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Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002

Sofia: ACCESS-Sofia Foundation (2003), 230 pp.

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Spreading the Word on the Internet: 16 Answers to 4 Questions. Reflections on Freedom of the Media and the Internet. Amsterdam Conference, June 2003

Christiane Hardy, Christian Möller (eds.)

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 224 pp.

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Media in South Eastern Europe: Legislation, Professionalism and Associations

Yasha Lange et al.

Amsterdam: Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Media Task Force (2003), 56 pp.

"This document contains reports written by Media Working groups in nine countries in November 2003. The reports describe the media landscape and provide information on media legislation, journalistic professionalism, media associations and donor activities. The sections on the media landscape provid ... e a quick picture of the media in South Eastern Europe today: a high number of media outlets but far fewer sustainable and genuinely independent ones, virtually no direct governmental control but remaining influence in several key areas and a generally difficult transformation process of former state broadcasters. The information on media legislation reveals both progress and remaining difficulties. Defamation laws are strict, usually not in line with European standards and regularly abused, leading to many pending court cases and high fines. Access to Information laws are adopted in five countries, but implementation is problematic. Broadcast legislation is frequently debated and revised, regulatory bodies are insufficiently independent and public broadcasters require additional safeguarding against political influence. Professionalism is a concern. By no means only due to a lack of training, of which there has been a lot in the past years, but particularly due to structural problems. Journalists often work without proper contracts, affecting their position. They are generally low-paid and skilled people leave the profession. Young and cheap employees, sometimes preferred by owners, do not feel in a position to oppose influence on editorial policy. Lack of resources impact on quality, as there is little or no money for investigative reporting or domestic production of quality television programs. And in several cases, links between media owners and political parties affect the editorial independence. Media associations and watchdog organizations have proven tremendously important in defending press freedom and promoting quality. Several countries have seen the growth of professional and respected institutions, while in others the associations are divided, small and have limited credibility among journalists. Effective unions are generally lacking, training institutions have improved with outside support and press freedom organizations have increased strength and influence but are seeking sustainability. Finally, brief information is provided on donor assistance – much more is available in the Overview on support to the media in SEE, also prepared by the Media Task Force. Overall, outside assistance has made a great and positive difference in improving the diversity, quality and sustainability of the media. Suggestions for future support include the further strengthening of associations, in-house training rather than seminars, work on drafting and implementing media legislation (e.g. revising defamation clauses) and support to investigative journalism and domestic television production." (Overview, page 2) more

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The Media Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gwyneth Henderson, Jasna Kilalic, Boro Kontic

USAID Bosnia (2003), 47 pp.

"It probably does not need saying again, but the media market in BiH is a mass. Not just because there are too many outlets fighting for an audience and seeking all too little available money, but because noone knows much with any accuracy. So claim and counter claim for audience share, coverage, ci ... more

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Media in Multilingual Societies: Freedom and Responsability

Ana Karlsreiter (ed.)

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 168 pp.

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Before Emergency: Conflict Prevention and the Media

Mariano Aguirre, Francisco Ferrándiz, José Manuel Pureza (eds.)

Bilbao: University of Deusto;HumanitarianNet (2003), 200 pp.

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Media Sustainability Index 2002: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Mark Whitehouse, Theo Dolan (eds.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2003), xxi, 232 pp.

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Eastern Empires: Foreign Ownership in Central and Eastern European Media: Ownership, Policy Issues and Strategies

Granville Williams (ed.)

Brussels: European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) (2003), 67 pp.

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Minority Media in Hungary and Slovenia: A Comparative Assessment

Tania Gosselin

Ljubljana: Mirovni Institut (2003), 43 pp.

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The Media of Diaspora

Karim H. Karim (ed.)

London: Routledge (2003), 236 pp.

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Violence in the Media: The Extent and the Influence of Violence in the Media in Slovenia

Dragan Petrovec

Ljubljana: Peace Institute (2003), 78 pp.

"The survey analyses the reporting on violence in Slovene print and television programmes. The results have shown that POP TV programming contains a significantly greater share of violent content and content depicting accidents than the programming of SLO 1, reflecting an obvious difference in the e ... more

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The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional Journalism

Johannes von Dohnanyi, Christian Möller

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 207 pp.

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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide

Amanda C. Quick (ed.)

Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.

"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat ... more

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Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East-Central Europe

Miklós Sükösd, Péter Bajomi-Lázár (eds.)

Budapest: Central European University Press (2003), 273 pp.

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Media Representations of Homosexuality: An Analysis of the Print Media in Slovenia, 1970–2000

Roman Kuhar

Ljubljana: Peace Institute (2003), 112 pp.

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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 4: R-Z, Index

Donald H. Johnston (ed.)

New York: Academic Press (2003), 29, 747 pp.

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The Power of the Media: A Handbook for Peacebuilders
Inspiring Practice

Ross Howard, Francis Rolt, Hans van de Veen, Juliette Verhoeven (eds.)

Utrecht: European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP);European Centre for Common Ground;Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) (2003), 245 pp.

"Presents case studies from 12 countries and lists 69 organisations working with media as conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding tool." (commbox)

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Long Walks to Media Freedom: Case Studies and Lessons Learnt from Countries in Transition from Authoritarian Rule to Democracy

Hendrik Bussiek

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2003), 44 pp.

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Neue Demokratien - neuer Rundfunk: Erfahrungen mit der Medientransformation in Osteuropa

Richard W. Dill

Münster: Lit (2003), 176 pp.

"Personal account of the manifold problems faced by the author in converting state broadcasting in Kosovo into a public service broadcaster. The author was foreign relations coordinator of the German public boradcaster ARD from 1965 to 1996." (commbox)

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What Works in Youth Media: Case Studies from Around the World

Sheila Kinkade, Christy Macy

Baltimore: International Youth Foundation (2003), 82 pp.

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