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The Business of Media in Myanmar

Michelle J. Foster

Washington, DC, Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 22 pp.

Libya Media Assessment: One Year Later. An Assessment of the Media Landscape and Consumption Patterns

Clara Tardy

Altai Consulting;Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2013), 102 pp.

"The overall objective of the research is to provide the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and its Libyan Government counterparts with an updated assessment of the Libyan media landscape that measures consumption habits, perceptions of trust towards certain outlets, and attitudes towards government invo ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Estonia

Urmas Loit, Andra Siibak

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 84 pp.

"Estonians have demonstrated a keen appetite for digital media uptake. More than three-quarters of the population accesses the internet regularly, and more than half of those are active on social networking platforms. Recent surveys suggest that nearly a quarter of internet users now connect via sma ... more

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Why do pluralistic media systems emerge? Comparing media change in the Czech Republic and in Russia after the collapse of communism

Florian Toepfl

Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 239-256

"A quarter of a century after the collapse of communism in the former Eastern bloc, a wide range of scholarly projects have been undertaken to compare and theorize processes of media change in the region. One question that scholars have sought to address is: what were the factors that crucially impa ... more

State of the Newsroom: South Africa 2013. Disruptions and Transitions

Glenda Daniels

Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, Wits Journalism (2013), vii, 100 pp.

Audit des médias par les médias: Rapport final - version definitive

Willy Nindorera, Sylvie Capitant, Tharcisse Ndarugirire

Bujumbura; Paris: Association Burundaise des Radiodiffuseurs (ABR);Université Paris, Institut d’étude du développement économique et social (IEDES) (2013), 168 pp.

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The Indian Media Business

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

New Delhi et al.: Sage India, 4th ed. (2013), xxxviii, 442 pp.

"The Indian Media Business, Fourth Edition gives you detailed analysis, perspective and information on eight segments of the media business in India—print, TV, film, radio, music, digital, outdoor, and events. It presents the business history, current dynamics, regulation, economics, technology, v ... more

Cátedra UNESCO de comunicación: Encuentro nacional de investigación

José Miguel Pereira González, Daniel Valencia Nieto (eds.)

Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2013), 89 pp.

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News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries

Barrie Gunter, Roger Dickinson (eds.)

New York; London: Bloomsbury (2013), viii, 199 pp.

"News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries is based on ongoing research at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, and has investigated the rapidly changing nature of the news media in Arab countries. They have investigated the role of newspape ... more

Radio on the Iberian Peninsula: Autarky, Revolution and Convergence

Luis Arboledas, Montse Bonet

International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 2 (2013), pp. 205-224

"This article aims to compare Portuguese and Spanish radio broadcasting systems from the mid-1970s to the present, from a political economy approach. It analyses the regulatory framework (communication policies) and the ownership structure. It explains how a highly similar situation has been reached ... more

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National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries

Tourya Guaaybess (ed.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xii, 221 pp.

"A state-of-the-art analysis of the situation of national television in Arab countries, addressing what Arab national broadcastings today say about public policy and political opening. The essays deal with the reforms of public broadcasting organizations and the evolution, perspectives and issues of ... more

Papua New Guinea: State of Media & Communication Report

Jo Tacchi, Heather Horst, Evangelia Papoutsaki, Verena Thomas, Joys Eggins

Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS);ABC International Development (2013), 16 pp.

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Barometre des Médias Africains: Senegal 2013 = African Media Barometer: Senegal 2013

Windhoek; Dakar-Fann: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 124 pp.

Media in a Transitioning Nepal: Does Expansion Translate to Pluralism?

Nirmal Rijal, Jo Tacchi

Creative Industries Journal, volume 6, issue 1 (2013), pp. 57-70

"Characterized by socio-political changes, instability and conflict since 1990, Nepal is a nation in political transition. The media play a significant role in influencing this transition. Since 1990, various global and local factors have contributed to an unprecedented growth in the mass media in N ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Kazakhstan

Frederick Emrich, Yevgeniya Plakhina

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 114 pp.

"The story of Kazakhstani media is of two contrasting dynamics: the increasingly controlled and innovation-shy offline space, and the vibrant, less-restricted digital environment. The rise of digital media has yielded benefits for citizens and democracy, albeit these are limited by the dominance of ... more

Media in West Africa: A Thematic Report Based on data 1900-2012

Richard Asante, Maavi Norman, Eitan Tzelgov, Staffan I. Lindberg

Kellogg Institute for International Studies;University of Gothenburg;V-Dem Institute (2013), 38 pp.

"The media sector in West Africa has seen significant region-wide improvements, attributable not just to improvements in isolated cases but to general improvements in all countries. Nevertheless, despite general improvement, aspects of the media sector lag behind others, including: 1) government har ... more

Balkan Media Barometer: Albania

Remzi Lani (ed.)

Tirana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 64 pp.

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La comunicación en mutación: Remix de discursos

Adriana Amado, Omar Rincón (eds.)

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2013), 198 pp.