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Brazil’s Digital Resistance Against Corruption
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 13 pp.
"From 2008 to 2010, 3.6 million Brazilians took part in the “Ficha Limpa” movement to impact political corruption by ensuring that anyone who runs for office has a “clean record.” This case study on the combination of a grassroots social movement paired with the Avaaz global web movement’s
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Anti-Corruption Tabloid Journalism in Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), x, 219 pp.
"Defining tabloid journalism practice as an infotainment genre, the book examines corruption exposure by tabloids in Arabic, Portuguese and Francophone speaking countries across Africa, making it a unique addition to the field. In doing so, it also builds an understanding of the evolution of anti-co
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Bad news: Seeing communication for and about development through an exposé of Swedish aid to Zambia
Journal of International Communication, volume 25, issue 2 (2019), pp. 254-274
"Communication for and about development are significant components of international development cooperation, interlinked in practice though separated in research. This article examines their interaction in donor-driven aid through the lens of journalism. How is bilateral development cooperation com
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Media and Anti-Corruption
Deep Insights
"The media can play a paramount role in exposing corruption and initiating legal, political and penal action against it. Different media genres unfold their respective strengths and show their limits as anti-corruption tools depending on the different levels on which they take effect, on the audienc
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How African Economies Work: A Guide to Business and Economics Reporting
Key Guides
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 220 pp.
Uganda: Press Freedom Attacked by State Bodies
Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, volume 107, issue 2 (2018), pp. 221-223
"On 16 October 2017, the editors of two popular Ugandan newspapers—the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper—were summoned to the Criminal Investigations Directorate in Kampala following the publication of stories revealing the allocation of a Ugandan Shillings 715 m (almost £150,000) budget for a plann
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Media Leaks and Corruption in Brazil: The Infostorm of Impeachment and the Lava-Jato Scandal
London et al.: Routledge (2018), 222 pp.
"Analyzing the political consequences of the most extensive corruption investigation in recent Latin American history, Operação Lava-Jato, this book answers two central questions about the contradictory effects news media has on political systems. First, how can political actors in a seemingly wel
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Embracing Digitalisation: How to Use ICT to Strengthen Anti-Corruption
Key Guides
Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2018), 37 pp.
"With regards to actual implementations of ICT tools for anti-corruption, six main categories emerge: r-government and the digital public services; crowdsourcing platforms; whistleblowing platforms; transparency platforms; news reporting and dissemination platforms; DLT & blockchain technology. The
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"This memo presents evidence based on a survey experiment embedded in a national survey of Ukrainians and a laboratory experiment conducted with Ukrainian university students. The findings indicate that anti-Corruption messaging that emphasizes the success of anti-Corruption campaigns (i.e., a “po
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The Role of the Media and Investigative Journalism in Combating Corruption
Paris: OECD (2018), 18 pp.
"Media reporting and investigative journalism, including by NGOs, is a vastly useful, but possibly underexploited, source of information for allegations of transnational corruption. The exposure of recent scandals through effective international cooperation by transnational networks of journalists a
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African Muckraking: 75 Years of Investigative Journalism from Africa
Auckland Park: Jacana (2018), xxxii, 347 pp.
"This collection of 41 pieces of African journalism includes passionate and committed writing on labor abuses, police brutality, women’s rights, the struggle for democracy and independence on the continent and other subjects. Each piece of writing is introduced by a noted scholar or journalist who
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Whistleblowing in the World: Government Policy, Mass Media and the Law
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xi, 90 pp.
"This book deploys an original comparative framework, as well as archival and pattern-matching research methodologies, to analyze whistleblowing cases from Peru, South Korea, Thailand and the United States of America and to ascertain factors that make for effective whistleblowing. After examining th
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Investigating Land and Corruption in Africa: A Training Manual for Journalists
Berlin: Transparency International (2017), 150 pp.
"This manual is for anyone who provides training and capacity-building for investigative journalists in Africa including facilitators, trainers, lecturers and teachers. It has been written to support journalists in Africa to investigate and report stories of land corruption; a subject that remains u
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The Role of Independent Media in Curbing Corruption in Fragile Settings
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 19 pp.
"This policy briefing examines the prospects for media being able to play that role, especially in fragile states. It concludes that the evidence supporting the effectiveness of media as an accountability actor continues to mount even when the performance of other anti-corruption measures are called
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Curbing Corruption and Fostering Accountability in Fragile Settings: Why an Imperilled Media Needs Better Support
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 29 pp.
"An independent media is one of the most effective assets we have in efforts to curb corruption and foster accountability. Yet it is deeply imperilled, particularly in fragile states and often poorly understood by the international development sector. This policy working paper argues that unless dev
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Training Manual: Reporting on Court Processes Pertaining to Corruption and on Investigative Journalism
Belgrade: Council of Europe (2015), 62 pp.
"The goal of the seminar “Reporting on Corruption and Investigative Journalism” is a two-day active dialogue between journalists and investigators from the region in order to discuss the following topics: ethics of reporting - cases and practice in Serbia, investigative journalism and corruption
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Ignorance is Bliss! Internet Usage and Perceptions of Corruption in a Panel of Developing Countries
International Journal of Communication, volume 8 (2014), pp. 2561-2577
"In a world of open-ended access to social media, the ability of governments to control information is slipping away. It is plausible in countries with limited Internet access for citizens to remain ignorant of the true amount of corruption. We built a cross-country panel of 124 developing nations t
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Action for Transparency: Tackling Corruption and Mismanagement of Government Funds in Zambia and Uganda. A Baseline Study
Kalmar; London: Fojo Media Institute; InterMedia (2014), 39 pp.
"The purpose of the study is to provide baseline data and research-driven recommendations to help inform and later evaluate the impact of ‘Action for Transparency’. Action for Transparency is a three-year, media-for-development programme, managed by Fojo and its partners and funded by the Swedis
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