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A Research Paper Commissioned and Facilitated by MISA Namibia

Martin Buch Larsen

Windhoek: MISA Namibia (2007), 140 pp.

"In order to get a clear picture of the dynamics impacting on the present and future advance of the Namibian media environment - MISA Namibia has with the assistance of Martin Buch Larsen embarked on a comprehensive research to gather information on media ownership and legislation in The Republic of ... more

Trends in Audiovisual Markets: China, Mongolia and South Korea

Dana Ziyasheva (ed.)

Bejing: UNESCO (2007), 106 pp.

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Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies

Isaac A. Blankson, Patrick D. Murphy (eds.)

New York: State University of New York Press (2007), xi, 285 pp.

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Connaître le Conseil Supérieur de la Liberté de Communication

Roger Yenga

Paris: Publibook (2007), 181 pp.

"Le choix fait par la République du Congo pour la démocratie pluraliste a eu pour conséquences, entre autres, la libéralisation du domaine de l'information et de la communication qui était auparavant un monopole de l'Etat. A ainsi été créé le Conseil Supérieur de la Liberté de Communicati ... more

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Von der Medienpolitik zur Media Governance?

Patrick Donges (ed.)

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2007), 268 pp.

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Liberation and the Media: The Development of the South African Daily Newspaper Market Since the End of Apartheid

Tobias Bauer

Norderstedt: Books on Demand (2007), 192 pp.

"Liberation and the Media takes a look at the development of the South African daily newspaper market since the end of apartheid. It covers the country's most important political, social and economical developments since 1990 and explains correlations between South Africa's general development and i ... more

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Medienethik: Verantwortung in der Mediengesellschaft

Rüdiger Funiok

Stuttgart: Kohlhammer (2007), 223 pp.

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La regulation des médias: Principes, fondements, objectifs et méthodes. Manuel à l'intention des régulateurs et des professionnels des médias d'Afrique francophone
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Jean-Claude Guyot, Luc-Adolphe Tiao

Paris: Panos Paris (2007), 108 pp.

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Defining Indicators of Media Development: Background Paper
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Andrew Puddephatt

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2007), 80 pp.

Provides a mappping of 26 initiatives to develop indicators of media development and their respective methodologies, and analyses these initiatives in terms of their value and relevance to the priorities of the IPDC. The paper also proposes sample indicators and data sources for five principal media ... more

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Zwischen Propaganda und Kommerz: Medien(un)freiheit in Südost-, Mittelost- und Osteuropa

Simone Schlindwein

Wiesbaden: Netzwerk Recherche;N-ost Netzwerk für Osteuropa-Berichterstattung;Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2007), 113 pp.

Rude Awakening: Social and Media Change in Central and Eastern Europe

Karol Jakubowicz

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2007), 451 pp.

"This book examines processes of media change in post-Communist countries. Considerable attention is paid to the general process of transformation before turning to the media in particular. In this reexamination of the media under the Communist system and its role in the transition, the stress is on ... more

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Mass Media in Lithuania: Development, Changes and Journalism Culture

Aukse Balcytiene

Berlin: Vistas (2006), 190 pp.

"The author describes how the function of Lithuanian media has changed in different historical phases - due to changing political, economic and cultural conditions. The aim is to show how innovations, e.g. technological innovations, new media structures or cultural patterns, entered Lithuanian media ... more

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Media Law for Journalists

Ursula Smartt

London et al.: Sage (2006), xi, 326 pp.

"An introduction and a reference guide to the main legal issues facing journalists, this book presumes no prior legal knowledge but covers all the relevant areas including defamation, privacy contempt of court, freedom of expression, and intellectual property." (Publisher description)

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Comparing Media from Around the World

Robert McKenzie

Ian Werner; Nabil Dajani (contrib.)

Boston: Pearson (2006), 372 pp.

"This book discusses the fundamental elements of media systems and shows how they are used in eight sample countries. Unlike other books, it is organized according to media elements, with comparative discussions of all eight countries within each chapter. This helps readers make connections and comp ... more

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Asia's March Towards Freedom of Expression and Development

Kalinga Seneviratne, Suganthi Singarayar (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2006), 212 pp.

So This is Democracy? Report on the State of Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Southern Africa 2005

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2006), 320 pp.

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SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practicioners. The Republic of Mozambique: An Overview of Media Law and Practice in Mozambique;Leis da Mídia na SADC: Manual Para profissionais de jornalismo. República de Moçambique: Uma panorâmica do direito da comunicação social e a prática em Moçambique

Justine White, Daddy Bujitu, Ivan Macoo

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2006), 63, 66 pp.

Still Not Fully Protected: Rights to Freedom of Expression and Information Under Angola's New Press Law

New York: Human Rights Watch (2006), 24 pp.

"On February 2, 2006, Angola’s National Assembly approved a new press law, which entered into force on May 15. The law regulates the activity of media companies and professionals in television and radio broadcasting and in the written and electronic press. This report analyses the new law in the c ... ontext of international human rights standards. Given the Government of Angola’s poor record in protecting freedom of expression, the press law is especially crucial in the current pre-election period in Angola to ensure that the press can report freely in the run-up to national elections, tentatively scheduled for 2007. The new legislation represents an improvement over Angola’s previous press law in many respects. Key improvements include the elimination of the state monopoly over TV broadcasting; the creation of public TV and radio that are to be governed by principles of public interest (such as ensuring the plurality of opinions, providing accurate and impartial information that is widely accessible and providing politically balanced information during election periods), and provisions that allow a journalist accused of defamation to cite the truthfulness of the facts reported in his or her defense in cases involving Angola’s president. While Human Rights Watch welcomes the Government of Angola’s reform of its media law, it is concerned that the new law still contains elements that fall short of international human rights standards. The law defines certain conduct as “criminal” in unclear and sweeping terms and establishes excessive penalties for those crimes, including defamation; it includes provisions that may result in excessive limitations on press freedom; and it provides for the establishment of licensing procedures for private TV and radio broadcasters that are largely subject to the discretion of governmental bodies. The Angolan government should amend those provisions of the press law that are not in accordance with international and regional human rights standards, most urgently those criminalizing defamation. In addition, too many key principles and procedures of the law are left for further implementing laws and regulations and no transitional arrangements are defined to address problems that may arise in the application of the law pending adoption of the implementing legislation. The lack of such laws and regulations makes several provisions of the new press law largely inoperable." (Summary) more

Broadcasting Pluralism and Diversity: Training Manual for African Regulators
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Richard Carver

London: Article 19 (2006), 112 pp.

"The African Charter on Broadcasting, adopted in 2001 on the tenth anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, alongside the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa establish a series of important principles that should guide the de ... more