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Media Influence Matrix: Kyrgyzstan. Funding Journalism
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2019), 22 pp.
"The media sector in Kyrgyzstan is heavily dominated by the government through both ownership and funding. The government funds a large pool of state-owned media companies, including newspapers, radio broadcasters and the public service operator KTRK. According to our estimates, the government spent
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Media Influence Matrix: Kyrgyzstan. Government, Politics and Regulation
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2019), 22 pp.
Opinion-Formation and Issue-Framing Effects of Russian News in Kyrgyzstan
International Studies Quarterly, volume 63, issue 3 (2019), pp. 756-769
"Powerful countries use foreign media broadcasts to enhance their soft power, yet there is scant empirical evidence as to whether such efforts actually sway public opinion abroad. Moreover, researchers have not specified conditions that may shape variations in the influence of foreign broadcasts and
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Journalism and Journalism Education in Developing Countries
Top Insights
Manipal, Kanartaka: Manipal Universal Press (2019), vi, 250 pp.
"This book provides an international perspective on the different aspects of journalism – the situation in which journalists work, their working conditions, educational backgrounds, struggles and successes. It is aimed at an international public interested in the field of journalism and freedom of
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Content Analysis of the Representation of Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine and Moldova in the Media of Kyrgyzstan in 2017
Bishkek: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2018), 39 pp.
"In sum, the representation of the several discussed topics – regional unions, regional cooperation organizations such as the EAEU, CIS, CSTO; Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations, Kyrgyz-Kazakh border conflict, Kyrgyz-Tajik relations and border issues, Central Asian integration, Central Asia and Caucasus, Cent
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The Status of Media and the Role of Social Media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Bishkek: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2018), 53 pp.
"These recommendations are given to media of all four countries as they are important for the development of media in all four countries: It is necessary to create stronger communications between NGOs and the media; to foster cooperation and trust between the civil society and the media; to act as a
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Violent Extremism in Central Asia 2018: A Preliminary Survey of Groups, Digital Dimensions and State Responses
Ottawa; Bishkek: SecDev;Civil Initiative on Internet Policy (CIIP) (2018), 45 pp.
"Over the past decade, radicalisation to violent extremism (VE) has become a matter of pressing public and political concern in Central Asia. Between 2000 and 5000 Central Asians responded to calls to join jihad in Syria and Afghanistan, most of them radicalised while foreign workers in the labour c
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Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community Networks
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 259 pp.
"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe
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Online Activism in Politically Restricted Central Asia: A Comparative Review of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2018), pp. 961-976
"This comparative study examined the Internet’s role and wider social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, three Central Asian countries in the democratization process. Specifically, this work aims to discuss how the Internet and social media are allowing Internet users wider opportuni
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Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World: Market Forces, State Actors, and Political Manipulation in the Informational Environment After Communism
Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2018), 446 pp.
"This collection covers the major trends of the media environment of the post-Communist world and their recent development, with special focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. The term ‘media environment’ covers not just traditional print and electronic media, but new media as well, and rang
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Media Sustainability Index 2018: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2018), xx, 314 pp.
"Macedonia and Montenegro saw the largest overall score increases this year, in comparison to 2017. The improvement across all objectives this year for Macedonia’s media sector can be attributed to political changes that prioritize media in democratic reforms. Although Montenegro’s score improve
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Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
Top Insights
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2017), 1060 pp.
"Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice
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Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region: A Comparative Study
Barbara Trionfi (ed.)
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2017), 267 pp.
"This study examines the existence of criminal defamation and insult laws in the territory of the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In doing so, it offers a broad, comparative overview of the compliance of OSCE participating States’ legislat
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Media Sustainability Index 2017: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2017), xx, 290 pp.
"While a few much-needed improvements can be reported for the 2017 Europe & Eurasia Media Sustainability Index (MSI), overall there are signs of continued and worsening challenges facing those who wish to create and support a vibrant information system in the 21 countries studied in this volume [...
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Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure
Top Insights
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2016), 1021 pp.
"Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means of halting the rapid dissemination of information, particularly during antigovernment protests. Public-facing social media platforms like Fac
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Regional Assessment on Access to and Quality of Information on Environmental Issues for Internews Project “Media for Improved Reporting on Environment and Natural Resources in Central Asia” Funded by the European Union
Bishkek: Internews;SIAR Research&Consulting (2016), 73 pp.
"The main objective of this research project was to develop a baseline around quantity and quality information on environment and natural resources in Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in order to inform Internews’ Central Asia project, specifically capacity buil
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Media Sustainability Index 2016: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and EurAsia
Washington, DC: IREX (2016), xxii, 318 pp.
"The three countries that this year experienced a decrease in overall score—Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan—were ones last year that had showed small but unexpected increases. Last year’s Executive Summary indicated that such increases were unlikely to be part of a larger upward trend; pan
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Freedom on the Net 2015: Privatizing Censorship, Eroding Privacy
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2015), 986 pp.
"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year, with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content. State authorities have also jailed more users for their online writings, wh
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Media Sustainability Index 2015: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2015), xxii, 323 pp.
"Results of the 2015 MSI study for Europe & Eurasia (E&E) at first glance show encouraging results: the average of 21 overall country scores increased by 0.04 compared with last year, representing the highest average of overall scores so far this decade. Out of 21 countries studied, seven increased
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Press Coverage of Environmental News in Kyrgyzstan and the Role of Eco-Nongovernmental Organizations
Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 16, issue 2 (2015), pp. 144-160
"This article explores obstacles and conditions that environmental nongovernmental organizations face in interacting with media outlets in Kyrgyzstan. It also examines the limited scope of environmental journalism and the resulting limited ability of news outlets and eco-NGOs to help set the public
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