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The Media in Transitional Democracies

Katrin Voltmer

Cambridge; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2013), ix, 275 pp.

"This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics ... more

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Strengthening Media and Civic Education to Enhance Democracy in Bhutan: Final External Project Evaluation

Chimmi Dolkar

UNDP; Bhutan Center for Media and Democracy (BCMD); United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2013), 44 pp.

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Comunicación, información y poder en El Salvador: Claves para la democratización

San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos (2013), 199 pp.

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Rebels with a Pen: Observations on the Newly Emerging Media Landscape in Libya

Anja Wollenberg, Jason Pack

Journal of North African Studies, volume 18, issue 2 (2013), pp. 191-210

"This article explores the emergence of a new landscape of local print and broadcast media in revolutionary Libya that is both the result of the dramatic changes that the country has undergone and one of their facilitators. This article analyses the political impact of these new forms of media durin ... more

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Médias et démocratie en Afrique

Renaud Brosse

Bruxelles; Cork: Bruylant; Primento (2013), 385 pp.

"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 ... sions, dans la promotion de la diversité culturelle des contenus médiatiques, dans l’équitable accès aux ondes des courants politiques et de pensée, ou encore dans l’émergence de véritables médias de service public. Les organes de régulation des médias se sont partout ou presque imposés comme partie intégrante de l’appareillage institutionnel démocratique. En Afrique subsaharienne, les premières instances de régulation des médias ont été créées dans le sillage de la démocratisation, au tournant des années 1980/1990. Le rejet du système des partis uniques et la revendication des libertés civiles et politiques se traduisent notamment alors, dans le domaine de l’information et de la communication, par l’avènement de régulateurs dont la vocation est de couper le cordon ombilical entre pouvoir politique et médias. Le bouillonnement médiaticopolitique né de l’essor sans précédent de nouveaux supports écrits et audiovisuels privés, a, de par sa vigueur et, il faut bien le reconnaître aussi, ses excès, nécessité l’organisation de ces nouvelles libertés d’expression et de communication. Ce besoin d’arbitrage, justifié au nom de l’intérêt supérieur du public et de son droit à une information de qualité, a débouché sur la création d’instances de régulation des médias écrits et/ou audiovisuels. A l’heure où la légitimité de ces nouveaux acteurs indépendants semble globalement acquise, de nouveaux dangers les attendent pourtant : sauront-ils, par exemple, relever les défis que leur posent les nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication - notamment Internet – et parviendront-ils à gérer collectivement, en bonne intelligence et complémentarité, les images télévisuelles se déversant sur les Etats africains, en s’affranchissant de toute considération de frontières ?" (Description de la maison d'édition) more

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Authoritarianism and Media in Algeria

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2013), 20 pp.

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Community Radio in Political Theory and Development Practice

Ericka Tucker

Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 2, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 392-420

"In this paper I investigate how community radio is conceptualized within and outside of the development frame, as a solution to development problems, as part of development projects communication strategy, and as a tool for increasing democratic political participation in development projects. I wa ... more

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Changing Media and Politics in Tajikistan

Esfandiar Adinabay

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 66 pp.

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Public Service Broadcasting and its Role in Raising Civic Consciousness: Case Studies from Asia

Sundeep R. Muppidi, Premila Manvi (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2012), 148 pp.

"This book explores the role of media in democratic societies and specifically that of PSB's in Asia. It presents case studies from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kampuchea, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Macau, Sri Lanka, and Singapore. These studies document the Asian experience in PSB while exploring if there ... more

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Democracia y medios de comunicación: Más allá del estado y el mercado

Bernardo Sorj (ed.)

Buenos Aires: Centro Edelstein de Pesquisas Sociais; Catálogos SRL; Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2012), 334 pp.

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Medien und Demokratie in Lateinamerika

Hanno Bruchmann, Anna Dobelmann, Annika Hartmann, Aylin Kruse, Manuel Schulz, Sarah Helen Sott (eds.)

Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag (2012), 298 pp.

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Beyond Click-Activism? New Media and Political Processes in Contemporary Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho, Sofie Shinta Syarief

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 110 pp.

"We investigate the extent to which new media impacts upon political processes in Indonesia and the factors that affect it. Reflecting on the Indonesian political systems and structure, and detailing some empirical case studies on new media use, we argue that most uses of social media, including tho ... more

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Medias et démocratie au Burkina Faso

Serge Théophile Balima, Augustin Loada, Nestorine Sangaré

Dakar; Leiden: CODESRIA; African Studies Centre (2012), 108 pp.

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Exile Media, Global News Flows and Democratization: The Role of Democratic Voice of Burma's 2010 Elections

Julianne Pidduck

Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 5 (2012), pp. 537-554

"This article explores the links between transnational media flows and social and political change in authoritarian regimes through a conjunctural study of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a Burmese exile media organization. Drawing on observation and interviews conducted at DVB's Oslo studio during ... more

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On Media Development: An Unorthodox Empirical View

Daniel Kaufmann

Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 26 slides

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Media Development in Transitional Democratic Cambodia

Casey McCarthy

Malmö: Malmö University, Master Thesis in Communication for Development (2012), 65 pp.

"Through a series of qualitative interviews with a range of media stakeholders, the ultimate conclusion of this thesis is that the media landscape in Cambodia is diverse –with some (mostly foreign-owned and run) able to operate freely and independently, while others (most local Khmer media, partic ... more

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Politics in Cyberspace: New Media in Malaysia

Meredith L. Weiss

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 56 pp.

"There seems little evidence that the rise and increasing availability and range of new media have given real reason to expect different political outcomes on grounds of new patterns of mobilization, particularly given a persistent “digital divide.” What has been happening, though, is an increas ... more

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The Media of Afghanistan: The Challenges of Transition
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David Page, Shirazuddin Siddiqi

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 27 pp.

"[...] Afghanistan is a fragile, fractured state and has one of the most fragile and fractured media, where almost anyone with sufficient funds and the opportunity to move quickly has been able to establish a media presence. This environment has enabled the flourishing of television, radio and other ... media established and owned by powerful political and religious leaders, or by those with allegiance to them. Some fear a future of increased ethnic, sectarian and factional strife being played out through the airwaves. Though there are some very successful commercial television channels, there is no independent and widely trusted national media capable of transcending or creating communication across the fracture points in Afghan society. Most media is either localised or seen as serving political, religious or other agendas. The future of the national broadcaster, RTA, still the only broadcaster with a truly national presence, is uncertain. While journalism as a whole has expanded greatly, investigative journalism remains limited. The sustainability of the newly established commercial media is widely questioned. With the total annual advertising market in the country estimated by some at little more than $20 million, there are real concerns that if donor support declines much of the media will wither or fall prey to factional, religious or extreme forces. There is no shortage of such forces. A number of media outlets already play upon ethnic and sectarian tensions. The Taliban, notorious when in power for shutting down media and banning video tape, have embraced the web and run one of the most effective media strategies in the country. In 2012, the mood music is one of compromise with the Taliban. Concern in the country is growing that new found media freedoms may be the price of that compromise. The role of donors in media support in Afghanistan is probably greater than in any other country at any other time. Such support is largely responsible for the development of a substantial media sector, but it faces criticism that it is poorly coordinated, short term and not informed by aid effectiveness principles; that it focuses too heavily on advancing the agendas of the donors; and that in some sectors it is distorting the media market in ways that create dependency and inhibit the development of genuinely sustainable Afghan media ventures." (Executive summary) more

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Media Freedom and Independence in 14 European Countries: A Comparative Perspective

European Commission; Mediadem (2012), 188 pp.

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Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa

Glenda Daniels

Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2012), xiv, 250 pp.

"Glenda Daniels examines the pattern of paranoia that has crept into public discourse about the media and the ANC, and their conflictual relationship. She analyses this fraught relationship through various popular media stories, such as Manto and Mondli, Zapiro and Zuma. Her argument ist that there ... more

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