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Buying Compliance: Governmental Advertising and Soft Censorship in Mexico

Justine Dupuy, Ana Cristina Ruelas et al.

Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2013), 47 pp.

"This report demonstrates the soft censorship and corrupting influence that unconstrained official advertising exerts on Mexico’s media. These practices negatively impact media quality, limit freedom of expression, violate the right to public information, and stifle public debate that is essential ... more

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Großgrundbesitzer im Äther

Frederico Füllgraf

welt-sichten (2013)

"Brasilien hat mehr als einen Berlusconi: Zehn Familien kontrollieren die Medienlandschaft. Politische und wirtschaftliche Interessen sind eng miteinander verzahnt. Alle Versuche, das zu ändern, sind bislang gescheitert." (Einleitung)

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Concentration and self-censorship in commercial media

Fabrizio Germano, Martin Meier

Journal of Public Economics, volume 97 (2013), pp. 117-130

"Given that over half the revenues of global newspaper publishing come from advertising (80% in the US and 57% in OECD countries, OECD, 2010), we study how media firms internalize the effect of their own coverage on advertisers' sales and hence on their own advertising revenues. We show, within a fr ... more

After the Green Movement: Internet Controls in Iran, 2009-2012

Matthew Carrieri, Saad Omar Khan

Opennet Initiative (2013), 41 pp.

"Since the “Green Movement” protests in 2009, the Iranian regime has adopted increasingly complex surveillance and monitoring techniques, complementing technical filtration tools with legal frameworks and information manipulation. These techniques of control overlap: technical filtering is reinf ... more

Media Laws and Regulations of the GCC Countries: Summary, Analysis and Recommendations

Matt J. Duffy

Doha: Doha Centre for Media Freedom (2013), 73 pp.

"This report represents an effort to help with the process of evaluating media laws in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. As governments consider what policies to set up to deal with new realities, this research should help provide an understanding of the current landscape. When examining ... more

2013 Social Media Guidebook

Christian Möller, Mike Stone (eds.)

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2013), 153 pp.

Freedom of Expression Toolkit

Paris: UNESCO (2013), 83 pp.

"The Freedom of Expression Toolkit is UNESCO’s contribution to freedom of expression and it is written with upper high school students in mind. The Toolkit covers the major concepts and issues and it is written in an easy to understand, conversational manner [...] Overall, the Toolkit consists of ... more

Joint Declarations of the Representatives of Intergovernmental Bodies to Protect Free Media and Expression

Adeline Hulin

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2013), 87 pp.

UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity: Implementation Strategy 2013-2014

Paris: UNESCO (2013), 31 pp.

"This document provides the United Nations Implementation Strategy 2013-2014 of the UN Plan of Action on The Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity (hereafter referred to as the UN Plan). In addition to the Strategy, there is a detailed Work-Plan to put the Strategy into place." (Introducti ... more

Belarus: Pulling the Plug. Policy Paper on Digital Challenges to Freedom of Expression in Belarus

Andrei Aliaksandrau

London: Index on Censorship (2013), 24 pp.

Handbook on International Standards and Media Law in the Arab World

Toby Mendel

Halifax; Brussels: Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2013), 64 pp.

"International law provides robust general protection for freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, and this has been subject to detailed elaboration by international human rights courts and other official bodies tasked with promoting human rights globally and regionally. For the media, ... more

Internet Freedom and Political Space

Olesya Tkacheva, Lowell H. Schwartz, Martin C. Libicki, Julie E. Taylor, Jeffrey Martini, Caroline Baxter

Santa Monica, Calif. et al.: RAND Corporation;U.S. Department of State (2013), xxiv, 261 pp.

"This report examines whether and how furthering Internet freedom can empower civil society vis-à-vis public officials, make the government more accountable to its citizens, and integrate citizens into the policymaking process. Using case studies of events in 2011 in Egypt, Syria, China, and Russia ... more

Der Kreml auf allen Kanälen: Wie der russische Staat das Fernsehen lenkt

Ulrike Gruska

Berlin: Reporter ohne Grenzen (2013), 47 pp.

"Das Fernsehen ist für die Menschen in Russland die wichtigste politische Informationsquelle. Nach einer kurzen Periode der Freiheit Anfang der 1990er Jahre ist es erneut zum zentralen Pfeiler geworden, auf den die Staatsorgane ihre Macht stützen. Die drei größten Kanäle Perwyj Kanal, Rossija u ... more

Consulta ciudadana "Tu palabra sobre las noticias y el derecho a la información y la comunicación": Informe final

La Paz: Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM);Fundación UNIR (2013), 47 pp.

"Esta investigación, en líneas generales, ha permitido establecer que la televisión es el medio preferido para informarse y está situada en los extremos de la credibilidad: se le cree o no se le cree. La población se informa principalmente para 'estar al tanto' e interrelacionarse y de manera s ... more

Vietnam: Programmed Death of Freedom of Information

Reporters Without Borders (2013), 39 pp.

Rostros y rastros de la libertad de expresión en Latinoamérica y el Caribe: Informe anual de impunidad 2013

Adriana Blanco Cortés (ed.)

Toronto: IFEX-ALC (2013), 33 pp.

Press Freedom in Ethiopia

Vienna; Paris: International Press Institute (IPI);World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2013), 18 pp.

Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Madeline Earp, Laura W. Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Ashley Greco-Stoner (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.

"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre ... more

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Post-2015 MDGs: Freedom of Expression and the Media

Jan Lublinski, Peter Deselaers, Petra Berner

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2013), 6 pp.

"Access to information, freedom of expression and an independent media are important for a sustainable future. They should be explicitly included in a future framework describing UN development goals for the years beyond 2015. We discuss two options: firstly, integration of “information access and ... more

Violence Against Journalists and Media Workers: Inter-American Standards and National Practices on Prevention, Protection and Prosecution of Perpetrators

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (2013), viii, 180 pp.