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War on the Media: Journalists Under Attack in Libya

Human Rights Watch (2015), 50 pp.
"This report documents attacks against journalists and the offices and facilities of media outlets since the 2011 uprising, including threats, assaults, kidnappings, and killings and addresses the failure of the government to protect journalists and the media, and hold perpetrators of attacks on the ... more
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Medienfreiheit in Ägypten: Zum journalistischen Arbeiten in Ägypten nach der Arabischen Revolution

Judith Jäger, Christoph Resch (eds.)
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2015), 217 pp.
"Der vorliegende Band widmet sich der beunruhigenden Lage der ägyptischen Medien. Er beschreibt Gleichschaltung und Zensur, er berichtet von Einschüchterungsversuchen der al-Sisi-, aber auch der Mursi-Regierung gegenüber in- und ausländischen Pressevertretern. Journalistinnen und Journalisten wu ... more
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In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries

Helmi Noman
In: Routledge Handbook of Media Law
Monroe E. Price, Stefaan Verhulst, Libby Morgan (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2015), pp. 253-268
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Assessment of Media Legislation in Jordan

Fabio del Alisal
MedMedia; European Union (2015), 27 pp.
"Legal changes are crucial to the development of a media capable of playing a democratic role in Jordan. This includes the lifting of licensing requirements, allowing full access to information and installing independent industry regulators." (Recommendations)
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Area of Origin: Communication Channels and Social Media Report Syria

REACH (2015), 8 pp.
"With 4 million refugees in neighbouring countries and six and a half million Internally Displaced Persons within Syria, communication tools have become critical for the Syrian population to maintain contact with their family and friends both inside and outside the country. The costs associated with ... more
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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29
"Democracy depends on a free press, independent TV and radio stations and controversy-rich online communication. Governments must therefore not only accept, but indeed facilitate independent journalism. Development agencies, moreover, can support the media in relevant ways. Donor institutions are di ... more
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Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, But Opposition to Some Forms of Speech

Richard Wike, Katie Simmons
Pew Research Center (2015), 58 pp.
"Although many observers have documented a global decline in democratic rights in recent years, people around the world nonetheless embrace fundamental democratic values, including free expression. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majorities in nearly all 38 nations polled say it is at le ... more
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Violations Against Female Journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Ghazi Bani Odeh
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) (2015), 25 pp.
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News Media Landscape in a Fragile State: Professional Ethics Perceptions in a Post-Ba'athist Iraq

Jeannine E. Relly, Margaret Zanger, Shahira Fahmy
Mass Communication & Society, volume 18, issue 4 (2015), pp. 471-497
"During the years of Ba'athist dictator Saddam Hussein, media personnel were under tight control and tortured or executed when they strayed from the government line. In the decade following the fall of the Ba'athist regime, thousands of Iraqi journalists were trained in liberal democratic profession ... more
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Mass Communications in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan. Assessment Report

UNHCR; REACH (2015), 53 pp.
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Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt

Sherif Mansour
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED); International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 16 pp.
"Egypt’s plummeting press freedom is in part a result of the many ways in which the state can put pressure on independent media under Egyptian law. While the January 2014 constitution contains clear protections for the media (including, under Article 71, bans on censorship and surveillance), many ... more
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Im Gegenlicht: Gesellschaftskritik im Spielfilm

iz3w, issue 384 (2015), pp. 17-40
"Gerade in Ländern des Globalen Südens gibt es eine beeindruckende Vielfalt kritischer Spielfilme aller Genres, vom Roadmovie bis zur Groteske. Mal sind sie explizit politisch, mal eher angedeutet und metaphorisch, um die Zensur zu umgehen oder um eindimensionale Interpretationen zu unterlaufen. I ... more
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The World Through Picture Books: Librarians’ Favourite Books from Their Country

Annie Everall, Viviana Quinones (eds.)
The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2nd ed. (2015), 218 pp.
"We are very happy to publish the second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated lists. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, skilled participation of librarians and the great success of this international programme. The programme deals with ... more
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Jordanian Journalists’ Awareness of the Concepts and Standards of Journalistic Quality Within Jordanian Media Institutions

Basim Mohammed Tweissi, Raid Jameel Suleiman, Aiman Sanad Al-Garrallah
Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 8, issue 1 (2015), pp. 55-78
"This study aims to identify Jordanian journalists’ awareness of the basic concepts of journalistic professionalism by addressing four sets of media quality standards, as abstracted from several studies. Notable among those sets are journalistic content standards, the performance quality standards ... more
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Bravery or Bravado? The Protection of News Providers in Armed Conflict

Nina Burri
Brill (2015), xviii, 450 pp.
"During the last decade, the image of war correspondents in the news has shifted dramatically. Reports are no longer full of cheerleading stories of embedded journalists. Instead, stories of war reporters being attacked, kidnapped or injured prevail. Sadly, the former heroic witnesses to war have be ... more
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Les radios associatives et communautaires en Tunisie: Etat des lieux 2015

AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2015), 51 pp.
"L’objectif de ce diagnostic est de mettre en lumière les derniers développements du secteur des radios communautaires et associatives tunisiennes, leurs points de force et les points de faiblesse. C’est aussi l’occasion pour avoir une vision globale sur l’approche des institutions qui rè ... more
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After the Revolution: Libyan and Tunisian Media Through the People’s Eyes

Najla Dowson-Zeidan, Tim Eaton, Karen Wespieser
London: BBC Media Action (2015), 60 pp.
"Libya’s contested and, at times, chaotic political scene is reflected in its media, which represents a range of political and vested interests, sparking narrative and counter narrative. Ultimately, it has left people frustrated that they cannot access the information that they need. In Tunisia, t ... more
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Moving Stories: International Review of How Media Cover Migration
Deep Insights

Aidan White (ed.)
London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), 106 pp.
"We asked writers and researchers to examine the quality of coverage and to highlight reporting problems as well as good work. The conclusions from many different parts of the world are remarkably similar: journalism under pressure from a weakening media economy; political bias and opportunism that ... more
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From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme

Maja Kominko (ed.)
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2015), lxviii, 651 pp.
"This volume celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library, established to document and publish online formerly inaccessible and neglected archives from across the globe. From Dust to Digital showcases the historical signifi cance of the collections ide ... more
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Assessment of Media Legislation in Algeria

José Alberto Azeredo
MedMedia; European Union (2015), 22 pp.
"Every effort should be made to encourage Algeria to come into line with global standards on press freedom, market access and media ownership. Exchange of good practice, EU strategies and wider promotion of local broadcasting content can all create the opportunity to influence change in Algeria." (R ... more