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Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism in the Member States: Towards a Risk-Based Approach

Peggy Valcke (ed.)

Leuven: KU Leuven, ICRI;Central European University, CMCS;Jönköping International Business School, MMTC (2009), x, 155 pp.

"The outcome of this study is a prototype for a European Media Pluralism Monitor – a riskbased, holistic, user-friendly and evolving monitoring tool that includes indicators of a legal, economic and socio-demographic nature. In order to account for the multi-faceted character of media pluralism, t ... more

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Das Verfasssungsreferendum in Guatemala 1999

Florian Petersen

Köln: Universität Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien-Portugal-Lateinamerika (2009), 111 pp.

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Ein Leuchtturm mit Stromschwankungen: Die Rolle der Medien bei der Entwicklung einer demokratischen Kultur

Reinhard Wagner

DED-Brief, issue 2 (2009), pp. 42-43

"In den vergangenen Jahren hat Ghana einen großen Sprung gemacht, was die Achtung der Pressefreiheit und der Menschenrechte betrifft. Aber eine grundlegende qualitative Verbesserung der Medienlandschaft würde beinhalten, dass sich die Journalisten ihrer verantwortungsvollen Rolle in einer Demokrat ... more

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Media4Diversity: Taking the Pulse of Diversity in the Media. A Study on Media and Diversity in EU Member States and 3 EEA Countries

European Commission

Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (2009), 98 pp.

"There are, surprisingly enough, reasons to be cheerful about our media in Europe. Some of them are to be found in the pages of this publication, which reveals that the struggle for diversity and respect for equality is not lost. Far from it, the examples of innovation, originality and commitment sh ... more

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China's Propaganda and Influence Operations, its Intelligence Activities That Target the United States, and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security: Hearing Before the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Washington, DC: United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (2009), vii, 176 pp.

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Civic Education for Media Professionals: A Training Manual

Fackson Banda

Paris: UNESCO (2009), 87 pp.

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From Mouthpiece to Public Service: Donor Support to Radio Broadcasters in New Democracies

Simon Milligan, Graham Mytton

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 491-503

"State-run broadcasting organisations in the South are usually ill-prepared for their public-service role in new democracies. They are often poorly funded compared to their new, commercial rivals and often still bound by the same ‘rules of the game’ that governed them prior to the democratic era ... more

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Bundespressekonferenz: Los orígenes del modelo alemán de conferencia de prensa federal

Gunnar Krüger

Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2009), 176 pp.

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Entre saberes desechables y saberes indispensables: Agendas de país desde la comunicación

Jesús Martín-Barbero (ed.)

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2009), 174 pp.

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Investigating the Impact of Media Ownership in African Democracies: A Case Study on Malawi. A Literature Review

Jimmy Kainja

London: London Metropolitan University (2009), 33 pp.

"[...] It is clear that the importance of the media in sustenance and development of democracy is well recognised by stakeholders in Africa. This is evidenced by the existence of liberal media laws and regulation in democratic African countries. This then forces the conclusion that there is delibera ... more

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A Study on Media Influence on Public Policy in Bangladesh: Investment Climate Perspective

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2009), 36 pp.

"This paper has tried to find out whether newspapers in Bangladesh have any influence on policy formulation, revision and improvement in respect to investment climate. Reviewing two Bangla and two English newspapers for three fiscal years, we found that newspapers have strong interest in policy rela ... more

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Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent

Bruce Etling, John Kelly, Robert Faris, John Palfrey

Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society (2009), 62 pp.

"This study explores the structure and content of the Arabic blogosphere using link analysis, term frequency analysis, and human coding of individual blogs. We identified a base network of approximately 35,000 active Arabic language blogs (about half as many as we found in a previous study of the Pe ... more

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Protest in Ägypten: Wie Al-Jazeera und andere Medien die Kifaya-Bewegung möglich machten

Jan Michael Schäfer

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2009), 147 pp.

"kifaya! – „Es reicht!“ Lautstark protestieren Menschen auf Kairos Straßen gegen Präsident Mubarak und seine Regierung. Sie fordern demokratischen Wandel. Arabische Fernsehsender und neue Zeitungen in Ägypten berichten ausführlich über die Kifaya-Bewegung. Sie ist klein, aber nicht zu üb ... more

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Political Communication in Asia

Lars Willnat, Annette Aw (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2009), viii, 240 pp.

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La sociedad de la opinión: Reflexiones sobre encuestas y cambio político en democracia

Rodrigo Cordero (ed.)

Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales (2009), 279 pp.

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Hezbollah's Media: Political History in Outline
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Olfa Lamloum

Global Media and Communication, volume 5, issue 3 (2009), pp. 353-367

"Since 1985, the Lebanese Hezbollah has developed a centralized communications apparatus which was a major instrument in building its leadership in the Shiite community. My contribution intends to explore the main media of this party as both cognitive and political resources for mobilization and as ... more

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Erros nas pesquisas eleitorais e de opinião

Alberto Carlos Almeida

Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record (2009), 190 pp.

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A Suggested Framework for Assessing Electronic Government Readiness in Egypt

Nahed Amin Azab, Sherif Kamel, Georgios Dafoulas

Electronic Journal of e-Government, volume 7, issue 1 (2009), pp. 11-27

"Electronic Government (e-Government) is becoming a global phenomenon that is increasingly attracting the attention of community citizens including politicians, economists, decision and policy makers amongst others. Once only regarded as a means for modernizing the public sector and increasing gover ... more

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La caricature et le dessin de presse en Afrique

Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 239 pp.

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Uneven Performances by the Private Press in Ethiopia: An Analysis of 18 Years of Press Freedom

Terje S. Skjerdal, Hallelujah Lule

Journal of Communication & Language Arts, volume 3, issue 1 (2009), pp. 44-59

"It is generally said that an independent press is vital for any democracy. However, the case in many African countries is that the independent or private press is weak and lacks credibility, although its assumed role as a cornerstone of young democracies is repeatedly stressed by commentators and p ... more

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