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Responsible journalism in conflicted societies: trust and public service across new and old divides
London; New York:
Routledge
(2023), xii, 216 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-00-317821-7 (ebook)
"Applying an inclusive concept of ‘conflicted societies’ that goes beyond those affected by violent conflict to include traditionally ‘stable’ but increasingly polarised democracies, such as the UK and the USA, contributors engage with longstanding questions and new challenges surrounding co...
Humanitarian journalists: covering crises from a boundary zone
Top Insights
London; New York:
Routledge
(2023), xvi, 127 pp., figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-1-032-41207-8 (pbk); 978-1-003-35680-6 (ebk)
CC BY-NC-ND
"Based on a 5-year study, involving over 150 in-depth interviews, this book examines the political, economic and social forces that sustain and influence humanitarian journalists. The authors argue that – by amplifying marginalised voices and providing critical, in-depth explanations of neglected ...
State of play: trends in terrorist and violent extremist use of the internet 2022
Tech Against Terrorism
(2023), 32 pp.
"Over 2022, we have identified shifts in how a range of terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) networks operate online, including both Islamist and far-right terrorist groups and individuals. These shifts include changes in the types of platforms they target, the methods of propaganda sharing, and in...
Medienpolitik: Grundlagen für Wissenschaft und Praxis
München:
UVK
(2023) 3., vollständig überarb. und erw. Aufl., 366 pp., 24 tables, 17 illustr., abbrev., bibliogr. p.327-361, index
ISBN 978-3-8252-4378-4 (print); 978-3-8385-4378-9 (pdf)
Other Editions: 1st ed. 2007
"Digitalisierung, Transnationalisierung und Kommerzialisierung stellen die Medienpolitik vor große Herausforderungen. Wie kann sichergestellt werden, dass Medien und Plattformen ihre wichtige Funktion in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft erfüllen? In diese Thematik führt Manuel Puppis systematisc...
Collective trauma
D+C: development and cooperation, volume 0, issue 1 (2023), pp. 21-31
Other Editions: alos published in German
Media reform in Tunisia: a volatile process
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2022), 25 pp.
"The halting progress of the Tunisian media reform reflects the uncertainty and vulnerability of the political reform. As Professor of Communication and Democracy Katrin Voltmer contends, emerging media systems are unique types that are a blend of inherited structures, the constraints of the transit...
Global findings Bertelsmann Transformation Index BTI 2022
Gütersloh:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
(2022), 26 pp.
CC BY-SA
"As in previous years, the BTI 2022 has identified considerable regression worldwide with regard to trans-formation processes. The guiding principles of democracy and the market economy have been subjected to intense pressure and are being challenged by corrupt elites, illiberal populism and authori...
Media assistance in Burma’s reform decade
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2022), 8 pp.
"Despite the grim outlook, media development efforts in Burma between 2010 and 2020 may be instructive not only for donors pondering the way forward, but also for media assistance efforts in other countries in transition. This report, part of the Center for International Media Assistance’s “Medi...
Financing independent media: a global challenge
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Mediation: biannual publication of Fondation Hirondelle, volume 0, issue 9 (2022), 6 pp.
"The evolution of media towards mainly digital platforms has provoked a long crisis in their financing, often resulting in them being absorbed into large industrial groups seeking political influence. In the North as in the South, economic models for independent news and information need to be reinv...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Palestine: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 8 pp.
"The MDP has made the safety of Palestinian journalists one of its priority areas of intervention. Building on a series of training courses and open dialogues organized by UNESCO with support from SIDA in 2017 between journalists and members of the Palestinian security forces, UNESCO sustained its a...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) regional action in Africa: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 10 pp.
" ... in 2019, UNESCO’s Addis Ababa Liaison Office engaged the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and a wide range of partners to ensure adequate responses to the protection of journalists and the fight against impunity in Africa. These consultative meetin...
Transforming journalism in Vietnam: an exploration of two Swedish media aid projects
Journal of applied journalism & media studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 227-247
"In this article, I examine the development of journalism in Vietnam by exploring documentation from two media aid projects carried out by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) from 1993 until 2007. The project documents contain fieldnotes, evaluations and reflections from ...
Principles for effective support to the media sector. Thirty-third session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication, 24-25 November 2022, Item 10 of the provisional agenda
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 3 pp.
Other Editions: also published in French
"This document offers a summary of a broad-based process underway in the wider media development community to develop principles for effective support to the media sector, and its relevance for the work of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The document includes...
A framework for assessing the role of public service media organizations in countering disinformation
Digital journalism, volume 10, issue 5 (2022), pp. 843-865
"Public service media (PSM) are widely acknowledged as part of the variety of solutions to disinformation. The remit of PSM, formed around values of universality, equality, diversity, accuracy and quality, implies a responsibility to fight disinformation by producing fact-based news content and find...
Palestine territories media landscape guide
CDAC Network
(2022), 20 pp.
"This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in the Palestinian territories. It includes information on audiences, content producers and languages associated with the media and examines the communications culture and preferences of different groups in the community. The guide gives a...
Fundamentalism and the search for meaning in digital media among Gen Y and Gen Z
Journal for deradicalization, volume , issue 33 (2022), pp. 255-285
"Religious fundamentalists have a common fear that modernity, digital mass media, and popular culture may corrupt young adults and undermine sacred values and moral codes. However, some young adults do not abandon their religion; conversely, they submit to fundamentalist religious authority and are ...
The unfreedom monitor: Morocco country report
Advox
(2022), 27 pp.
"Journalists and independent press are tried and prosecuted with harsh charges that reach up to 20 years of imprisonment under the Penal Code, rather than the Press Code of 2016, which abolished imprisonment for criticising the monarch. The government closely monitors and controls media content thro...
The unfreedom monitor: Egypt country report
Advox
(2022), 20 pp.
"According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), half of the media in the country is owned by the government or affiliated with the intelligence services. The rest are owned by pro-government businessmen. The few independent press websites that are still open have been blocked. Their owners and editor...
The unfreedom monitor: Tanzania country report
Advox
(2022), 22 pp.
"Tanzania has exercised authority on digital avenues in three main vital ways:• Surveillance: Data governance in Tanzania has been one area that has had fewer restrictions as there are still laws that adequately speak to things such as data protection and privacy. However, laws such as the Cyb...
Internet shutdowns and human rights: submission in response to the call for comments by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as input for the report on internet shutdowns and human rights to the fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
(2022), 29 pp.
"Temporary internet disruptions and shutdowns pose serious challenges to the exercise of a wide range of rights and therefore cannot be justified under any pretext, whether these relate to preservation of national security, safeguarding the public order, or countering disinformation, among others. A...
