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Hostages of Peace: The Politics of Radio Liberalization in Somaliland
Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2013), pp. 239-257
"Somaliland has held several competitive and multiparty elections that have been cited by international election monitors as being ‘‘free and fair.’’ While political competition has been tolerated, or even encouraged by the governments in power, there has been a continued reluctance to allow
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La reforma de la regulación de los servicios de comunicación audiovisual
Montevideo: Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) (2013), 34 pp.
"Uruguay tiene un sistema de medios de comunicación que está concentrado en unas pocas empresas y personas. Un oligopolio formado por tres grupos económicos controla el mercado de la TV abierta y de abonados, dominando la audiencia, la facturación de la publicidad e instalando una única agenda
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Analysing How Law Shapes Journalism in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of the 2008 Slovak Press Act
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 197-217
"This article investigates the operation of the contested reply and correction provisions of the 2008 Slovak Press Act and their influence on journalism. I argue that apart from the ‘law-on-the-books’, we need to examine the interactions between the media, policymakers and judges in order to exp
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"Quel que soit le pays ou le continent considéré, une interdépendance étroite existe aujourd’hui entre démocratie, liberté des médias et régulation de la communication. Une place cruciale revient en effet aux organes de régulation dans la procédure d’allocation de fréquences d’émis
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Freedom of Expression Toolkit
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 83 pp.
"The Freedom of Expression Toolkit is UNESCO’s contribution to freedom of expression and it is written with upper high school students in mind. The Toolkit covers the major concepts and issues and it is written in an easy to understand, conversational manner [...] Overall, the Toolkit consists of
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Medien in Lateinamerika: Zeit für Reformen
Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2013), 8 pp.
"Während sich die politischen Systeme Lateinamerikas seit den 1980er Jahren demokratisierten, nahm die Konzentration von Besitz und Macht im Mediensektor eher noch zu. Dieser Widerspruch schafft Spannungen, die sowohl gesellschaftliche Reformforderungen als auch staatliche Initiativen zur Neugestal
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Tuning Into Development: International Comparative Survey of Community Broadcasting Regulation
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 88 pp.
"This report maps the complex legislative frameworks of community broadcasters in more than 30 countries. It examines how the sector can be strengthened in line with international standards and provides analysis and recommendations that may be of interest to donors and policy makers as they set prio
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El mundo de la radiodifusión en Costa Rica: Lo que dice la ley y lo que sucede en realidad
San José (CR): Red de Medios e Iniciativas de Comunicación Alternativa (RED MICA); Voces Nuestras; Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2013), 45 pp.
"El estudio hace un recorrido por la obsoleta y contradictoria legislación nacional en esta materia, luego se repasan los conceptos que describen la naturaleza de los distintos tipos de radio que existen en el país y posteriormente se describe la manera en que se está utilizando el espectro radio
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Mapping Media Policy in Indonesia
Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG); Hivos (2013), xv, 137 pp.
"The aim of this research is to highlight the trajectory of media policy in Indonesia and to assess its impacts on the different forms of media themselves and on the citizens and their rights, particularly with regards to their media rights. Such rights, in this study, are referred to as the right t
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Protecting the Right to Life of Journalists: The Need for a Higher Level of Engagement
Human Rights Quarterly, volume 35, issue 2 (2013), pp. 304-332
"Journalists play a central role in fostering a society based on the open discussion of facts and the pursuit of the truth, as opposed to one based on rumor, prejudice, and the naked exercise of power. As a result, journalists are often literally in the line of fire and deserve special protection. T
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Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Media Assistance: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
Sarajevo: Analitika – Center for Social Research (2013), 43 pp.
"The cases from B&H and Kosovo show that three straightforward regulatory practices can make a significant impact in a relatively short time. What is needed is an independent and legitimate regulator, a set of laws and guidelines against incendiary media, and an accompanying set of laws in protectio
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Government Secrecy in an Information Age: 2013 Report on Open & Secretive Public Institutions in Southern Africa
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 130 pp.
"This study carried out between May and June 2013, seeks to establish levels of transparency in public institution in Southern Africa. The study in currently in its fourth year, and findings highlight the difficulties faced by Southern African when trying to seek, access and receive information from
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State Aid for Newspapers: Theories, Cases, Actions
Heidelberg et al.: Springer (2013), xii, 402 pp.
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the print news media’s struggle for survival. It presents current practices concerning government subsidies to newspapers for political, economic, and socio-cultural purposes against the background of declining readersh
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Routledge Handbook of Media Law
London; New York: Routledge (2013), xvi, 594 pp.
"Featuring specially commissioned chapters from experts in the field of media and communications law, this book provides an authoritative survey of media law from a comparative perspective. The handbook does not simply offer a synopsis of the state of affairs in media law jurisprudence, rather it pr
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The Consolidation Challenge: Strengthening the Independence of Media Institutions in Kosovo
Prishtina: Democracy for Development (D4D) (2013), 24 pp.
"This policy brief builds upon the findings of a research report that looked specifically on the ways in which three media institutions - Independent Media Commission (IMC); Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) and the Press Council of Kosovo (PCK) – established in the aftermath of conflict with consi
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Media regulation in the Mekong and opportunities for the development of public service and community broadcasting
Bangkok: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific (2013), 48 pp.
"This report analyses current media legislation and regulation in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam and examines the opportunities for the development of public service and community broadcasting. The report also includes useful references to Singapore." (Preface)
