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Mechachal: A Preliminary Assessment of Online Debates in Ethiopia. Report One

Iginio Gagliardone et al.

University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 35 pp.

"Mechachal is a collaborative project developed by the University of Oxford and Addis Ababa University to understand the nature and potential of online debates in Ethiopia. Mechachal can be translated from Amharic as “tolerance”, or as one’s awareness of their own social sphere and willingness ... more

Advocacy: Justice and the SDGs. How to Translate International Justice Commitments into National Reform

Stacey Cram, Sumaiya Islam, Temitayo O. Peters, Jennifer Tsai, Betsy Walters

Transparency, Accountability, & Participation (TAP) Network (2015), 69 pp.

"[...] From now until 2030, governments around the world will be working to achieve the SDGs. Goal 16 guarantees “access to justice for all” and legal empowerment and justice are necessary for the overall success of the SDGs. By supporting your government to achieve Goal 16 you will be better ab ... more

Social Media - Making Your Voice Heard

Helen Magee, Mary Mitchell

International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) (2015), 15 pp.

"Online communication is widely used by NGOs, but the full potential of social media is not always realised. The most effective use of online communications requires an organisational culture that values social media as central to its overall strategy. However, there is frequently a lack of integrat ... more

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Media, Margins and Civic Agency

Heather Savigny, Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson, Jenny Alexander (eds.)

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiii, 219 pp.

"This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do empower or dis-empower citizens at the margins that is, how they act as vehicles of, or obstacles to, civic agency and social change." (Publisher descrip ... more

Global Media Forum Conference Documentation 2014: From Information to Participation - Challenges for the Media

Bonn: Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (2015), 172 pp.

Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media

Iginio Gagliardone et al.

University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 103 pp.

"We analyzed more than 13,000 statements during the project. This report primarily builds on the statements that were collected between 24 February and 24 June 2015, three months before and one month after the parliamentary elections that took place in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015. FINDING 1 - Hate and d ... more

Internet e mobilizações sociais: Transformações do espaço público e da sociedade civil

Bernardo Sorj, Sergio Fausto (eds.)

São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2015), 146 pp.

Talkback Programming: Cambodia Communication Assistance Project. Impact Research Briefing

ABC International Development (2015), 14 pp.

"The Cambodia Communication Assistance Project (CCAP) is a media development initiative (2012-2014) funded by Australia’s aid program. The project is implemented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s International Development (ABCID) unit, in collaboration with four Cambodian Provincial D ... more

Videoactivismo y movimientos sociales: Teoría y praxis de las multitudes conectadas

Francisco Sierra Caballero, David Montero (eds.)

Barcelona: Gedisa (2015), 382 pp.

Patronage, Politics and Performance: Radio Call-In Programmes and the Myth of Accountability

Nicole Stremlau, Emanuele Fantini, Iginio Gagliardone

Third World Quarterly, volume 36, issue 8 (2015), pp. 1510-1526

"Assumptions about the role of call-in programmes as open spaces for pubic engagement and accountability often fail to account for the influence of existing power structures and multiple publics engaging in these programmes for a variety of reasons. Furthermore, the history of call-in programmes rev ... more

Humanitarianism 2.0

Guillaume Bazerli, Theresa Bean, Angela Crandall et al.

Humanitarianism 2.0 Project (2015), 102 pp.

"The five reports that make up this collection are variously concerned with humanitarian aid, social and cultural evolution, crisis response, the mitigation of cultural divides, and political unrest. The themes that bind them are an international movement towards public safety; a trust-based relatio ... more

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Die Entfaltung der E-Demokratie

Heike Hermanns

In: Länderbericht Korea

Eun-Jeung Lee (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2015), pp. 145-158

"Die Entfaltung der E-Demokratie legt die Probleme der demokratischen Praxis in Südkorea offen: da sich die Bürger durch die politischen Institutionen nicht repräsentiert fühlen, suchen sie neue Wege, ihre Meinung zu äußern. Dabei sind die Netizens den politischen Akteuren und staatlichen Stel ... more

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Redes sociodigitales en México

Rosalía Winocur Iparraguirre, José Alberto Sánchez Martínez (eds.)

México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2015), 194 pp.

Voces abiertas: Comunicación, política y ciudadanía en América Latina

Florencia Saintout, Andrea Varela et al.

Buenos Aires: CLACSO;Ediciones de Periodismo y Comunicación (EPC) (2015), 313 pp.

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Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia and Vietnam

Zachary Abuza, Sherif Mansour, Maria Snegovaya

Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED);International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 57 pp.

"The three case studies depict a range of repressive efforts that are calibrated to achieve particular ends. Sometimes, the authorities choose to co-opt independent voices. In other instances, the regime may create new government-backed versions of media initiatives or civic organizations which mimi ... more

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Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation

Lina Dencik, Oliver Leistert (eds.)

London; New York: Rowman & Littlefield (2015), vii, 240 pp.

Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt

Sherif Mansour

Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED);International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 16 pp.

"Egypt’s plummeting press freedom is in part a result of the many ways in which the state can put pressure on independent media under Egyptian law. While the January 2014 constitution contains clear protections for the media (including, under Article 71, bans on censorship and surveillance), many ... more

Speaking Up for the Suffering (br)other: Weibo Activism, Discursive Struggles, and Minimal Politics in China

Marielle Stigum Gleiss

Media, Culture & Society, volume 37, issue 4 (2015), pp. 513-529

"In order to offer a more nuanced account of the relationship between online media and politics, this article proposes a theoretical framework that pays attention to discursive struggles, identifies strategies to contest hegemonic discourses, and employs a broadened notion of politics, referred to a ... more

Interactive Radio! Toolkit for Stations
Key Guidance

Ida Jooste

Internews;University of Cambridge, Centre of Governance and Human Rights (2015), 51 pp.

"This toolkit combines the knowledge and experience of Internews with insights from research conducted by the University of Cambridge’s Centre of Governance and Human Rights and partners in the Politics and Interactive Media (PiMA) research project. Politics and Interactive Media in Africa (PiMA), ... more