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Egyptian Media Under Transition: In the Name of the Regime… in the Name of the People?

Fatima El-Issawi

London: Polis, London School of Economics, Department of Media and Communications (media@LSE) (2014), 90 pp.

"Self-censorship habits are entrenched in the practices of Egyptian journalists, who largely perceive their role as servants of political masters. Even though the debate on reforming media was high on the agenda during the time of the revolution, this subservient perception did not change. Journalis ... more

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Citizen Engagement and Public Services in the Arab World: The Potential of Social Media

Fadi Salem, Racha Mourtada, Sarah Al-Shaer

Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 6 (2014), 51 pp.

"The survey administered for this issue measures public attitudes and perceptions towards the adoption of social media by Arab governments for the purpose of public service delivery. Respondents were asked about their usage of government social media pages, their perceptions of benefits and risks in ... more

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Social Media and E-Democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Glen Finau, Acklesh Prasad, Romitesh Kant, Jope Tarai, Sarah Logan, John Cox

Savannah, Ga.: Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (2014), 9 pp.

"This paper examines the extent social media is enabling e-democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The study conducts an interpretative case study approach interviewing active social media users, political actors, civil servants, civilians, civil society actors and tertiary students. The stu ... more

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The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture, and Money

Peter Pomerantsev, Michael Weiß

New York: Institute of Modern Russia;The Interpreter (2014), 44 pp.

"The Kremlin exploits the idea of freedom of information to inject disinformation into society. The effect is not to persuade (as in classic public diplomacy) or earn credibility but to sow confusion via conspiracy theories and proliferate falsehoods. The Kremlin is increasing its “information war ... more

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The Last Gasp of Empire: Russia’s Attempts to Control the Media in the Former Soviet Republics

David Satter

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 36 pp.

"Russia still aspires to influence the news media in the former Soviet republics. The objective appears to be to manipulate their media environments in order to promote dependence on Russia and distrust of the West and to help Russia to pursue its political and commercial objectives–such as persua ... more

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The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication

Lina Khatib, Dina Matar, Atef Alshaer

New York: Oxford University Press (2014), vii, 229 pp.

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The Power of Talk: Media and Accountability in Three African Countries

Rebecca Stringer

London: BBC Media Action (2014), 24 pp.

"This policy briefing offers an empirical contribution to evolving thinking on governance within the international development landscape. Using the example of media, we argue that interventions designed to foster demand-based accountability may not be as successful in some fragile settings as more d ... more

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The Internet and Democracy Building in Lusophone African Countries

Susana Salgado

Farnham: Ashgate (2014), xi,185 pp.

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Social Media and the Politics of Reportage: The 'Arab Spring'

Saba Bebawi, Diana Bossio (eds.)

Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xii, 141 pp.

"Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'." ... more

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Learning by Clicking: An Experiment with Social Media Democracy in Indonesia

Effendi Gazali

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 425-439

"This article revisits the current interplay between the government, the market, civil society, and the media in contemporary Indonesian political communication. Previous research showed a striking increase in the numbers of both Internet and social media users as well as cases of social media influ ... more

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Citizens' Media: Citizens' Watchdog Groups and Observatories

Rosa María Alfaro Moreno

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change

Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 411-425

"Media consumption today takes on first order meanings that we can challenge, understand and clarify. This is where the audience learns to believe in watchdogging and vice versa. Citizen watchdog groups (Veedurias) attempt to critically understand public narratives beyond first order meanings that a ... more

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By the Numbers: Tracing the Statistical Correlation Between Press Freedom and Democracy

Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Lee B. Becker

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 38 pp.

"Press freedom is a key component of the general level of democracy in a country. Most often, changes in the state of media freedom have happened in tandem with changes in broader freedoms, therefore making it a sensitive indicator of the overall health of a democracy. In some cases, its deteriorati ... more

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Media, Participation and Constitution-Making in Ethiopia

Nicole Stremlau

Journal of African Law, volume 58, issue 2 (2014), pp. 231-249

"In the early 1990s, Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), drafted one of Africa’s most ambitious constitutions, allowing for ethnic federalism, decentralization and democratic reforms. The constitution has been highly controversial and many of ... more

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New Media and the Developmental State in Ethiopia

Iginio Gagliardone

African Affairs, volume 113, issue 451 (2014), pp. 279-299

"The Ethiopian government, led by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has developed one of the most restrictive systems for the regulation of new media in Africa. So far, most discussion has focused on the measures employed by the EPRDF to prevent the Internet and mobile p ... more

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ESOMAR / WAPOR Guideline on Opinion Polls and Published Surveys

Amsterdam; London: ESOMAR;WAPOR (2014), 16 pp.

"ESOMAR and WAPOR recognise there are particular issues in the collection and reporting of opinion poll and survey information and have therefore issued this Guideline as part of the self-regulatory framework that applies to international research. It highlights the responsibilities of researchers t ... more

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Las mujeres políticas en el medio de los medios: Horizontes mediáticos de igualdad

María Goñi, Patricia Álvares

WACC, Cotidiano Mujer (2014), 66 pp.

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Political Criticism from the Soviet Kitchen to the Russian Internet: A Comparative Analysis of Russian Media Coverage of the December 2011 Election Protests

Anna Popkova

Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 38, issue 2 (2014), pp. 95-112

"The election protests in Moscow in December 2011 signified an important moment for Russian society. Political dissent, historically reserved for the private domain of Soviet kitchens and in recent years to the regulation-free space of the Russian Internet (RuNet), entered the public space of Moscow ... more

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The Greedy Giants: Centralized Television in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

Ade Armando

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 390-406

"This article essentially shows how the development of commercial television in Indonesia has conflicted with the country’s media democratization, as illustrated by the growth of local media in the past 15 years. Compared to print media and radio, which are decentralized, Indonesia’s television ... more

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Measuring Media Impact: Taking the Long Term View, Supporting Media Independence

Anya Schiffrin

Columbia Unversity, School of International and Public Affairs (2014), 50 pp.

"The question of when and how the media can bring about social and political change is a perennial one. We know more about what does not work than what does. Even so, donors increasingly ask for proof of media impact and they often hope that data will provide the answer. New tools can provide inform ... more

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Role of Media in Fostering Democracy in Afghanistan 2001 to 2013

Norma Rahmanzai Isaczai

University of Leicester, Master Thesis (2014), 103 pp.

"This dissertation is a study about the growth and development of media in Afghanistan and its role and contribution to national and international collective efforts to build a modern, stable and democratic Afghanistan in the last decade. In pursuing my dissertation, I have examined the Afghan media ... more