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The Evolution of the Internet in Ethiopia and Rwanda: Towards a “developmental” Model?

Iginio Gagliardone, Frederick Golooba-Mutebi

Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, volume 5, issue 1 (2016), 24 pp.

"The Internet in Africa has become an increasingly contested space, where competing ideas of development and society battle for hegemony. By comparing the evolution of the Internet in Ethiopia and Rwanda, we question whether policies and projects emerging from two of Africa’s fastest growing, but ... more

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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Nepal: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators

Nirmala Mani Adhikary, Laxman Datt Pant

Paris: UNESCO (2016), 115 pp.

"This United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report documents the national state of journalists' safety and the issue of impunity by providing an overview of the safety situation of journalists in Nepal. It also examines the context of safety and the responsibility ... more

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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Kenya: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators

George Nyabuga

Paris: UNESCO (2016), 106 pp.

"The study finds that Kenyan journalists face serious challenges in the course of their work. Further, both State and non-State actors have contributed to a deteriorating climate for journalists. The number of threats, incidents of harassment and intimidation as well as legal and personal attacks, h ... more

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The Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity: Report by the Director-General to the Intergovernmental Council of the IPDC (thirtieth Session)
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UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2016), 67 pp.

"This report provides an overview of a decade of killings of journalists, media workers and social media producers, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2015. The extent of the risks faced by those exercising their right to express opinions and disseminate information is demonstrated by the figure ... more

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Freedom of Expression Unfiltered: How Blocking and Filtering Affect Free Speech

London: Article 19 (2016), 26 pp.

"This policy brief is divided into four parts. First, we provide basic definitions and terminology concerning blocking/filtering. This is followed by an outline of relevant international standards on freedom of expression. We then address the fundamental issues underlying the use of filters and bloc ... more

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Blurring the Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression

Maria Edström, Andrew T. Kenyon, Eva-Maria Svensson (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 206 pp.

"Blurring the Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression focuses on challenges from the market to free speech and how free speech can be protected, promoted and developed when lines between journalism and advertising are blurred. With contributions from 20 scholars in law, media ... more

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Media Ownership Monitor Ukraine

Reporters Without Borders (2016), 611 pp.

"Ukrainian mass media outlets are mostly driven by their owners’ individual interests and thus serve as instruments to securing political and economic power. Corruption and lack of financial transparency further inhibit the healthiness of the country’s media landscape. The Media Ownership Monito ... more

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Media Ownership Monitor Philippines

Reporters Without Borders (2016), 699 pp.

"Two giant broadcast networks dominate the Philippine media industry both in terms of economic market power and audience reach, which gives them a major potential to shape public opinion. Despite a high number of media outlets and being described as one of the most freewheeling media systems in the ... more

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Media Ownership Monitor Peru

Reporters Without Borders (2016), 612 pp.

"High levels of revenue and ownership concentration in the media sector pose a threat to freedom of information in Peru. Concentration is also exceptionally high in terms of circulation and audience in the print and digital media sectors. MOM Peru, carried out from September and December 2016, has r ... more

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Ethiopia Offline? Evidence of Social Media Blocking and Internet Censorship in Ethiopia

London: Amnesty International (2016), 31 pp.

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Amenazas, mentiras y censura: Medios de comunicación en Venezuela

International Media Support (IMS);Open Society Foundations;Article 19 (2016), 28 pp.

"Lo que hace algunos años era un escenario de polarización entre medios de comunicación anti-Chávez y pro-Chávez sumamente tendenciosos, lo cual era el reflejo de una sociedad dividida, se ha convertido en un escenario de control gubernamental, directo o indirecto, sobre la mayor parte del disc ... more

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Exit and Voice in a Digital Age: Iran's Exiled Activists and the Authoritarian State

Marcus Michaelsen

Globalizations, volume 13 (2016), pp. 1-17

"This paper shows how digital communication technologies enable new and influence established tactics of state repression beyond borders. Based on interviews with Iranian activists and journalists who were forced to leave the country after the controversial elections of 2009, I analyze mechanisms an ... more

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Wie Strukturen Medienfreiheit einschränken: Eine Untersuchung zur Medienfreiheit in Uganda während der Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen am 18.2.2016

Kerem Schamberger

München: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Master Thesis (2016), 116 pp.

"Ugandische Eliten erwarten von Journalisten zu Wahlzeiten eine positive Berichterstattung. Kritik und Hinterfragung von Standpunkten werden nicht gerne gesehen. Die übermächtigen Ressourcen der Herrschenden werden dazu eingesetzt, diese Erwartungen zu erfüllen. Dementsprechend können Journalist ... more

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Privacy, Free Expression and Transparency: Redefining Their New Boundaries in the Digital Age

Joseph A. Cannataci, Bo Zhao, Gemma Torras Vives, Shara Monteleone, Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici, Evgeni Moyakine

Paris: UNESCO (2016), 139 pp.

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Croatia: Media Freedom in Turbulent Times: Report on the June 2016 Joint International Mission

Scott Griffen

Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2016), 25 pp.

"Incidents of physical violence and – worse still – impunity for those who commit such acts continue in Croatia, an unacceptable situation for an EU member state. On the other, legal provisions such as the country’s criminal defamation and shaming laws have been abused to punish investigative ... more

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A Shadow Over Democracy: 2016 IPI/AMI Zambia Press Freedom Mission Report

Steven M. Ellis

Vienna; Nairobi: International Press Institute (IPI);African Media Initiative (AMI) (2016), 23 pp.

"Voters need and deserve to hear a full range of voices as they decide their future and 'The Post' has played a vital role in providing an alternative to government-dominated mass media in Zambia. Unshackling that voice is critical if Zambians are to vote in an atmosphere that can be deemed free and ... more

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IPDC’s Role in the Promotion of the Safety of Journalists: A Way Forward

Silvia Chocarro Marcesse

Paris: UNESCO (2016), 20 pp.

"The IPDC has played a significant role in the promotion of the safety of journalists in recent years, contributing to and building on the momentum around journalists’ safety issues. However, developing a specific IPDC strategy with the aim of maintaining the momentum, and making full use of its p ... more

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Media Ownership Monitor Tunisia

Reporters Without Borders (2016)

"The Tunisian revolution has left a significant mark on the country’s media landscape, which diversified and played an important role in the transition process. Media diversity, however, does not guarantee the independence of information per se, especially if it remains to be dominated by politica ... more

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‘It is a Crime to be Abusive Towards the President’: A Case Study on Media Freedom and Journalists’ Autonomy in Museveni's Uganda

Michael Meyen, Anke Fiedler, Kerem Schamberger

African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 3 (2016), pp. 1-18

"Using the case of the hybrid media system of Uganda and Schimank’s approach of agent-structure dynamics, this article argues that media freedom and journalists’ autonomy first and foremost depend on society’s expectations of the media system. Closely linked to those informal structures of exp ... more

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"As Good as Dead": The Impact of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

London: Amnesty International (2016), 66 pp.

"This report details how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws violate human rights, both in their substance and their application – whether this is violations of human rights by the state, or abuses of the laws by non-state actors. The laws do not meet human rights standards and lack essential safeguards t ... more

The Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity: Report by the Director-General to the Intergovernmental Council of the IPDC (thirtieth Session) Top Insights

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