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Media Reform in Tunisia: A Volatile Process
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 8 pp.
"President Saied’s moves to undermine constitutional governance and Tunisia’s parliament pose a major challenge for further media reforms. Yet, should the political environment prove enabling, foreign donors, media assistance organizations, and other stakeholders should prioritize working with l
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The Political Economy of the Media in Sierra Leone and the Potential for Private-Sector Investment
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 13 pp.
"The purpose of this political economy analysis (PEA) is to understand how political and economic factors have affected, or hindered, the media sector in Sierra Leone as well as the potential for private sector investment in the media [...] The report presents a contextual analysis of the media sect
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Mediensysteme in Deutschland und Russland: Handbuch
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2022), 361 pp.
"Das Buch besteht aus zwei Teilen. Der erste enthält Stichwortartikel zu den Themenbereichen Presse, Radio, Fernsehen, Online-Medien, Agenturen und Medien im Allgemeinen. Im zweiten Teil werden Datentabellen und Grafiken präsentiert, die sich vor allem auf das Jahr 2015 beziehen. Dabei werden sowo
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Media Reform During Ethiopia’s Political Transition
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 8 pp.
"For most of its modern history, the news media in Ethiopia have been a tool for government control. But 2018 brought a wave of optimism to Africa’s second most populous nation. Anti-government protests forced the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to undertake majo
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Long-Term Investments Pay Dividends in Ukraine
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 8 pp.
"Since gaining independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has lurched along an unsteady path toward accountable democratic governance. Yet despite the country's volatile politics and the escalating conflict with Russia leading up to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in
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Vibrant Information Barometer: Europe & Eurasia
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: IREX (2022), 348 pp.
"The 2022 Europe and Eurasia Vibrant Information Barometer (VIBE) sees the addition of the five countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) to the study, bringing the total number of countries examined to 18. With VIBE, IREX strives to capture a moder
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Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries
Journal of Communication, volume 72, issue 2 (2022), pp. 145-164
"Media systems have changed significantly as a result of the development of information technologies. However, typologies of media systems that incorporate aspects of digitalization are rare. This study fills this gap by identifying, operationalizing, and measuring indicators of media systems in the
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Media Assistance in Burma’s Reform Decade
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 35 pp.
"Using the coup as a vantage point, interviewees for this report were asked to reflect on three main questions: What have we learned about past media reform efforts? With hindsight, what are the legacies, best practices, and lessons learned? With a view to the future, what does the media’s respons
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Media Reform During Ethiopia’s Political Transition
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 25 pp.
"The media reform process in Ethiopia’s political transition has made significant improvements to the policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks. If institutionalized and implemented with robust stakeholder engagement, the reform could help build a sustainable, vibrant, independent, and viable media
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Media Reform in Tunisia: A Volatile Process
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 25 pp.
"The halting progress of the Tunisian media reform reflects the uncertainty and vulnerability of the political reform. As Professor of Communication and Democracy Katrin Voltmer contends, emerging media systems are unique types that are a blend of inherited structures, the constraints of the transit
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Assessment of Media Development in Sudan 2019-2020: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 107 pp.
"The research data reveal that Sudan at the time had at least 10 media-related laws in place that do not meet international standards. At the same time, the country had the benefit of an infrastructure of 30 institutions offering media education and training. Sudan has an opportunity to restructure
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Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa: Systems, Practices and Identities
Deep Insights
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xxvii, 347 pp.
"This book provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism and politics in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa. The author argues that there are common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa and these make the local media systems different
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"To illustrate the dynamics of the digital information ecosystem and how disinformation is seeded within this environment, Rappler explored cascades around the following themes: war on drugs, attacks against the press, and messaging around Martial Law and authoritarian rule. The themes were selected
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"For democratic ideals and values to be nurtured and promoted in the world’s youngest country, both new and old media must be strengthened. This brief outlines the complex terrain in which the media in South Sudan operates. It summarily highlights the roles that the media plays and the challenges
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Through the Pandemic: State of the Caribbean Media Report 2022
Georgetown (Guyana): Association of Caribbean Media Workers (2022), 49 pp.
"This edition comes at a time when the Caribbean is in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic which has severely tested the viability and resilience of a wide variety of national and regional institutions. The media industry has not been spared. We have therefore attempted to capture some main elements
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Media in Croatia: From Freedom Fighters to Tabloid Avengers
Publizistik, volume 66 (2021), pp. 621-636
"The article provides an overview of the Croatian media landscape and its transformation that has been driven by the processes of democratization, commercialization and digitalization. The main media-related concerns from 1990 to 2000 were freedom of the press, autonomy of journalism and censorship.
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The Indian Media Business: Pandemic and After
New Delhi et al.: Sage India, 5th ed. (2021), xxiii, 297 pp.
"The fifth edition [...] cuts across print, TV, film, music, radio and digital media. In the process, the book takes you through the current trends, history, business dynamics and regulation in media, and provides a glimpse into the future of each of these segments." (Back cover)
African Media Barometer: South Africa 2021
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 54 pp.
"Since its adoption on 1 July 2020, the Protection of Personal Information Act has bolstered freedom of expression and the right to privacy. This legislation aims to protect citizens’ personal information and balance the right to privacy with other rights, such as access to information. In Februar
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African Media Barometer: Benin 2021
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 57 pp.
"Trade unionists, human rights activists, journalists, dignitaries of endogenous religions, and even ordinary citizens feel threatened when exercising their right to freedom of expression. Generally, they fear prosecution cases against them being mounted by the authorities. Business people and entre
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