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The other air force: U.S. efforts to reshape Middle Eastern media since 9/11 (2016)
Transformations in Egyptian journalism (2013)
Development efforts to promote investigative reporting: a preliminary assessment of centers in Azerbaijan, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Bosnia (2014)
Évaluation de l’appui aux médias en période électorale en Afrique subsaharienne. Synthèse du rapport (2013)
"All successful democracies need freedom of speech": American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan (2005)

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Media and anti-corruption

Wasil Schauseil

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); Transparency International (2019), 17 pp., bibliogr. p.15-17

CC BY-NC-ND

"The media can play a paramount role in exposing corruption and initiating legal, political and penal action against it. Different media genres unfold their respective strengths and show their limits as anti-corruption tools depending on the different levels on which they take effect, on the audienc... more

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Global humanitarianism and media culture

Michael Lawrence; Rachel Tavernor (eds.)

Manchester: Manchester University Press (2019), x, 288 pp., illustrations, figures, tables, index

ISBN 978-1-5261-1730-4 (pdf); 978-1-5261-1729-8 (hbk) CC BY-NC-ND

"The chapters in this collection offer original interrogations of the representation of humanitarian crisis and catastrophe, and the refraction of humanitarian intervention and action, from the mid-twentieth century to the present, across a diverse range of media forms: traditional and contemporary ... more

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Cubrimiento electoral y libertad de prensa

Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2019), 42 pp.

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"Este manual busca ser una herramienta para que los(as) periodistas tengan mayor información acerca de sus derechos y de cómo pueden protegerlos antes, durante y después de los comicios. Asimismo, pretende dar a conocer diferentes temáticas relevantes en el ambiente electoral, como la Agenda 203... more

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'Screening' transitional justice in Serbia: ICTY representations and the memory of war crimes in Serb television media

Anna Geis; Katarina Ristic; Vladimir Petrovic

Osnabrück: Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF) (2019), 41 pp., bibliogr. p.34-39

ISSN 2193-794X

"The visual presentation of the Serb accused in TV news was based on iconic images of the accused combined with symbolic images of the state and its power, with nearly complete absence of visuals of atrocities and victims. In contrast, the visual presentation of the Croatian, Bosniak and Albanian de... more

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Worlds of journalism: journalistic cultures around the globe

Thomas Hanitzsch; Folker Hanusch; Jyotika Ramaprasad; Arrie De Beer (eds.)

New York: Columbia University Press (2019), xi, 434 pp., bibliogr. p.371-411, index

ISBN 978-0-231-18643-8 (print); 978-0-231-54663-8 (ebook)

"How do journalists around the world view their own function and role in society? Based on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 25,000 journalists in 66 countries between 2012 and 2015, Worlds of Journalism examines the different ways journalists conceive of their responsibilities... more

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Case studies in collaborative local journalism

Joy Jenkins; Lucas Graves

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 46 pp.

ISBN 978-1-907384-60-8 CC BY

"This report is based on more than 30 interviews with key figures in high-profile collaborative journalism experiments in three different countries, including journalists as well as senior management, community organisers, data analysts, technical experts, and others. The three primary cases feature...d are the Bureau Local (UK), ‘L’Italia Delle Slot’ (Italy), and Lännen Media (Finland). We also interviewed the director of CORRECTIV.Lokal, an initiative in Germany seeking to replicate the work of the Bureau Local. These cases reflect three distinct models of collaboration: (1) a permanent network of journalists and non-journalists engaged in topic-driven reporting projects (the Bureau Local); (2) legacy and start-up news organisations working together on a single extended investigation (‘L’Italia Delle Slot’); and (3) regional news organisations sharing content through a collaborative newsroom (Lännen Media). These initiatives involve both similar and divergent approaches to network building, project development, and content distribution. Two of the collaborations focus on publishing high-impact stories simultaneously across multiple outlets; the Bureau Local pursues multiple projects each year, while ‘L’Italia Delle Slot’ is a time-limited project focused on one subject. The third collaboration, Lännen Media, includes journalists working in newsrooms around Finland to produce national and international reporting shared among 12 member newspapers. We find that these very different initiatives feature many common elements that offer potential lessons for other local newsrooms: Each collaboration is designed to facilitate concrete forms of resource sharing – of both human and technical resources – while minimising potential competitive friction among the individuals and organisations involved. All three collaborations feature diverse and dispersed networks, and are dedicated to creating connections, both virtually and in person, to allow for knowledge-sharing, skills enhancement, and mentorship. They also aim to engage participants as equal partners in editorial processes. Participants suggest that collaborative approaches have allowed them to report on topics they would not typically cover as well as engage with familiar subjects in more comprehensive ways. Many said they have also learned how to better incorporate data and multimedia elements into their reporting. Two of the collaborations embrace strategies that allow them to connect with communities to tell their stories. The Bureau Local and ‘L’Italia Delle Slot’ have worked to build partnerships with individuals and organisations affected by the issues they cover, while Lännen Media journalists aim for coverage with broad appeal that doesn’t favour particular localities." (Publisher) more

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The role of community radios in information dissemination to rural women in South Africa

Madeleine C. Fombad; Glenrose Veli Jiyane

Journal of librarianship and information science, volume 51, issue 1 (2019), pp. 47-58

"This article adopts the case study research approach through the use of document analysis and interviews to investigate the role of two community radio stations in selected areas of the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa with regard to rural development and the dissemination of information to w... more

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Violence against women in elections online: a social media analysis tool

Washington, DC: International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES); USAID (2019), 72 pp.

"Around the world, women frequently experience harassment and violence when they decide to exercise their civil and political rights. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have created new vehicles for violence against women in elections (VAWIE), including violence that takes place on so... more

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Legal responses to online harassment and abuse of journalists: perspectives from Finland, France and Ireland

Jonathan McCully et al.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; International Press Institute (IPI) (2019), 39 pp.

"This report specifically examines legal remedies for online attacks against journalists. It looks at three case studies, in Finland, France and Ireland, of female journalists who were viciously attacked online for their work and the ensuing attempts to hold the perpetrators accountable. From an ana... more

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The representation of genocide in graphic novels: considering the role of Kitsch

Laurike in 't Veld

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), ix, 230 pp., 13 illustr., 5 colour illustr.

ISBN 978-3-030-03626-3 (ebook); 978-3-030-03625-6 (print)

"This book mobilises the concept of kitsch to investigate the tensions around the representation of genocide in international graphic novels that focus on the Holocaust and the genocides in Armenia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. In response to the predominantly negative readings of kitsch as meaningless or in... more

Fernsehjournalismus

Daniel Moj; Martin Ordolff

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2019) 2., völlig überarb. Aufl., 288 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.282-284, index

ISBN 978-3-7445-0616-8 (print); 978-3-7445-0618-2 (pdf)

Other Editions: 1st ed. 2005

"Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Arbeit des Fernsehjournalisten. Die Grundlagen in den verschiedenen Bereichen werden vermittelt. »Fernsehjournalismus« beginnt mit dem filmischen Erzählen und einer passenden Dramaturgie. Als Rohstoffe und Werkzeuge hat der Fernsehjournalist d... more

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Managing misinformation in a humanitarian context: Internews rumour tracking methodology. Part I: Context, part II: case study

Internews (2019), 56 pp.

CC BY-NC-SA

"Internews Rumour Tracking Methodology consists of four key functions: 1. A mechanism to determine and document which rumours are circulating; 2. An effective strategy to fact-check information and rumours; 3. A variety of accessible and inclusive mechanisms to share accurate responses to rumours; 4... more

The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power

Shoshana Zuboff

London: Profile Books (2019), viii, 691 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-78125-685-5 (pbk); 978-1-78283-274-4 (ebook)

"The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us. The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that we... more

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Linkages as a lens: an exploration of strategic communications in P/CVE

Joe Whittaker; Lilah Elsayed

Journal for deradicalization, volume , issue 20 (2019), pp. 1-45

ISSN 2363-9849 CC BY-NC-ND

"Strategic communications for the purpose of countering violent extremism have become widespread in recent years, especially given the communications revolution which has amplified the messages of violent extremists and those that wish to counter them. Despite this, there is little-to-no research wh... more

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Berichterstattung über Gewaltkriminalität: Wie häufig nennen Medien die Herkunft von Tatverdächtigen?

Thomas Hestermann

Hamburg: Hochschule Macromedia (2019), 15 pp.

"Wie unsere Langzeitanalyse zeigt, hat sich die Fernsehberichterstattung über Gewaltkriminalität gravierend verändert: Während die Herkunft von Tatverdächtigen 2014 praktisch keine Rolle spielte, wurde sie 2017 in jedem sechsten und 2019 in jedem dritten Beitrag erwähnt. In den untersuchten Ze... more

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European media migration report: how media cover migration and intra-EU mobility in terms of salience, sentiment and framing

Jakob-Moritz Eberl; Sebastian Galyga et al.

Vienna; Madrid: Debates and EU Reforms REMINDER - Role of European Mobility and its Impact in Narratives; University of Vienna; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2019), 89 pp., bibliogr. p.71-83

"The aim of this report is to offer a broad overview of migration (both immigration and emigration) discourses in European media for researchers in comparative media and migration studies in the coming years. It also aims at those involved in journalistic news production as well as policy decisions ... more

The role of the media in fostering a culture of critical engagement in the context of mass atrocities: examples from Rwanda, Colombia and South Sudan

Mark Frohardt; Paula Orlando

In: Media and mass atrocity: the Rwanda genocide and beyond

Allan Thompson (ed.)

Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), pp. 205-234

ISBN 978-1-928096-72-6

"A brief recap of the examples discussed here suggests, among other things, the following considerations: When information circulation is limited due to censorship or security concerns, it may be necessary to restrict information to what is essential for survival. In the case of BBTT in South Sudan,... humanitarian information is produced and transmitted by residents of the UN protected sites, in local languages and for local residents only; Likewise, in post-genocide Rwanda, where broadcasting news about atrocities would have been very challenging, the newsreel project provided information and space for discussion for different groups, while creating a conversation that extended beyond each screening and location; BBTT and the newsreels project also demonstrate that closed environments may be the best option to provide information safely and allow for open discussions among individuals affected by violence. By employing the use of listening and discussion groups, the program furthers its goal of engaging residents and extending their participation in the local form of public sphere. These controlled environments are particularly important to encourage the participation of victims, women and other marginalized groups in dialogue; Training and engaging citizens to gather, curate and disseminate content, as BBTT does with community correspondents, is an effective way to provide information that matters to people's lives and to foster a culture of critical engagement. These processes potentially help communities rebuild media structures once the political situation stabilizes; Media outlets that create avenues for interaction and feedback tend to be most successful in providing content that is relevant and engaging to audiences, as in the case of Sawa Shabab in South Sudan; Drama, games, storytelling and other forms of engagement with narratives provide opportunities for individuals to work together, regain social trust, learn about alternate forms of participation and reconstruct symbolic narratives, as demonstrated by the examples in Colombia; Recognition of the suffering of the victims as well as of their agency in resisting violence is also crucial in a post-atrocities context. This may come in the form of interactive media-making by citizens or in initiatives supported by media or research organizations such as the National Center for Historical Memory." (p.226-7) more

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Information flows and radicalization leading to violent extremism in Central Asia

Search for Common Ground; Internews (2019), 77 pp.

CC BY-NC-SA

"The study is comprised of three main parts: a desk study of available and accessible material – reports, documents and media material; a qualitative study comprising over 200 interviews with ordinary people, experts, and persons with direct experience with radicalization leading to violent extrem...ism (RVE); and a quantitative component consisting of national surveys of people’s information consumption habits. For the desk study, the effort was made to gain as broad a picture as possible, that is, to cover all five countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. However, predictably and unfortunately, Uzbekistan and especially Turkmenistan proved difficult cases to study in full. For both the qualitative and quantitative field research activities, for several reasons, only the first three countries were included. As a result, this study is able to report most robustly on these three countries and propose observations regarding Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan only to a limited extent. Based on the desk study, the drivers of extremist sympathies as established in existing research have been political grievances (injustice from state structures; identity-based discrimination; oppressive political regimes, etc), economic difficulties (unemployment; indebtedness; poverty; and desire for quick and greater income) and ideological motivations (resentment of false values; striving for the singularly just and true life; for reward in a perceived afterlife). To these push and pull factors are added a range of enabling factors, such as migration, young age, gender (women), and means of communication. All these drivers of RVE need to be treated with caution, as stressed by various authors and suggested by evidence gained in field research. A general observation, gained from the desk research and supported by evidence in both qualitative and quantitative field studies, was the difference among the countries in degree of control over the information space, or the degree of hegemony over public discourse. Of the three most fully studied countries, hegemonic discourse was the strongest in Tajikistan, followed by Kazakhstan, and the least in Kyrgyzstan. Uzbekistan, analyzed to a limited extent, would be closer to the extreme of Tajikistan, whereas Turkmenistan was too closed to make reasonably robust observations." (p.3) more

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Reporting human rights, conflicts, and peacebuilding: critical and global perspectives

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw; Senthan Selvarajah

Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxi, 280 pp.

ISBN 978-3-030-10718-5 (hbk); 978-3-030-10719-2 (ebook)

"This book focuses on the reporting of human rights in broadly defined times of conflict. It brings together scholarly and professional perspectives on the role of the media in constructing human rights and peacebuilding options in conflict and post-conflict environments, drawing on case studies fro... more

Transnational media: concepts and cases

Suman Mishra; Rebecca Kern-Stone (eds.)

Newark: Wiley & Sons (2019), ix, 246 pp.

ISBN 978-1-119-39460-0

"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa... more