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Pacific Media Freedom 2011: A Status Report
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 17, issue 2 (2011), pp. 148-186
Paraguay: Journalists Alone Facing Trafficking
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2011), 11 pp.
European Media Law and Policy Framework
Sofia: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 72 pp.
Medios a la vista 2: Análisis sobre el derecho a la información y la comunicación y el periodismo en Bolivia 2009-2011
La Paz: Fundación UNIR; Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM) (2011), 262 pp.
"Contiene, además de un apartado dedicado a revisar los seis años de recorrido del ONADEM, cuatro grandes secciones que cubren las áreas de trabajo del Observatorio en los últimos tres años: el Derecho a la Información y a la Comunicación, el análisis de la calidad de la información period
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Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E
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Opening Remarks to the Sessions of the UNESCO International Symposium on Freedom of Expression, 26 January, 2011
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
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La televisión privada comercial en Uruguay: Caracterización de la concentración de la propiedad, las audiencias y la facturación
Montevideo: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 35 pp.
"Según la información relevada, los grupos titulares respectivamente de las frecuencias de los canales 4, 10 y 12 de Montevideo, en adelante los «tres grandes», mantienen un oligopolio audiovisual basado en una red de medios de comunicación integrados mediante la propiedad directa (tanto indivi
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Zimbabwe’s Community Radio ‘initiatives’: Promoting Alternative Media in a Restrictive Legislative Environment
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
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The Private Media in Syria
The Hague; Amsterdam: Hivos; University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science (2010), 12 pp.
"This working paper is about the private media in Syria. A new publishing law was passed in 2001, which allowed the private sector to re-enter the media industry, having been banned from it since 1963. The relatively high number of approved publications since 2001 provides the Ministry of Informatio
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Why Do Russians Support Censorship of the Media?
Russian Journal of Communication, volume 3, issue 1-2 (2010), pp. 53-71
"This article analyses support for censorship in Russia as part of the democratization process. Censorship has been an important part of Russian history and it was strengthened during the Soviet era. After the collapse of the Soviet system formal censorship was banned even though the reality has bee
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Blasphemy, Insult and Hatred: Finding Answers in a Democratic Society
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2010), 313 pp.
Alerte medias: Afrique de l'Ouest, 2009: Rapport annuel sur la situation des médias
Legon (GH): Fondation pour les Médias en Afrique de l’Ouest (2010), viii, 176 pp.
Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa
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Libel Tourism: Silencing the Press Through Transnational Legal Threats
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 41 pp.
"This report by Drew Sullivan, a journalist, editor, and media development specialist, explains how lawsuits can force media organizations to censor themselves or limit the distribution of their news content, restricting freedom of expression and thus threatening one of the foundations of democracy.
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Internet or Enter-Not: The Syrian Experience
Amsterdam: Hivos; University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) (2010), 13 pp.
"This working paper discusses the status of the internet in Syria. Syrian authorities show a large amount of distrust vis-à-vis the new technology and there is much state control. The list of banned sites is long, varied and flexible. Website bans are about muzzling free expression and controlling
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Thailand: Licence to Kill
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 15 pp.
"The very violent political crisis that convulsed Thailand in April and May 2010 had a dramatic impact on the safety of journalists and media freedom. The toll was heavy: two foreign journalists were among the 90 people killed, ten other journalists were wounded (some sustaining injuries from which
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