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Between Freedom and Abuses: The Media Paradox in Iraqi Kurdistan

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 21 pp.

"The aim of this report is to understand the paradox of media freedom in Kurdistan. It first addresses the history of Iraqi Kurdistan’s media. A better understanding of the way these outlets emerged over time is essential in order to grasp the complexity of their current challenges. Originally con ... more

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Kulturflatrate: Auf der Suche nach einem Internet-kompatiblen Urheberrecht. Eine Zusammenfassung zu Begriff, Hintergrund und Stand der Diskussion

Tim O. Petschulat

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 20 pp.

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Methods of Evaluating Media Interventions in Conflict Environments

Maureen Taylor

Montreaux (CH): Conference "Evaluating the Impact of Media Interventions in Conflict Countries", Caux Conference Center, December 13-17 (2010), 15 pp.

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Advancing New Media Research

Sean Aday, Henry Farrell, Marc Lynch, John Sides

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 8 pp.

"New media are powerful but have mixed effects on political organizations. To identify these consequences, we need to continue devising new frameworks of analysis. Knowing more about how new media relate to each other and to traditional media is critical. Being sensitive to the differences between, ... more

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Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform
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Pippa Norris (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.

"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context ... more

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La TV que queremos: Una televisión de calidad para chicos y adolescentes

Roxana Morduchowicz

Buenos Aires: Paidós (2010), 133 pp.

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Mediactive

Dan Gillmor

[author] (2010), 183 pp.

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Information Economy Report 2010: ICTs, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation

Torbjörn Fredriksson (ed.)

Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010), xvii, 154 pp.

"The Information Economy Report 2010 focuses on the nexus of ICTs, enterprises and poverty alleviation. Whereas the knowledge base needs to grow considerably, the evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to this new set of ... more

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Shifting Sands: The Impact of Satellite TV on Media in the Arab World

Deborah Horan

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 30 pp.

"The political landscape of individual countries, including their level of internal legitimacy and perceived vulnerability to political extremists, influences the level of media freedom enjoyed in that country at any given moment. In many MENA countries, media freedom is a privilege bestowed by mona ... more

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Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio
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Bill Orme

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 ... more

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Afghanistan Media Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges for Peacebuilding

Eran Fraenkel, Emrys Shoemaker, Sheldon Himelfarb

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 40 pp.

"[...] International donor support for Afghanistan's media has had two primary goals. The short-term goal has been to counteract the effects of insurgent communications in order to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. The long-term goal has been to create a free and independent media secto ... r that will continue to function after donor support has ended. Although millions of dollars have been invested in the development of the Afghan media sector and the growth of private media since 2001 is considered one of Afghanistan's greatest success stories, neither of these donor goals is being met. Donor support for Afghan media has led to the growth of radio and television outlets that are almost entirely dependent on foreign funding - direct and indirect. Recent strategic communications policies have neither diminished nor adequately countered the presence of extremist voices in Afghanistan. Despite some examples to the contrary, Taliban communications continue to affect the lives of ordinary Afghans, whereas many communications by and from Western sources do not. Neither short- nor mid-term analysis of the Afghan economy - ranked the third poorest in the world by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - foresees the growth of a market able to sustain Afghanistan's domestic media sector without foreign financing. The limited impact of Western communications endeavors, in conjunction with the predicted continued weakness of the Afghan economy, reveals an urgent need for a dramatic shift in the media strategies and goals pursued by the United States and its allies. First and foremost, donors should invest primarily in the Afghan media's production and dissemination of socially constructive contents rather than in building media institutions or infrastructure that the Afghan economy cannot support. For these contents to be received as authentic and credible, they must reflect the vulnerabilities and priorities that Afghans themselves have identified as vital. Donors should make a multiyear funding commitment to the media in Afghanistan. Support should be allocated to both terrestrial and wireless media through a transparent and competitive process developed jointly by donors and Afghan media experts. Aggressively supporting the dissemination of socially constructive contents through new outlets will permit access to both geographic and demographic segments of the population not adequately served by current media outlets." (Summary, page 3) more

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Kommunikation - Partizipation - Entwicklung: Positionspapier Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit = Communication - Participation - Development: Policy Paper on Media Development Cooperation

Helmut Osang, Gerda Meuer, Ellen Schuster, Simon Didszuweit, Patrick Leusch, David Schieferdecker

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2010), 42 pp.

"Only a target-group oriented, sustainable and integrated development approach can improve long-term participation possibilities – and therefore people’s living conditions – in our partner countries. This approach ranges from the qualification of media content producers, to media legislation a ... more

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La couverture de l’actualité régionale par les médias des pays des Grands Lacs: Monitoring conjoint des médias au Burundi, en République démocratique du Congo et au Rwanda

Marie-Soleil Frère (coord.)

Paris: Panos Paris (2010), 87 pp.

"Les conflits qui ont ravagé la région des Grands Lacs durant la décennie 1990 ont été tellement interconnectés que certains analystes n’ont pas hésité à parler d’une « première guerre mondiale africaine ». Pourtant, alors que la guerre a été régionale, elle a longtemps maintenu l ... more

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Covering Corruption: The Difficulties of Trying to Make a Difference

Rosemary Armao

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 37 pp.

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How to Use Communication to Make Aid Effective: Strategies and Principles for Programme-Based Approaches

Silvio Waisbord, James Deane

London: BBC World Service Trust (2010), 26 pp.

"This review from the BBC World Service Trust examines why and how the role of communication can be mainstreamed into programme-based approaches (PBAs), one of the main methods now used by bilateral donors to disburse funding to developing countries. The review, which has been developed in associati ... more

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South Africa

Libby Lloyd, Jane Duncan

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xiii, 273 pp.

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Mozambique

Tomás Vieira Mário

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 145 pp.

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Uganda

George W. Lugalambi, Peter G. Mwesige

Nairobi: Open Society Initiative for East Africa;Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), x, 145 pp.

"Uganda's broadcast media landscape has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. While the public broadcaster remains the dominant national player - in terms of reach - in both radio and television, commercial broadcasters have introduced a substantial level of diversity in the industry. Public ... more

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Zambia

Chris H. Chirwa

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 124 pp.

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Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet

William H. Dutton, Anna Dopatka, Michael Hills, Ginette Law, Victoria Nash

Oxford; Paris: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute;UNESCO (2010), 103 pp.

"The report explores the various legal and policy mechanisms that are crucial for the free flow of information, providing guidance for policy-makers and other relevant users, for the creation of environments conducive to the freedom of expression. As this publication makes clear, freedom of expressi ... more

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Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio Top Insights

Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform
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Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio
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