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"They Know Everything We Do": Telecom and Internet Surveillance in Ethiopia
Human Rights Watch (2014), 137 pp.
"[The publication] documents how Ethiopia’s government uses its control over the telecom system to restrict individuals’ rights. Based on over 100 interviews with victims of government abuses, former government officials, and former staff of telecom companies, the report describes the various me
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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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Safety and Solidarity for Journalists in Ukraine 2014: A Handbook for Journalists Unions Facing a Crisis
Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2014), 44 pp.
"Throughout 2014 the IFJ and EFJ have been working hand in hand with affiliates, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine and the Russian Union of Journalists to support their members in the field, condemn the intimidation of journalists and manipula
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Freedom of the Press 2014
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 28 pp.
"Global press freedom fell to its lowest level in over a decade in 2013, as hopes raised by the Arab Spring were further dashed by major regression in Egypt, Libya, and Jordan, and marked setbacks also occurred in Turkey, Ukraine, and a number of countries in East Africa. In another key development,
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Combating Impunity of Crimes against Press Freedom
New Media and Mass Communication, volume 21 (2014), pp. 29-39
"Worried by the rising incidence of arrests, detention, jail, harassment and even murder of journalists across the world, all of which are crimes against press freedom, this paper takes a look at the reasons for the unpunished offences against press men and women and examines the efforts made to com
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The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Security and Human Rights, volume 24 (2014), pp. 325-332
"This article focuses on the interdependence between security and human rights. The author advocates that freedom of expression and free media – two basic human rights – play increasingly important roles in fostering a meaningful debate on security issues and that they can help us to effectively
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Preventive Journalism as a Means of Controlling Regional Media in Russia
Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 1 (2014), pp. 35-52
"This article utilizes new institutional theory and its principle – coercive isomorphism – to examine explicit and implicit pressures exerted on news organizations by a regional government in Russia in 2009 and 2010. The study found that while empowering regional reporters by the myth of helping
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Manual para comunicadores/as comunitarios/as para entender las reformas legislativas en materia de derechos humanos, protección y telecomunicaciones
México, DF: AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2014), 62 pp.
"El Manual tiene el propósito de presentar los contenidos principales de las recientes reformas normativas en estos temas con el objetivo de que las y los comunicadores cuenten con una herramienta de apoyo para su labor comunicativa y de difusión [...] La reforma constitucional en materia de derec
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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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"Offiziell haben wir Meinungsfreiheit"
Message, issue 4 (2014), pp. 76-79
"Farida Nekzad leitet die Nachrichtenagentur Wakht in Afghanistan. Im Message-Interview erklärt sie, unter welchen Gefahr Journalistinnen in ihrem Land arbeiten und welche Medien Warlords bevorzugen." (Einleitung)
Supporting Internet Freedom: The Case of Iran
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 24 pp.
"The aim of this report is not to question the value of supporting Internet freedom in closed societies such as Iran. Rather, the intent is to provide a picture of how difficult it is to achieve progress in such countries. In times of tightening budgets for media development work, it is worth consid
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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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Prosecuted Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws
London: Amnesty International (2014), 50 pp.
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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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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Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication’s Iran Media Program (2014), 45 pp.
"Our research confirms that the Persian blogosphere has undergone significant shifts since the late 2000s as a result of a confluence of multiple factors: state intervention, the rise of social networking sites, changes to iran’s socio-political culture, and personal/professional issues. Our study
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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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