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Central African Republic: Supporting the Media and Humanitarian Information and Communication in a Complex Emergency. Roundtable Report, 5-6 February 2014, Yaoundé, Cameroon

International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 30 pp.

"This two-day roundtable brought together representatives from key organizations and institutions in CAR as well as representatives from international organizations currently operating in CAR. The aim was to address the needs for media support and humanitarian information and communication and to en ... more

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Telling it Straight: How Trustworthy Government Information Promotes Better Media

Marguerite H. Sullivan

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 25 pp.

"Government communications is challenging in today’s world, which increasingly insists on transparency, accountability, and proactive disclosure, and when news is presented around the clock. At the same time, governments are being called on to communicate across agencies in a coordinated fashion o ... more

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Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey

Susan Corke, Andrew Finkel, David J. Kramer, Carla Anne Robbins, Nate Schenkkan

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2014), 20 pp.

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Belarus: Time for Media Reform. Policy Paper on Media Freedom in Belarus

Andrei Aliaksandrau, Andrei Bastunets

Index on Censorship;Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) (2014), 27 pp.

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The Central African Republic: Media in a Complex Emergency

Michelle Betz, Suzanne Moll

International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 25 pp.

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The Stories Women Journalists Tell: Women in Media in South Asia

Geeta Seshu

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific;South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2014), 24 pp.

"The promotion of gender equality among journalists is a key objective of the SAMSN gender project going forward in 2014. The roundtables and the gender networking conference discussed strategies and campaigns that could address the issues faced by women in South Asia. The conference also put forwar ... more

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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Surveillance and International Standards

Michael Karanicolas

London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 98 pp.

"The internet has enabled an unprecedented ability to monitor and track people and information flows as highlighted in the 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden about online surveillance carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency. The revelations have kicked off debates across the wor ... more

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Media and Development: The Dysfunctional Alliance

Mark Nelson

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 7 pp.

"The author proposes three ways that the international community could improve its work on media development and build stronger political commitment for independent media. First is strengthening country leadership and ownership of media development initiatives. This requires building local knowledge ... more

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Humanitarianism in the Age of Cyber-Warfare: Towards the Principled and Secure Use of Information in Humanitarian Emergencies

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2014), 19 pp.

"A more connected, data-driven humanitarian system creates an opportunity to save lives and reduce suffering, even as it raises concerns for privacy and security. On one hand, in a humanitarian crisis, in which any delay can cost lives, privacy concerns and consent may be justifiably ignored in the ... more

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International Declaration of Independent Publishers 2014, to Promote and Strengthen Bibliodiversity Together

International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2014), 11 pp.

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Promouvoir des médias professionnels et responsables contribuant aux processus démocratiques dans les Grands Lacs: Projet de la Coopération suisse. Étude de faisabilité

Marie-Soleil Frère, Willy Nindorera, Anke Fiedler

Panos Grands Lacs;Association Burundaise des Radiodiffuseurs (ABR);Panos Europe (2014), 298 pp.

"Premier jalon de ce programme, cette étude, réalisée pour le compte de l’IPGL et de l’ABR par une équipe de 6 consultants locaux et internationaux, dresse un état des lieux du paysage médiatique des trois zones concernées. Il met en évidence des différences majeures entre les trois esp ... more

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The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture, and Money

Peter Pomerantsev, Michael Weiß

New York: Institute of Modern Russia;The Interpreter (2014), 44 pp.

"The Kremlin exploits the idea of freedom of information to inject disinformation into society. The effect is not to persuade (as in classic public diplomacy) or earn credibility but to sow confusion via conspiracy theories and proliferate falsehoods. The Kremlin is increasing its “information war ... more

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Measuring the Audience: Why it Matters to Independent News Media and How it Can Contribute to Media Development

Michelle J. Foster

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 21 pp.

"Independent news media, which often operate on the fringes of media markets, risk being left out completely if they are not participating whole-heartedly, and with solid knowledge and support, in these emerging arenas. They must embrace audience research as the foundation of both their business dev ... more

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Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans

Elda Brogi, Alina Dobreva, Pier Luigi Parcu et al.

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 ... more

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Farming for the Future: Communication Efforts to Advance Family Farming

Linda Austin

Rome: FAO (2014), ix, 57 pp.

"This document has been prepared to inspire reflection about the role of communication in advancing family farming. It includes an analysis of examples of ComDev approaches applied to smallholder farming and rural development and the issues that they encompass: food security, natural resource manage ... more

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OSCE Safety of Journalists Guidebook

William Horsley

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2nd ed. (2014), 98 pp.

"This book sets forth the issues to be considered by the OSCE participating States when evaluating what they can do to improve the climate for journalists in their countries. It also provides a practical guide which presents the steps they can take to ensure a media-friendly environment." (https://w ... more

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Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War

Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, Sean Aday

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 33 pp.

"Analysis of the unprecedented use of social media on Syria points to important findings on the role of new media in conflict zones. In particular, social media create a dangerous illusion of unmediated information flows. Key curation hubs within networks may now play a gatekeeping role as powerful ... more

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State of Evidence: The Economic Impact of a Human Rights-Based Internet

Daniel Kennedy

London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 30 pp.

"This paper takes four key policy issues for protecting human rights online - net neutrality; an absence of arbitrary online filtering and blocking; an absence of arbitrary surveillance; and protecting intermediaries from liability for user-generated content. For each policy area it summarises the t ... more

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Freedom of Expression and Right to Information in ASEAN Countries: A Regional Analysis of Challenges, Threats and Opportunities

Putsata Reang et al.

London: Internews Europe (2014), 59 pp.

"Internews’ research reveals a confluence of conditions in ASEAN that make the present time a critical moment for Freedom of Expression / Right to Information (FoE/RTI) interventions in the region. As donor support dwindles, and threats to FoE increase, there is a danger of a severe roll-back of t ... more

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On-Ramps, Intersections, and Exit Routes: A Roadmap for Systems and Industries to Prevent and Disrupt Human Trafficking

Brittany Anthony et al.

Polaris (2014), 40 pp.

"Websites and social media networks have made laudable efforts and contributions toward combating human trafficking, including, most notably, the creation and distribution of tools to detect child pornography. But there is room to do more. Many of the tools, policies, and procedures originally creat ... more