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"Das Internet besitzt das Potenzial, neue Formen von gesellschaftlicher Vernetzung und Kommunikation hervorzubringen und trägt damit wesentlich zur Ausgestaltung sozialer und politischer Systeme bei. Auch in Iran hat sich das Internet trotz infrastruktureller Schwierigkeiten und staatlicher Zensurm ... more

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The Mongolian Media Landscape: Sector Analysis
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Dana Ziyasheva (ed.)

Beijing: UNESCO (2007), 114 pp.

"On its path towards media freedom, Mongolia has seen some inspiring developments but has also faced major setbacks. Following the political transition in 1990 print media sprang up extensively, and since the late 1990’s a host of electronic media has been launched. The actual media output in the ... more

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Medios de comunicación: El escenario iberoamericano

Bernardo Díaz Nosty (dir.)

Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica;Ariel (2007), 419 pp.

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Journalism Afghan Style: Afghanistans Medienlandschaft und ihre Besonderheiten

Merjam Wakili

Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin (wvb) (2007), 212 pp.

"Wie arbeiten Journalisten in einem Land wie Afghanistan? Wie sah und vor allem wie sieht die Medienlandschaft und die Pressefreiheit in dem vom Krieg geschundenen Land am Hindukusch aus? Die vorliegende Arbeit liefert Antworten zu diesen bisher von der Forschung komplett vernachlässigten Fragen. D ... more

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Media on the Move: A Reader on Iraqi Media and Media Law

Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (ed.)

Amman: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2007), 47 pp., 47 pp.

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Toward an Understanding of Media Policy and Media Systems in Iraq: A Foreword and Two Reports

Monroe E. Price, Douglas Griffin, Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2007), 101 pp.

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Media Legislation in Africa: A Comparative Legal Survey
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Guy Berger

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies;UNESCO (2007), vii, 180 pp.

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Länderheft Guyana: Viele Wasser - viele Völker

Freddy Dutz

Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2007), 152 pp.

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Freedom of the Press Worldwide in 2007

Jean-François Julliard (ed.)

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2007), 152 pp.

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HIV/AIDS Communication in Selected African Countries: Interventions, Responses and Possibilities

Warren Parker, Asta Rau, Penny Peppa

Lusaka: Center for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE);Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2007), 80 pp.

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Media in Sudan at a Crossroads: Assessment and Outline of a Strategy for Media Support

Copenhagen: Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS);Article 19;International Media Support (IMS) (2007), 78 pp.

"This assessment describes and contextualises a series of challenges for an environment conducive to freedom of expression brought about by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 and the changes to the political framework in Sudan. The aim is to establish a comprehensive overview of ... the media situation in all relevant sectors, as well as developing an overview of support to the sectors and the strategies behind this support from agencies for international cooperation. Although the CPA opened up space for a more democratic setup for media ownership and practice and resulted in a number of changes to the media situation in Sudan, the freedom of expression environment in Sudan still faces important challenges. According to this assessment, the main challenges are: Need for media reform: There is a dire need for legal reform in the area of freedom of expression and access to information. At the national level, new media laws produced and presented to Parliament show only slight improvement over the existing laws. In Southern Sudan the Legislative Assembly has adopted a more progressive media policy, but the four draft bills which have been prepared have not yet been processed by the assembly. Need for professional skill building: Professional journalists are scarce, and objective and relevant reporting is a challenge for many Sudanese newspapers. In spite of the large number of media schools in Sudan, the results are discouraging. The academic and professional standards of the graduates are extremely basic and on-the-job training is almost non-existent. Poor working conditions: Basic working conditions and employment rights in the Sudanese media are poor, especially in the printed media. There is widespread exploitation, not least of young journalists. The poor working conditions have negative consequences for the quality of journalism. In addition, many Sudanese journalists have emigrated to find better job opportunities abroad. Politicisation of the media sector: The highly politicised environment in Sudan is reflected in the media sector. A significant part of the media in Sudan operates within a set political frame, pursuing political goals and the desire to influence public opinion and decision making." (Executive summary) more

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La liberté de la presse en Afrique Centrale: Rapport 2007

Donat M'Baya Tshimanga (ed.)

Journaliste en Danger (JED) (2007), 131 pp.

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Reform and Regression: Freedom of the Media in Turkey. Fact-Finding Mission Report
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Edel Hughes

Walter Jawardene; Mustafa Gündogudu (eds.)

London: Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP);Index on Censorship;Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales;Article 19;Centre for European Studies (2007), 74 pp.

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A Research Paper Commissioned and Facilitated by MISA Namibia

Martin Buch Larsen

Windhoek: MISA Namibia (2007), 140 pp.

"In order to get a clear picture of the dynamics impacting on the present and future advance of the Namibian media environment - MISA Namibia has with the assistance of Martin Buch Larsen embarked on a comprehensive research to gather information on media ownership and legislation in The Republic of ... more

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Engaging Development: Environment and Content of Radio Broadcasting in Nigeria

Ayobami Ojebode, Tunde Adegbola

Lagos; Dakar: Institute for Media and Society (IMS);Panos West Africa (2007), vi, 72 pp.

"Given the prevailing environment, radio cannot better engage development, and this is in spite of the qualities of radio that endear it to development agencies and governments elsewhere. As Ojebode (forthcoming b) suggests, for radio to realise its potentials as a development medium in Nigeria, som ... more

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Access to Information by the Media in the OSCE Region: Country Reports

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2007), 423 pp.

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The Televised Community: Culture, Politics, and the Market of Visual Representation in India

Britta Ohm

Frankfurt, Oder: European University Viadrina, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Doctoral Thesis (2007), 384 pp.

"This thesis provides, firstly, an analysis of the interplay of transnational media corporations, particularly Rupert Murdoch's Star TV, in their pursuit of creating profitable national consumer markets, preferably in a democracy like India, with the anti-minority politics, modes of popular/populist ... mobilisation and discursive strategies of Hindu nationalism. It looks at the economic, technological, medial, political, social, visual/iconographic and legal aspects of this interplay and delineates their concrete manifestations in news as well as in entertainment programming of everyday television (particularly in very popular shows and channels at the time). These aspects are set into the larger framework of globalisation, privatisation, commercialisation and neo-liberal policies, the related thrusts of social upward mobility (especially in the new middle classes), ‘good governance’ (instead of socio-economic justice) and shifting class-, caste-, majority-minority and national-regional relations in the context of a re-formulation of nation and state that defines and legitimises new logics of inclusion and exclusion. Secondly, this work is a study of "Indianisation" and lingual/representational politics in the context of the growing precariousness of the liberal-secular discourse and of democratic, independent mass media in India. Especially English-language journalists, whose largely critical coverage of the anti-Muslim violence experienced an hitherto unknown rejection on the part of TV audiences (and consequently produced a slump in advertising revenues), turned with the Gujarat crisis out to epitomise the ambivalence of challenging the definitional power of a privileged postcolonial class: its rightful critique carries the danger of vindicating and naturalising anti-minority cultural nationalism. The study follows and examines, before the background of a normative construction of a Hindi-speaking, ‘authentic’ media consumer, the changing position of both English and Hindi-producing journalists and producers, their respective perceptions of alienation, speechlessness and empowerment, their unwanted role as activists in the context of shifting meanings of 'neutrality' and 'objectivity', their difficulties or agility in assessing their options and maintaining, changing or even developing their convictions, and the strategies they find or reject for adapting to the circumstances." (Abstract) more

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La radio en Iberoamérica: Evolución, diagnóstico, perspectiva
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Arturo Merayo Pérez (coord.)

Sevilla: Comunicación Social (2007), 461 pp.

"El libro consta de 20 capítulos. El primero de ellos es un estudio introductorio del coordinador titulado “La estimulante diversidad de la radio iberoamericana”. Además de presentar el volumen, Arturo Merayo hace un primer análisis comparativo de los informes de cada país. Particular releva ... more

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Media Legislation in Africa: A Comparative Legal Survey
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Reform and Regression: Freedom of the Media in Turkey. Fact-Finding Mission Report
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La radio en Iberoamérica: Evolución, diagnóstico, perspectiva
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