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"Literature on Central America’s media landscape over the last two decades documents significant obstacles to press freedom. Professional, independent journalism faces structural challenges rooted in the excessive concentration of political, economic, and social influence. From a political economy
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Locking down the windows: A new phase in the fight for press freedom in Russia
Berlin: JX Fund (2024), 43 pp.
"For Russian civil society as well as for Western reporting independent exiled media are playing a central role: These media are a unique and precious voice that can still make its way to Russian audiences. They are also the foundation of Western reporting on Russia – without them, many internatio
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Basotho reject government restrictions on information, support media’s watchdog role
Afrobarometer (2024), 11 pp.
"Basotho value the media’s role as a watchdog on government and support media freedom, but they are divided on whether their country’s media is actually free. Majorities endorse public access to government-held information such as bids and contracts, local government council budgets, and salarie
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African Media Barometer: Botswana 2023
Windhoek; Gabarone: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2024), 63 pp.
Media Freedom in Afghanistan
United Nations Human Rights (2024), 26 pp.
"This report examines the state of media freedom in Afghanistan for the period from 15 August 2021 to 30 September 2024. Under the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the media sector grew exponentially in the country, leading to the broadening of media platforms and greater access to
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“Voices from the Island”: Informational annexation of Crimea and transformations of journalistic practices
Journalism, volume 25, issue 3 (2024), pp. 528–546
"After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014, the peninsula experienced a progressive transition of telecommunication and broadcasting infrastructure under Russian influence, followed by a wave of repression of Ukrainian media. Between 2014 and 2015, dozens of Ukrainian media organization
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Why media freedom matters: Evidence for the value of media freedom to health, the economy, democracy, peace and the environment
Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) (2024), 33 pp.
"[...] Why and how does media freedom matter against the backdrop of these political, technological and economic upheavals? How has the role of free media evolved and what are we learning about its impact? The following scan of the empirical literature seeks to make a contribution to answering these
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Deprived and Silenced: The Taliban and Suppression of Access to Information
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (2024), 16 pp.
"Before the Taliban‘s return in 2021, Afghanistan had made notable strides in promoting transparency and civic engagement through progressive laws governing information access. These landmark measures, praised internationally, represented small but significant steps toward strengthening the countr
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Liberdade de expressão no (pós-)governo de Bolsonaro: Ataques, capturas e controvérsias
São Paulo: Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação; Gênio Editorial (2024), 327 pp.
"[...] o presente livro, enquanto resultado de um esforço coletivo do GP Comunicação, Mídias e Liberdade de Expressão da Intercom, busca oferecer um balanço crítico dos debates sobre liberdade de expressão construídos no campo comunicacional brasileiro que abordam o contexto do governo de J
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Clearing the Fog of War: Protecting Freedom of Expression in Armed Conflict
London: Article 19 (2024), 60 pp.
Media and Politics in Post-Authoritarian Mexico: The Continuing Struggle for Democracy
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xiii, 286 pp.
"This volume presents an analytical and empirical overview of the array of issues that the Mexican media faces in the post-authoritarian age, which jointly explains how a partially accomplished democracy, its authoritarian inertias, and its unintended consequences hinder the democratic performance o
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Global Perspectives on Press Regulation. Volume 2: Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania
London: Hart Publishing (2024), 368 pp.
"In this ground-breaking two-volume set, world-leading experts produce a rich, authoritative depiction of the world's press, its freedom, and its limits. We want press freedom but we also want freedom from the press. A powerful press may expose corrupt government or aid it. It may champion citizens
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Länderkurzinformation Afghanistan: Informationslage
Nürnberg: Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (2024), 6 pp.
"Die beschriebene Quellenlage stellt auch für die Länderanalyse eine Herausforderung dar. Afghanische Medien geben einen guten Überblick darüber, wie die Taliban sich präsentieren möchten. Auch neue Verordnungen und Erlasse der Zentralregierung sind so nachvollziehbar. Dies gilt jedoch nicht f
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"A large majority (71%) of Ethiopians "agree" or "strongly agree" that the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." About six in 10 citizens (59%) endorse the principle that the media "should have the right to publish any views and ideas without governm
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Switzerland: Mounting Pressure on Journalism in a Small Media System
In: Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley (2024), pp. 150-160
"The press in Switzerland is mainly characterized by external pluralism, with more or less clearly aligned political positions in the case of some news outlets. In line with Hallin and Mancini's model, the public service media plays a significant role in Switzerland. Besides the public service media
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Global Journalism in Comparative Perspective: Case Studies
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
"This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice. Drawing on case studies of how conflicts, pandemics, political developments, or human rights violations are covered in an online-fir
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Fostering Bottom-Up Censorship From the Top-Down: Nationalism and Media Restrictions
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 4 (2024), pp. 869-890
"From US President Donald Trump’s Tweet labeling news media “the enemy of the people” to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s establishment of a politically appointed Media Authority, media freedom is under threat in democracies and nondemocracies alike. According to Freedom House, in 20
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The Routledge companion to freedom of expression and censorship
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xvi, 420 pp.
"This volume addresses the various historical, philosophical, political and cultural parameters of censorship and freedom of expression as well as current debates involving technology, journalism and media regulation. Geographically, temporally and culturally diverse accounts of censorship and freed
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Batswana insist on media freedom, favour citizens’ right to government information
Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.
"About three-quarters (76%) of Batswana say the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." A similar share (77%) insist on media freedom, while 20% say the government should have the right to prevent the publication of things it disapproves of. In particu
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