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Media reform in Tunisia: a volatile process
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2022), 8 pp.
"President Saied’s moves to undermine constitutional governance and Tunisia’s parliament pose a major challenge for further media reforms. Yet, should the political environment prove enabling, foreign donors, media assistance organizations, and other stakeholders should prioritize working with l...
Nutzungserfahrungen mit konstruktivem Journalismus
Media Perspektiven, volume , issue 12 (2022), pp. 582-588
"Konstruktiver Journalismus unterscheidet sich vom traditionellen Journalismus dadurch, dass Nachrichten nicht nur mit negativer und konfliktbasierter Konnotation präsentiert, sondern konstruktive Auswege aufgezeigt werden. Er zeichnet sich durch spezifische Elemente in der Berichterstattung aus: L...
Sudan’s brief, fragile reform window (2019–2021)
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2022), 32 pp.
Long-term investments pay dividends in Ukraine
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2022), 27 pp.
"International assistance actors have played an important role in supporting media reforms in Ukraine. Their long-term, continuous efforts planted the seeds for groundbreaking media environment changes during Ukraine’s democratic transition. International donors’ sustained engagement in Ukraine ...
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...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Peru: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 4 pp.
"UNESCO organized several meetings with high-level representatives from the Peruvian government, including the judicial branch and the Prosecutor’s Office, along with civil society and media syndicates. This initiative also relied on cooperation with OHCHR and the Media Freedom Group, comprised of...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Somalia: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 5 pp.
"Under the MDP, UNESCO has since 2018 coordinated actions with other development partners through the Somalia Media Sector Group (SMSG) to advocate for improvements in the media legislative framework and to support the implementation of the Somalia Federal Republic Media Strategy 2016-2020 as well a...
Long-term investments pay dividends in Ukraine
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2022), 8 pp.
"Since gaining independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has lurched along an unsteady path toward accountable democratic governance. Yet despite the country's volatile politics and the escalating conflict with Russia leading up to the full.scale invasion of Ukraine in ...
Explaining international media development: building blocks for an analytical framework based on institutional logics
Journal of applied journalism & media studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 141-161
"The academic study of media development as a field of practice and international cooperation has received quite some impetus in the last couple of years. Theory-building in this research field, however, seems to be stagnating. The explanatory power of established theories such as modernization, dep...
The global handbook of media accountability
London; New York:
Routledge
(2022), xviii, 614 pp., illustr., index
ISBN 978-0-367-34628-7 (hbk); 978-1-03-215615-6 (pbk); 978-0-429-32694-3 (pdf)
"The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to 'de-Westernize' the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Burundi: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 6 pp.
"Burundian authorities have shown promising signs of substantive change by initiating the revision of the disputed 2018 press law, an exercise for which they requested UNESCO’s technical support. UNESCO’s participation in this process was made possible by continuous dialogue between UNESCO and t...
At the interstice of digital rights and environmental justice: four issue briefs to inform funding
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
(2022), 56 pp.
"[This is] a series of short issue briefs for funders on potential priority areas for funding activities or initiatives that would bring the work of digital rights organisations and environmental justice actors closer together. Each brief states the key problem from the perspective of the APC networ...
UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Myanmar: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 12 pp.
"The road to media freedom has been winding and narrow for Myanmar. Prior to the February 2021 military takeover, there had been guarded optimism that the country would soon enjoy freedom of expression and democratic principles. The country’s political reform process started in 2011, after 50 year...
Gender equality and media regulation study: Bangladesh
Dhaka:
Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI)
(2022), 108 pp.
ISBN 978-984-35-2469-0
"This study seeks to provide new knowledge and analysis about gender-equality related provisions in regulations, self-regulatory frameworks and policies concerning media in Bangladesh. It also explores their implementation and monitoring aspects. It seeks to provide clear recommendations and cite be...
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...
Overcoming the peace journalism paradox: a case study in journalist training as media development aid
Journal of applied journalism & media studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 211-226
"Peace journalism (PJ), originally proposed by Johan Galtung as a set of ideational distinctions in representations of conflict, has served as the organizing principle for both scholarly research and practical application. Much of the latter has come through media development aid, generally taking t...
Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
Quick overview
Oxford:
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
(2022), 161 pp., many diagr.
ISBN 978-1-907384-98-1
"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr...
Hassprediger Gottes: der amerikanische Radio-Priester Father Charles Coughlin
Alibri Verlag
(2022), 321 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.293-299, chronol. p.301-306
ISBN 978-3-86569-304-4
"Es ist erstaunlich, dass der römisch-katholische Radio-Priester Charles Coughlin – Vertreter der amerikanischen Religiösen Rechten, Antikommunist, Antisemit, Demagoge und Zeitzeuge der ersten America First-Bewegung – hierzulande so gut wie unbekannt ist. Ebenso erstaunlich ist, dass er bis vo...
Afghanistan media landscape guide
Quick overview
CDAC Network
(2022), 24 pp.
"This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Afghanistan, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media. It gives an insight into the role of media in developmen...
CANnual report 2022: trend radar. The latest in advertising, media and consumer behavior in Central and Eastern Europe
weCAN Communications
(2022), 125 pp., many graphs
"The CANnual Report 2022 follows a slightly different editorial concept than before. Since 2016, the publication featured one central topic which all creative agencies wrote about. This year however, weCAN experts write about twelve of the hottest topics in communication across the region. Five of t...
