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Champions of Internet Freedom Ignore Online Ethics at Their Own Peril
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 7 pp.
"Advocates of Internet freedom need to develop more responses to cybercrime and online ethics to make sure that real concerns are not exploited by repressive governments to impose Internet controls and other measures, which violate the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of information. An i
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Health on the Move: Can Mobile Phones Save Lives?
London: BBC Media Action (2013), 24 pp.
"With its rapidly expanding penetration within the developing world, mobile telephony offers major new opportunities to build upon and augment existing health communication efforts. As Usha Kiran Tarigopula of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India Programmes put it: “It is increasingly… clea
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Training Digital Security Trainers: A Preliminary Review of Methods, Needs, and Challenges
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 18 pp.
"This paper draws on interviews with digital security trainers and coordinators of digital security trainings of trainers (ToT)s whose end-goal is the support of human rights defenders, civil society, activists, and local media worldwide [...] Among its main findings, this paper notes the following
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The Business of Media in Myanmar
Washington, DC, Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 22 pp.
La cooperación cultural para el futuro digital: Recuperar la diversidad como eje central en tiempos de crisis
Madrid: Fundación Alternativas, Observatorio de Cultura y Comunicación (2013), 34 pp.
"Este trabajo analiza el estado de situación de la cooperación española, en el contexto de la evolución de la agenda internacional de desarrollo, para preguntarse por su impacto e implicaciones futuras en el ámbito de la cultura. Se trata de detectar los desafíos que tiene la cooperación cult
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Haiti Beneficiary Communications Review
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2013), 35 pp.
"This report is an evaluation of the methods and tools used by the Red Cross and Red Crescent to communicate with communities following the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The study draws recommendations for the continued and more effective use of communications to engage with communities in H
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The Right to Blog
London: Article 19 (2013), 48 pp.
"In this policy paper, ARTICLE 19 proposes a set of recommendations to state actors and policy makers about what they should do to promote and protect the rights of bloggers domestically and internationally. It also gives practical advice to bloggers about their rights and explains how - and in what
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"In this document the Office of the Special Rapporteur endeavors to make available to all States in the region, general principles for the protection of the right to freedom of thought and expression online. These principles are intended to provide guidance to governments, legislative and regulatory
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Fragile States: The Role of Media and Communication
London: BBC Media Action (2013), 27 pp.
"This briefing examines how current media trends are affecting state and societal fragility, both positively and negatively, and argues that the role of a free and plural media should be prioritised rather than marginalised in fragile states policy. The paper provides case studies on the role and im
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Breathing Life Into Freedom of Information Laws: The Challenges of Implementation in the Democratizing World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 56 pp.
"This report is intended to be a practical, useful guide for stakeholders in national and local governments, the media, civil society, and business to making freedom of information laws work. The authors’ particular emphasis is on the role public officials and journalists must play in effectively
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"The Report builds upon two main directives: on the one hand, it tries to bring together the best practices at the international and comparative level, in an attempt to offer guidance on which policy and regulatory toolkits have already proved successful in achieving longterm goals of economic effic
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Transitional Justice: A Handbook for Journalists, Citizens and Activists
London; The Hague; Washington, DC: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2013), 32 pp.
La internacionalización de las industrias culturales y creativas españolas
Madrid: Fundación Alternativas, Observatorio de Cultura y Comunicación (2013), 93 pp.
"Este estudio presenta un análisis de las distintas variables que afectan a las industrias culturales y creativas (ICC) en el contexto de un mercado global, tratando de determinar su potencial de la internacionalización. Partimos de datos que tiene un gran peso en nuestra economía: las ICC alcanz
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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 in Mali Divided by Conflict
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS); Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Panos West Africa (2013), 37 pp.
Global Investigative Journalism: Strategies for Support
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), 2nd ed. (2013), 61 pp.
"Global and regional networks of investigative journalists, backed by donors and fueled by globalization and an explosion in data and communications technology, are growing increasingly effective and sophisticated. Journalists are linking up as never before to collaborate on stories involving intern
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Crowdfunding’s Potential for the Developing World
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program (2013), 101 pp.
"Credible crowdfunding systems require more than entrepreneurs and willing investors. They also need a supportive ecosystem and enabling factors, including forward-thinking regulations, effective technological solutions, and cultures that can adapt to this new investment vehicle. This includes the c
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The Role of Social Media and User-Generated Content in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Washington, DC: World Bank, Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program (TDRP) (2013), 14 pp.
"There is much literature and examples on how ICTs can be used by peace practitioners. However the bulk of this literature focuses on the use of ICTs before and during conflict, for example in conflict prevention and early warning. What about the use of ICTs in post-Conflict situations; after the ne
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Participation, Effective Management and Governance: Key Aspects in Promoting Sustainable Community Broadcasting
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 22 pp.
"To be successful and sustainable, community broadcasters need all or at least some of the following: a favourable regulatory framework; comprehensive and meaningful participation mechanisms for the communities they serve; effective management and governance structures. From 18-19 March 2013 communi
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