new concept for the field of media and communication studies. The article utilizes and expands on the concept
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Third-party complaints in the system of press regulation: Inviting the reader to take part in journalistic accountability and securing press freedom
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 58-74
"The system of self-regulation for the press was subject to contentious debates in South Africa from 2010 to 2012. The Press Council of South Africa and the accountability mechanism for the press (self-regulation) underwent two separate processes of review during this period, subsequently altering t
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Prosecuted Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws
London: Amnesty International (2014), 50 pp.
The Transparency of Media Ownership in the European Union and Neighbouring States
Access Info Europe; Open Society Program on Independent Journalism (2014), 28 pp.
"Despite the importance of media ownership transparency for both the individual and the state, only two of the surveyed countries—Italy and Romania—address media transparency directly in their constitutions but in both cases the focus is on transparency of fi nancial sources not ownership. In th
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Legal Leaks Toolkit: A Guide for Journalists on How to Access Government Information
Key Guides
Madrid; Berlin: Access Info Europe; N-ost Netzwerk für Osteuropa-Berichterstattung (2014), 85 pp.
"This toolkit is designed for journalists working in any media – newspapers, radio, and television – as well as bloggers and other information professionals who need to get access to information held by public bodies for their stories. The toolkit is for journalists making requests in their own
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The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Security and Human Rights, volume 24 (2014), pp. 325-332
"This article focuses on the interdependence between security and human rights. The author advocates that freedom of expression and free media – two basic human rights – play increasingly important roles in fostering a meaningful debate on security issues and that they can help us to effectively
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25 Jahre Medienfreiheit in Polen: Der Zustand des Medienrechts
AfP Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kommunikationsrecht, volume 45, issue 6 (2014), pp. 492-497
"Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der Situation des Medienrechtes in Polen, 25 Jahre nach dem Ende der kommunistischen Herrschaft."
Copyright and Inequality
Washington University Law Review, volume 92, issue 117 (2014), pp. 117-168
"The standard theory of copyright law imagines a marketplace efficiently serving up new works to an undifferentiated world of consumers. Yet the reality is that all consumers are not equal. Class and culture combine to explain who wins, and who loses, from copyright protection. Along the dimension o
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Poder y medios en Centroamérica: Construyendo políticas públicas ciudadanas
San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos; AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2014), viii, 175 pp.
"El libro que ahora tienen entre sus manos, resultado de meses de ardua coordinación e investigación en Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y El Salvador, recoge con mucha preocupación la firme tendencia que existe en Centroamérica hacia una mayor concentración de la propiedad de los medios de comun
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Media Laws: Training Curriculum
London: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2014), 70 pp.
"The aim of this handbook is to equip the reader with an understanding of Rwanda’s new media laws, both in terms of the rights and obligations introduced, as well as in terms of the regulatory and institutional structure they have established. The handbook is presented in seven modules, which comp
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Independence and Functioning of the Audiovisual Media Authority of Albania: An Assessment Using the INDIREG Methodology
Council of Europe (2014), 86 pp.
"This study carries out an independent assessment of the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) of Albania. The scope of the study is to apply the INDIREG methodology to the AMA and provide contextual interpretation of the results with policy recommendations. The INDIREG methodology offers a scientifical
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Empowering Our Whistleblowers
Open Democracy Advice Centre; Right2Know Campaign; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), iv, 63 pp.
"In 2010 the Open Democracy Advice Centre undertook a comprehensive review of the state of whistleblowing in South Africa, entitled 'The Status of Whistleblowing' (2010). Three years on, the whistleblowing landscape is due another review. Research demonstrates that progress has not merely halted in
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