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Media Assistance and Elections: Toward an Integrated Approach

Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (2015), 43 pp.

"This paper presents an overview of the main challenges to the integration of media development in electoral assistance programming. Despite widespread acknowledgement that the media is critical to electoral processes, and that it has the potential to impact voter behaviour, electoral assistance pro ... more

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DRG Learning, Evaluation, and Research Activity: Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the USAID Media Strengthening Program

Susan Abbott, Audra Grant, Renée Hendley

Washington, DC: USAID (2015), 64 pp.

"This report presents the findings of the Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the Mozambique Media Strengthening Program (MSP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The MSP project, with a period of performance of June 10, 2012-June 11, 2017 and a budget of $9,978 ... more

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Assessment of the Media Development Sector in the Southern Mediterranean Region
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Catherine Joppart, Dina Basla

MedMedia;European Union (2015), 32 pp.

"This research study examines and assesses the progress of media development work in the Southern Mediterranean region in the wake of the Arab Spring. It highlights the challenges faced by international agencies and presents examples of effective, innovative interventions that could help to shape be ... more

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Médias et promotion de la paix dans la région des Grands Lacs: Dix années d'efforts (2003-2013)

Cyprien Ndikumana

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 175-189

"L'utilisation des technologies de l'information dans des projets innovants a été largement encouragée dans le cadre de divers projets d'appuis aux médias de la région des Grands Lacs. Cyprien Ndikumana présente un certain nombre d'initiatives mises en place, depuis 10 ans, pour amener les jou ... more

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Bringing Plurality and Balance to the Russian Language Media Space: Feasibility Study on Russian Language Media Initiatives (RLMIs) in the Eastern Partnership and Beyond. Summary and Recommendations

European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2015), 5 pp.

"Recommendations revolve around five building blocks of a co-ordinated strategy that calls for: 1. A regional news hub for the Russian language that embodies the values of fairness, accuracy and watchdog reporting, and builds a network of partners to leverage high-quality news content to wider audie ... more

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Throwing the Switch: An Update on the State of the Global Transition to Digital TV Broadcasting

John Burgess

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 10 pp.

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Official Development Assistance for Media: Figures and Findings

Eduardo González Cauhapé-Cazaux, Shanthi Kalathil

Washington, DC; Paris: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA);OECD (2015), 21 pp.

"While numerous world leaders have recently exhorted the importance of a free press, only a fraction of both total official development assistance (ODA) and governance-related ODA finds its way toward support of mediaIf media and free flow for information is truly a fundamental building block of ope ... more

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Public Service Media in Divided Societies: Relic or Renaissance?

Phil Harding

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 28 pp.

"Argues that renewed energy and resources should be invested in strategies that support media systems rooted in public service values of trust, independence, universality and putting the public interest before all others. Despite formidable challenges, support strategies should include a revitalised ... more

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The Pentagon, Information Operations, and International Media Development

Peter Cary

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 18 pp.

"The U.S. Defense Department has long had an uneasy relationship with independent mediaOn the one hand, it needs the trusted voice of media to portray U.S. military activities in a positive light, both to maintain the support of citizens at home and to help fight its battles abroad. And to the exten ... more

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Free Expression, Globalism, and the New Strategic Communication

Monroe E. Price

New York: Cambridge University Press (2015), ix, 275 pp.

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The Politics of Media Development: The Importance of Engaging Government and Civil Society

Paul Rothman

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 16 pp.

"In the field of media development, the public sector is often viewed as a monolithic barrier to the development of independent and sustainable media. Although governments do frequently pervert and capture media sectors in countries around the globe, the enabling conditions under which media can ach ... more

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The Role of Media Assistance in the Establishment of Public Service Broadcasting in Serbia

Davor Marko

International Journal of Digital Television, volume 6, issue 3 (2015), pp. 293-309

"This article investigates the extent to which Serbian media institutions that have been initiated and supported through media assistance programmes have actually reached a level of sustainability and functionality. Analysing the establishment and transformation of public service broadcasters in Ser ... more

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Journalism Under Pressure: The Case of Kosovo

Kenneth Andresen

Oslo: University of Oslo, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xvi, 221 pp.

"Using Kosovo as its case, this dissertation discusses links between journalism’s historical development, daily practice and potential in a post-war society. In theory on media in post-communist Eastern Europe, journalists and editors are criticized for being unprofessional and for not contributin ... more

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Impact Assessment for Nonprofit News Projects & Their Funders

Jessica Clark

Media Impact Funders (2015), 19 pp.

"In the end, impact assessment comes down to a dialogue—about goals; how news informs, connects and engages communities; and how best to maintain journalistic integrity in the process. That’s why we’ve created this guide, which features both conceptual perspectives for foundations and nuts-and ... more

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Study on ACP Technicians and Actors Involved in Movies Supported by EU-ACP Funds (8th, 9th, 10th EDF)

Lucas Rosant

ECO;Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP);European Union (2015), 182 pp.

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ProMedia II Regional: Final Report. September 30, 1999 – September 30, 2014

Washington, DC: IREX (2015), 27 pp.

"USAID’s ProMedia II Regional project, implemented by IREX between 1999 and 2014 provided a flexible tool to support independent media in a time of transition in Europe and Eurasia (E&E). The project supported multi-year, full-time technical assistance projects in three countries: Bulgaria and Alb ... more

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Contributing to Change: Supporting Zimbabwe's Media

International Media Support (IMS) (2015), 50 pp.

"It is my pleasure to introduce this report on the contribution of International Media Support and our partners to important changes in the Zimbabwean media sector over the past decade. Impact—or ‘contribution towards change’ as we term it in this report— is often an elusive, hard-to-illustr ... ate product of our combined efforts as media development organisations, donors and partners in the contexts in which we work. But, as this report and the methodology behind it hopefully demonstrate, it is not impossible to document and communicate impact in an illustrative and accessible way. First launched in 2005, the Zimbabwe Media Programme’s support to Zimbabwe’s media workers and media institutions, has grown gradually and organically over the years. As this report details, one of the more notable changes that the programme has successfully contributed towards, is the inclusion of improved freedom of expression and access to information provisions in Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution. Through a national strategy for the development of the country’s media driven by the needs and demands of media sector stakeholders, this successful contribution built on a solid foundation of close collaboration between media and civil society inside the country as well as among international media development actors and donors outside it. It reflects a real-world manifestation of key aid effectiveness principles that include national ownership, alignment, harmonisation and mutual accountability. Principles that IMS, our partners and our donors strive for so that we may improve the quality, and indeed further the impact, of our combined efforts. Despite the successful work of the Zimbabwe Media Programme, plenty of challenges lie ahead. In February 2015, nearly two years after Zimbabwe’s new constitution was approved full of democratic promises, the vast majority of its new provisions had still not been implemented through law or practice. To deepen the existing results of the work of the Zimbabwe Media Programme and to further the democratic reform of the media sector overall, everyone involved needs to be ready to leverage the opportunities that arrive as the social, political and economic landscape in the country continues to evolve. That means we must continue to support the critical work of our media and civil society partners in Zimbabwe so that they are ready to seize new opportunities to expand on the democratic gains they have worked so hard to achieve." (Foreword) more

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A Call for Effective Support to Syrian Independent Media as a Key Component in Mitigating and Resolving the Syrian Conflict

Brussels: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2015), 14 pp.

"Experience in conflicts, in former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past twenty years has shown that citizens with access to reliable, professional, and independent news and information must be a key element in any effort to support a sustainable resolution to conflict ... more

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After the Arab Uprisings: The Prospects for a Media That Serves the Public

Alexandra Buccianti, Sarah El-Richani

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 37 pp.

"This briefing suggests that national broadcasters may have the potential to help to bridge social divides, if they can be reformed to serve the interests of the public rather than the state. In addition to their extensive infrastructure and reach, these institutions also have a cultural standing th ... more

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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29

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Assessment of the Media Development Sector in the Southern Mediterranean Region
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