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Rebels with a Pen: Observations on the Newly Emerging Media Landscape in Libya

Anja Wollenberg, Jason Pack

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 ... more

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Media and Democratisation: What is Known About the Role of Mass Media in Transitions to Democracy

Nael Jebril, Václav Stetka, Matthew Loveless

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 ... more

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India’s Media Boom: The Good News and the Bad

James Painter (ed.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xv, 86 pp.

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The Media in Transitional Democracies

Katrin Voltmer

Cambridge; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2013), ix, 275 pp.

"This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics ... more

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Côte D’Ivoire 2010–2011 Post-Electoral Crisis: An Approach from the Media

José Carlos Sendín

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 ... more

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Medien und Demokratie in Lateinamerika

Hanno Bruchmann, Anna Dobelmann, Annika Hartmann, Aylin Kruse, Manuel Schulz, Sarah Helen Sott (eds.)

Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag (2012), 298 pp.

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Deepening Shadows: The Eclipse of Press Rights in Kyrgyzstan

Eric Freedman

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 ... more

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The Media and the Making of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Amr Osman, Marwa Abdel Samei

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 ... more

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Media Development in Transitional Democratic Cambodia

Casey McCarthy

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 ... more

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Konzentration, Selbstverständnis und innere Demokratie: Nachrichtenmedien und ihr Beitrag zur Demokratie im internationalen Vergleich

André Donk, Frank Marcinkowski, Josef Trappel

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 ... more

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Media Assistance M&E and Democratization Measurement Characteristics in USAID Program Reporting Documents

Kristopher R. Passey

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 ... more

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Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach

Aboubacar Abdullah Senghore

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 ... more

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Media Freedom and Independence in 14 European Countries: A Comparative Perspective

European Commission;Mediadem (2012), 188 pp.

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Los medios masivos de información en el Perú, 1980-2012

Juan Gargurevich

Conexión (Departamento de Comunicaciones de la PUCP, Lima), volume 1, issue 1 (2012), pp. 11-31

"Revisar cuarenta años de historia de los medios masivos de información en tan breve espacio es sin duda insuficiente, pero lo hacemos considerando que cada vez más alumnos —y en especial tesistas— requieren de información histórica básica para sus trabajos. El propósito de este texto es, ... more

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Radio Progreso: Historias cabales, picantes y catrachas

José Ignacio López Vigil

El Progreso (HN): Editorial Guaymuras;Radio Progreso (2012), 84 pp.

"De Honduras se habla poco, salvo cuando hay huracanes o golpes de Estado. Y de las emisoras populares hondureñas se habla menos, se conoce nada. Por eso, cuando las compañeras y compañeros de Radio Progreso me invitaron a relatar lo que vivieron aquel trágico 28 de junio 2009, no dudé en acept ... more

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Beyond Click-Activism? New Media and Political Processes in Contemporary Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho, Sofie Shinta Syarief

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 110 pp.

"We investigate the extent to which new media impacts upon political processes in Indonesia and the factors that affect it. Reflecting on the Indonesian political systems and structure, and detailing some empirical case studies on new media use, we argue that most uses of social media, including tho ... more

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The New Media, Society & Politics in the Philippines

Raul Pertierra

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 ... more

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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 ... more

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The Media of Afghanistan: The Challenges of Transition
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David Page, Shirazuddin Siddiqi

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 27 pp.

"[...] Afghanistan is a fragile, fractured state and has one of the most fragile and fractured media, where almost anyone with sufficient funds and the opportunity to move quickly has been able to establish a media presence. This environment has enabled the flourishing of television, radio and other ... media established and owned by powerful political and religious leaders, or by those with allegiance to them. Some fear a future of increased ethnic, sectarian and factional strife being played out through the airwaves. Though there are some very successful commercial television channels, there is no independent and widely trusted national media capable of transcending or creating communication across the fracture points in Afghan society. Most media is either localised or seen as serving political, religious or other agendas. The future of the national broadcaster, RTA, still the only broadcaster with a truly national presence, is uncertain. While journalism as a whole has expanded greatly, investigative journalism remains limited. The sustainability of the newly established commercial media is widely questioned. With the total annual advertising market in the country estimated by some at little more than $20 million, there are real concerns that if donor support declines much of the media will wither or fall prey to factional, religious or extreme forces. There is no shortage of such forces. A number of media outlets already play upon ethnic and sectarian tensions. The Taliban, notorious when in power for shutting down media and banning video tape, have embraced the web and run one of the most effective media strategies in the country. In 2012, the mood music is one of compromise with the Taliban. Concern in the country is growing that new found media freedoms may be the price of that compromise. The role of donors in media support in Afghanistan is probably greater than in any other country at any other time. Such support is largely responsible for the development of a substantial media sector, but it faces criticism that it is poorly coordinated, short term and not informed by aid effectiveness principles; that it focuses too heavily on advancing the agendas of the donors; and that in some sectors it is distorting the media market in ways that create dependency and inhibit the development of genuinely sustainable Afghan media ventures." (Executive summary) more

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Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa

Glenda Daniels

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 ... more

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