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Perspektiven der Medienentwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa

Sofie Jannusch

Ost-West: Europäische Perspektiven, volume 11, issue 2 (2010), pp. 97-106

"Die Pressefreiheit hat uns beides gebracht, den Sauerstoff der Demokratie genauso wie das Lachgas von Infotainment und Kommerzialisierung.“ Der polnische Medienwissenschaftler Karol Jakubowicz wird sicherlich bei vielen demokratisch gesinnten Kollegen in Mitteleuropa und im Baltikum auf zustimmen ... more

Initiatives of TV Ethics Control by Religions in Russia: Challenges for Implementation

Victor M. Khroul

Religion in Eastern Europe, volume 30, issue 2 (2010), pp. 1-9

"The diversity of attitudes of Russian society towards television coupled with many plots and subplots emerged in the public arena providing us with an opportunity to consider them as an indicators of the maturity of civil society in Russia. It is also an indicator of the level of influence that rel ... more

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Catholic Media in Russia: Self-Silencing After Rapid Development

Victor M. Khroul

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Footprint of Financial Crisis in the Media

London: Open Society Institute, Media Program (2010), 14 pp.

"The global economic downturn has affected countless businesses across the region, forcing them to slash costs, lay off employees, and reduce output. Media businesses are no exception. However, when media businesses are hit, it is not just their turnover that suffers: their primary function, the del ... more

Rethinking Russia: Freedom of Expression Without Freedom of the Press

Maria Lipman

Journal of International Affairs, volume 63, issue 2 (2010), pp. 153-169

"If the Kremlin should not be held directly responsible for ordering murders against journalists, it certainly bears responsibility for the atmosphere of lawlessness that reigns in Russia. Today’s Kremlin doesn’t mind free and critical voices as long as they remain politically irrelevant and hav ... more

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Media Freedom and Pluralism: Media Policy Challenges in the Enlarged Europe

Beata Klimkiewicz (ed.)

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2010), xxvi, 336 pp.

Totalitarian Communication: Hierarchies, Codes and Messages

Kirill Postoutenko (ed.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2010), 316 pp.

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Schwerpunkt: Medien als Macht?

Ost-West: Europäische Perspektiven, volume 11, issue 2 (2010), pp. 81-160

[...] In dieser Ausgabe von OST-WEST. Europäische Perspektiven nehmen wir die Medien in Europa in den Blick. Wir fragen nach der Macht und dem Einfluss der „vierten Gewalt“, wie die Medien oft genannt werden, in Deutschland, nach den Perspektiven der Medienentwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa, ... more

Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.

"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa ... more

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Blick zurück nach vorn: Samizdat, Internet und die Freiheit des Wortes

Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel, Wolfgang Eichwede (eds.)

Osteuropa, volume 60, issue 11 (2010), pp. 3-258

"Peter Reddaway und neun weitere Autoren schauen ins das Archiv der Freiheit, das die osteuropäischen Bürgerrechtler mit ihren selbstverlegten Schriften anlegten. Sie entdecken substantielle Beiträge zur politischen Ideengeschichte des mündigen Bürgers. Sind im Zeitalter der wiedererstarkten po ... more

Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives

Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Michal Glowacki, Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2010), xiv, 290 pp.

"Leading researchers from different regions of Europe and the United States address five major interrelated themes: 1) how ideological and normative constructs gave way to empirical systematic comparative work in media research; 2) the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions and the e ... more

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Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom
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Beate Josephi (ed.)

New York: Peter Lang (2010), xiii, 263 pp.

"Since the 1990s journalism education programs have expanded exponentially around the world, but media freedom has not. Globally comparative, this edited volume assesses journalism education and the challenging environment in which it is delivered in countries with a partly free or not free status a ... more

Technology for Transparency: The Role of Technology and Citizen Media in Promoting Transparency, Accountability, and Civic Participation

David Sasaki (ed.)

[no publisher] (2010), 75 pp.

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Reflections on Putin and the Media

Scott Gehlbach

Post-Soviet Affairs, volume 26, issue 1 (2010), pp. 77-87

"To understand the potential implications of Putin’s media strategy, it is useful to recall the rule and fall of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori. Like Putin, Fujimori used the wealth and power at his disposal to emasculate much of the country’s media. Also like Putin, however, he stopped short of impo ... more

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Länderbericht Russland

Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 581 pp.

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Religion Macht Frieden: Das Friedenspotenzial von Religionen in politischen Gewaltkonflikten
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Markus A. Weingardt

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 480 pp.

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Die Ukraine im Wandel: Stabile Instabilität in einem Zwischenland

Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 525 pp.

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Understanding Community Media
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Kevin Howley (ed.)

London et al.: Sage (2010), xii, 410 pp.

"With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis ... more