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Media and Peacebuilding: The New Army Stability Doctrine and Media Sector Development
Media, War & Conflict, volume 2, issue 1 (2009), pp. 7-23
"In October 2008, the US Army released Field Manual 3-07 laying out its dramatically revised doctrine for peace and stability operations. At the heart of the new doctrine is a comprehensive approach to stability operations in fragile states that integrates the work of the military with that of inter
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Final Report of the Peer-To-Peer Development and Support of Science Journalism in the Developing World: The SjCOOP Project
Gatineau: World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) (2009), 104 pp.
"SjCOOP1 objectives were to (1) develop a network of professional science journalists in Africa, North Africa and in the Middle East; (2) put in place national and regional associations of science journalists; and (3) strengthen the World Federation of Science Journalists as a supportive partner of
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Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 64 pp.
"This publication describes the main media assistance funders outside the USA in an alphabetical fashion from 'Arab States' to 'United Kingdom', complemented by data on the European Commission (EC), UNESCO and UNDP. The EC is likely to be the biggest single funder of media development projects besid
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NGOs and 'modernization' and 'democratization' of Media
Global Media and Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2009), pp. 9-33
"Western-supported media assistance in transition and developing countries has a long history. Building independent media, preferably through the nongovernmental sector, is seen as an important aspect of achieving mondernization and democratization. This article questions the idealized assumptions u
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Demokratieförderung durch Journalistenausbildung in Südosteuropa
Bonn: Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (2009), 216 pp.
Sword and Shield: Self-Regulation and International Media: A Report
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 33 pp.
"1. The media development community should work within individual media houses to create in-house, publicly reported complaint systems rather than relying solely on outside press councils to do the job. 2. Funding groups should encourage media criticism, in forms such as local journalism reviews. 3.
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"The main findings of the review are: 1. General consensus on the importance of research communication among the donors interviewed, and wide interest in developing appropriate programmes and mechanisms. 2. Little evidence of a strategic approach within individual agencies, with research communicati
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Under Attack: Practicing Journalism in a Dangerous World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 46 pp.
"This report examines the key issues surrounding threats to the physical safety of journalists, particularly in countries with hostile media environments. While acknowledging the serious impact of repressive measures such as imprisonment, the focus of the report is sharply on incidents of violence.
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"To fill a gap in UNDP’s current strategic approach to democratic governance in Timor-Leste, media development has been added as an essential pillar of its programme geared toward assistance for building a democratic state. This project aims to improve the enabling conditions for the media sector
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Journalism Training in Sudan: A Move Towards Enhanced Cooperation
International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 23 pp.
"One of the major obstacles to the development of a professional media is the lack of qualified education and training and media training remains a neglected area in Sudan. Education and training in journalism and related areas provided by universities are not responding sufficiently to the needs of
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Media Literacy: Citizen Journalists
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 26 pp.
"In environments where poor infrastructure, minimal access to technology, and small-scale economies impede the creation or sustainability of mainstream independent media, and in countries where repressive governments limit the ability of professional journalists to operate freely, citizen journalist
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'The Pathology of Media Intervention in Iraq 2003-2008: The US Attempt to Restructure Iraqi Media Law and Content
International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2009), pp. 27-52
"This study analyzes US attempts to remake the Iraqi mediascape, its law and content between 2003 and 2008. It concludes that post-invasion media development was so poorly structured and implemented that it was doomed from the start. This is true despite and because of the millions of dollars spent
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Challenges to U.S. Government Support for Media Development
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 22 pp.
"Media play a pivotal role in U.S. foreign policy, but the two U.S. government bodies most directly involved in media development assistance - the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - face significant resour
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Digital Media in Conflict-Prone Societies
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 38 pp.
"Much violent conflict today takes place in or near civilian populations with access to global information networks, so the information gathered by various parties to conflict may potentially be distributed in real time around the globe. The ability to communicate, and to produce and receive diverse
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Media and Conflict: Afghanistan as a Relative Success Story
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2008), 8 pp.
"The development of media in post-Taliban Afghanistan has been relatively successful (compared with both the Taliban regime and other countries subject to international intervention) in establishing free and responsible expression despite the lack of electricity, harsh terrain, absence of viable med
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Media Development Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Media Development
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2008), 101 pp.
"This paper aims to be 'an analytical tool designed to help stakeholders assess the state of the media and measure the impact of media development programmes' (page 7). It has been prepared to define indicators of media development in line with the priority areas of the International Programme for t
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