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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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"The present report provides a global overview of the dynamics characterizing hate speech online and some of the measures that have been adopted to counteract and mitigate it, highlighting good practices that have emerged at the local and global levels. While the study offers a comprehensive analysi ... more

Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xviii, 315 pp.
"This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation. From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea, comm ... more
"There are a multitude of UN legal instruments which pertain to the rights of freedom of expression and information, and this book is the first to comprehensively map them and their function. It details the chequered history of both rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the sy ... more

Media and Conflict in Myanmar: Opportunities for Media to Advance Peace

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 36 pp.
"This study is based on the Intended Outcomes Needs Assessment (IONA) methodology and assesses the changing relationships between media and conflict in Myanmar. Findings reveal a deeply rooted, intractable, and dynamic conflict landscape. Analysis focuses on three key conflicts: citizen-state, ethni ... more
"Der Umgang mit den Relikten nationalsozialistischer Propaganda ist insbesondere in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland heftig umstritten; dies zeigen gerade die Diskussionen um eine wissenschaftliche Edition von Hitlers 'Mein Kampf'. Die Aufsätze des Bandes beschäftigen sich mit verschiedenen Propagan ... more
"Seit Januar 2014 bietet Russlands Fernsehen einen besonderen Blick auf die Ukraine. In ihrer Aggressivität und Demagogie ist die Berichterstattung beispiellos. Sender rücken vermeintliche „Konzentrationslager für prorussische Aktivisten“ ins Bild, sprechen von einem „Genozid“ an den russ ... more

Hate Speech

Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2014)
"The dangers of hate speech in journalism are well-known and can have tragic consequences. In response, the Ethical Journalism Network launched the Turning the Page of Hate campaign in 2014 to mark the 20-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. As part of the campaign, the EJN has created a 5-poin ... more
"The articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier. All are written by those observing, experiencing and attempting to respond to the challenges created by the digital revolution and the very real threats it is creating for hu ... more

Starting Points for Combating Hate Speech Online

Council of Europe, Youth Department (2014), 90 pp.
"Young People Combating Hate Speech Online is a project of the Council of Europe’s youth sector running between 2012 and 2015. The project aims to combat racism and discrimination in their online expression of hate speech by equipping young people and youth organisations with the competences neces ... more

Defining and Diminishing Hate Speech

In: Freedom from Hate: State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014
London: Minority Rights Group International (2014), pp. 19-25

Hate Speech in Online Media in South East Europe

Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2014), 199 pp.

Hate Radio: Materialien, Dokumente, Theorie

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 255 pp.

Citizen Watchdog Report: November 2012-April 2013

Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 35 pp.
"For six months between November 2012 and April 2013, fifty citizen watchdog monitors carefully noted incidents of hate speech and dangerous speech broadcast by five radio stations in Kenya. It was part of Internews in Kenya’s Free and Fair Media (FFM) programme aimed at working with the media to ... more

Mitigating Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq: A Locally Driven Approach

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2013), 17 pp.
"The Iraqi media sector is polarized, with news content often representing political positions. In a postconflict environment such as Iraq, this polarized content can become inflammatory, potentially inciting violence and diminishing the chances for Iraq to move forward in its transition to a peacef ... more
"Somaliland has held several competitive and multiparty elections that have been cited by international election monitors as being ‘‘free and fair.’’ While political competition has been tolerated, or even encouraged by the governments in power, there has been a continued reluctance to allow ... more

Glossary of Hate Speech in the Media of Armenia and Azerbaijan

Baku; Yerevan: Yerevan Press Club;"Yeni Nesil" Journalists’ Union of Azerbaijan;Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF);Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2013), 96 pp.
"The present analytical list of the most common clichés, stereotypes and examples of inaccurate (or reasonably questioned) information in the media of Armenia and Azerbaijan is based on the findings of a number of joint studies, administered by Yerevan Press Club and “Yeni Nesil” Journalists’ ... more

A Clash of Cultures: Hate Speech, Taboos, Blasphemy, and the Role of News Media

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 40 pp.
"The ability of individuals to openly speak their minds is a core principle not only of American journalism, but American democracy. Even when speech is insulting or disrespectful to others-speech that might run afoul of hate speech laws throughout Western Europe or be banned outright in much of the ... more

Hate Speech and Freedom of Expression in South Africa

Johannesburg: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI);RAITH Foundation (2013), 32 pp.
"The Freedom of Expression Institute sought to prepare a module on Hate speech in South Africa with the aim of providing basic insight on the framework of hate speech as an aspect of freedom of expression to individuals, communities, social groups and civil society in general. This comes out of the ... more