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Front line public diplomacy: how US embassies communicate with foreign publics
New York:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2014), 276 pp., abbrev. p.xi-xii, index
ISBN 978-1-137-44415-8 (ebook); 978-1-349-49554-2 (print)
"This book is about public diplomacy as it is practiced by American diplomats at US embassies around the world. The focus is intentionally on field operations, since that is an aspect of public diplomacy that has been neglected in the literature. The book shows how American diplomats cope with the c...
Content analysis: measuring the success of journalism capacity building
Key Guidance
Bonn:
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie
(2014), 8 pp.
"In this paper we describe how quality in reporting could be measured through content analysis. We show that this approach, although somewhat technical, is feasible. It can help projects to become better and more successful. As a suggestion for practitioners in media development we present three opt...
Interventions to counter hate speech
Birmingham:
GSDRC
(2014), 8 pp.
"A number of international organisations and NGOs suggest strategies for countering hate speech, but there is limited evidence of successful interventions. There is a general lack of impact evaluations of interventions to counter hate speech. When impact is measured it tends to be done in the short-...
In the service of the public: functions and transformation of media in developing countries
Bonn:
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie
(2014), 300 pp.
Travel guide to the digital world: surveillance and international standards
London:
Global Partners Digital
(2014), 98 pp., glossary p.80-84, web direct. p.86-87
"The internet has enabled an unprecedented ability to monitor and track people and information flows as highlighted in the 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden about online surveillance carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency. The revelations have kicked off debates across the wor...
The ethics of journalism: individual, institutional and cultural influences
London; New York; Oxford:
Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism University of Oxford
(2014), xxiv, 279 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-78076-674-4 (pbk); 978-0-7556-9470-9 (online)
"The rise of digital and social media necessitates a new way of considering the ethical questions facing practicing journalists. This volume considers the various individual, cultural and institutional influences that have an impact on journalistic ethics today. It also examines the links between et...
Bits and atoms: information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood
Oxford:
Oxford University Press
(2014), xi, 195 pp., bibliogr. p.173-185, index
ISBN 978-0-19-994161-2
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone...
Professionalism and journalism ethics in post-authoritarian Mexico: perceptions of news for cash, gifts, and perks
In: The ethics of journalism: individual, institutional and cultural influences
Wendy N. Wyatt (ed.)
London; New York:
Tauris
(2014), pp. 55-64
ISBN 978-1-78076-674-4 (pbk); 978-0-7556-9470-9 (online)
"Today, Mexican journalists see themselves as generational change agents. These journalists — many of whom are university graduates — stand in stark contrast to their corrupt, ill-equipped, trained-on-the-job predecessors who were fond of bribery and manipulation. Today‘s journalists define th...
The ethics of memory in a digital age: interrogating the right to be forgotten
London:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2014), xi, 143 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-137-42845-5 (ebook); 978-1-137-42844-8 (print)
"This edited volume documents the current reflections on the 'Right to be Forgotten' and the interplay between the value of memory and citizen rights about memory. It provides a comprehensive analysis of problems associated with persistence of memory, the definition of identities (legal and social) ...
Communicating with communities: a case study and guide from Pakistan and elsewhere
Geneva:
International Organization for Migration (IOM); Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP)
(2014), xix, 109 pp., 23 figures, illustr., bibliogr. p.107-109
"The purpose of this handbook is to highlight achievements, as well as ongoing efforts and future plans, in improving information delivery to and communication with affected communities. This guide highlights the lack of critical information in emergency response and what needs to be done to ensure ...
Losing control: freedom of the press in Asia
Canberra:
Australian National University (ANU) E Press
(2014), xvi, 282 pp., abbrev. p.258-261, bibliogr. p.262-274, index
ISBN 9781925021431 (pbk); 9781925021448 (ebook)
Other Editions: 1st ed. Asia Pacific Press, 2000
"Losing Control: freedom of the press in Asia takes us right up to the end of this tumultuous century. It deals with the Chinese media cranking up its latest propaganda campaign, this time against the Falun Gong. It discusses how the Indonesian media lost its way in reporting the tragedy in East Tim...
Internet freedom and freedom of expression in South Africa
Johannesburg:
Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI); Raith Foundation
(2014), 31 pp.
"In a rapidly changing civil-political and socio-economic environment, the internet has emerged as one of the primary mechanisms that influence and continue to redefine the practice of democracy. Internet freedom is therefore an increasingly important safeguard towards advancing not only freedom of ...
3d Conference on Media Development in Myanmar, 18-19 September 2014: summary of presentations and conclusions
Myanmar Media Development Thematic Working Group; International Media Support (IMS)
(2014), 50 pp.
ISBN 978-87-92209-66-5
CC BY
"For the third consecutive year in a row, the Myanmar Media Development Conference, a unique multi-partner, multi-stakeholder enterprise, gathered government officials, journalists, media owners, editors, reporters, NGOs, local, regional and international organisations for discussions on the status ...
Journalism and dealing with the past: a manual for journalists in Kosovo
Prishtina (KO):
Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst (forumZFD)
(2014), 30 pp.
"This manual is the result of Frequencies of the Past, a conflict sensitive journalism project by forumZFD. From 2011 to 2013, journalists from different media, ethnic backgrounds and from various regions of Kosovo have joined the project to explore the opportunities to cover sensitive issues relate...
Reporting in criminal proceedings: guidance for journalists
Attorney General's Office
(2014), 6 pp.
"Open justice is a core principle in law, and the fair and accurate reporting of legal proceedings protects and promotes this principle. However, there are circumstances in which the reporting of proceedings or specific information must be restricted in order to protect the integrity of proceedings ...
Investigative journalism in Central and Eastern Europe: autonomy, business models, and democratic roles
International journal of press/politics, volume 18, issue 4 (2013), pp. 413-435
"This article presents a comparative study of investigative journalism in nine countries in the Central and Eastern European region (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia). The purpose is descriptive and analytical. Descriptively, the articl...
CCTV’s international expansion: China’s grand strategy for media?
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2013), 37 pp.
"China Central Television has come a long way since its founding as a domestic party propaganda outlet in 1958. The domestic service has been supplemented by an international service, boasting three major global offices in Beijing, Washington, and Nairobi, and more than 70 additional international b...
Media reforms through intervention: international media assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo:
Analitika – Center for Social Research
(2013), 71 pp., bibliogr. p.60-69
"The case of BiH demonstrates that media reform is a slow, time-consuming process, which is closely related to the consolidation of democratic institutions that foster free media. The four case studies presented here amply demonstrate a deep tension between externally-driven reform initiatives and t...
Derecho a la comunicación: realidad y desafíos en América Latina. Pueblos indígenas y políticas públicas de radiodifusión
Lima:
Servicios en Comunicación Intercultural (SERVINDI)
(2013), 429 pp., abbrev. p.7-8, bibliogr. p.403-414
"La finalidad de este libro es ofrecer al movimiento indígena del Perú y de América Latina un marco de referencia comparativo regional de las políticas públicas referidas al ejercicio del derecho a la comunicación de los pueblos indígenas que facilite articular propuestas para la agenda indí...
Towards a diagnostic approach to media in fragile states: examples from the Somali territories
Media, war & conflict, volume 6, issue 3 (2013), pp. 279-293
"Media interventions by international organizations and NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations seek to develop and shape a media system to contribute to specific political and social ends. The analyses and assessments that inform these interventions are often based on an overview of the forma...
