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Monitoring and Measuring Press Freedom on a Global Scale: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Freedom House Index

Karin Deutsch Karlekar

In: On Media Monitoring: The Media and Their Contribution to Democracy

Josef Trappel; Werner A. Meier (eds.)

New York; Bern et al.: Peter Lang (2011), pp. 25-36

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The Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law

William Horsley

London: Working Conference “Safety and Protection of Journalists: A Responsibility for the World” (2011), 28 pp.

"The Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law is a global project of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield and the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism (CLJJ) at City University, London. Our aims are to provide an independent platform to assess the effectivene ... more

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Opening Remarks to the Sessions of the UNESCO International Symposium on Freedom of Expression, 26 January, 2011

Helge Rønning

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue 3 (2011), pp. 111-113

"On 26 January 2011, UNESCO hosted the second International Symposium on Freedom of Expression at its Paris headquarters. The Swedish National Commission for UNESCO sponsored the conference. The symposium brought together individuals and organisations linked to the field of journalism and sparked no ... more

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From Watchdog to Lapdog? The Impact of Government Intimidation on the Public Watchdog Performance of Peace Media in Processes of Democratisation

London: London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Media and Communications (2011), 36 pp.

"The article explores the case of Radio Ndeke Luka, a UN-backed peace radio in the Central African Republic. It investigates whether government intimidation influences the radio’s public watchdog role and, if so, in what ways and to what extent, and whether and how the support of a European NGO an ... more

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Zimbabwe’s Community Radio ‘initiatives’: Promoting Alternative Media in a Restrictive Legislative Environment

Nhamo Mhiripiri

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 9, issue 2 (2011), pp. 107-126

"Unlike most nations in southern Africa, Zimbabwe has not seen the expansion in community radio stations that has been characteristic of the region from the 1990s. A number of community radio initiatives (CRIs) were formed after the 2001 Zimbabwean Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), but no licences we ... more

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Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and of the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas
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Tarlach McGonagle

Cambridge, UK; Portland: Intersentia (2011), xvi, 668 pp.

"This book offers a rigorous, theory-based, and uniquely comprehensive, analysis of European and international legal standards shaping minorities’ right to freedom of expression. The analysis pays particular attention to the instrumental role played by traditional and new forms of media in ensurin ... more

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Central and Eastern European Media Under Dictatorial Rule and in the Early Cold War

Olaf Mertelsmann (ed.)

Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang (2011), 233 pp.

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Negotiating Communication Rights: Case Studies from India

Pradip Ninan Thomas

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2011), xxi, 252 pp.

"This book, through five case studies in India, explores communication rights movements here. It encompasses pivotal areas of movements, such as, Right to Information, Free and Open Source Software, Women and Media, and Community Radio and Citizen Journalism. The complexity of specific agendas in In ... more

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"Turning the Page": Hopes for Media Freedom in Niger and Guinea

Ambroise Pierre

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2011), 17 pp.

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Medienmonopole in defekten Demokratien: Media Governance und die Aushandlung von Pluralismus in Italien und Mexiko

Ulrike Klinger

Baden-Baden: Nomos, Ed. Fischer (2011), 303 pp.

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Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey

Bill Sweeney (ed.)

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2011), 431 pp.

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No News is Good News: Abuses Against Journalists by Palestinian Security Forces

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2011), 35 pp.

"Severe harassment by Palestinian Authority and Hamas security forces of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza has had a pronounced chilling effect on freedom of expression. This report documents cases in which Palestinian security forces tortured, beat, and arbitrarily detained journali ... more

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European Media Law and Policy Framework

Alexander Scheuer, Christian M. Bron, Shari Kind

Sofia: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 72 pp.

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Media Policy Paradigm Shift in Turkey: Rethinking Neo-Authoritarian Media Systems in the Age of Neo Liberalism

Serhat Ahmet Kaymas

Acta Universitatis Danubius. Communicatio, volume 5, issue 1 (2011), pp. 40-69

"This article has aimed to open a discussion on the rethinking a neo authoritarian media system in the age of neo liberalism as a case of Turkey’s media experiences. In this context, this study deals with the media policy paradigm shift in the Republic of Turkey since 1980s. According to a recent ... report of the European Journalism Centre (2010:4); although in the wake of a recent democratization wave in the country, there have been some positive elements in the media such as sporadic emergence of some critical perspectives even in some notoriously biased media outlets, which may change this bleak picture, the structural factors which shape the media practices (ownership concentration, working conditions of the journalist, etc) are too rigid and therefore it is too early to become optimistic. In this context, some aspects of these democratization processes are taken from the candidacy of European Union. Despite these positive developments in the doorstep of the European Union, Turkey’s media experience is heavily based on ownership structure and journalistic routines are far away from the democratic media system. Therefore, Turkey’s media experiences are characterised as a sample of neo authoritarian media system with ongoing media policy transformations, for instance privatization of media companies as much as possible, breaking monopolies and the fundamental change of the public broadcasting service is in the context of media policy. This observable change depends on the two overlapping development in Turkey’s democracy. On the one hand, the landscape of national media spaces has been affected by the political and economical conditions; especially after the two financial crashes (in 2000 and 2001) Turkey’s media has followed a re-structure by means of ownership and control. On the other hand, Turkey’s media experiences have been affected by governmental changes. Before the economic crises Turkey’s democracy was governed by a coalition and after the economic crises Turkey’s government changed by the national elections in 2002. Thus this article seeks to answer two interrelated questions: Where does press freedom stand in Turkey decades after the Justice and Development Party’s policies began? And what does Turkey’s media transformation tell us about our understanding of mass political media systems? In this study by using comparative analysis, and incorporating political science literature that offers typologies of non democratic systems of governance, this article demonstrates that contemporary Turkey’s media find much in common with authoritarian regimes across the world and are not sui generis as some have argued." (Abstract) more

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Media, Militarization, and Human Rights: Comparing Media Reform in the Philippines and Burma

Lisa Brooten

Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 4, issue 3 (2011), pp. 229-249

"Those working to develop and reform media often draw on human rights discourse, especially in areas of political violence. Yet discourse reflecting globally dominant conceptions of individually based human rights can have detrimental effects. This study illustrates how militarization and this disco ... more

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Confronting the News: The State of Independent Media in Latin America

Douglas Farah

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 38 pp.

"Over time the governments of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador have shown a growing willingness to shrug off even the harshest criticism from usually friendly forums such as the OAS and UNESCO. As the media is forced into silence and the independence of the judiciary is weakened, there are ... more

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Media Incidents: Power Negotiation on Mass Media in Time of China's Social Transition

Peixin Cao

Konstanz: UVK (2010), x, 183 pp.

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A Media Minefield: Increased Threats to Freedom of Expression in Uganda

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2010), 60 pp.

"A Media Minefield details how Ugandan authorities have brought charges against over 30 journalists, revoked or suspended the broadcasting licenses of several radio stations, and practiced other forms of partisan repression of the media over the last several years. When violent riots erupted in Kamp ... more

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