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Television and the Afghan Culture Wars
Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2020), 288 pp.
"Fieldwork from across Afghanistan allowed Osman to record the voices of Afghan media producers and people from all sectors of society. In this moving work, Afghans offer their own seldom-heard views on the country's cultural progress and belief systems, their understandings of themselves, and the r
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Are Punchlines the New Front Lines of Media Development?
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2020)
"Satirical comedy is uniquely effective in its ability to bolster media development objectives. Through its ability to attract audiences and provide news commentary in an entertaining way, it can be used as an important tool to promote freedom of expression, foster accountability and transparency, c
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The China Story: Reshaping the World's Media
Deep Insights
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2020), 8 pp.
"Beijing is running an extensive and sophisticated long-term outreach campaign which cuts across the developed and developing world, focusing on both legacy and digital media. This is a strategic, long-term effort to reshape the global news landscape with a China-friendly global narrative. Through f
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Enabling Media Markets to Work for Democracy: An International Fund for Public Interest Media. Feasibility Study
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 121 pp.
"This study outlines the case for, and the practical feasibility of establishing, a new International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM). Such a Fund would focus mainly on resource-poor settings across the world where the economic and political challenges confronting independent media have becom
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Jordan Media Assessment: Executive Summary and Recommendations
USAID; Management Systems International (MSI) (2020), 15 pp.
"Implemented between January-March 2020, the Jordan Media Assessment (JMA) aims to provide an overview of the media landscape in Jordan, with a specific focus on how digital media impact Jordan’s democratic development. The findings will assist USAID/Jordan to determine the broader needs of the me
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The Role of Media in Creating Inclusive, Just and Peaceful Societies: Guidelines for SDC Media Assistance
Key Guides
Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2020), 41 pp.
"The guidance aims to give SDC staff and members of the Democratisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance (DDLG) network an updated view on media development – a field that is still relatively new and for which there is more and more demand. The guidance provides an overall understanding of t
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Turkey's Changing Media Landscape
Washington, DC: Center for American Progress (2020), 24 pp.
"This report highlights numerous troubling developments in Turkey’s media landscape. Distrust in the media has reached crisis proportions, with fully 70 percent of Turks viewing the media as dishonest. These doubts have formed the backdrop for rapid shifts in how Turks access political news and in
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Is Media Assistance Obsolete? A Practice-Based Perspective on the Potential for Digital Technologies to Achieve Media Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dublin: Technological University Dublin, Doctoral Thesis (2020), 417 pp.
"This thesis examines the impact on the Media Assistance sector of the arrival of digital technologies into the ‘information ecosystems’ in which it operates. Whereas historically in Media Assistance, broadcast media and the press have been the preferred (or available) media for achieving develo
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"The Access to Information Program (A2I) was a five-year Central Asia regional program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Internews under Cooperative Agreement 176-14-00005 from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2019. During the first phase of
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Redefining Media Development: A Demand-Driven Approach
In: International Media Development: Historical Perspectives and New Frontiers
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2019), pp. 30-41
"Media development specialists and activists need a concept of media development that understands and addresses the deeply political nature of the media as an institution. We also need a way to cope with rapidly changing technology and the media's increasingly global nature. Media development is as
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Supporting Media for Democracy (2013-2019)
Deep Insights
Brussels: European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2019), 20 pp.
"This publication presents EED’s work in the area of independent media, and reflects on lessons learned in six years of media and democracy support. It offers an analysis of the worrying trends and challenges faced by media today and calls for an urgent re-set in thinking about donor support to me
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Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit der Bundesregierung: Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Markus Frohnmaier, Stefan Keuter und der Fraktion der AfD – Drucksache 19/11730
Deutscher Bundestag (2019), 24 pp.
"Die Bundesregierung hat im erfragten Zeitraum [seit 2008] 143 Vorhaben der Deutschen Welle (DW), der Deutsche Welle Akademie (DWA) und der GIZ gefördert bzw. beauftragt, die zum Teil mehrere Einzelmaßnahmen und -aktivitäten umfassen. Das Engagement auf dem Gebiet der Meinungsfreiheit und Mediene
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Evaluation Report Executive summary Colombia. Dealing with the aftermath of the conflict: Access to human rights-related information and sensitive reporting of local media in Colombia
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 3 pp.
"DW Akademie’s project in Colombia supports initiatives that promote the inclusion of diverse experiences in the country’s historical memory, focusing in particular on the local effects of the peace process. In general, these initiatives are aimed at giving Colombians, mainly victims and people
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Whispered Support: Two Decades of International Aid for Independent Journalism and Free Expression
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 95-130
"This chapter is drawn primarily from Jane Madlyn McElhone's thirteen years of in-field experience in Myanmar and other nations in transition, as well as key informant interviews she conducted in 2017 and 2018 [...] Our discussion is driven by a series of interlinked questions. Who were the key medi
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Recipient Perceptions of Media Development Assistance: A GFMD Study
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2019), 15 pp.
"GFMD members welcome the international recognition of media and journalism issues within the overall international development agenda, noting the common language it provides and the accountability tool it may offer towards encouraging governments (including donor countries) to live up to their comm
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Confronting the Crisis in Independent Media: A Role for International Assistance
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2019), 25 pp.
"With independent media around the world in crisis, what is the role of international donors and private foundations? And how can these international actors provide effective support when the driving forces behind independent media’s decline—simultaneously technological, financial, social, polit
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Challenges and Entry Points for Regional Media Development Support in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2019), 44 pp.
"The report is written from a media perspective and focuses on regional media initiatives and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seven focus areas that are instrumental for the future of quality journalism have been investigated: Professionalism – capacity to demand accountability; Gender and media
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UNDP’s Engagement with the Media for Governance, Sustainable Development and Peace
Deep Insights
Oslo: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre (2019), 82 pp.
"This report features 13 case studies that together highlight the range and impact of UNDP’s engagement with the media for the purpose of achieving development outcomes. These examples vary widely in scope and aim: from an election media monitoring initiative in Georgia to an initiative promoting
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