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Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2018), xix, 334 pp.
"This volume explores how societies are addressing challenging questions about the relationship between expression, traditional and societal values, and the transformations introduced by new information communications technologies. It seeks to identify alternative approaches to the role of speech an
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Media Reforms and Democratization in Emerging Democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), 186 pp.
"This book examines the media reform processes and re-democratization projects of Ghana and Nigeria’s emerging democracies. It evaluates and critiques these reform processes, arguing that because of dependency approaches resulting from the transplanting of policy framework from the West into these
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Newsmaking Cultures in Africa: Normative Trends in the Dynamics of Socio-Political and Economic Struggles
Deep Insights
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxv, 396 pp.
"The volume digs beneath the standardised and universalised veneer of professionalism to unpack routine practices and normative trends shaped by local factors, including the structural conditions of deprivation, entrenched political instability (and interference), pervasive neo-patrimonial governanc
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Pressefreiheit: Nicht überall erhältlich
iz3w, issue 365 (2018), pp. 13-36
"Die iz3w erscheint in einem Land mit einer »guten Situation« für Presseerzeugnisse (globaler Index der Reporter ohne Grenzen). In vielen Ländern ist die Lage infolge von Repressionen »sehr ernst«, zum Beispiel in China, in Iran oder Sudan. Auch in Ländern zwischen diesen Extremen kann freier
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Uganda: Press Freedom Attacked by State Bodies
Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, volume 107, issue 2 (2018), pp. 221-223
"On 16 October 2017, the editors of two popular Ugandan newspapers—the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper—were summoned to the Criminal Investigations Directorate in Kampala following the publication of stories revealing the allocation of a Ugandan Shillings 715 m (almost £150,000) budget for a plann
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Justicia profana: El jurado de imprenta en el Perú
Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2018), 305 pp.
"La libertad de expresión debe convivir con el respeto al derecho ajeno. Pero, ¿quién determina dónde se ubica exactamente ese límite? En una sociedad democrática como la nuestra que está regida por un Estado de derecho, es la ley la que regula esa dinámica. Aunque bien sabemos que las leyes
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Do East Africans Still Want a Free Media? Afrobarometer Finds Weakening Popular Support
Accra: Afrobarometer (2018), 5 pp.
"Popular support for a free news media has declined significantly in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania – three countries currently making headlines for government attempts to limit press freedom. Recent Afrobarometer surveys show that the proportion of respondents who say the government “should have t
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Informe alternativo para la evaluación del Estado de Guatemala: La situación de la libertad de prensa y de la violencia contra los periodistas. Comité de Derechos Humanos, Sesión 122
Ciudad de Guatemala: Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA); Red Internacional de Derechos Humanos (RID) (2018), 21 pp.
Journalists: The Bête Noire of Organized Crime
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2018), 47 pp.
Mapping the Ethiopian Media
Wazema Radio (2018), 16 pp.
"In a nutshell, the nascent print media of Ethiopia is in danger of a complete collapse. This is not the effect of the digital tsunami; it is primarily because of unprofessionalism and authoritarianism. Undoubtedly, the spread of mobile telephones and the Internet further endangers their existence.
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African Media Barometer: South Africa 2018
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2018), 65 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2018: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2018), xx, 314 pp.
"Macedonia and Montenegro saw the largest overall score increases this year, in comparison to 2017. The improvement across all objectives this year for Macedonia’s media sector can be attributed to political changes that prioritize media in democratic reforms. Although Montenegro’s score improve
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"Political parties do not exist in Iran. In this situation the media, particularly the newspapers, have assumed a central role in the political life of the country." (Publisher description)
Albanian Media Scene Versus European Standards: Report Based on Council of Europe’s Indicators for Media in a Democracy
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2018), 79 pp.
"This report, which follows the Council of Europe’s list of “Indicators for Media in a Democracy”, intends to provide an analysis of the current media situation based on the standards upheld by this list. The aim of this report is to raise awareness on the status of affairs in the media scene
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Private Print Media, the State and Politics in Colonial and Post-Colonial Zimbabwe
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xvii, 277 pp.
"This book examines the role played by two popular private newspapers in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, one case from colonial Rhodesia and the other from the post-colonial era. It argues that, operating under oppressive political regimes and in the dearth of credible opposition political p
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Legal Standards on Freedom of Expression: Toolkit for the Judiciary in Africa
Paris: UNESCO (2018), 218 pp.
"The toolkit encompasses a broad variety of issues, which should be considered by judicial actors in the course of their work to protect human rights. It covers legal standards of freedom of expression according to international and regional instruments and core texts and surveys pertinent jurisprud
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African Media Barometer: Lesotho 2018
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2018), 54 pp.
Commitments: Freedom of the Media, Freedom of Expression, Free Flow of Information 1975-2017
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 4th ed. (2017), 75, 75 pp.
Pressefreiheit in Mexiko: Kampf um ein Grundrecht
Berlin: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2017), 25 pp.
