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L’état de la liberté de la presse en Afrique centrale francophone. RD Congo: Sous pretexte de la guerre

Donat M'Baya Tshimanga

Kinshasa: Journaliste en Danger (JED) (2012), 100 pp.

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Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, and Constraints on Online Political Communication in Central Asia

Brian J. Bowe, Eric Freedman, Robin Blom

Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1 (2012), pp. 144-152

"This paper reviews recent events and legal developments related to the Internet and social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include legislation extending libel laws to online communications, blocking of oppositional and independent websites, and punishi ... more

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In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries

Helmi Noman

Opennet Initiative (2012), 13 pp.

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Freedom of Expression on the Internet: A Study of Legal Provisions and Practices Related to Freedom of Expression, the Free Flow of Information and Media Pluralism on the Internet in OSCE Participating States

Zenet Mujic, Deniz Yazici, Mike Stone

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2012), iv, 345 pp.

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Tunisie: La protection de la liberté d’expression et la liberté de l’information dans la nouvelle constitution

London: Free World Centre (2012), 43 pp.

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Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico’s Journalists and Lessons from Colombia

Douglas Farah

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 32 pp.

"Turning the tide on the killing of journalists involves several steps, but primarily it is a matter of having the political will to acknowledge the issue as important and ending the impunity for those responsible for the violence. These steps include: following through on making attacks on the medi ... more

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National Web Studies: Mapping Iran Online

Richard Rogers, Esther Weltevrede, Sabine Niederer, Erik Borra

Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2012), 25 pp.

"Instead of defining a priori the types of websites to be included in a national web, the approach put forward here makes use of web devices (platforms and engines) that purport to provide (ranked) lists of URLs relevant to a particular country. Once gathered in such a manner, the websites are studi ... more

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Kid Gloves at the Keyboard: Defamation Charges Threaten Freedom of Speech in Asia

Paul Linnarz

KAS International Reports, issue 8 (2012), pp. 118-134

"Concerns are growing in Asia about offensive and extremist material on the internet. New laws have been passed to remedy this, but they have collided with the ways that search engines, social networks and internet cafes run their operations. These service providers have therefore been resisting cal ... more

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Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach

Aboubacar Abdullah Senghore

African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 12, issue 2 (2012), pp. 508-538

"The article explores the relationship between democratic governance and the free and independent press in The Gambia since the inception of the Gambian First Republic in 1970. It supports the rights-based approach which perceives the issues of democracy, good governance, and a free and independent ... more

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Walking a Tightrope: News Media and Freedom of Expression in the Middle East
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Layla Al-Zubaidi, Susanne Fischer, Magda Abu-Fadil

Beirut: Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 2nd revised ed. (2012), 161 pp.

"This report reviews the situation in which media operate in the Middle East, specifically in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and also including a short section on Tunisia [...] Part 1 explores the historical development of the media in the region, outlines their structural environment, and ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.

"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching ... more

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Radio Progreso: Historias cabales, picantes y catrachas

José Ignacio López Vigil

El Progreso (HN): Editorial Guaymuras;Radio Progreso (2012), 84 pp.

"De Honduras se habla poco, salvo cuando hay huracanes o golpes de Estado. Y de las emisoras populares hondureñas se habla menos, se conoce nada. Por eso, cuando las compañeras y compañeros de Radio Progreso me invitaron a relatar lo que vivieron aquel trágico 28 de junio 2009, no dudé en acept ... more

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Tightening the Grip: Concentration and Abuse of Power in Chávez's Venezuela

New York: Human Rights Watch (2012), 133 pp.

"The human rights situation in Venezuela has become more precarious since 2008, when Human Rights Watch released its last report on Venezuela, A Decade Under Chávez. The pro-Chávez majority in the National Assembly has passed legislation expanding the government’s powers to limit free speech and ... more

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Safeguarding Media Rights and Ending Impunity in Nepal: International Fact-Finding and Advocacy Media Mission to Nepal

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 42 pp.

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Media Watch and Journalism Rights Organisations as Advocates of Press Freedom in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Richard Shafer, Eric Freedman

Journal of Development Communication, volume 23, issue 1 (2012), pp. 56-75

"In the bleak press rights territory of post-Soviet Central Asia, domestic and international nong-overnmental organisations, foreign governments, news outlets, and multinational entities such as the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) and UNESCO monitor constraints on the pres ... more

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Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)

Cambridge, Mass.; Ottawa et al.: MIT Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2012), xv, 414 pp.

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Challenges for Independent News Media in Pakistan

Sherry Ricchiardi

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 47 pp.

"For two years running, Pakistan has been ranked by international media monitors as the most dangerous place on earth for journalists. Media workers have been kidnapped, tortured, and beaten to death for delving into the nation’s potent military apparatus and spy agencies. Bodies have been found w ... more

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Investigative Journalism: Challenges, Perils, Rewards in Seven Pacific Island Countries

Shailendra Singh

Pacific Journalism Review, volume 18, issue 1 (2012), pp. 83-104

"This article appraises the general state of investigative journalism in seven Pacific Island countries—Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu—and asserts that the trend is not encouraging. Journalism in general, and investigative journalism in particular ... more

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Cyber-Nationalism in China: Challenging Western Media Portrayals of Internet Censorship in China

Ying Jiang

Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press (2012), xi, 141 pp.

"The prevailing consumerism in Chinese cyberspace is a growing element of Chinese culture and an important aspect of this book. Chinese bloggers, who have strongly embraced consumerism and tend to be apathetic about politics, have nonetheless demonstrated political passion over issues such as the We ... more

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Old Tricks in a New Era: Self-Censorship in Indonesian Journalism

Ross Tapsell

Asian Studies Review, volume 36, issue 2 (2012), pp. 227-245

"Even though Indonesia has entered a new era of democracy and press freedom, self-censorship still exists in the professional practice of many Indonesian newspaper journalists. Indonesia has a long history of censorship, particularly pressure from the government encouraging journalists to self-censo ... more

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