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Serbian Media Scene Vs. European Standards: Report Based on Council of Europe's Indicators for Media in a Democracy

Jovanka Matic

Belgrade: Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM); Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS); Association of Local Independent Media - Local Press; Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV); Civil Rights Defenders (2012), 88 pp.

"The report analyzes 27 aspects of the media system of Serbia, basing on principles established by the Council of Europe as desirable standards in media legislation and practice. Each of 27 parts of the study describes the legal regulation of the subject matter and then provides available facts abou ... more

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African Media Barometer: Kenya 2012

Windhoek; Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.

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Deepening Shadows: The Eclipse of Press Rights in Kyrgyzstan

Eric Freedman

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 ... more

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The Media Map Project: The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010
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Marie-Soleil Frère

Washington, DC: Internews; World Bank Institute (2012), 98 pp.

"Today, the DRC tops the African charts in the number of registered media outlets, be they print media, radio or television. In 2008, 638 publications were registered country-wide; there were 341 radio stations and 82 television stations, although TV is still an essentially urban phenomenon, given t ... he lack of access to electricity. Despite this hugely diverse media landscape, citizens in the provinces are often deprived of access to information, as the media are most concentrated in the capital city, Kinshasa. Congolese media outlets are characterized by poor content, a severe shortage of material and technical capacity, and significant sustainability problems. Journalists work in an unsafe environment, lack regular salaries and protection, and regularly struggle with threats to press freedom. The legal and regulatory framework does not provide sufficient guarantees and basic regulations to ensure that media outlets abandon their “informal” practices. The advertising market is still undeveloped and disorganized, providing little financial backing to media companies. The supposedly “public” broadcaster is the mouthpiece of the government, and the only “public service broadcaster” is Radio Okapi, a UN-based station. In such an unfavorable context, the involvement of donors has become increasingly important over the last 20 years. The reasons why donors have intervened and continue to support the media sector are tied to the country’s political situation. The media have thus been supported for a variety of reasons: from 1990 to 1997: to encourage new democratic media freedoms; from 2000 to 2004: to promote a return to peace and reconstruction during negotiations to solve the conflict; from 2004 to 2007: to enable the media to play their part during the electoral process, as the first democratic elections during the last 40 years took place in 2006; from 2007 to 2011: to establish a solid and responsible press likely to take part in the consolidation of democracy. Reaching $80 million over the past ten years, media support by donors and operators has varied, essentially covering five types of activities: the creation of “neutral” and “apolitical” media and content (a recurring strategy in post-conflict countries); direct support (funds or equipment) for a number of outlets; media staff training; strengthening of the sector’s professional organizations and associations; consolidation of public institutions to organize the sector (including regulation and legal reform). Each of these types of interventions has generated both positive impacts and negative effects on individual journalists, newsrooms, media outlets and local organizations in the media sector. Beneficiaries, donors, and INGOs have all advanced their own critiques regarding the ways in which media support initiatives have been designed, implemented and assessed so far. They also make suggestions about how to improve media support in the future, to make it more consistent with the needs of the local Congolese media." (Executive summary, page 6-7 more

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Étude sur le développement des médias en Tunisie: Basée sur les indicateurs de développement des médias de l’UNESCO

Steve Buckley, Sawsen Chaabi, Bechir Ouarda

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 118 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Argentina

Martín Becerra, Santiago Marino, Guillermo Mastrini

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.

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Haiti: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 175 pp.

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Chad: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 97 pp.

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Asian Media Barometer: Pakistan 2012

Berlin; Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 84 pp.

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Mapping the Landscape of the Media Industry in Contemporary Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho, Dinita Andriani Putri, Shita Laksmi

Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG); Hivos (2012), xii, 151 pp.

"The Profile of Media Industry in Indonesia aims to profile the Indonesian media industry through publicly available information and data (including news in the media, statistical analysis of the figure collected through the survey by the National Survey Agency (SUSENAS), and grey literatures alike. ... more

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Report on the SEEMO Press Freedom Mission to Montenegro, 8-10 November 2011

Vienna: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2012), 19 pp.

"The objective of the press freedom mission conducted by the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), was to the assess the media situation in Montenegro following several developments: a) the introduction of new media-relate ... more

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Colombia: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 245 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Turkey

Asli Tunç, Vehbi Görgülü

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 81 pp.

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Mozambique: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 150 pp.

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Philippines: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 218 pp.

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Perspectives on the media in ‘another Africa’

Marie-Soleil Frère

African Journalism Studies, volume 33, issue 3 (2012), pp. 1-12

"A dual journal project was launched in 2010 to build bridges between French and English media research spheres through the translation and reciprocal publication of a series of essays from each linguistic sphere. In 2012, a special issue of Afrique contemporaine (‘Les Afriques médiatiques’) wa ... more