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Independence and Functioning of the Audiovisual Media Authority of Albania: An Assessment Using the INDIREG Methodology
Council of Europe (2014), 86 pp.
"This study carries out an independent assessment of the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) of Albania. The scope of the study is to apply the INDIREG methodology to the AMA and provide contextual interpretation of the results with policy recommendations. The INDIREG methodology offers a scientifical
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Der Buchmarkt in Slowenien
Erlangen: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Buchwissenschaft (2014), 24 pp.
"Die Faszination des slowenischen Buchmarkts ergibt sich aus mehreren Merkmalen. Zum einen handelt es sich europaweit gesehen um den kleinsten abgrenzbaren Buchmarkt, wenn man von Island absieht. Kleinstaaten wie Liechtenstein, Monaco oder San Marino gehören sprachlich zu dem größeren deutschen b
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The Media in Europe's Small Nations
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2014), xi, 183 pp.
"What are the particular characteristics of the media in small nations? What challenges do broadcasters and other media institutions in these countries face, how can these be overcome, and are there advantages to operating in a small national context? How are small nations represented on screen, and
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Media Sustainability Index 2014: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2014), xx, 307 pp.
"The 2014 MSI study for Europe & Eurasia is marked by an overall constancy of scores, for better or worse. Taken as a whole, the average of 21 overall scores shows an increase of 0.01 compared with last year. Out of the 21 countries studied, 13 showed a change in score of less than 0.10. Of the rema
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Media Assistance in Serbia: Achievements and Challenges
Sarajevo: Analitika – Center for Social Research (2014), 8 pp.
"While in 1990s media assistance efforts focused on ensuring the survival of independent media outlets under the authoritarian rule of the Miloševiæ regime, the scope of the assistance expanded after the regime collapsed in 2000, to address a range of issues, such as legal reforms, the establishme
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Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through pers
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Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe
Budapest et al.: Central European University Press (2014), vi, 273 pp.
"The author argues that differences in media freedom and in the politicization of the news media are rooted in differences in party structures between old and new democracies, and, notably, the fact that young parties in the new members of the European Union are short of resources, which makes them
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Video letters, mediation and (proper) distance: A qualitative study of international development communication in practice
Karlstad: Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Thesis (2014), 268 pp.
"This study focuses on the institutional practice of international development communication. Through a qualitative study of the Videoletters project, it examines a situated process of intervention in its complexity and analyzes how the specifics of mediation illuminate issues of proximity and dista
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Journalists and Media Accountability: An International Study of News People in the Digital Age
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), vii, 313 pp.
"Do existing structures of media accountability - such as press councils, codes of ethics, and ombudspersons - suffice, or do we urgently need new instruments and initiatives in today's converging media world? These questions were tackled in an international survey of 1,800 journalists in twelve Eur
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In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 300 pp.
"This study constitutes the attempt to draw some initial conclusions from the work conducted by DW Akademie and other media development organizations in the past. It aims at a better understanding of which public service functions former state broadcasters can provide at all and which approaches of
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"This paper compares and contrasts four centers: The Center for Investigative Reporting in Bosnia-Herzegovina (CIN), The Journalism Training and Research Initiative in Bangladesh (JATRI), the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in Jordan (ARIJ), and The Caucasus Media Investigations Center (
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Balkan Media Barometer: Macedonia
Skopje: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 64 pp.
Balkan Media Barometer: Bulgaria
Sofia: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 80 pp.
Performance Evaluation of the Serbia Media Assistance Program
USAID (2013), vi, 30 pp. + annexes
"This report is an evaluation of the $8.8 million, four-year (2008–2012) Serbia Media Assistance Program (SMAP) implemented by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The program sought to: (1) strength
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Investigative Journalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Autonomy, Business Models, and Democratic Roles
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 18, issue 4 (2013), pp. 413-435
"This article presents a comparative study of investigative journalism in nine countries in the Central and Eastern European region (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia). The purpose is descriptive and analytical. Descriptively, the articl
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Assisting Media Democratization After Low-Intensity Conflict: The Case of Macedonia
Sarajevo; Skopje: Analitika – Center for Social Research; Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) (2013), 59 pp.
"Bearing in mind the political and economic circumstances in the early stages of development of a democratic Macedonia, international donors played an important role in providing a vibrant media landscape including legal framework and relevant institutions. Donors in Macedonia engaged in a number of
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The Use of Stereotypical Images of Africa in Fundraising Campaigns
European Scientific Journal, volume 9, issue 11 (2013), pp. 20-31
"This article critically examines Unicef’s campaign in Slovenia, aimed at helping children in Ruanda, which caused huge public support in terms of the raised finances and visibility, but it also provoked a serious opposition from African people living in Slovenia and some academics. The article in
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Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Media Assistance: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
Sarajevo: Analitika – Center for Social Research (2013), 43 pp.
"The cases from B&H and Kosovo show that three straightforward regulatory practices can make a significant impact in a relatively short time. What is needed is an independent and legitimate regulator, a set of laws and guidelines against incendiary media, and an accompanying set of laws in protectio
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The Consolidation Challenge: Strengthening the Independence of Media Institutions in Kosovo
Prishtina: Democracy for Development (D4D) (2013), 24 pp.
"This policy brief builds upon the findings of a research report that looked specifically on the ways in which three media institutions - Independent Media Commission (IMC); Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) and the Press Council of Kosovo (PCK) – established in the aftermath of conflict with consi
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