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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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Digital Plans and Reality: Switchover in Russia and Other CIS Countries
IRIS Plus (European Audiovisual Observatory), issue 2013-1 (2013), pp. 3-23
"The advent of digital television has accelerated the elaboration of regulation and related processes in the countries of the region. Some countries adopted changes in their broadcasting statutes (Ukraine in 2006; Armenia in 2008 and 2010; Kazakhstan in 2012) or their mass media statute (Russia in 2
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2012), xxi, 359 pp.
"TThe 2012 MSI study for Europe & Eurasia revealed a mix of positive developments, regression, and stagnation (or resilience, depending on one’s point of view). Nearly half of the 21 countries included in this study showed little change either way, their overall score moving by 0.10 or less. Six c
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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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Radio in Small Nations: Production, Programmes, Audiences
Cardiff: University of Wales Press (2012), xi, 199 pp.
"Whether at a local, national, or international level, radio has played and continues to play a key role in nurturing or denying—even destroying—people’s sense of collective identity. The essays in this volume provide a historical and contemporary overview of radio in small nations. A number o
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Media Sustainability Index 2011: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xxiii, 321 pp.
"With three notable exceptions—Belarus, Russia, and Uzbekistan—the media sector in the countries included in the first edition of the MSI in 2001 have over time either improved overall or stayed more or less the same. But, a review of overall MSI scores is just one way to use the MSI to see how
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Mapping Digital Media: Moldova
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 117 pp.
"In Moldova, the combination of digitization and political change has increased the diversity of media outlets and their news, the plurality of opinions, and the transparency of public institutions, while it has diminished political interference in the media. Yet the lack of independence of regulato
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Poverty Reduction with Strategic Communication: Moving from Awareness Raising to Sustained Citizen Participation
Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2011), x, 92 pp.
"This publication updates a 2005 review of communication in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). It includes four country case studies (Ghana, Tanzania, Moldova, and Nepal) and a regional analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean. It explores how the use of strategic communication has expanded beyo
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Media Sustainability Index 2010: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2010), xxi, 287 pp.
Die Medien in Osteuropa: Mediensysteme im Transformationsprozess
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010), 374 pp.
Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa
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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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Demokratieförderung durch Journalistenausbildung in Südosteuropa
Bonn: Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (2009), 216 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2009: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2009), xix, 285 pp.
Building Commitment to Reform Through Strategic Communication: The Five Key Decisions
Key Guides
Washington, DC: World Bank (2009), xiii, 133 pp.
"The Five Communication Management Decision Tool helps reformers and their teams develop a framework for their communication strategies. This decision tool helps managers see change initiatives through the eyes of those who will be affected by the reforms. When the decision tool is used in the early
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Internationales Handbuch Medien
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 28th ed. (2009), 1308 pp.
South East and Central Europe Media Handbook 2009. Vol. 2
Deep Insights
Vienna: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2009), 1279 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2008: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xxi, 276 pp.
Fernsehen und politischer Wandel in der Republik Moldova: Eine kommunikationsgeschichtliche Analyse zur Medienpolitik 1986-2005
Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag (2008), 328 pp.
"Die Beziehungen zwischen Politik und Medien können sich innerhalb von Demokratien höchst unterschiedlich gestalten, denn die politischen Kulturen der jeweiligen Staaten durchdringen in hohem Maße deren Medienstrukturen. Wie sich dieses Verhältnis in den post-sowjetischen Transformationsgesellsc
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