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Côte D’Ivoire 2010–2011 Post-Electoral Crisis: An Approach from the Media
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 187-201
"The objective of this work is approaching the political crisis occurred in Côte d´Ivoire after the contested elections of 2010, through the perspective of the Ivorian media and media professionals. This study draws theoretically on the media political economy and critical understanding of the rel
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Media and Democratisation: What is Known About the Role of Mass Media in Transitions to Democracy
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 51 pp.
"The review starts by elucidating the potential role of the media as a democratising agent. We then explore the relationship between media reform and institutional change during democratisation periods, and move to review the literature on the contribution of media to institution building and due pe
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India’s Media Boom: The Good News and the Bad
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xv, 86 pp.
Why do pluralistic media systems emerge? Comparing media change in the Czech Republic and in Russia after the collapse of communism
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 239-256
"A quarter of a century after the collapse of communism in the former Eastern bloc, a wide range of scholarly projects have been undertaken to compare and theorize processes of media change in the region. One question that scholars have sought to address is: what were the factors that crucially impa
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A Critique of the Systems Approaches in Comparative Media Research: A Central and Eastern European Perspective
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 257-277
"This article looks critically at the systems approaches in comparative media studies when applied to studying the relationship between media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It introduces a concept of methodological systematization consisting of four different components: (1) the r
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Waves of Media Democratization: A Brief History of Contemporary Participatory Practices in the Media Sphere
Convergence, volume 19, issue 3 (2013), pp. 287-295
"The article aims to provide a more historically grounded approach to the relationship between communication and participation, by distinguishing different waves of media democratization. The article first discusses the concept of participation and some of its complexities, and then sketches a serie
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Rebels with a Pen: Observations on the Newly Emerging Media Landscape in Libya
Journal of North African Studies, volume 18, issue 2 (2013), pp. 191-210
"This article explores the emergence of a new landscape of local print and broadcast media in revolutionary Libya that is both the result of the dramatic changes that the country has undergone and one of their facilitators. This article analyses the political impact of these new forms of media durin
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Citizens Rising: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy
New York: CUNY Journalism Press (2013), 244 pp.
"As founder of Internews, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to information access and independent media, David Hoffman has had a backstage pass to many of the seminal world political upheavals in recent years. In these pages we see how media have been used for good and bad—to trigger gen
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Deepening Shadows: The Eclipse of Press Rights in Kyrgyzstan
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 1 (2012), pp. 47-64
"In March 2005, a relatively nonviolent uprising ousted an authoritarian president in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. In the aftermath of the so-called Tulip Revolution, press rights advocates and journalists welcomed the promise of greatly enhanced freedoms. However, the new regime proved
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Is There a Link Between Media and Good Governance? What the Academics Say
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 45 pp.
"From this short survey of some key thinkers, can we conclude that there is a causal link between media and good governance? Does the existence of a free media increase accountability and reduce corruption? Do media influence society in positive ways and liberate the individual? As one would expect,
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Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2012), xiv, 250 pp.
"Glenda Daniels examines the pattern of paranoia that has crept into public discourse about the media and the ANC, and their conflictual relationship. She analyses this fraught relationship through various popular media stories, such as Manto and Mondli, Zapiro and Zuma. Her argument ist that there
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Conference on Media Development in Myanmar
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 47 pp.
"This report summarises the presentations and recommendations made at the Conference on Media Development in Myanmar organised by the Myanmar Ministry of Information and Culture and UNESCO in cooperation with International Media Support (IMS) and Canal France International with support from the Gove
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Medien und Demokratie in Lateinamerika
Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag (2012), 298 pp.
The New Media, Society & Politics in the Philippines
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 56 pp.
"The Philippines is a palimpsest where traditional, modern and postmodern influences manifest themselves contemporaneously. Its politics is traditional, its culture modern and its media postmodern. Understanding the role of new technologies, such as digital media, under these circumstances requires
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The Media and the Making of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 2, issue 1 (2012), 19 pp.
"While views may differ on the factors that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible, the role of mass media will remain undisputable. The Internet-based social networks caught the Mubarak regime by surprise, and the popular disillusionment with the‘national’ media led the public to turn to pr
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Media Development in Transitional Democratic Cambodia
Malmö: Malmö University, Master Thesis in Communication for Development (2012), 65 pp.
"Through a series of qualitative interviews with a range of media stakeholders, the ultimate conclusion of this thesis is that the media landscape in Cambodia is diverse –with some (mostly foreign-owned and run) able to operate freely and independently, while others (most local Khmer media, partic
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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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Media Assistance M&E and Democratization Measurement Characteristics in USAID Program Reporting Documents
Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri–Columbia, Master Thesis (2012), vi, 139 pp.
"This case study of USAID media assistance program reporting documents (n=68) looks at specific monitoring and evaluation characteristics as reported over a 20-year period and how reporting documents make the link to democratization. The analysis found that although M&E activity has improved as repo
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Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach
African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 12, issue 2 (2012), pp. 508-538
"The article explores the relationship between democratic governance and the free and independent press in The Gambia since the inception of the Gambian First Republic in 1970. It supports the rights-based approach which perceives the issues of democracy, good governance, and a free and independent
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