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2015 Corporate Accountability Index

Ranking Digital Rights (2015), 77 pp.
"Ranking Digital Rights’ inaugural Corporate Accountability Index evaluates 16 of the world’s most powerful Internet and telecommunications companies on their commitments, policies, and practices that affect users’ freedom of expression and privacy. By opening the door for greater corporate tr ... more

Media Integrity Matters: Reclaiming Public Service Values in Media and Journalism

Sandra B. Hrvatin Contrib.;Londo, Ilda;Hodžic, Sanela;Popovic, Helena;Trpevska, Snežana;Micevski, Igor;Matic, Jovanka;Valic Nedeljkovic, Dubravka
Ljubljana: Peace Institute;South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2014), 445 pp.
"This book is an attempt to address obstacles to a democratic development of media systems in the countries of South East Europe by mapping patterns of corrupt relations and practices in media policy development, media ownership and financing, public service broadcasting, and journalism as a profess ... more

The Ethics of Journalism: Individual, Institutional and Cultural Influences

London; New York; Oxford: Tauris;University of Oxford, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2014), xxiv, 279 pp.
"The rise of digital and social media necessitates a new way of considering the ethical questions facing practicing journalists. This volume considers the various individual, cultural and institutional influences that have an impact on journalistic ethics today. It also examines the links between et ... more
"Do existing structures of media accountability - such as press councils, codes of ethics, and ombudspersons - suffice, or do we urgently need new instruments and initiatives in today's converging media world? These questions were tackled in an international survey of 1,800 journalists in twelve Eur ... more

Overview of Corruption in the Media in Developing Countries

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre;Transparency International;Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2013), 11 pp.
"In developing countries, the media is often confronted by a combination of factors that create fertile grounds for corruption, such as lack of training and technical skills, low professional standards, limited financial resources, opaque or government controlled ownership structures, inadequate and ... more

Conselhos de comunicação social: A interdição de um instrumento da democracia participativa

Brasilia: Fórum Nacional pela Democratização da Comunicação (FNDC) (2013), 141 pp.
"Ferramenta fundamental para fiscalizar e abrir espaço à contribuição social, os conselhos já são instrumentos consolidados em setores como saúde e educação, mas ainda lutam para respirar quando o tema é a garantia do direito à liberdade de expressão, reiteradamente condicionada pelo pod ... more

The New Gatekeepers: Controlling Information in the Internet Age

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 54 pp.
"Internet companies have become the new gatekeepers of information–and their data-parsing algorithms the twenty-first century equivalent of the stereotypical editor with the green eyeshade who filtered the news before passing it along to readers .. As they have expanded globally, these pioneering ... more

Best Practice Guidebook: Media Accountability and Transparency Across Europe

Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe (MediaAcT) (2012), 41 pp.
"This guidebook collects best practice examples in the field of innovative, web-based media accountability from across Europe. Its aim is to provide media managers with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use overview over the various formats which have been developed by leading media organizations across ... more

Social Accountability Status of Community Radios in Nepal

Chakupat, Lalitpur (NP): Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB);United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2012), 82, xli pp.
"About half of the community radios have set their Strategic Plan and Annual Budget System in place. Out of eight such institutional documents, the majority of radios have at least six of them and fewer of them are yet to set these frameworks. Radios are found to be socially inclusive. Though there ... more

‘A Sleeping Mechanism’ for the Time Being? Media Accountability Online in Bulgaria

Tampere: University of Tampere, Journalism Research and Development Centre (2011), 24 pp.
"There is not much debate on the development of media accountability (MA) systems in Bulgaria and even less relate to online media. This is due to the early stage of introduction of self-regulatory mechanisms on the Internet as well as the users’ behavior since priority is still given to tradition ... more

Poland: Waiting for the Citizens to Demand Online Media Accountability

Tampere: University of Tampere, Journalism Research and Development Centre (2011), 19 pp.
"Media scholars and students, professionals and policy-makers alike will be introduced to the specific problems and perspectives of media accountability in different media systems and journalistic cultures. The status quo of media criticism online across Europe will be a key issue and provide insigh ... more

Ethical Issues in International Communication

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xii, 277 pp.
"A collection of essays from scholars around the globe examining the ethical issues and problems associated with some of the major areas within contemporary international communication: journalism, PR, marketing communication, and political rhetoric." (Publisher description)
"[...] this article evaluates various mechanisms of media accountability in Africa, and concludes that they are fraught with tensions among various political interests. It argues that state-controlled mechanisms of accountability are not always conducive to democracy, because they could be subject t ... more
"The purpose of this reference publication is to provide meaningful and ready-to-use information to media professionals, decision makers, students, and the general public on the core PSB concepts related to legal, regulatory, financial, and other major issues as recognized by the international profe ... more

Media and Accountability: An Overview

New Delhi: Kanishka (2005), ix, 136 pp.