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Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read?
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), 32 pp.
"About 49 percent of the World Bank’s policy reports, which are published Economic and Sector Work or Technical Assistance reports, have the stated objective of informing the public debate or influencing the development community. This study uses information on downloads and citations to assess wh
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EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline
Brussels: European Union Council (2014), 28 pp.
"The Guidelines explain the international human rights standards on freedom of opinion and expression and provide political and operational guidance to officials and staff of the EU Institutions and EU Member States for their work in third countries and in multilateral fora as well as in contacts wi
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Media Aid Beyond the Factual: Culture, Development, and Audiovisual Assistance
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 17 pp.
"In this paper, I examine the aims and motivations behind the EU’s audiovisual assistance programs to countries in the Global South, using data from policy documents and semi-structured, in-depth interviews with program managers and administrative staff in Brussels. These programs prioritize forms
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TV5Monde: La chaîne culturelle francophone mondiale
Paris: TV5Monde (2014), 95 pp.
Committee of Ministers: Declaration on protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors
Council of Europe; European Audiovisual Observatory (2014), 3 pp.
"Note on the Declaration on the protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors." (Abstract)
"The right to freedom of expression and access to information falls within the category of civil and political rights. As an ‘empowering right’, it facilitates the implementation of other human rights such as the right to participation in political and public life. The ability to exercise this r
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Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans
Brussels: European Union, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, Policy Department (2014), 88 pp.
"The study analyses media freedom and pluralism in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia) in light of the EU enlargement policy. Despite the different stages of their EU accession paths, these countries share si
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Does Sustainability Require Transparency? The UN Divide Over Freedom of Information and Media in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 9 pp.
"The inclusion of a clear commitment to access to information in the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] – including factual “indicators” to monitor compliance – could have a profound impact on freedom of expression and media globally, advocates contend. Yet it remains uncertain whether any
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Priorities in Global Media Policy Transfer: Audiovisual and Digital Policy Mutations in the EU, MERCOSUR and US Triangle
European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 1 (2014), pp. 17-33
"This article investigates the flow of communication policy principles across the supranational, international and national levels, through the lens of policy transfer. Policy transfer is a new concept for the field of media and communication studies. The article utilizes and expands on the concept
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Bücher für alle: Die UNESCO und die weltweite Förderung des Buches 1946-1982
Berlin; Boston, Mass.: De Gruyter (2013), xv, 608 pp.
"Bücher für alle verfügbar und zugänglich zu machen, war oberste Zielsetzung der Buchförderungsprogramme der UNESCO. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Maßnahmen, die die UNESCO weltweit zur Verbesserung der Produktions- und Distributionsstrukturen des Buches durchführte, und geht Fragen n
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Post-2015 MDGs: Freedom of Expression and the Media
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2013), 6 pp.
"Access to information, freedom of expression and an independent media are important for a sustainable future. They should be explicitly included in a future framework describing UN development goals for the years beyond 2015. We discuss two options: firstly, integration of “information access and
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Communication Rights Ten Years After the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): Civil Society Perceptions
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 32 pp.
"This report responds to the opportunity provided by the WSIS+10 review which will culminate in 2015. Its purpose is to collate civil society perceptions of the changes that have taken place over the last ten years since the WSIS Declaration of Principles was adopted in 2003. The results are being u
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How to address current threats to journalism? The role of the Council of Europe in protecting journalists and other media actors
Belgrade: Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Media and Information Society (2013), 35 pp.
"Legal and political responses to the above issues will feature centrally in this paper. More specifically, the paper will consider the role of Council of Europe as a regional body in the concerted international efforts to enhance the protection of journalists and other media actors, in particular t
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Peace Through Peace Media? The Media Activities of the International Missions (KFOR and UNMIK) and Their Contribution to Peacebuilding in Kosovo from 1999 Till 2008
Berlin: Lit (2013), xvii, 317 pp.
"How does media contribute to peacebuilding and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment? This question will be answered in respect to the media produced by the UN and NATO mission in Kosovo (UNMIK and KFOR) from the year 1999 until 2008. The theoretical part of the text will deal with existing
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Pressing for Freedom: 20 Years of World Press Freedom Day
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 95 pp.
"The origins of World Press Freedom Day arise from a declaration signed by a group of African journalists who gathered at a UNESCO seminar on “Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Media” that was held in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April to 3 May 1991. Subsequently, painstaking lobbyin
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