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Concentration of Media Ownership and Freedom of Expression: Global Standards and Implications for the Americas
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 33 pp.
"The idea of rules limiting concentration of media ownership is often cast by media owners as a restriction on their right to freedom of expression. Unfortunately, the behaviour of States in Latin America has often lent support to this perspective, especially when States abuse for political ends the
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Vibrant Information for Just, Prosperous, and Inclusive Societies
Washington, DC: IREX (2017), 31 pp.
"The purpose of this document is to define IREX’s new approach to information with vibrant information systems. This will enable IREX to help partners and people generate, disseminate, consume, and use content that matters and take positive transformative action. The document provides the foundati
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"Protecting the independent media and the public sphere presents an epic challenge, but there is great opportunity for philanthropy to step up and help." (Introduction)
Research Report: Regulatory Framework for Community Broadcasting
Johannesburg: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) (2017), 109 pp.
"There are currently 280 community broadcasting services (275 community sound and 5 community television services). According to AC Nielsen and All Media and Products Survey (AMPS) data, community broadcasting services collectively take up an audience share of 6.3 million people in South Africa. How
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World Congress: Child Dignity in the Digital World. Strategic Plan Implementing the Declaration of Rome
Rome: Child Dignity Alliance (2017), 13 pp.
"The Mission: To grow a global coalition of representatives from religions, governments, international organisations, academia and the research community, civil society and elsewhere, working together toward a common objective: defending the dignity of minors and vulnerable adults in the digital wor
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Kompass, Kante, Kompetenz: Warum es nicht genügt, über die Verrohung des Umgangs im Netz zu klagen
Communicatio Socialis, volume 50, issue 3 (2017), pp. 334-344
"Ein alberner Tweet kann den Job kosten, freizügiges Verhalten und Sorglosigkeit einem die Lust am Leben rauben: Der digitale Pranger kennt oft keine Vergebung und keine Gnade. Höchste Zeit umzudenken und zu differenzieren. Anhand von Studienbefunden wird die aktuelle Dimension dieses generationen
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Same Beds, Different Dreams? Charitable Foundations and Newsroom Independence in the Global South
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 32 pp.
"The growing trend of non-profit journalism has received much attention of late, but this report takes a unique look at how non-profit funding is affecting journalism in the Global South. Amidst the collapse of traditional business models for news organizations, funding from philanthropic foundation
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Mapping Online Child Safety in Asia-Pacific
Singapore: Internet Society (2017), 34 pp.
"The study found that all selected economies are working to protect children from online sexual abuse and exploitation. Regardless of their level of Internet penetration, all criminalise the production and distribution of child pornography under domestic law. However, the quality of legislation—wh
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"This chapter has focussed attention on recognising the specifc category of diaspora journalism as one of the key dimensions of diaspora formations and their ability to intervene in international politics in general and in conficts relating to their countries of origin in particular. We contend that
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Online and on All Fronts: Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch (2017), 84 pp.
"Since 2012, Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown on free expression, treating criticisms of the government as threats to state security and public stability and curbing privacy online. The government has introduced significant restrictions to online expression and invasive surveillance
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La evaluación de la comunicación para la transformación de conflictos
Commons: Revista de Comunicación y Ciudadanía Digital, volume 6, issue 1 (2017), pp. 81-94
"La comunicación para la transformación de conflictos es un área relativamente nueva dentro del vasto campo de prevención de conflictos y construcción de paz y por tanto ha sido sometida a escasos procesos evaluativos. Con el fin de comenzar a crear un modelo evaluativo que posibilite un análi
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Information Disorder: Toward an Interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policy Making
Deep Insights
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2017), 107 pp.
"This report provides a new framework for policy-makers, legislators, researchers, technologists and practitioners working on the theoretical and practical challenges related to mis-, dis- and mal-information — the three elements of information disorder. While the historical impact of rumours and
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New Directions in the Study of Africa–China Media and Communications Engagements
Journal of African Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 1 (2017), pp. 11-24
"The Africa–China media and communications field is a nascent but rapidly growing one. This paper provides an overview of the field, followed by a discussion of the theoretical pathways that can be considered as productive in taking the field forward. The paper argues for the need for rigorous the
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Evaluating the Use of Communication for Development in Conflict Interventions: Measuring Peace in Participatory Communication
Commons: Revista de Comunicación y Ciudadanía Digital, volume 6, issue 1 (2017), pp. 96-112
"The application of Communication for Development (C4D) in conflict prevention, conflict reduction and post-conflict reconstruction interventions is a relatively new field. International organisations that have begun to adopt new communication & media designs in their peace work are progressively of
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A Changing Asian Media: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities for Evolving Media in South and Southeast Asia
International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2017), 51 pp.
"Countries in the regions despite extreme diversity share many of the same challenges with their media environments – particularly when it comes to quality content production and distribution, journalist safety and impunity, the enabling legal environment, gender and social inequality as well as m
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Mobile is a Lifeline: Research from Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania
London: GSMA (2017), 47 pp.
"This report explores the socio-economic impact of connectivity for refugees in a large, rural camp setting in Tanzania. Nyarugusu is one of three large refugee camps in the Kigoma region. Established in 1996, it now hosts more than 136,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Bu
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