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Media Development in Syria: The Janus-Faced Nature of Foreign Aid Assistance
Third World Quarterly, volume 38, issue 10 (2017), pp. 2276-2294
"This article intends to provide responses to some of the many unanswered questions about the making and the transformation of the uprising in Syria by exploring a new avenue of research: media development aid. Most academic interest has been oriented towards the role that the new media played at th
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Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to the Congo
Vancouver; Berkeley: Figure (2017), 304 pp.
"When Jennifer Bakody steps off the plane in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004, she walks right into the hardest and most inspiring job an idealistic young journalist from Nova Scotia could ever imagine. Six years of war involving eight countries and several million deaths have just ended
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Media Development and Countering Violent Extremism: An Uneasy Relationship, a Need for Dialogue
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2016), 21 pp.
"This report describes how media development practitioners perceive the expansion of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) agenda’s influence into various aspects of their field, and the different and sometimes ambivalent ways in which they respond to these perceptions. Two conclusions emerge str
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Constraints and Opportunities: What Role for Media Development in the Countering Violent Extremism Agenda?
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2016), 22 pp.
"This paper seeks to provide some initial guidance as to what Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) is and what it means for the media development sector, its donors and other organizations that work with media developers. The paper also discusses challenges and implications of VE and CVE for media dev
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Media Development in Regions of Conflict, Transitional Countries, and Closed Societies
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 16 pp.
"This paper explores the role professional independent media and journalists can play in circumstances where people’s very survival may rely upon trustworthy information about conflicting factions, violence, or rescue efforts. It also looks at the approaches that have been tried and tested in ligh
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Countering Violent Extremism Through Media and Communication Strategies: A Review of the Evidence
Deep Insights
Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) (2016), 40 pp.
"Part I focuses on 'Counter-Narratives', looking at the evidence relating to strategic policy communication strategies and counter-propaganda techniques. This reflects literature from policymakers, think-tanks, and civil society initiatives rather than the academic literature base. Current literatur
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The Other Air Force: U.S. Efforts to Reshape Middle Eastern Media Since 9/11
New Brunswick, New Jersey, London: Rutgers University Press (2016), ix, 216 pp.
"As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of citizens in the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming, hoping to generate pro-American currents on Middle Eastern airwaves. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern
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Curbing Corruption and Fostering Accountability in Fragile Settings: Why an Imperilled Media Needs Better Support
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 29 pp.
"An independent media is one of the most effective assets we have in efforts to curb corruption and foster accountability. Yet it is deeply imperilled, particularly in fragile states and often poorly understood by the international development sector. This policy working paper argues that unless dev
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"Lo que hace algunos años era un escenario de polarización entre medios de comunicación anti-Chávez y pro-Chávez sumamente tendenciosos, lo cual era el reflejo de una sociedad dividida, se ha convertido en un escenario de control gubernamental, directo o indirecto, sobre la mayor parte del disc
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Supporting Journalism in Conflict Societies
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 23 pp.
"Media development organisations regard polarisation and a lack of ethical standards as the main problems in conflict societies. Our interviews with both Europe-based and local media development actors show that their support programmes address journalists as enablers of an inclusive public discours
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How the U.N. Silenced Liberia’s Press: Instead of Fostering Independent Media, the U.N. Monopolized the Post-War Airwaves and Paid Reporters for Friendly PR
Foreign Policy, issue August 8 (2016), 3 pp.
"[...] Few aspects of Liberian society have suffered more under UNMIL than the media, which is critical for any young democracy but all the more so for one emerging from civil war. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.N. mission itself, and other donors have spent more than $
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Syria’s New Media Landscape: Independent Media Born Out of War
Washington, DC: Middle East Institute (MEI) (2016), 33 pp.
"The Syrian Civil War has shaken the country’s media landscape and provided space for the nascent emergence of an independent Syrian media. Syria’s media culture is undergoing significant transformation from a top-down, state-run industry, to a diverse arena populated by competing viewpoints and
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A Call for Effective Support to Syrian Independent Media as a Key Component in Mitigating and Resolving the Syrian Conflict
Brussels: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2015), 14 pp.
"Experience in conflicts, in former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past twenty years has shown that citizens with access to reliable, professional, and independent news and information must be a key element in any effort to support a sustainable resolution to conflict
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Journalism Under Pressure: The Case of Kosovo
Oslo: University of Oslo, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xvi, 221 pp.
"Using Kosovo as its case, this dissertation discusses links between journalism’s historical development, daily practice and potential in a post-war society. In theory on media in post-communist Eastern Europe, journalists and editors are criticized for being unprofessional and for not contributin
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The New Syrian Press: Appraisal, Challenges and Outlook
Paris: CFI (2015), 19 pp.
20 ans des médias pour s'entendre
Fondation Hirondelle (2015), 58 pp.
Media, Discussion, and Attitudes in Fragile Contexts
Deep Insights
London: BBC Media Action (2015), 48 pp.
"The report explores how discussion programmes – where a diverse audience, representing the whole of society, is engaged in fair and balanced debate – can stimulate both private/interpersonal discussion and public discussion in either a community setting or one hosted by local government. It the
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Médias et promotion de la paix dans la région des Grands Lacs: Dix années d'efforts (2003-2013)
In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 175-189
"L'utilisation des technologies de l'information dans des projets innovants a été largement encouragée dans le cadre de divers projets d'appuis aux médias de la région des Grands Lacs. Cyprien Ndikumana présente un certain nombre d'initiatives mises en place, depuis 10 ans, pour amener les jou
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Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2015), xviii, 315 pp.
"This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation. From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea, comm
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