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Twinning Social Memory and Social Imaginary: Challenges for East African Media Policies
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 3-4 (2017), pp. 50-73
"The article discusses the significance of the past in the planning of media policies in two neighbouring countries in Africa, namely Kenya and Tanzania. The theoretical frame is composed of four concepts: social imaginary, collective memory, domestication, and liminality. The scrutiny starts from t
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Shifting the South African Media Diversity Debate from the Stick to the Carrot: Lessons from Scandinavia, Latin America and West Africa
Deep Insights
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 66-84
"More than 20 years into democracy, the South African media landscape, although free and moderately pluralistic, still does not represent fairly the diversity of viewpoints held in the country. Yet, the South African media debate on transformation has been dominated by the ANC’s continued focus on
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Journalists not spies. The importance of the legal distinction for the protection of journalists during armed conflicts
Journalism Education, volume 6, issue 2 (2017), pp. 48-55
"International Humanitarian Law (IHL) has long-claimed that recognition as a civilian is critical to a journalist's safety during war, but the new US Manual blurs that line and says journalists must better understand the distinction between civilians and combatants. Given the fact that journalists m
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Online and on All Fronts: Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch (2017), 84 pp.
"Since 2012, Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown on free expression, treating criticisms of the government as threats to state security and public stability and curbing privacy online. The government has introduced significant restrictions to online expression and invasive surveillance
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Transparency is More Than Dollars and Cents: An Examination of Informational Needs for Aid Spending in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Oxford: Oxfam (2017), 25 pp.
"This research looks at the information needed by in-country development stakeholders with an emphasis on accountability actors including civil society organizations, charities, government workers, and the media. To collect this information, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Sierra Leone
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Civil Defamation and Media Freedom in Hungary: Trends and Challenges in Court Practice in Personality Rights Cases
Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2017), 21 pp.
"The present study examines current legislation and court practice in Hungary regarding civil law violations of rights to reputation, privacy and likeness, with a particular focus on trends in terms of awarding non-pecuniary damages/restitution. Through an analysis of relevant legislation and a pres
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Direito à comunicação no Brasil 2016
São Paulo: Intervozes; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2017), 85 pp.
Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression: Comparative, Theoretical and Historical Reflections After the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2017), xix, 740 pp.
"The tension between blasphemy laws and the freedom of expression in modern times is a key area of debate within legal academia and beyond. With contributions by leading scholars, this volume compares blasphemy laws within a number of Western liberal democracies and debates the legitimacy of these l
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State, Media and Pluralism: Tracing Roots and Consequences of Media Policy Change in Poland
Publizistik, volume 62, issue 2 (2017), pp. 197-213
"Recent media policy developments in Poland attract wide media coverage and the attention of governmental and non-governmental international and national organisations and bodies. This article aims at putting the debated regulatory changes into a relevant context through policy analysis. The normati
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Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws
Washington, DC: United States Commission of International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2017), ix, 138 pp.
"We have seen in our monitoring of religious freedom worldwide how blasphemy laws, in both theory and practice, harm individuals and societies. In commissioning the study found in the following pages, USCIRF sought to ascertain the prevalence of blasphemy laws worldwide and measure how the content o
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Against the Current: The Emergence of a Media Democratization Policy Agenda in Latin America
Global Media and Communication, volume 13, issue 3 (2017), pp. 229-248
"In Latin America, the role of the media in democratic societies has recently become the subject of public debates, struggles and political mobilizations that have denaturalized the existing media order and established a distinct policy agenda oriented towards media democratization. This region-wide
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El triunfo de la libertad negativa: Discurso parlamentario en Chile acerca de la libertad de expresión
Latin American Research Review (LARR), volume 52, issue 3 (2017), pp. 319-333
"Se presenta un análisis temático de tres debates parlamentarios claves para el tema de la libertad de expresión en el ámbito mediático en Chile desde la vuelta a la democracia: la discusión en torno a la Ley de Prensa 1993–2001, el Informe de la Comisión Especial sobre las Libertades de Pe
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Freedom of Expression and Violence Against Journalists
Lex ET Scientia International Journal (LESIJ), volume 2 (2017), pp. 118-135
"This study will contain an analysis on the international and regional standards in the field of freedom of expression, as stipulated in the United Nations conventions and in the European Convention of Human Rights. Further we will establish a link between the breach of the freedom of expression whe
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Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region: A Comparative Study
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2017), 267 pp.
"This study examines the existence of criminal defamation and insult laws in the territory of the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In doing so, it offers a broad, comparative overview of the compliance of OSCE participating States’ legislat
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Supporting an Independent, Vibrant Media in Kazakhstan
In: OECD Integrity Scan of Kazakhstan: Preventing Corruption for a Competitive Economy
Paris: OECD (2017), pp. 275-296
"This chapter discusses the role of media in the Republic of Kazakhstan in combating corruption. First, it provides an assessment of the recently passed access to information legislation in the country as it relates to media's access to government information. Second, it analyses the extent to which
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A Guide to Freedom of Expression in Libya
London: Lawyers for Justice in Libya; International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 13 pp.
"The prospect of a new Libyan constitution offers an opportunity for consolidated, clear and robust legal protections for freedom of expression. However, the current Constitutional Draft contains significant legal loopholes and establishes institutions of uncertain power. The failure of the Constitu
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Pathways to Media Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections from a Regional Consultation
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 25 pp.
"To ensure that African media organizations remain viable players in this changing political and economic landscape, new coalitions need to be built and existing ones strengthened. The existing coalitions in the region display certain weaknesses: they tend to be unevenly spread across the region and
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"They Can Arrest You at Any Time": The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Burma
Human Rights Watch (2016), 87 pp.
"Focusing largely on the period since retired general Thein Sein assumed the presidency in 2011, the report provides an in-depth analysis of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Processions Act, the Telecommunications Act, the News Media Law, the Electronic Transactions Act, and various Penal Code pro
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