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Haiti: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 175 pp.

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Philippines: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 218 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: China

Hu Yong, Fang Kun, Liu Yang, Iris Ha, Zhang Yuping, Wang Mengyao, Kathryn Nute

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Peru

Úrsula Freundt-Thurne, César Pita, María José Ampuero

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.

"As with other countries in the region, Peru shows high levels of media concentration. Digitization has not yet aff ected the dominant positions in the Peruvian mass media market. On the contrary, the largest media groups’ hegemonic position has grown stronger. For example, the influence of Grupo ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Chile

Sergio Godoy, Maria Elena Gronemeyer

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.

"Overall, digitization has only partly impacted on the media landscape in Chile. It has neither altered the neoliberal trajectory of media policy, nor reduced high levels of ownership concentration and incumbent advantages. But there is, at the very least, a framework in place that will potentially ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Colombia

Jimena Zuluaga, María Paula Martínez

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 99 pp.

"In Colombia, analog free-to-air television is still by far the most influential source of news. Digitization seems to be increasing both the quantity and range of news and the total public consumption of media as many traditional outlets now have online versions, while some new online only outlets ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Amer Dzihana, Kristina Cendic, Meliha Tahmaz

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.

"Both media organizations and the organization of media in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been profoundly affected by ethnocentrism, political clientelism, the withdrawal of international donors, and the financial crisis. As a result, the country’s march towards digitization has been protracted and u ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Croatia

Viktorija Car, Ivana Andrijaševic

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

"Croatia is well ahead of the curve. Experimental broadcasting via digital signals began in 2002 and the last analog television signals were switched off in September 2011. The country has the highest free-to-air digital terrestrial coverage in Europe, exceeding 99 percent of national territory, and ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Georgia

Ana Keshelashvili, Nino Danelia, Ninia Kakabadze

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 101 pp.

"This report finds that the momentous change in ownership transparency regulation and the dynamic and free online environment are the most notable success stories since 2005. Yet these achievements are overshadowed by the lack of independence of the broadcasting regulator and the public broadcaster, ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Russia

Alexei Pankin

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 96 pp.

"The growing prominence of online media as a source of news marks the biggest shift in news consumption. Nearly half of all internet users—or more than 20 million people—regularly read news online. The internet is virtually the only platform where criticism of the government is tolerated. There ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Slovenia

Marko Milosavljevic, Tanja Kerševan Smokvina

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 112 pp.

"With the second-highest penetration of IPTV in Europe, it appears that the Slovenian population has keenly embraced new media platforms at the expense of radio, newspapers, and satellite TV. But the changes and implications for media diversity and society more broadly have stopped short of anything ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Poland

Andrzej Krajewski, Karim Diakite

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 110 pp.

"This study of the impact of digitization on Polish media highlights the delays in digitization caused by political infighting; the lack of technical and financial assistance to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society benefit from digitization and new media; and the funding crisis afflict ... more

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Consumos culturales digitales: Jóvenes de 13 a 18 años

Mónica E. Pini et al.

Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación;Educ.ar (2012), 100 pp.

"La socialización de los niños y jóvenes a través de los medios compite fuertemente con la escuela desde hace tiempo, pero se agudiza con la incesante multiplicación tecnológica y su penetración en todos los intersticios de la vida cotidiana. La teoría de los consumos culturales brinda una m ... more

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Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan's Digital Doldrums

Ottawa: SecDev Group (2012), 21 pp.

"Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more ef!cient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. However, the ... more

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Evading Censorship with Browser-Based Proxies

David Field, Nate Hardison, Jonathan Ellithorpe, Emily Stark, Dan Boneh, Roger Dingledine, Phil Porras

Stanford University;Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2012), 20 pp.

"While Internet access to certain sites is blocked in some parts of the world, these restrictions are often circumvented using proxies outside the censored region. Often these proxies are blocked as soon as they are discovered. In this paper we propose a browser-based proxy creation system that gene ... more

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Safety on the Line: Exposing the Myth of Mobile Communication Security

Cormac Callanan, Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner

Washington, DC: Freedom House;Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (2012), 175 pp.

"This report evaluates the risks and vulnerabilities of mobile phone services and apps in 12 specified countries: the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the People’s Republic of China, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom ... more

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Social Media in the Arab World: Influencing Societal and Cultural Change?

Fadi Salem, Racha Mourtada

Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 2, issue 1 (2012), 29 pp.

"In this fourth issue of the report, we focus on exploring the societal and cultural transformations taking place in the Arab region, influenced by the continuing exponential growth of social media. In this edition of the report we provide regional statistics on more social networking platforms, in ... more

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Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression

Andrew Puddephatt, Toby Mendel, Ben Wagner, Dixie Hawtin, Natalia Torres

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.

"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint ... more

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Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile

Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xviii, 221 pp.

"Analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, including the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices through “apps” (applications) and other ways. Summarizing current thinking and seeking to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones to improve livelihoods, the repo ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: News and New Media in Central Africa. Challenges and Opportunities

Marie-Soleil Frère

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 65 pp.

"In this report, Marie-Soleil Frère surveys the news landscapes of DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Marshaling an impressive range of data, she examines patterns of production and consumption, the often grim realities of law and regulation, the embryonic state of media policy, the role of donors, and the ... more