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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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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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"This report is intended to serve as a guide for organizations considering establishing journalist-training programs in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. The report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the journalism profession in these three countries. Generalizations across countri
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China-Africa Media Relations
Global Media and Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2009), pp. 129-136
Industrias culturales y cooperación iberoamericana en la era digital
Pensamiento Iberoamericano, issue 4 (2009), pp. 73-102
"Las Industrias Culturales (IC) aparecen hoy como el centro nuclear en donde se juega el destino de nuestras identidades, nuestros valores compartidos y la calidad de nuestras democracias. Es también, por eso mismo, el espacio fundamental para los intercambios interculturales, en donde se dirime el
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Media Literacy: Empowering Youth Worldwide
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 30 pp.
"Government agencies, NGOs, foundations, and private developers looking to support civic and democratic endeavors in the developing world should be made aware of media literacy as a key educational component for developing stable democratic discourse. This report explores support and development of
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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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Media development in Afghanistan
Media Development (WACC), issue 1 (2009), pp. 39-44
"The international community entered Afghanistan in December 2001 to oust the Taliban. It promised reconstruction, development and democratisation. At the time, the trauma of 25 years of war had left civil society in Afghanistan shattered and the media had become mere tools in the hands of the dicta
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Overview of UN Inter-Agency Round Tables on Communication for Development: Background Paper
Washington, DC: UNDP; World Bank (2009), 32 pp.
China in the African Mediascape: A Critical Injection
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 1, issue 3 (2009), pp. 343-361
"This study sets out to historically contextualize Chinese support to the African mediascape, arguing that contemporary Chinese media interventions in Africa must be seen as part of China's long history of anti-colonial and anti-imperial struggle in its project of national and international identifi
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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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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 Role of Media Literacy in the Governance Reform Agenda
Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2009), 12 pp.
"To navigate a complex and an ever-evolving media landscape, citizens must obtain the critical abilities and necessary communicative skills to participate actively and meaningfully in a democratic public sphere—the space where free and equal citizens come together to discuss and debate current aff
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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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International Media Partnerships
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 20 pp.
"This report provides an overview of the discussions and findings from the ‘International Partnership Meeting’ held in Copenhagen in September 2009, as well as the best practices and lessons learnt from organisations engaged in Partnerships over the past years. Representatives of twenty one inte
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Print and Broadcast Media Freedom: Disparities and Opening
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 27 pp.
"Using historical data from Freedom House's Freedom of the Press index this report assesses regional trends regarding differing levels of print and broadcast media freedom. While an initial set of data covering 1980-88 shows a clear pattern of print media ranked as freer than broadcast media in ever
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Implementation Reports on Projects Approved and Financed in 2006-2008
Paris: UNESCO (2009), 85 pp.
One Size Does Not Fit All: Objectives and Priority Areas for Media Assistance in Different Societies
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 39 pp.
"The essential thesis of this paper is that the requirements and problems of the media sector differ substantially from country to country according to its political, social and economic conditions: in authoritarian states the scope and intensity of media assistance is quite limited, whereas democra
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