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ProMedia II Regional: Final Report. September 30, 1999 – September 30, 2014
Washington, DC: IREX (2015), 27 pp.
"USAID’s ProMedia II Regional project, implemented by IREX between 1999 and 2014 provided a flexible tool to support independent media in a time of transition in Europe and Eurasia (E&E). The project supported multi-year, full-time technical assistance projects in three countries: Bulgaria and Alb
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Secrets, lies, and journalist-spies: The contemporary moral dilemma for Bulgarian media professionals
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 20, issue 2 (2015), pp. 185-203
"The subject of this article is the issue of journalist-spies in the Bulgarian media before and after the fall of communism in 1989. The focus is on the perceptions of Bulgarian journalists on the role alleged secret service collaborators played, and continue to play, in the postcommunist society an
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Bulgarians Feel Badly Informed by Media and Politicians
Sofia: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Media Program South East Europe (2015), 4 pp.
"59 percent of the population of Bulgaria do not consider the media to be independent. Many are undecided and only 17 percent believe reporting is free. The crisis of confidence in the media is continuing, according to a study on behalf of the KAS Media Program South East Europe. Citizens also feel
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Samizdat, Tamizdat, and Beyond: Transnational Media During and After Socialism
Oxford; New York: Berghahn (2015), xiii, 366 pp.
"In many ways what is identified today as "cultural globalization" in Eastern Europe has its roots in the Cold War phenomena of samizdat ("do-it-yourself" underground publishing) and tamizdat (publishing abroad). This volume offers a new understanding of how information flowed between East and West
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Im Visier: Die Medien in der Ukraine
Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West, volume 43, issue 10 (2015), pp. 7-10
"Die wichtigsten Medien in der Ukraine sind die zahlreichen Fernsehsender, deren Interessen- und Besitzverhältnisse jedoch häufig intransparent sind. Zumeist stehen Oligarchen hinter den diversen privaten Fernsehsendern. Seit 2013 haben Journalisten unabhängige Medien gegründet, die im Laufe des
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Media Indicators 2015: A Thorough Study from a Journalists’ Point of View on Kosovo’s Media Freedom and Conditions
Civil Rights Defenders (2015), 56 pp.
"The main objective of the study was to determine and examine the perception of journalists in Kosovo on freedom of media, based on 27 indicators of the European Council. The analysis is categorized in six sectors, covering all areas of the study that pertain significant information on the perceptio
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The Cyberspace War: Propaganda and Trolling as Warfare Tools
European View, volume 15, issue 1 (2015), pp. 121-132
"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has taken control of the traditional media in Russia: TV, radio and newspapers. As Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has stated, the Kremlin sees the mass media as a ‘weapon’. Now Russia’s leadership is trying to take control of social media to
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Mediated Communities: Civic Voices, Empowerment and Media Literacy in the Digital Era
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2015), xi, 216 pp.
"Mediated Communities brings together a diverse, global cohort of academics and professional communicators to assess the current state of democratic mobilizing around the world and the ways in which protest movements are being transformed in the midst of a communication revolution. The volume’s co
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Media Reform Stalled in the Slow Lane: Soft Censorship in Serbia
Paris: WAN-IFRA, updated ed. (2015), 17 pp.
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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Media Ownership and Finances in Kosovo: Legal Vacuum and Lack of Transparency
Ljubljana: Peace Institute; South East European Media Observatory (2015), 23 pp.
"Media ownership and media financing, although both crucially influence the ability of the media in Kosovo to play democratic role and demonstrate integrity of their journalism and business operations, have not been properly addressed through the media legislation in Kosovo. Lack of transparency mad
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Im Würgegriff: Russlands Medienlandschaft unter Druck
Osteuropa, volume 65, issue 3 (2015), pp. 141-149
"Unabhängige Medien befinden sich weltweit seit über einem Jahrzehnt in einer tiefen ökonomischen Krise. In Russland kommt massiver politischer Druck hinzu. In den vergangenen zehn Jahren wurden zahlreiche kritische Journalisten und Redakteure entlassen, Fernseh- und Radiosender geschlossen, Zeit
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Voice of the Church: A Debate About Religious Radio Stations as Community Broadcasters
Media and Communication, volume 3, issue 4 (2015), pp. 76-90
"In the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the role of community media in promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogue passed on 11 February 2009 by the Council of Europe, stations run by religious institutions were explicitly excluded from the community media definition, as being
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Bringing Plurality and Balance to the Russian Language Media Space: Feasibility Study on Russian Language Media Initiatives (RLMIs) in the Eastern Partnership and Beyond. Summary and Recommendations
European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2015), 5 pp.
"Recommendations revolve around five building blocks of a co-ordinated strategy that calls for: 1. A regional news hub for the Russian language that embodies the values of fairness, accuracy and watchdog reporting, and builds a network of partners to leverage high-quality news content to wider audie
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Baseline Assessment of the “Guidelines for EU Support to Media Freedom and Media Integrity in the Enlargement Countries 2014-20”
European Commission; Particip (2015), 99, 173 pp.
"For this assessment more than 390 surveys were made in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey [...] In addition to the survey a further 150 in-depth interviews were held, complemented by a Focus Group in each country, which
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State-Media Financial Relations in Albania: Nurturing Client-Based Media Practices
Ljubljana: Peace Institute; South East European Media Observatory (2015), 19 pp.
"The transparency of media market in Albania continues to be low, including both commercial operations and the state funding, despite of the existing databases. The involvement of new actors, such as advertising agencies, and sister companies of media outlets, makes it even more difficult to track s
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The BRICS Journalist: Profession and Practice in the Age of Digital Media
African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 3 (2015), pp. 1-138
Online Video Forecasts 2015
London: ZenithOptimedia (2015), 85 pp.
"This report gives forecasts for online video spend and consumption, where available, for 40 markets in which online video is at varying stages of development. From markets such as Singapore, where 85% of the population claims to access online video (according to GlobalWebIndex, 2014), to countries
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Media Consumption Forecasts 2015
London: ZenithOptimedia (2015), 192 pp.
"This report surveys the changing patterns of media consumption in 65 countries across the world, and forecasts how the amount of time people allocate to different media will change between 2014 and 2017. It measures the amount of time spent reading newspapers and magazines, watching television, lis
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Employment Conditions of Journalists in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia - Regional Report
Bucureçti (RO): Center for Independent Journalism; South-East European Partnership for Media Development (2015), 23 pp.
"A crowded and rather poor media market, unable to secure the sustainability of media operations, a high level of job insecurity making the journalists vulnerable to political and economic pressures and – more often than not – leading to self-censorship – are some of the conclusions [...] The
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