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"Since independence in 1991, the Central Asian republics to varying degrees have given lip service to democratization and the recognition of free press and political rights. However, the reality has been dramatically different under all five authoritarian regimes. That reality includes limits or ban ... more

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21st Century Challenges for the Media in Central Asia: Dealing with Libel and Freedom of Information. Sixth Central Asian Media Conference, Dushanbe, 23-24 September 2004

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2005), 172 pp.

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Attacks on the Press in 2004: A Worldwide Survey

Bill Sweeney (ed.)

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2005), 284 pp.

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The Role of Turkish Local Radio in the Construction of a Youth Community

Ece Algan

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 3, issue 2 (2005), pp. 75-92

"This study investigates the role of Turkish commercial local radio in the construction of a youth community in the city of Sanliurfa, which is located in the poor rural south-eastern region near the Syrian border. Through in-depth interviews with radio listeners and analysis of their interactions v ... more

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Mass Media Assessment: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Sean Roberts, Mark Koening

USAID (2004), 63 pp.

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Deutschsprachige Medien in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Berichte und Analysen

Annette Gallus, Sonja Richter (red.)

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2004), 95 pp.

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Mid-Term Assessment of IREX Media Innovations Program

Rich McClear, Mark Koenig

USAID; IREX (2004), 37 pp.

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Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research and Practice
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Arvind Singhal, Michael J. Cody, Everett M. Rogers, Miguel Sabido (eds.)

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2004), xxii, 458 pp.

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Ending the Chilling Effect: Working to Repeal Criminal Libel and Insult Laws. Proceedings of the Roundtable “What Can be Done to Decriminalize Libel and Repeal Insult Laws”, Paris, 24-25 November 2003

Ana Karlsreiter, Hanna Vuokko (eds.)

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2004), 103 pp.

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Designing and Implementing the First Environmental and Science Journalism Course for an Uzbekistan Journalism School

Eric Freedman

Applied Environmental Education & Communication, volume 3, issue 3 (2004), pp. 153-161

"Uzbekistan faces severe ecological problems including the rapidly shrinking Aral Sea, desertification, residues of biochemical weapons, and environmentally related respiratory disease. Even so, the country’s print and broadcast media do little in-depth or analytical reporting on environmental iss ... more

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Evaluating Health-Promoting Radio Programs: A Toolbox for HAFY Radio Stations in Kyrgyzstan

Ross W. James

Bishkek: UNICEF; Health Communication Resources (HCR) (2004), 96 pp.

"Community radio stations can monitor and evaluate their health and social development programming despite being small, with limited funds. That's the message of an evaluation and monitoring Toolbox created especially for a UNICEF-supported youth radio project in Kyrgyzstan. The 'Healthy Airwaves fo ... r Youth' project (HAFY) is a health communication strategy to minimise risk behaviours amongst Kyrgyz youth aged 10-19 years. HAFY, which was initiated in 2002, aims to increase the level of knowledge and awareness of the dangers of HIV/AIDS/STI, drug use and reproductive health among young people in five rural and remote regions of Kyrgyzstan: Batken, Osh, Naryn, Karabalta and Karakol. The radio stations working within the HAFY network are directly involving young people as message-makers through community-based participatory health-promoting radio programming. The need of a toolbox for monitoring and evaluating the impact of HAFY radio programmes was identified during a 7-day intensive training workshop conducted by Health Communication Resources (HCR) from Australia on 'Radio Programming for Health Promotion'. HAFY partners were involved in further workshops facilitated by HCR in Kyrgyzstan in 2003 where the scope of the Toolbox was framed and HAFY-specific resources were developed. The result is a 106-page Toolbox created by HCR with guidelines, examples and templates that match the reality and cost-effective needs of HAFY's radio stations. HAFY partners do not have a great deal of experience in evaluation, have limited funds and rely on volunteers and the pooled resources of local community organisations. Marianne Ohlers, Programme Officer of UNICEF in Kyrgyzstan said, "The Toolbox is not meant to comprehensively evaluate all activities undertaken by HAFY but it does give guidelines on planning and evaluation, writing objectives, setting indicators for evaluation, sampling procedures, designing evaluation tools, and gathering data, analysing it and reporting it." Ms. Ohlers said, "While the Toolbox is designed for the specific use of the radio stations involved in the HAFY project in Kyrgyzstan I trust that it can guide and inspire other community-based radio stations working to reduce risk behaviours among young people and other vulnerable groups." (Press release) more

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Media Development by OSCE Field Missions

Yevgenia Manro, Peter Palmer, Mark Thompson

Amsterdam: Press Now (2004), 76 pp.

"This report represents the first attempt by a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) to appraise the media-development work of OSCE in the field. It is the outcome of a project designed by Press Now, an NGO based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For the past decade, Press Now has assisted media in the co ... more