"With three notable exceptions—Belarus, Russia, and Uzbekistan—the media sector in the countries included in the first edition of the MSI in 2001 have over time either improved overall or stayed more or less the same. But, a review of overall MSI scores is just one way to use the MSI to see how
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the media situation has changed [...] Another is to compare the qualitative characterizations made by panelists in 2001 to those they are making today. In a similar vein, IREX includes a summary of how the Internet was viewed in 2001 and how it is described today as a way to look at the impact of new media on dissemination of information, public dialogue, and citizen access to timely news and information. IREX this year employed an updated methodology to prepare the reports [...] IREX added two new indicators. One assesses a media sector’s ability to report on local, regional, national, and international news in a way that meets the needs of citizens in all corners of a country." (Executive summary, page 9)
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"In September 2011 FES initiated the Balkan Media Barometer (BMB) with Bosnia and Herzegovina serving as a pilot project for South East Europe and the rest of the continent. A panel of experts from BiH discussed and scored a list of 44 indicators based on standards referenced to European documents,
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most of them drawn up by the Council of Europe. This approach of working on the basis of home-grown principles is meant to give the assessments greater relevance and to allow civil society groups and media activists in the various countries to evaluate and measure up their findings directly against declarations and documents adopted and accepted by their own governments." (Introduction)
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"El método "Valor Agregado Periodístico" (VAP) analiza los principales elementos que configuran la calidad periodística, de manera de contribuir a aumentar el valor de la entrega informativa - verdadero aporte de la profesión periodística a la veracidad, precisión y credibilidad de los conteni
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dos - y diferenciarla de la ofrecida por las fuentes directas. Este libro muestra el recorrido teórico y metodológico que llevó a la construcción del modelo y ejemplifica con el estudio comparativo de ocho medios lationamericanos de Argentina, Chile, Colombia y Perú." (Contratapa)
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