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Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia
Canberra: Australian National University (ANU) E Press (2014), xvi, 282 pp.
"Losing Control: freedom of the press in Asia takes us right up to the end of this tumultuous century. It deals with the Chinese media cranking up its latest propaganda campaign, this time against the Falun Gong. It discusses how the Indonesian media lost its way in reporting the tragedy in East Tim
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Singapore-Style Press Control? Not in Fiji
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 3 (2014), pp. 255-274
"Constraints imposed on the press in Fiji under the 2010 Media Decree have been compared with the system of press control in Singapore. The two systems are, however, quite different. The type of hegemonic control that has been achieved in Singapore is unlikely to be replicated in Fiji. The press in
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Freedom of Expression and Right to Information in ASEAN Countries: A Regional Analysis of Challenges, Threats and Opportunities
London: Internews Europe (2014), 59 pp.
"Internews’ research reveals a confluence of conditions in ASEAN that make the present time a critical moment for Freedom of Expression / Right to Information (FoE/RTI) interventions in the region. As donor support dwindles, and threats to FoE increase, there is a danger of a severe roll-back of t
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Media Freedom Indices: What They Tell Us - and What They Don't. A Practical Guidebook
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 67 pp.
"This guidebook aims to give the reader an overview of the existing international media freedom measures and how they can be used. By introducing the methodology and pointing out the strengths and weaknesses, it allows the readers to better understand, judge and thus critically reflect the indices
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Fostering Freedom Online: The Role of Internet Intermediaries
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2014), 210 pp.
"The research showed that internet intermediaries are heavily influenced by the legal and policy environments of states, but they do have leeway over many areas of policy and practice affecting online expression and privacy. The findings also highlighted the challenge where many state policies, laws
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OSCE Safety of Journalists Guidebook
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2nd ed. (2014), 98 pp.
"This book sets forth the issues to be considered by the OSCE participating States when evaluating what they can do to improve the climate for journalists in their countries. It also provides a practical guide which presents the steps they can take to ensure a media-friendly environment." (https://w
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Media Outlets and Their Moguls: Why Concentrated Individual or Family Ownership is Bad for Editorial Independence
European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 3 (2014), pp. 335-350
"This article investigates the levels of owner influence in 211 different print and broadcast outlets in 32 different European media markets. Drawing on the literature from industrial organization, it sets out reasons why we should expect greater levels of influence where ownership of individual out
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Die Medienfrage in Indonesien
Südostasien, volume 30, issue 1 (2014), pp. 32-34
"Indonesien richtet sein Augenmerk auf die kommende Präsidentschaftswahl 2014. Ein Faktor, der in diesem Prozess und dessen Ausgang eine große Rolle spielen könnte, ist die Medienlandschaft. Um die Bedeutung der Medien für die Förderung von Demokratie und die Vermittlung von Grundsätzen der Me
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Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity
London: PEN International (2014), 89 pp.
Press Censorship in Turkey: Networks of State Power, Commercial Pressures, and Self-Censorship
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 7, issue 2 (2014), pp. 154-173
"This article explores the suppression of press freedoms in Turkey under the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government in the late 2000s. Drawing upon analyses of laws and legislation, surveys, reports, and interviews with journalists, it demonstrates how press censorship in Turkey has been act
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The Road to Justice: Breaking the Cycle of Impunity in the Killing of Journalists
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2014), 47 pp.
"CPJ’s analysis of global rates of impunity in journalist killings over the past seven years shows that they have for the most part gotten worse. There are some encouraging signs in the data. The number of convictions of suspects behind these crimes appears to be slightly on the rise, but thi s nu
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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Surveillance and International Standards
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 98 pp.
"The internet has enabled an unprecedented ability to monitor and track people and information flows as highlighted in the 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden about online surveillance carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency. The revelations have kicked off debates across the wor
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The Greedy Giants: Centralized Television in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 390-406
"This article essentially shows how the development of commercial television in Indonesia has conflicted with the country’s media democratization, as illustrated by the growth of local media in the past 15 years. Compared to print media and radio, which are decentralized, Indonesia’s television
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Medios a la vista 3: Análisis sobre el derecho a la información y la comunicación y el periodismo en Bolivia 2012-2013
La Paz: Fundación UNIR; Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM) (2014), 258 pp.
"Los diecinueve textos que conforman el libro se articulan en torno a siete temáticas: 1) Percepciones sobre el DIC y los medios, 2) Ética, 3) Estructuras de contenido, 4) Coberturas noticiosas, 5) Agresiones a periodistas, 6) Acceso a la Información Pública, y 7) Estado, medios y normativa. Su
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Media Freedoms and Covert Diplomacy: Turkey Challenges Europe Over Kurdish Broadcasts
Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 3 (2014), pp. 319-331
"Focusing on Kurdish television broadcasts in Europe, this article sheds light on how minority broadcasting interrelates with national and intergovernmental political agendas and issues of national security. Drawing from a thorough analysis of policy and diplomatic documents, press articles, academi
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Internet Freedom and Freedom of Expression in South Africa
Johannesburg: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI); Raith Foundation (2014), 31 pp.
"In a rapidly changing civil-political and socio-economic environment, the internet has emerged as one of the primary mechanisms that influence and continue to redefine the practice of democracy. Internet freedom is therefore an increasingly important safeguard towards advancing not only freedom of
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Journalist in Africa: A high-risk profession under threat
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 2 (2014), pp. 181-198
"Every year, several international organizations monitoring press freedom worldwide issue reports in which they underline the occupational hazards faced by journalists while reporting. Some African countries, such as Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia or Equatorial Guinea, have been regularly pinpointed at the
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Internet in Chains: The Front Line of State Repression in Iran
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (2014), 49 pp.
"Censorship and state control over the Internet in Iran is changing: it is becoming more systemic and less detectable, posing an ever-greater threat to Iranian users. Increasingly, the state is focusing on developing the technological infrastructure to effectively control access to the Internet insi
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