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Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans
Brussels: European Union, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, Policy Department (2014), 88 pp.
"The study analyses media freedom and pluralism in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia) in light of the EU enlargement policy. Despite the different stages of their EU accession paths, these countries share si
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Media and Conflict in Myanmar: Opportunities for Media to Advance Peace
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 36 pp.
"This study is based on the Intended Outcomes Needs Assessment (IONA) methodology and assesses the changing relationships between media and conflict in Myanmar. Findings reveal a deeply rooted, intractable, and dynamic conflict landscape. Analysis focuses on three key conflicts: citizen-state, ethni
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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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Protecting the Rights of Children: The Role of the Media. Lessons from Brazil, India and Kenya
London: Internews Europe (2014), 79 pp.
"In Brazil, India and Kenya, a wide range of factors currently inhibit media from playing their full role in promoting awareness of child rights and in helping children realise their rights, says this report. Crucial issues identified in all three countries include lack of media coverage, inadequate
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Central African Republic: Supporting the Media and Humanitarian Information and Communication in a Complex Emergency. Roundtable Report, 5-6 February 2014, Yaoundé, Cameroon
International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 30 pp.
"This two-day roundtable brought together representatives from key organizations and institutions in CAR as well as representatives from international organizations currently operating in CAR. The aim was to address the needs for media support and humanitarian information and communication and to en
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OSCE Safety of Journalists Guidebook
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2nd ed. (2014), 98 pp.
"This book sets forth the issues to be considered by the OSCE participating States when evaluating what they can do to improve the climate for journalists in their countries. It also provides a practical guide which presents the steps they can take to ensure a media-friendly environment." (https://w
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Freedom of Expression and Right to Information in ASEAN Countries: A Regional Analysis of Challenges, Threats and Opportunities
London: Internews Europe (2014), 59 pp.
"Internews’ research reveals a confluence of conditions in ASEAN that make the present time a critical moment for Freedom of Expression / Right to Information (FoE/RTI) interventions in the region. As donor support dwindles, and threats to FoE increase, there is a danger of a severe roll-back of t
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The Concept and Philosophy of Community Radio Stations in the Kenyan Context
Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism, volume 5, issue 1 (2014), 8 pp.
"Kenya has over a hundred radio stations today a good number of them being commercial stations while the others are community Radios. Some of these commercial stations broadcast in vernacular therefore causing confusion as to what exactly is the difference between a community radio and the commercia
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Media and Development: The Dysfunctional Alliance
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 7 pp.
"The author proposes three ways that the international community could improve its work on media development and build stronger political commitment for independent media. First is strengthening country leadership and ownership of media development initiatives. This requires building local knowledge
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"The right to freedom of expression and access to information falls within the category of civil and political rights. As an ‘empowering right’, it facilitates the implementation of other human rights such as the right to participation in political and public life. The ability to exercise this r
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From the Ground Up: Changing the Conversation About Climate Change
London: BBC Media Action (2014), 28 pp.
"[...] The briefing looks at the everyday experience of people living in the world’s most populous continent: Asia. It draws on data from BBC Media Action’s Climate Asia project, which interviewed more than 33,000 people in seven countries – Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan
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Tras las huellas del DIC en Bolivia 2009 - 2013
La Paz: UNIR (2014), 81 pp.
"Premier jalon de ce programme, cette étude, réalisée pour le compte de l’IPGL et de l’ABR par une équipe de 6 consultants locaux et internationaux, dresse un état des lieux du paysage médiatique des trois zones concernées. Il met en évidence des différences majeures entre les trois esp
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Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 33 pp.
"Analysis of the unprecedented use of social media on Syria points to important findings on the role of new media in conflict zones. In particular, social media create a dangerous illusion of unmediated information flows. Key curation hubs within networks may now play a gatekeeping role as powerful
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Measuring the Audience: Why it Matters to Independent News Media and How it Can Contribute to Media Development
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 21 pp.
"Independent news media, which often operate on the fringes of media markets, risk being left out completely if they are not participating whole-heartedly, and with solid knowledge and support, in these emerging arenas. They must embrace audience research as the foundation of both their business dev
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Farming for the Future: Communication Efforts to Advance Family Farming
Rome: FAO (2014), ix, 57 pp.
"This document has been prepared to inspire reflection about the role of communication in advancing family farming. It includes an analysis of examples of ComDev approaches applied to smallholder farming and rural development and the issues that they encompass: food security, natural resource manage
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Understanding Data: Can News Media Rise to the Challenge?
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 38 pp.
"Acknowledgement of the increasingly central role of data in decision making at all levels of society is increasingly visible. The High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda called for “A New Data Revolution” that would help track progress toward development goals and ensure the inclus
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Making Waves: Media’s Potential for Girls in the Global South
London: BBC Media Action (2014), 24 pp.
"Argues that media — whether traditional or online — matters a great deal in the lives of girls in the developing world. It matters because it has the ability to be harmful to girls’ interests and selfesteem, and it matters because it can also be so effective in playing a positive role in girl
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Telling it Straight: How Trustworthy Government Information Promotes Better Media
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 25 pp.
"Government communications is challenging in today’s world, which increasingly insists on transparency, accountability, and proactive disclosure, and when news is presented around the clock. At the same time, governments are being called on to communicate across agencies in a coordinated fashion o
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