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Media Development in Regions of Conflict, Transitional Countries, and Closed Societies
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 16 pp.
"This paper explores the role professional independent media and journalists can play in circumstances where people’s very survival may rely upon trustworthy information about conflicting factions, violence, or rescue efforts. It also looks at the approaches that have been tried and tested in ligh
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Advancing Digital Participation: Digital Strategy Akademie Beta
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 4 pp.
"At DW Akademie, we are committed to ensuring all people can freely and confidently communicate in the digital realm. Our digital strategy “Akademie Beta” commits DW Akademie to five strategic objectives in order to realize people‘s right to freedom of expression in the digital world. Akademie
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"During political system change and for coming to terms with conflicts, media are the most important mediators. They should help with making the past more transparent, in order to support the transition to democracy. Experts of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the international “Article 10 ECHR
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Accountability, Nation and Society: The Role of Media in Remaking Nepal
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 23 pp.
"This briefing explores some of the key challenges facing the Nepali media. It outlines growing concerns over politicisation and co-option, particularly of the mainstream Kathmandu-based media, as well as other economic and technological challenges facing the media. The briefing further outlines how
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Preventing Violent Extremism Through Promoting Inclusive Development, Tolerance and Respect for Diversity: A Development Response to Addressing Radicalization and Violent Extremism
New York: UNDP (2016), 39 pp.
"Development practice has a critical role in providing the foundation for preventing violent extremism. UNDP’s conceptual framework proposes eleven interlinked building blocks for a theory of change explaining how development can help prevent violent extremism. These building blocks, which will in
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Guidebook Internet Governance: Media Freedom in a Connected World
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; iRights.Lab (2016), 39 pp.
"To many in the media, Internet governance seems to be an issue far removed from their daily life and work. This misconception can have substantial consequences. The Internet is fast becoming the infrastructure for all communications between media and citizens. If journalists and media freedom activ
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El Indicador de la Rentabilidad Social en Comunicación (IRSCOM): Medir para transformar
CIC: Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, volume 21 (2016), pp. 47-62
"El presente artículo aborda la construcción del Índice de Rentabilidad Social en Comunicación (IRSCOM), que pretende recoger valores ligados al funcionamiento de los medios audiovisuales, eludiendo la visión mercantilista, potenciando la participación ciudadana y la transparencia en su gesti
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The Reporting Heroes: A Study on the Condition of Afghan Female Journalists
Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) (2016), 13 pp.
"This report reflects the findings of a survey performed by Afghan Journalists Safety Committee on the status of female journalists and media workers in Afghanistan. The purpose of the report is to identify the extensive challenges female journalists and media workers face and develop specific measu
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"They Can Arrest You at Any Time": The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Burma
Human Rights Watch (2016), 87 pp.
"Focusing largely on the period since retired general Thein Sein assumed the presidency in 2011, the report provides an in-depth analysis of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Processions Act, the Telecommunications Act, the News Media Law, the Electronic Transactions Act, and various Penal Code pro
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Media and Transitional Justice: A Dream of Symbiosis in a Troubled Relationship
New York: International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) (2016), 18 pp.
"Arriving at a collective memory of the past is one of the greatest challenges facing a post-conflict society because it implies reaching a degree of consensus in a polarized context. While truth commissions attempt to present an objective account of the events of a society’s repressive or violent
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The IFRC and Community Resilience: Communication Guidance for National Societies
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2016), 25 pp.
"The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has developed this paper to support Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers in their communication and advocacy on community resilience. The paper explains the IFRC’s definition of and approach to building communi
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Media Development and Countering Violent Extremism: An Uneasy Relationship, a Need for Dialogue
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2016), 21 pp.
"This report describes how media development practitioners perceive the expansion of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) agenda’s influence into various aspects of their field, and the different and sometimes ambivalent ways in which they respond to these perceptions. Two conclusions emerge str
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An Overview of the Current Challenges to the Safety and Protection of Journalists
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2016), 22 pp.
"This overview report highlights key themes that affect journalists’ safety globally, including: 1) impunity for crimes against journalists, which fosters killings and abductions; 2) the range of dangers facing journalists; 3) the lack of resources for comprehensive security training and the hands
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Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding: A Communication for Development Approach to Rebuilding Peace from the Bottom-Up
Progress in Development Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (2016), pp. 1-13
"By unearthing the connections between the literatures on participatory communica-tion and civic engagement with the reality of postconflict peace, this article demonstrates how a communication for development (C4D) approach to engaging citizens in peacebuilding contributes to strengthening the reco
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IPDC’s Role in the Promotion of the Safety of Journalists: A Way Forward
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 20 pp.
"The IPDC has played a significant role in the promotion of the safety of journalists in recent years, contributing to and building on the momentum around journalists’ safety issues. However, developing a specific IPDC strategy with the aim of maintaining the momentum, and making full use of its p
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Rethinking Public Service Broadcasting’s Place in International Media Development
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2016), 25 pp.
"Media markets are fragmented, audience consumption is siloed, the massive spread of media, entertainment, and news offerings has made it extremely important to set up public service media institutions that will be held to account and be responsible for living up to their public service obligations.
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Beyond Islamists & Autocrats: Saudi Arabia’s Virtual Quest for Citizenship and Identity
Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2016), 9 pp.
"The state’s attempts, in the last few years in particular, to intimidate activists have largely succeeded in slowing the pace of reforms and narrowing their boundaries. However, the intensified Saudi state conflicts with regional and international allies, coupled with reduced oil revenues and inc
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