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"[...] 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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Key Challenges for Media After War's End: Report of the International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka

Sukumar Muralidharan

Deborah Muir (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2010), 25 pp.

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Ohne Zensur und doch nicht frei: Russlands Medienlandschaft

Cornelia Rabitz

In: Länderbericht Russland

Heiko Pleines; Hans-Henning Schröder (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), pp. 153-172

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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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Medienkontrolle durch Medienbesitz? Presse, Rundfunk und Internet in Saudi-Arabien

Jannis Hagmann

In: Saudi-Arabien: ein Königreich im Wandel?

Ulrike Freitag (ed.)

Paderborn: Schöningh (2010), pp. 107-134

"[...] ist es nicht weiter erstaunlich, dass das Königreich auf der Rangliste zur Medienfreiheit der Reporter ohne Grenzen im vergangenen Jahr Platz 163 von 175 untersuchten Ländern belegte.2 Dass Saudi-Arabien in der arabischen Medienlandschaft aber dennoch ein Spieler der allerersten Liga ist, i ... more

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Alerte medias: Afrique de l'Ouest, 2009: Rapport annuel sur la situation des médias

Legon (GH): Fondation pour les Médias en Afrique de l’Ouest (2010), viii, 176 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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Medienwandel durch Digitalisierung und Krise: Eine vergleichende Analyse zwischen Russland und Deutschland

Mike Friedrichsen, Jens Wendland, Galina Woronenkowa (eds.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2010), 216 pp.

"Das durch die Digitalisierung mögliche Zusammenwachsen der Medien – z.B. von Fernsehen und Internet – hat ein wesentliches und entscheidendes Merkmal hervorgebracht: die Interaktivität. Mit neuen Medienformaten und Distributionskanälen wird interaktiver Medienkonsum möglich und bietet den K ... more

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Chinas digitale Revolution: Politische Kommunikation in der virtuellen Welt

Regina Edelbauer

KAS Auslandsinformationen, issue 6 (2010), pp. 89-102

"Das chinesische Festland zählte im Sommer 2009 338 Millionen Internetanwender. Dies bezieht sich auf diejenigen „User", die über sechs Jahre alt sind und sich in den letzten sechs Monaten im Internet einloggten. Das übertrifft die 312 Millionen „Worldwideweb"-Nutzer der Europäischen Union u ... more

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Análisis de la programación radial y televisiva en señal abierta en el horario familiar

Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2010), 17 pp.

"Los principales temas considerados fueron el país de origen y géneros radiales y televisivos, la clasificación de la programación, y el análisis de la presencia de violencia, sexualidad, lenguaje inapropiado, contenido educativo y conductas disruptivas en la radio y televisión. En televisión ... more

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Kosovo: Still Not Too Late for Press Freedom ..

Olivier Baslie

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 13 pp.

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Barometre des Médias Africains: Mali 2010

Bamako; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 130 pp.

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The Indian Media Business

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

New Delhi: Response Books, 3rd. ed. (2010), xxvii, 373 pp.

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Media and the Common Good: Perspectives on Media, Democracy and Responsibility

Chaacha Mwita, Luis G. Franceschi (eds.)

Nairobi; Dar-es-Salaam; Kampala: LawAfrica Publishing;Strathmore University (2010), 169 pp.

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The Media We Want: The Kenya Media Vulnerabilities Study

Peter Oriare Mbeke, Rosemary Okello-Orlale, Wilson Ugangu

Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 64 pp.

"The main finding of this study is that the Kenyan media have been operating in an unpredictable and swiftly changing political, social, cultural, economic and technological environment that has heavily influenced its development. A hostile and inadequate political, legal, policy and regulatory envi ... more