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The (Un)safe Practice of Journalism: An Analysis Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators Assessments
In: Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
Ulla Carlsson (ed.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 103-107
"Journalists around the world are being killed and threatened for doing their work. This is a serious hindrance to freedom of expression and the safe practice of journalism. UN and UNESCO have led the process to create the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity to i
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Media Pluralism and Diversity: Concepts, Risks and Global Trends
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xviii, 362 pp.
"Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media plur
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Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit
Key Guidance
New Delhi; Hyderabad: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA);UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad, version 2.0 (2014), vii, 64 pp.
Provides indicators of performance along 9 parameters: 1. Content Generation and Programming; 2. Policies and Guidelines; 3. Volunteers; 4. Technology: Access and Management; 5. On-Air Standards of Broadcasting; 6. Governance; 7. Feedback and Grievances; 8. Content Sharing and Networking; 9. Revenue
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Indicadores UNESCO de Cultura para el Desarrollo
Paris: UNESCO (2014), 140 pp.
Medios de proximidad: Participación social y políticas públicas
Girona; Málaga: Luces de Gálibo;COMandalucia;iMEDEA (2014), 480 pp.
Media Freedom Indices: What They Tell Us - and What They Don't. A Practical Guidebook
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 67 pp.
"This guidebook aims to give the reader an overview of the existing international media freedom measures and how they can be used. By introducing the methodology and pointing out the strengths and weaknesses, it allows the readers to better understand, judge and thus critically reflect the indices
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A Guidebook of Broadcast and Newspaper Indicators
Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), 78 pp.
"This guidebook has been developed for use by professionals, policymakers and the research community involved in media development around the world. Its development was based on the UIS questionnaires on media statistics (see Appendices II, III and IV). This guide is not intended to provide a full s
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Measurement Issues and the Relationship Between Media Freedom and Corruption
Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (2013), 17 pp.
"Advocates for media freedom have consistently argued that corruption goes down when journalists operating in a free media environment are able to expose the excesses of governmental leaders. An evolving body of research finds evidence to support this assertion. Measurement of corruption is a compli
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Media in West Africa: A Thematic Report Based on data 1900-2012
Kellogg Institute for International Studies;University of Gothenburg;V-Dem Institute (2013), 38 pp.
"The media sector in West Africa has seen significant region-wide improvements, attributable not just to improvements in isolated cases but to general improvements in all countries. Nevertheless, despite general improvement, aspects of the media sector lag behind others, including: 1) government har
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Global Media and Information Literacy Assessment Framework: Country Readiness and Competencies
Key Guidance
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 158 pp.
"The UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Assessment Framework is a practical tool developed by UNESCO to assist its Member States in monitoring the extent to which investments in an enabling environment are required to support the development of and competencies in Media and Informati
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Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media: Draft Framework of Indicators to Gauge Sensitivity in Media Operations and Content
Paris: UNESCO, Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2012), 32 pp.
Konzentration, Selbstverständnis und innere Demokratie: Nachrichtenmedien und ihr Beitrag zur Demokratie im internationalen Vergleich
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 60, issue 4 (2012), pp. 501-519
"Der hier vorgestellte Ansatz untersucht die empirischen Leistungen der Medien für die demokratische Freiheit in Gesellschaften mit Hilfe einer Reihe von demokratietheoretisch abgeleiteten Indikatoren. Diese betreffen sowohl die gesamtgesellschaftlichen Medienstrukturen, als auch die konkreten Leis
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Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism Into the Freedom of the Press Index
ESSACHESS: Journal for Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 13-22
"The present article discusses how the new categoryof “citizen journalist” fits into the overall media environment and how the Freedom House Freedom of the Press methodology has been changed to incorporate this category." (Abstract)
Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: A Practical Guide
Key Guidance
EPRD Policy & Development;European Commission (2012), 39 pp.
"The European Commission has begun to integrate a political economy approach throughout the project cycle. This guide tailors the political economy approach to the media development sector specifically. Using a political economy media matrix (PEMM) as its basis, it explains how to integrate the PE a
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Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media: Framework of Indicators to Gauge Sensitivity in Media Operations and Content
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 183 pp.
"The gender-sensitive indicators for media (GSIM) is a non-prescriptive set of indicators, designed particularly for media of all forms. However it bears much relevance and usefulness to citizens' media groups advocating for gender equality, other non-governmental organizations, media associations,
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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey
Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.
"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G
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Towards a framework of sustainability indicators for ‘communication for development and social change’ projects
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 2 (2012), pp. 99-123
"This article presents an overview of the emergence of sustainability themes in communication for development and argues that there is an urgent need for a framework of sustainability indicators for communication for development and social change projects around the world. It fills a crucial gap in
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Measures of Press Freedom and Media Contributions to Development: Evaluating the Evaluators
Top Insights
New York: Peter Lang (2011), vi, 343 pp.
"Press freedom indices such as those administered by Freedom House, IREX, and Reporters Without Borders have emerged as crucial tools, not only for the general public, but also for donors, implementers, and academics in their attempts to understand the relationships among media assistance, democrati
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The Media for Democracy Monitor: A Cross National Study of Leading News Media
Göteborg: Nordicom (2011), 366 pp.
"To what extent do the structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with their specific democratic role? Authors from 10 countries provide empirical evidence based on the 26 indicators included in the Media for Democracy Monitor." (Back cover)
