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Surveillance Infrastructure in China: Key Concepts and Mechanisms Enhancing the Party-State’s Governance Ambitions

Susan Trevaskes, Ausma Bernot

Global Media and China, volume 8, issue 3 (2023), pp. 327-342

"Surveillance infrastructure in China monitors and enables authorities to react to potential isky,miscreant or criminal behaviour. What type of behaviours are perceived to be so, is determined in large part by ideology. Therefore, surveillance infrastructure relies on the machinery of ideology to de ... more

Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists: Annual Report, 2022

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 261 pp.

"Over the last year, the Theory of Change (ToC) has guided the MDP’s activities and actions. The Programme has followed a dual approach, reinforcing the capacities of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders, with a focus on local media stakeholders. The aim of this approach is to create a safe ... more

Manual para periodistas y estudiantes de periodismo: Libertad de prensa

María Sosa Mendoza

Lima: Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL); Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (2023), 80 pp.

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SLAPPs: A Threat to Democracy Continues to Grow. A 2023 Report Update

Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE); Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, 2nd ed. (2023), 23 pp.

Ranking Digital Rights in East and Southern Africa: The Polices and Practices of Telecommunication Companies

Internews; Ranking Digital Rights (2023), 60 pp.

The Dynamics of Influence on Press Freedom in Different Media Systems: A Comparative Study

Theodora A. Maniou

Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 9 (2023), pp. 1937-1961

"his study focuses on contributing to the emerging international research agenda regarding press freedom, moving beyond the already established factors that relate to political and industrial norms as influences on press freedom. Its primary goal is to explore the dynamics of influence on press free ... more

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External Monitoring of Coercive Agents and the Murders of Journalists: A Cross-National Study of Journalist Killings, 1992–2018

Berkay Alica

Human Rights Quarterly, volume 45, issue 1 (2023), pp. 32-61

"Targeted attacks on journalists are internationally condemned crimes, which not only undermine freedom of expression, but also symbolize an utter disregard for basic human rights. Yet, murders of journalists occur in all types of regimes, whether autocratic or democratic. This article explores the ... more

El guardián desnudo

Páginas , issue 5 (2023), 40 pp.

"¿Cómo proteger a la prensa en un país violento? Desde el 2020, cada año se impone un nuevo récord de amenazas contra periodistas. La cifra del 2022 fue de 218, la más alta de los últimos quince años. Además, dos periodistas fueron asesinados, para un total de cinco en los últimos tres añ ... more

Weaponising the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom
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Joel Simon, Carlos Lauría, Ona Flores

Thomson Reuters Foundation; Tow Center for Digital Journalism (2023), 50 pp.

"The purpose of this report is to provide the first step towards a global overview of the weaponization of the law as a prominent threat to media freedom. In doing so, we offer a resource that can be used to empower those seeking to navigate the shifting legal environment and support those working t ... more

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The Evolution of Self-Censorship in Hong Kong Online Journalism: Influences from Digitalization and the State

Alex Zhi-Xiong Koo

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 1 (2023), pp. 143-163

"Studies about media self-censorship typically focus on its mechanism in traditional newsroom settings. But how media self-censorship may evolve in online journalism has remained largely unexplored. Using Hong Kong as a case, I examine the digital evolution of media self-censorship in a unique non-d ... more

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Preparing to publish: How journalists negotiate content restrictions in semi-authoritarian states

Ruth Moon

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 120-140

"Journalists act strategically in response to their political environments, using practices like self-censorship to avoid negative repercussions from powerful actors. But what does self-censorship look like in practice? Grounded in theories of policy response and media sociology, this study uses jou ... more

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Georgia: Media Freedom in Decline

Elena Zondler, Ekaterine Basilaia, Alexander Matschke, Evelin Meier

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 14 pp.

Killing the Messenger 2023: An Analysis of News Media Casualties

London: International News Safety Institute (INSI) (2023), 18 pp.

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Angolans reject government restrictions on information, say media should report freely

Asafika Mpako, Carlos Pacatolo

Afrobarometer (2023), 11 pp.

"According to the most recent Afrobarometer survey, Angolans broadly agree that the media should act as a watchdog over the government, constantly investigating and reporting on government mistakes and corruption. Citizens value media freedom and reject the notion that public information should be t ... more

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Freedom of Expression and Media Consumption Research in Armenia

Yerevan: Internews; USAID; Prisma Research and Analysis (2023), 71 pp.

The Unfreedom Monitor: Myanmar Country Report

Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2023), 18 pp.

"By learning about both the repression and resistance sides of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution, it is evident that digital technology is playing a critical role in this revolution. The military is using every possible technology to repress people, inject fear into society and manipulate it. The revolu ... more

Internet Censorship in Kazakhstan: Extensive But Unnecessary

ConnexUs (2023), 5 pp.

"An increasing number of states resort to various tools to control the dissemination of information on the internet. The government of Kazakhstan has also become adept at employing censorship methods to silence alternative voices and prevent the public from seeing undesirable critical content. Yet s ... more

Direito a Comunicação no Brasil 2022

Alex Pegna Hercog, Eduardo Amorim, Mabel Dias et al.

São Paulo: Intervozes (2023), 99 pp.

The Unfreedom Monitor: Cameroon Country Report

Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2023), 22 pp.

"This research indicates that the government criminalises free speech by using a vague and broad definition of fake news, and clamps down on dissent and criticism, and that journalists who criticise the government are seen as enemies of the state — as in the case of the jailing of Kingsley Fomunyu ... more