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African Media Barometer: Nigeria 2011
Windhoek; Lagos: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 60 pp.
Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism Into the Freedom of the Press Index
ESSACHESS: Journal for Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 13-22
"The present article discusses how the new categoryof “citizen journalist” fits into the overall media environment and how the Freedom House Freedom of the Press methodology has been changed to incorporate this category." (Abstract)
"The report analyzes 27 aspects of the media system of Serbia, basing on principles established by the Council of Europe as desirable standards in media legislation and practice. Each of 27 parts of the study describes the legal regulation of the subject matter and then provides available facts abou
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Report on the SEEMO Press Freedom Mission to Montenegro, 8-10 November 2011
Vienna: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2012), 19 pp.
"The objective of the press freedom mission conducted by the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), was to the assess the media situation in Montenegro following several developments: a) the introduction of new media-relate
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Investigative Journalism: Challenges, Perils, Rewards in Seven Pacific Island Countries
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 18, issue 1 (2012), pp. 83-104
"This article appraises the general state of investigative journalism in seven Pacific Island countries—Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu—and asserts that the trend is not encouraging. Journalism in general, and investigative journalism in particular
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Asian Media Barometer: Mongolia 2012
Berlin; Ulaanbaatar: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 69 pp.
Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East. Selected Data from Freedom House's Annual Press Freedom Index
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2012), 40 pp.
"The improvements in the Arab world were the most significant findings of Freedom of the Press 2012: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980. The gains came on the heels of eight consecutive years of decline in the global ave
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Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach
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
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Media Watch and Journalism Rights Organisations as Advocates of Press Freedom in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Journal of Development Communication, volume 23, issue 1 (2012), pp. 56-75
"In the bleak press rights territory of post-Soviet Central Asia, domestic and international nong-overnmental organisations, foreign governments, news outlets, and multinational entities such as the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) and UNESCO monitor constraints on the pres
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Investigative Journalism in China: Journalism, Power, and Society
New York; London: Bloomsbury (2012), x, 268 pp.
"[...] modern China runs an authoritarian system of the one-party rule, so where does the idea of investigative journalism fit in? Why can investigative journalism appear in such an authoritarian society and with what characteristics? Investigative Journalism in China examines the four aspects of Ch
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African Media Barometer: Ghana 2011
Accra; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2012: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2012), xxi, 359 pp.
"TThe 2012 MSI study for Europe & Eurasia revealed a mix of positive developments, regression, and stagnation (or resilience, depending on one’s point of view). Nearly half of the 21 countries included in this study showed little change either way, their overall score moving by 0.10 or less. Six c
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Press Freedom in 2012: Middle East Volatility amid Global Decline
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2012), 12 pp.
"Ongoing political turmoil produced uneven conditions for press freedom in the Middle East in 2012, with Tunisia and Libya largely retaining their gains from 2011 even as Egypt slid backward into the Not Free category. The region as a whole experienced a net decline for the year, in keeping with a b
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Old Tricks in a New Era: Self-Censorship in Indonesian Journalism
Asian Studies Review, volume 36, issue 2 (2012), pp. 227-245
"Even though Indonesia has entered a new era of democracy and press freedom, self-censorship still exists in the professional practice of many Indonesian newspaper journalists. Indonesia has a long history of censorship, particularly pressure from the government encouraging journalists to self-censo
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Revisiting the Media Freedom Debate at Uganda's Independence Golden Jubileee
Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Uganda Media Development Foundation (2012), 96 pp.
"The history of Uganda from the days of Colonial Rule, when modern mass media was introduced was revisited. The thesis of this study was that the substance of the political governance model inherited from Uganda’s colonial past continues in the postindependence period to define the relationship be
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Measuring Press Freedom and Media Sector Performance: How Social Media Have Affected the Media Sustainability Index
ESSACHESS: Journal for Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 29-43
"The present text explains how the Media Sustanability Index has refined its instrument and procedures to better capture the impact of social media." (Abstract)
Challenges for Independent News Media in Pakistan
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 47 pp.
"For two years running, Pakistan has been ranked by international media monitors as the most dangerous place on earth for journalists. Media workers have been kidnapped, tortured, and beaten to death for delving into the nation’s potent military apparatus and spy agencies. Bodies have been found w
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