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Censorship in Lebanon: Law and Practice
Beirut: Marsad al-Raqaba The Censorship Observatory;Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2012), 149 pp.
"This study aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of censorship in Lebanon which will hopefully allow the many local artistic and cultural actors the opportunity to lobby for the most appropriate legislative amendments to the current censorship regulations which are currently not conducive to t
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Burmese Media Spring
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 35 pp.
Media Freedom Report 2011 (May 2011 - May 2012)
Ulaanbaatar: Globe International (2012), 33 pp.
"In the report, we included two chapters. The first describes the media legal environment, namely guarantees and restrictions of the freedom of expression and the second chapter highlights media freedom situation in 2011." (Preface, page 5)
Mapping Digital Media: China
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.
African Media Barometer: Kenya 2012
Windhoek; Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Bosnia and Herzegovina
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.
"Both media organizations and the organization of media in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been profoundly affected by ethnocentrism, political clientelism, the withdrawal of international donors, and the financial crisis. As a result, the country’s march towards digitization has been protracted and u
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Hungarian Media Laws in Europe: An Assessment of the Consistency of Hungary’s Media Laws with European Practices and Norms
Budapest: Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS), Central European University (2012), xviii, 186 pp.
"Hungarian lawmakers have established a set of comprehensive new media laws that critics say are inconsistent with democratic free-press principles and European practices and norms. Hungarian officials say the legislation conforms to EU standards and its elements are drawn from existing regulations
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Mapping Digital Media: News and New Media in Central Africa. Challenges and Opportunities
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 65 pp.
"In this report, Marie-Soleil Frère surveys the news landscapes of DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Marshaling an impressive range of data, she examines patterns of production and consumption, the often grim realities of law and regulation, the embryonic state of media policy, the role of donors, and the
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"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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Mapping Digital Media: Croatia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.
"Croatia is well ahead of the curve. Experimental broadcasting via digital signals began in 2002 and the last analog television signals were switched off in September 2011. The country has the highest free-to-air digital terrestrial coverage in Europe, exceeding 99 percent of national territory, and
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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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The New Tunisian Legislative Framework: A Focus on Press and Audiovisual Media
Internews (2012), 15 pp.
This report analyzes the most important trends of two recent major laws aimed at regulating free speech and media issues in Tunisia: Decree 115 of 2011 (Decree 115/2011), on the Press, Printing and Publishing, and Decree 116 of 2011 (Decree 116/2011), on the Freedom of Audiovisual Communication and
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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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Comparing Media Policy and Regulation
"While some of the mentioned problems are inherent to any comparison of media policy and regulation and are hard to avoid (e.g., due to changing regulation or differences in regulatory regimes), other pitfalls may be bypassed and pave the way for future research. First, a theory-driven approach to a
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Mapping Digital Media: Argentina
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.
Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 1: Conceptual Issues
Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC); International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 59 pp.
"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book 1 discusses conceptual issues pertaining to gender,
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Asian Media Barometer: Mongolia 2012
Berlin; Ulaanbaatar: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 69 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Poland
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 110 pp.
"This study of the impact of digitization on Polish media highlights the delays in digitization caused by political infighting; the lack of technical and financial assistance to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society benefit from digitization and new media; and the funding crisis afflict
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Conference on Media Development in Myanmar
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 47 pp.
"This report summarises the presentations and recommendations made at the Conference on Media Development in Myanmar organised by the Myanmar Ministry of Information and Culture and UNESCO in cooperation with International Media Support (IMS) and Canal France International with support from the Gove
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