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Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians

Javier Corrales, Daniel Kimmage, Joshua Kurlantzick, Abbas Milani, Perry Link, Rashed Rahman

Washington, DC: Freedom House;Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty;Radio Free Asia (2009), 79 pp.

"Democracy Redefined: Leading authoritarian regimes are working to reshape the public understanding of democracy. A redefined and heavily distorted version of the concept is communicated to domestic audiences through state-dominated media. Especially on television, these regimes put forth a dual mes ... more

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The Media in South-East Europe: A Comparative Media Law and Policy Study

Beate Martin, Alexander Scheuer, Christian Bron (eds.)

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2009), 159 pp.

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Medienhilfe als Instrument der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik: Ziele, Motive und Implementierungswege internationaler Akteure in Bosnien-Herzegowina und Kosovo

Friederike von Franqué

Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin (wvb) (2008), 363 pp.

"In der Debatte um die politische Wirkung von Medien wird häufig übersehen, dass internationale Akteure schon längst auf ausländische Kommunikationsräume Einfluss nehmen. Thema dieser Arbeit ist das Instrument der externen Medienhilfe, bei der mit finanzieller, materieller und beratender Unters ... more

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Oral history and public memories

Paula Hamilton, Linda Shopes (eds.)

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press (2008), xvii, 302 pp.

"Oral history is inherently about memory, and when oral history interviews are used "in public," they invariably both reflect and shape public memories of the past. Oral History and Public Memories is the only book that explores this relationship, in fourteen case studies of oral history's use in a ... more

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Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey
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Toby Mendel

Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2008), 156 pp.

"This book is meant to present the basics of freedom of information or right to information, defined as the universal right to access information held by public bodies. It presents in an easy-to-understand and non-technical fashion the basic principles of freedom of information, such as maximum disc ... more

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The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

Jesper Strömbäck, Lynda Lee Kaid (eds.)

New York; Abingdon: Routledge (2008), xix, 450 pp.

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The KAS Democracy Report 2008: Media and Democracy, Vol. 2

Karsten Grabow, Christian E. Rieck (eds.)

Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 228 pp.

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Television, Power and the Public in Russia

Ellen Mickiewicz

New York: Cambridge University Press (2008), viii, 212 pp.

"The Russian media are widely seen to be increasingly controlled by the government. Leaders buy up dissenting television channels and pour money in as fast as it haemorrhages out. As a result, TV news has become narrower in scope and in the range of viewpoints which it reflects: leaders demand assim ... more

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Introduction to Media and Politics

Sarah Oates

London: Sage (2008), ix, 230 pp.

"This highly accessible text compares media institutions and political experiences in countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, to enable students to think critically about the central questions in the study of media and politics. The book balances cont ... more

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Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
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Shanthi Kalathil, John Langlois, Adam Kaplan

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2008), 105 pp.

"There is very little undestanding of the role that communicartion processes play in the numerous starnds of post-conflict reconstruction, including peacebuilding, governance, and long-term development. This paper addressess this gap by distilling lessons learned from the media and communication str ... more

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Divided They Fall: Public Service Broadcasting in Multiethnic States

Sandra Basic-Hrvatin, Mark Thompson, Tarik Jusic (eds.)

Kanita Halilovic (transl.)

Sarajevo: Mediacentar (2008), 205 pp.

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Kosovo and the Media

Marko Trosanovski, Tome Smilevski (eds.)

Skopje: Macedonian Institute for Media (2008), 261 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2008: Focus on Access to Infrastructure

Alan Finlay (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos;Third World Institute (ITeM) (2008), 204 pp.

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Ten Years for Media Freedom: An OSCE Anniversary

Arnaud Amouroux (ed.)

Vienna: Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (2008), 176 pp.

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New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Vanderwerff

Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.

"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine ... more

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Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice

Sina Odugbemi, Thomas Jacobson (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxi, 525 pp.

"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful ... more

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Media Sustainability Index 2008: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xxi, 276 pp.

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The Public Broadcasting System in B-H: Between Ethnic Exclusivity and Long Term Sustainability

Amer Dzihana

Sarajevo: Open Society Fund Bosnia-Herzegovina (2008), 29 pp.

"One of the purposes of this paper is to examine the issue of reform and creation of a sustainable public broadcasting system of Bosnia-Herzegovina from the aspect of exercise of ethnic rights and equality of each of the B-H constituent peoples and citizens, but also to point to other elements - leg ... more

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Pursuing Just Peace: An Overview and Case Studies for Faith-Based Peacebuilders

Mark M. Rogers, Tom Bamat, Julie Ideh (eds.)

Baltimore: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2008), 158 pp.

"The volume begins with a general overview of faith-based peacebuilding by pastor and peace-practitioner David Steele. Several CRS staff members provided input on the early drafts [...] The case studies that follow all deal with initiatives involving Catholic actors. This is the tradition out of whi ... more

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Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering

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

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), 449 pp.

"Internet filtering takes place in at least forty states worldwide including many countries in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. This publication examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. The six introd ... more

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