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The Media in Transitional Democracies
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
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Côte D’Ivoire 2010–2011 Post-Electoral Crisis: An Approach from the Media
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 187-201
"The objective of this work is approaching the political crisis occurred in Côte d´Ivoire after the contested elections of 2010, through the perspective of the Ivorian media and media professionals. This study draws theoretically on the media political economy and critical understanding of the rel
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Media and Democratisation: What is Known About the Role of Mass Media in Transitions to Democracy
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 51 pp.
"The review starts by elucidating the potential role of the media as a democratising agent. We then explore the relationship between media reform and institutional change during democratisation periods, and move to review the literature on the contribution of media to institution building and due pe
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Changing Media and Politics in Tajikistan
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 66 pp.
Waves of Media Democratization: A Brief History of Contemporary Participatory Practices in the Media Sphere
Convergence, volume 19, issue 3 (2013), pp. 287-295
"The article aims to provide a more historically grounded approach to the relationship between communication and participation, by distinguishing different waves of media democratization. The article first discusses the concept of participation and some of its complexities, and then sketches a serie
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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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Why do pluralistic media systems emerge? Comparing media change in the Czech Republic and in Russia after the collapse of communism
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 239-256
"A quarter of a century after the collapse of communism in the former Eastern bloc, a wide range of scholarly projects have been undertaken to compare and theorize processes of media change in the region. One question that scholars have sought to address is: what were the factors that crucially impa
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Community Radio in Political Theory and Development Practice
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
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A Critique of the Systems Approaches in Comparative Media Research: A Central and Eastern European Perspective
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 257-277
"This article looks critically at the systems approaches in comparative media studies when applied to studying the relationship between media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It introduces a concept of methodological systematization consisting of four different components: (1) the r
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India’s Media Boom: The Good News and the Bad
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xv, 86 pp.
Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach
African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 12, issue 2 (2012), pp. 508-538
"The article explores the relationship between democratic governance and the free and independent press in The Gambia since the inception of the Gambian First Republic in 1970. It supports the rights-based approach which perceives the issues of democracy, good governance, and a free and independent
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Conference on Media Development in Myanmar
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 47 pp.
"This report summarises the presentations and recommendations made at the Conference on Media Development in Myanmar organised by the Myanmar Ministry of Information and Culture and UNESCO in cooperation with International Media Support (IMS) and Canal France International with support from the Gove
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Radio Progreso: Historias cabales, picantes y catrachas
El Progreso (HN): Editorial Guaymuras; Radio Progreso (2012), 84 pp.
"De Honduras se habla poco, salvo cuando hay huracanes o golpes de Estado. Y de las emisoras populares hondureñas se habla menos, se conoce nada. Por eso, cuando las compañeras y compañeros de Radio Progreso me invitaron a relatar lo que vivieron aquel trágico 28 de junio 2009, no dudé en acept
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Exile Media, Global News Flows and Democratization: The Role of Democratic Voice of Burma's 2010 Elections
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
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Deepening Shadows: The Eclipse of Press Rights in Kyrgyzstan
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 1 (2012), pp. 47-64
"In March 2005, a relatively nonviolent uprising ousted an authoritarian president in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. In the aftermath of the so-called Tulip Revolution, press rights advocates and journalists welcomed the promise of greatly enhanced freedoms. However, the new regime proved
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Medien und Demokratie in Lateinamerika
Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag (2012), 298 pp.
Politics in Cyberspace: New Media in Malaysia
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
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The New Media, Society & Politics in the Philippines
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 56 pp.
"The Philippines is a palimpsest where traditional, modern and postmodern influences manifest themselves contemporaneously. Its politics is traditional, its culture modern and its media postmodern. Understanding the role of new technologies, such as digital media, under these circumstances requires
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