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"The paper presents: A discussion of the methods used in memory studies, explaining how attention to questions of methodology has been limited in memory studies because much research has been more concerned with theoretical issues. The paper reflects on the methods from oral history, as well as othe
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Curbing Corruption and Fostering Accountability in Fragile Settings: Why an Imperilled Media Needs Better Support
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 29 pp.
"An independent media is one of the most effective assets we have in efforts to curb corruption and foster accountability. Yet it is deeply imperilled, particularly in fragile states and often poorly understood by the international development sector. This policy working paper argues that unless dev
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Requirements for Modern Journalism Education: The Perspectives of Students in South East Europe
Deep Insights
Berlin; Sofia: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), 207 pp.
"The KAS Task Force on Journalism Education in South East Europe has conducted a survey among journalism undergraduates and graduates in five countries – a first-time initiative in the region. Their response can be seen as a testimonial of a media sector in turmoil. In the Western Balkans and othe
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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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Assessment of Media Development in Myanmar: Based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators
Bangkok; Copenhagen: UNESCO; International Media Support (IMS) (2016), xxvii, 132 pp.
"Myanmar should sign and ratify international treaties which pertain to freedom of expression, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the (first) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimina
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Changing Media Landscapes in Transitional Countries: Handbook on Mapping Media Landscapes
International Media Support (IMS) (2016), 27 pp.
"The handbook is based on the authors’ varied experiences from consulting the implementation of media mappings in several transitional countries and it will focus on two of these projects: a. mapping the Mongolian media landscape initiated in 1999 ten years after the break down of Communism and b.
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Media Freedom Indices in the Media Development Context: How the Different Information Tools Can be Used
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 10 pp.
"The existing international media freedom indices provide a variety of different information tools that contain important knowledge for media development practitioners. As shown, the different tools are of varying significance for the relevant purposes within the media development context: while som
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Measuring the Business Side: Indicators to Assess Media Viability
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 10 pp.
"In times of digital transformation media all over the world have to come up with new ways to ensure their survival. Meanwhile, media development actors are searching for new concepts and orientation in their support of media organizations and media markets. This paper presents DW Akademie’s sugge
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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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Freedom of Expression Unfiltered: How Blocking and Filtering Affect Free Speech
London: Article 19 (2016), 26 pp.
"This policy brief is divided into four parts. First, we provide basic definitions and terminology concerning blocking/filtering. This is followed by an outline of relevant international standards on freedom of expression. We then address the fundamental issues underlying the use of filters and bloc
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Hass im Netz: Was wir gegen Hetze, Mobbing und Lügen tun können
Wien: Brandstätter Verlag (2016), 230 pp.
"Das Buch deckt die Mechanismen auf, die es den Trollen im Internet so einfach machen. Es zeigt die Tricks der Fälscher, die gezielt Unwahrheiten verbreiten, sowie die Rhetorik von Hassgruppen, um Diskussionen eskalieren zu lassen. Damit die Aggression im Netz nicht sprachlos macht, werden konkrete
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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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Gender Equality Policy
Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2016), 11 pp.
"Free Press Unlimited believes that gender equality is central to achieving its overall long-term objective that media and journalists constitute a diverse and professional media landscape and function as change agents. As such, they contribute to the overall vision of a just, inclusive and peaceful
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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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Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2016), x, 123 pp.
"With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades but to our computers, offering us ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance. To the toolkit of privacy protecting techniques and projects, they propose adding obfusca
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Apropiarse de las redes para fortalecer la palabra: Una introducción al activismo digital de lenguas indígenas en América Latina
Leiden: Global Voices (2016), 35 pp.
"Del análisis de los quince estudios de caso se desprende un complejo retrato del trabajo que encabezan actores indígenas y no indígenas para que los idiomas nativos del continente ganen espacios y se visibilicen en la esfera digital. El estudio muestra que las formas de hacer activismo digital d
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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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Critical Reflections on the Theory Versus Practice Debate in Communication for Development
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, volume 32, issue 61 (2016), pp. 116-134
"Even though the cliché ‘theory is practice’ registers in most communication for development debates, available evidence seems to suggest there is a growing chasm between the theory and practice of communication for development. This discussion argues that, with the increasing demand by governm
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Assessment of the Media Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina
USAID (2016), 59 pp.
"The purpose of this assessment is to compile a general portrait of the media landscape in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in order to determine the broad status of reforms and needs in the media sector and make recommendations for potential further USAID involvement in the sector. The assessment team
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Power is Everywhere: How Stakeholder-Driven Media Build the Future of Watchdog News
Stakeholder Media Project (2016), 161 pp.
"Social or not, we contend that there is substantially more room for commercial practices and enterprises in the independent news space than has generally been recognized. A primary goal of this book is to show journalists and entrepreneurs how they may occupy that space through stakeholder-driven m
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