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Freedom of Expression and Right to Information in ASEAN Countries: A Regional Analysis of Challenges, Threats and Opportunities
London: Internews Europe (2014), 59 pp.
"Internews’ research reveals a confluence of conditions in ASEAN that make the present time a critical moment for Freedom of Expression / Right to Information (FoE/RTI) interventions in the region. As donor support dwindles, and threats to FoE increase, there is a danger of a severe roll-back of t
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Copyright and Inequality
Washington University Law Review, volume 92, issue 117 (2014), pp. 117-168
"The standard theory of copyright law imagines a marketplace efficiently serving up new works to an undifferentiated world of consumers. Yet the reality is that all consumers are not equal. Class and culture combine to explain who wins, and who loses, from copyright protection. Along the dimension o
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Tras las huellas del DIC en Bolivia 2009 - 2013
La Paz: UNIR (2014), 81 pp.
Legal Leaks Toolkit: A Guide for Journalists on How to Access Government Information
Key Guides
Madrid; Berlin: Access Info Europe; N-ost Netzwerk für Osteuropa-Berichterstattung (2014), 85 pp.
"This toolkit is designed for journalists working in any media – newspapers, radio, and television – as well as bloggers and other information professionals who need to get access to information held by public bodies for their stories. The toolkit is for journalists making requests in their own
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Media Laws: Training Curriculum
London: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2014), 70 pp.
"The aim of this handbook is to equip the reader with an understanding of Rwanda’s new media laws, both in terms of the rights and obligations introduced, as well as in terms of the regulatory and institutional structure they have established. The handbook is presented in seven modules, which comp
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Public Funding of Private Media
London: LSE Media Policy Project (2014), 17 pp.
"As advertising revenues shift to non-journalistic platforms, news organizations face financial difficulties. To safeguard pluralism and editorial competition, alternative funding sources should be considered. Policymakers can support private media organizations with mechanisms such as tax relief or
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Laws Governing Media Practice in Kenya: A Journalists’ Handbook
Nairobi: Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) (2014), iv, 39 pp.
Democratising the Media in the New Democracies of Ghana and Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 3 (2014), pp. 87-105
"The institutionalisation of democracy in Ghana (1992) and Nigeria (1999) after years of military regimes facilitated the need to reform old media structures that supported authoritarian regimes into institutions that would facilitate the democratic process. The media reform initiatives embarked upo
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Priorities in Global Media Policy Transfer: Audiovisual and Digital Policy Mutations in the EU, MERCOSUR and US Triangle
European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 1 (2014), pp. 17-33
"This article investigates the flow of communication policy principles across the supranational, international and national levels, through the lens of policy transfer. Policy transfer is a new concept for the field of media and communication studies. The article utilizes and expands on the concept
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Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe
Budapest et al.: Central European University Press (2014), vi, 273 pp.
"The author argues that differences in media freedom and in the politicization of the news media are rooted in differences in party structures between old and new democracies, and, notably, the fact that young parties in the new members of the European Union are short of resources, which makes them
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Empowering Our Whistleblowers
Open Democracy Advice Centre; Right2Know Campaign; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), iv, 63 pp.
"In 2010 the Open Democracy Advice Centre undertook a comprehensive review of the state of whistleblowing in South Africa, entitled 'The Status of Whistleblowing' (2010). Three years on, the whistleblowing landscape is due another review. Research demonstrates that progress has not merely halted in
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State Aid for Newspapers: Theories, Cases, Actions
Heidelberg et al.: Springer (2013), xii, 402 pp.
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the print news media’s struggle for survival. It presents current practices concerning government subsidies to newspapers for political, economic, and socio-cultural purposes against the background of declining readersh
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Somalia: Media Law in the Absence of a State
International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, volume 8, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 159-174
"Somalia is often described as ‘lawless’ or ‘the world’s most failed state’, a characterization that overlooks the way law and governance actually works in the absence of a capable central government. This article will explore the role of xeer law, or customary law, in regulating media, in
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Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 2
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), pp. 397-707
"A practical guide for journalists practising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to improve
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Media regulation in the Mekong and opportunities for the development of public service and community broadcasting
Bangkok: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific (2013), 48 pp.
"This report analyses current media legislation and regulation in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam and examines the opportunities for the development of public service and community broadcasting. The report also includes useful references to Singapore." (Preface)
Handbook on International Standards and Media Law in the Arab World
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,
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Kontrolle durch Aufkauf
Afrika Süd, issue 2 (2013), pp. 22-25
"Angolas Medien werden weitgehend von der Regierung kontrolliert. Mit dubiosen Firmen, die aus dem Nichts entstehen, ermächtigt sich die regierende MPLA kritischer Privatmedien und bringt sie auf Linie. Ausnahme ist allein die Zeitung Folha 8, die ihre Unabhängigkeit wahren konnte." (Seite 22)
Breathing Life Into Freedom of Information Laws: The Challenges of Implementation in the Democratizing World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 56 pp.
"This report is intended to be a practical, useful guide for stakeholders in national and local governments, the media, civil society, and business to making freedom of information laws work. The authors’ particular emphasis is on the role public officials and journalists must play in effectively
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El mundo de la radiodifusión en Costa Rica: Lo que dice la ley y lo que sucede en realidad
San José (CR): Red de Medios e Iniciativas de Comunicación Alternativa (RED MICA); Voces Nuestras; Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2013), 45 pp.
"El estudio hace un recorrido por la obsoleta y contradictoria legislación nacional en esta materia, luego se repasan los conceptos que describen la naturaleza de los distintos tipos de radio que existen en el país y posteriormente se describe la manera en que se está utilizando el espectro radio
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