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Per Diem Payments as a form of Censorship and Control: The Case of Guinea-Bissau’s Journalism

Susana Sampaio-Dias

Journalism Studies, volume 20, issue 16 (2019), pp. 2349-2365

"This article discusses the habit of politicians paying journalists per diem rates in exchange for media coverage. Although bribery and money incentives have been studied as practices that compromise the ethics of journalism in several African countries, this paper researches Guinea-Bissau as an exa ... more

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Media corruption and issues of journalistic and institutional integrity in post-communist countries: The case of Bulgaria

Lada Trifonova Price

Communist and Post-Communist Studies, volume 52, issue 1 (2019), pp. 71-79

"From a normative standpoint the media are usually seen as one of the pillars of a national integrity system, entrusted with the tasks of exposing and preventing acts of corruption and educating the public of the harm caused by corruption. Nevertheless, corruption continues to be one of the most sig ... more

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Citizens and Condemnation: Strategic Uses of International Human Rights Pressure in Authoritarian States

Jamie J. Gruffydd-Jones

Comparative Political Studies, volume 52, issue 4 (2019), pp. 579-612

"Governments with strict control over the information that their citizens hear from foreign sources are regular targets of human rights pressure, but we know little about how this information matters in the domestic realm. I argue that authoritarian regimes strategically pass on certain types of ext ... more

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Comunicar sin riesgo: Radios comunitarias en tiempos de paz. Manual de autoprotección

Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2019), 69 pp.

"En respuesta al riesgo que enfrentan tanto las emisoras comunitarias como otros medios de comunicación en todas las regiones del país, Colombia cuenta con un programa de protección a periodistas desde el año 2000. Luego de 19años, puede afirmarse que esta iniciativa ha contribuido considerable ... more

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"There is a Price to Pay": The Criminalization of Peaceful Speech in Lebanon

Jehanne Henry

New York: Human Rights Watch (2019), 122 pp.

"Over the past few years, Lebanon has witnessed an alarming increase in attacks on peaceful speech and expression. The country’s criminal defamation laws, which authorize imprisonment up to three years for peaceful speech, have been used against citizens who have written about pressing social issu ... more

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On media censorship, freedom of expression and the risks of journalism in Mexico

Fidel Gonzalez-Quinones, Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo

Information Development, volume 35, issue 4 (2019), pp. 666-670

"We present a classification of the types of censorship of media to frame the various issues that journalism and freedom of expression face in Mexico, which mainly include the role of the State in preventing or enforcing censorship, the monopoly of a few corporate groups that control most of the mas ... more

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Implications of AI-Driven Tools in the Media for Freedom of Expression

Natali Helberger, Sarah Eskens, Max van Drunen, Mariella Bastian, Judith Moeller

Institute for Information Law (2019), 39 pp.

"Based on an analysis of the use of AI-driven tools in the light of Article 10 EHCR, this report highlights a number of points for attention and the need for further initiatives. In particular, we signal that: - There is an important role for member States to ensure that access to innovative technol ... more

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An Investigation into State Suppression of Freedom of Expression in Lesotho

Ntsoareleng Koroloso, Tawanda Mukurunge, Takura Bhila

IJCIRAS, volume 2, issue 2 (2019), pp. 75-82

"The constitution of Lesotho gives assurance to freedom of expression which is supposed to protect the rights of journalists in the day to day dispensation of their duties. The situation on the ground however shows the exact opposite. Recent history can show assassination attempts on practicing jour ... more

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"As Long as I Am Quiet, I Am Safe": Threats to Independent Media and Civil Society in Tanzania

Human Rights Watch (2019), 63 pp.

"This publication documents how authorities have stepped up censorship of the media and arbitrarily arrested and, in some cases, prosecuted journalists and activists perceived to be government critics. They have also exerted tighter control over NGOs and political opposition parties. The repression ... more

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Media Ownership Monitor India

Reporters Without Borders; Data Leads (2019), 1360 pp.

"The Media Ownership Monitor – India finds out that while the ownership of media seems fairly plural at the national level, it is highly concentrated when one zooms into the regional level. More importantly, prominent national players have ceded their position of eminence at the regional level, wh ... more

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Press Freedom and the Global State of Democracy Indices

Stockholm: International IDEA (2019), 11 pp.

"Significant advances in Freedom of Expression and Media Integrity, as measured in the GSoD Indices, have been achieved in the last four decades. Citizens around the world are today more able to enjoy the freedom to openly discuss political issues, and to have access to a diverse and critical media, ... more

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Endangered Voices: Attack on Freedom of Expression in Nigeria

London: Amnesty International (2019), 40 pp.

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The Shrinking Civic Space in East Africa

Kampala: CIPESA (2019), 19 pp.

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Media Freedom Monitoring Report

Michelle Borok, T. Anar (eds.)

Ulaanbaatar: Globe International Center; Bar Association of Mongolia; Media Council of Mongolia (2019), 42 pp.

"Mongolia has much work to do to ensure full media freedom. Laws on defamation and access to information hamper media’s ability to report fully on matters of public interest and public figures engaged in public business. A deeper understanding of international standards on media freedom and the va ... more

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Internet Shutdowns: An Internet Society Public Policy Briefing

Internet Society (2019), 13 pp.

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La emboscada: Asesinato y memoria de cuatro periodistas holandeses en El Salvador

William Carballo, Nancy Sáenz

San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos (2019), xxiv, 228 pp.

"Este libro, como pocos, cuenta la historia de todo aquello que el periodismo debería ser y, al mismo tiempo, de todas sus debilidades. Cuatro valientes guerreros de la libertad de expresión, ejerciendo su función fundamental de lanzar luz sobre graves violaciones de derechos humanos, son permane ... more

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The Need for a New US Information Strategy for North Korea

Nat Kretchun

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2019), 19 pp.

"Drawing on relevant literature, analysis of North Korean media and information control techniques, and interviews with refugees and defectors, this report argues that a new US information strategy is needed to alleviate the social isolation of the North Korean people and improve their long-term wel ... more

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Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age: A Historian’s Perspective

Richard R. John

Church, Communication and Culture, volume 4 (2019), pp. 25-38

"Freedom of expression has a history. It is neither coeval with Christianity, as Catholic apologists sometimes assume, nor inherently valuable, as commentators in the United States often contend. On the contrary, it emerged in its modern form only in the seventeenth century as a byproduct of generat ... more

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Glasnost! Nine Ways Facebook Can Make Itself a Better Forum for Free Speech and Democracy

Timothy Garton Ash, Robert Gorwa, Danae Metaxa

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 27 pp.

"Following multiple controversies in the past two years, Facebook is seeking to implement much needed processes for self-regulation and governance to help regain the trust of the public, politicians, and regulatory authorities. Facebook has thus entered a new era of cautious glasnost, inviting resea ... more

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Media Influence Matrix: Pakistan. Technology, Public Sphere and Journalism

Ifra Asad, Mackenzie Nelson

Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2019), 20 pp.

"With particularly low internet penetration rates, intense state censorship and heavy Chinese investment, Pakistan presents elements of an authoritarian internet culture where surveillance is a barely-questioned norm, unless probed by civil society organizations or journalists. Social media giants s ... more