1 Overview of media and elections - the importance of the media to elections, 9
2 Overview of media and elections - the importance of the media to elections, 11
3 The media landscape today, 22
4 Legal framework for media and elections, 62
5 EMB media relations, 130
6 Media monitoring, 156
7 Media development, 174
8 Case studies, 206
Bosnia: the operations of the regulator on hate speech, 206
Canada: paid political advertising, 207
Canada: Canada prohibits bloggers from reporting, 207
Gambia: the independent electoral commission of the gambia develops a communications plan, 209
Italy: an existing regulatory body, 214
Russia: complaints procedure (1993), 215
United Kingdom: the operations of the regulator on hate speech, 215
United States: bringing the bloggers to heel? 216
Zimbabwe: an example of unbalanced coverage, 218
Egypt: new media and election transparency, 220
Nigeria: media ownership and its impact on elections, 223
South africa: gender and elections, 226
Georgia: media monitoring recommendations during elections, 229