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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi
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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey
Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.
"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G
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Understanding Media Policies: A European Perspective
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvii, 284 pp.
Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching
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The Internet of Elsewhere: The Emergent Effects of a Wired World
New Brunswick, New Jers.: Rutgers University Press (2011), xiii, 239 pp.
"Cyrus Farivar explores the Internet's history and effects in four distinct and, to some, surprising societies—Iran, Estonia, South Korea, and Senegal. He profiles Web pioneers in these countries and, at the same time, surveys the environments in which they each work [...] Skype was invented in Es
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"The study has three general objectives: (1) A detailed legal description and analysis of the audiovisual media services regulatory bodies in the Member States, in candidate and potential candidate countries of the European Union and the EFTA countries, as well as four non-European countries; (2) an
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Central and Eastern European Media Under Dictatorial Rule and in the Early Cold War
Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang (2011), 233 pp.
Mapping Media Accountability - in Europe and Beyond
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2011), 267 pp.
"Media scholars and students, professionals and policy-makers alike will be introduced to the specific problems and perspectives of media accountability in different media systems and journalistic cultures. The status quo of media criticism online across Europe will be a key issue and provide insigh
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Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media
Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2011), 393 pp.
"There is abundant evidence of underrepresentation of women as subjects of coverage, but until now there were no reliable, comprehensive data on which to make a clear determination about where women currently fit into the news-making operation or in the decision-making or ownership structure of thei
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Media Policies and Regulatory Practices in a Selected Set of European Countries, the EU and the Council of Europe
European Commission; Mediadem (2010), 524 pp.
"This collective report examines the principal dimensions of media policy in 14 European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and the UK), probing into the historical forces, national traditions and distinct politi
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Footprint of Financial Crisis in the Media
London: Open Society Institute, Media Program (2010), 14 pp.
"The global economic downturn has affected countless businesses across the region, forcing them to slash costs, lay off employees, and reduce output. Media businesses are no exception. However, when media businesses are hit, it is not just their turnover that suffers: their primary function, the del
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Die Medien in Osteuropa: Mediensysteme im Transformationsprozess
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010), 374 pp.
Internationales Handbuch Medien
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 28th ed. (2009), 1308 pp.
Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia
Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2008), xiii, 248 pp.
"An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country aft
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Media Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: An Analysis on Media Ownership in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
Münster: Lit (2006), 184 pp.
"This book presents a network analysis of media ownership dependencies in ten Central and Eastern European countries. In addition to a detailed description of the media landscapes in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania and Slovenia it furthermore gives an overview of news agencies operating in thes
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Media Use in Estonia: Trends and Patterns
Nordicom Review, volume 27, issue 1 (2006), pp. 17-29
"The article gives an overview of general trends in media use in Estonia over the last 15 years, making some comparisons with Nordic countries. Since the beginning of postcommunist transformation in 1991, the media landscape in Estonia has faced substantial changes. A completely renewed media system
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