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A Survey and Critical Analysis of Council of Europe Strategies for Countering "Hate Speech"
In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 456-498
"To summarize a very expansive set of standards and concomitant strategies, it can be said that the three main prongs to the Council of Europe's approach to countering "hate speech" are: (1) the prevention / prohibition / punishment of certain types of expression (e.g., incitement to hatred, racist
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Communication for Development in Good and Difficult Times: The FAO Experience
Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 105-120
"The article tells the story of the evolution of communication for development within the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), describing the good times in the past as well as the difficult times in the last decade as an example of how the discipline continues to be margin
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Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana
Cambridge, Mass; London: MIT Press (2012), xi, 235 pp.
FAO Expert Consultation: Communication for Development. Meeting Today's Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges
Rome: FAO (2012), ix, 53 pp.
"[...] FAO’s Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension (OEK) organized an Expert Consultation on Communication for Development: Meeting Today’s Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges, that was held at FAO headquarters from 14 to 16 September, 2011. The main purpose was to identi
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UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2012), 8 pp.
"The Plan of Action aims to creating of a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, both in conflict and non-conflict situations, with a view to strengthening peace, democracy and development worldwide. Its measures include, among other undertakings, the establishment of a coordin
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Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: Key Issues
EPRD Policy & Development; European Commission (2012), 35 pp.
"Key recommendations: Explore ways of integrating EU diplomatic power alongside its development programmes in order to support freedom of expression and independent media and communicaitons; Enhance coordination between the different operational arms of the EU; Utilise EU’s convening power to brin
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Communication for Development: Strengthening the Effectiveness of the United Nations
Deep Insights
New York: UNDP, Bureau for Development Policy (2011), ix, 127 pp.
This publication outlines four communication approaches used by United Nations organizations: (i) behaviour change communication; (ii) communication for social change; (iii) communication for advocacy; and (iv) strengthening an enabling media and communications environment. The second part provides
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"OCHA uses communications to create awareness among target audiences (inside and outside the organization) about humanitarian emergencies, including natural disasters and complex emergencies, as well as their impact on vulnerable people. OCHA Communications Officers are charged with the task of brin
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Media in Africa: Twenty Years After the Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom
Deep Insights
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 190 pp.
"What has been the state-of-play for African media in the 20 years since the historic Windhoek Declaration of 1991 which gave rise to World Press Freedom Day every 3 May? And what can be expected over the next decade? More than 70 commentators illuminate the trajectory in a range of contributions in
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Media in Africa 20 Years On: Our Past, Present and Future. Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 41 pp.
"This review set out to analyse the Windhoek Declaration and its significance. Central to this has been the recognition of how journalistic idealism runs throughout the history since 1991. Independence, pluralism and freedom as Windhoek values that nourish journalism are not ends in themselves, but
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The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity: Cultural Policy and International Trade in Cultural Products
In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 336-352
Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 73 pp.
"For almost twenty years, United Nations peacekeeping missions have set up local radio stations in conflict-prone countries - 14 to date, seven of which remain in operation. According to this report, some of the fourteen peacekeeping radio stations implemented by the United Nations contributed more
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Report on the AUC/EC Joint Informal Expert Meeting on Media and Development
Addis Ababa: African Union Commission; European Commission (2010), 51 pp.
Digital Solidarities, Communication Policy and Multi-Stakeholder Global Governance: The Legacy of the World Summit on the Information Society
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2010), xvii, 281 pp.
"Examines the actors, structures and themes that shaped the WSIS with a particular focus on the role played by civil society. The book investigates how civil society self-organization has continued post-WSIS through the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and other policymaking venues, and reflects on w
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Untold Stories
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 7, issue 2 (2010), pp. 31-50
"Since the mid 1990s the European Union (EU) and its member states, most prominently France and Germany, have encouraged cinematic co-productions between Europe and the Middle East. A large number of films were completed within various EU support and cooperation programmes, ranging from special inte
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Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union
Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies (2010), 103 pp.
"This study provides a summary of the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of 2005. Focusing on fields in which the EU is expected to provide leadership or coordination, it is intended to provide ideas and long-term
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Media Policies and Regulatory Practices in a Selected Set of European Countries, the EU and the Council of Europe
European Commission; Mediadem (2010), 524 pp.
"This collective report examines the principal dimensions of media policy in 14 European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and the UK), probing into the historical forces, national traditions and distinct politi
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