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Dialling in the law: a comparative assessment of jurisprudence on internet shutdowns
Association for Progressive Communication (APC); Cyrilla
(2020), 23 pp.
ISBN 978-92-95113-31-2
CC BY-NC-SA
"This report and the associated workbook seeks to contribute to the discourse in three ways. First, we hope to open an extensible documentation and overview of practices, experiences, and resources on the legitimisation of, and resistance to, state-backed internet shutdowns across the world. Second,...
Western Sahara: a desert for journalists
Paris:
Reporters Without Borders
(2019), 34 pp.
"On 26 February 1976, after almost a century of colonization, Spain withdrew from Western Sahara, throwing the territory wide open for Moroccan civil and military occupation and abandoning tens of thousands Sahrawis to their fate. More than four decades later, the Western Sahara, officially the last...
Legal responses to online harassment and abuse of journalists: perspectives from Finland, France and Ireland
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; International Press Institute (IPI)
(2019), 39 pp.
"This report specifically examines legal remedies for online attacks against journalists. It looks at three case studies, in Finland, France and Ireland, of female journalists who were viciously attacked online for their work and the ensuing attempts to hold the perpetrators accountable. From an ana...
The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power
London:
Profile Books
(2019), viii, 691 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-78125-685-5 (pbk); 978-1-78283-274-4 (ebook)
"The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us. The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that we...
State of internet freedom in Africa 2019: mapping trends in government internet controls, 1999-2019
Kampala:
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
(2019), 47 pp.
"The study has found that African countries have broadened the range of measures that govern the use of digital communications including the internet. The implementation of oppressive laws and regulations is on the rise in the countries under review. It is evident that countries are using legislatio...
Journalismus in Burundi: Erfahrungswelten in Konflikt und Transformation
Wiesbaden:
Springer
(2019), xvii, 469 pp., 7 tables, 4 illustr., bibliogr. p.435-469
ISBN 978-3-658-23674-8; 978-3-658-23673-1 (print)
"Das Buch befasst sich mit der Rolle von Medien in einem politischen Ausnahmezustand. Bettina Haasen hat in Burundi Journalistinnen und Journalisten zu ihrem beruflichen Rollenselbstverständnis befragt und diese Aussagen unter Berücksichtigung ihrer sozialen Herkunft und den Zielen der internation...
Despots and disruptions: five dimensions of internet shutdowns in Africa
Kampala:
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
(2019), 12 pp.
"The more undemocratic the system of government, the more likely it is that the Internet will be shut down. To prove this, the authors refer to the annual Democracy Index of the British consulting firm Economist Intelligence Unit of the news magazine of the same name. According to the index, 17 of t...
Justicia profana: el jurado de imprenta en el Perú
Lima:
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
(2018), 305 pp., bibliogr. p.291-305
ISBN 978-612-317-378-4; 612-317-378-2
"La libertad de expresión debe convivir con el respeto al derecho ajeno. Pero, ¿quién determina dónde se ubica exactamente ese límite? En una sociedad democrática como la nuestra que está regida por un Estado de derecho, es la ley la que regula esa dinámica. Aunque bien sabemos que las leyes...
Kept in the dark: social and psychological impacts of network shutdowns in India
New Delhi:
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)
(2018), 70 pp.
"While the State has been justifying network shutdowns as matters of “national interests”, it is interesting to note that the effect has been the total opposite. Interviewees in Kashmir and Darjeeling have stated that their mistrust in the Indian government has grown due to these actions. These ...
Au-delà de la liberté: le journaliste face aux infractions de presse
Kinshasa:
Journaliste en Danger (JED); Internews
(2018), 38 pp.
"Ce petit manuel va à titre didactique répertorier une liste d’infractions de presse pour attirer l’attention des médias et professionnels des médias sur leur responsabilité pénale dans l’exercice de la liberté de presse." (Verso)
Albanian media scene versus European standards: report based on Council of Europe’s indicators for media in a democracy
Tirana:
Albanian Media Institute
(2018), 79 pp.
"This report, which follows the Council of Europe’s list of “Indicators for Media in a Democracy”, intends to provide an analysis of the current media situation based on the standards upheld by this list. The aim of this report is to raise awareness on the status of affairs in the media scene ...
Estándares internacionales de libertad de expresión: guía básica para operadores de justicia en América Latina
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2017), 39 pp.
" ... es una herramienta indispensable para operadores de justicia que tratan casos sobre la libertad de expresión. La guía, producida conjuntamente por la UNESCO y la oficina del Relator Especial para Libertad de Expresión (RELE) y escrita por Silvia Chocarro, es un mapa esencial de los estánda...
Canaries in a coal-mine? What the killings of journalists tell us about future repression
Journal of peace research, volume 54, issue 2 (2017), pp. 157-174
" ... To test the argument whether the killing of journalists is a precursor to increasing repression, we introduce a new global dataset on killings of journalists between 2002 and 2013 that uses three different sources that track such events across the world. The new data show that mostly local jou...
Evade la censura en internet: cómo acceder a sitios web bloqueados o invisibles
Caracas:
Espacio Público
(2017), 0,541666667
The instrumentalisation of mass media in electoral authoritarian regimes: evidence from Russia's presidential election campaigns of 2000 and 2008
Stuttgart:
ibidem-Verlag
(2017), viii, 283 pp.
ISBN 978-3-8382-1013-1
Other Editions: Universität Bremen, Doctoral Thesis, 2016: Effect of media manipulation strategies on news content in electoral authoritarian regimes: the case of Russia
"Which instruments and approaches do incumbent elites employ to skew media coverage in favour of their preferred candidate in a presidential election? What effects do these strategies have on news content? Based on two case studies of the presidential election campaigns in Russia in 2000 and in 2008...
The kidnapping of journalists: reporting from high-risk conflict zones
London:
Tauris
(2016), vii, 100 pp.
ISBN 978-1-784535896
"This book explores the complex organisational issues surrounding the capture or kidnapping of journalists in areas of conflict and risk. It explores how journalists 'becoming news' is covered and the implications of that coverage, how news organisations prepare for and respond to such events, and h...
Desecrating expression: an account of freedom of expression and religion in Asia
Bytes for All; Asian For Human Rights & Development; Global Partners Digital
(2016), 80 pp.
"This report outlines the international human rights standards and processes related the protection of freedom of expression and religious belief, and discusses regional trends and challenges. The nine country case studies include the stories of many people across the region struggling to defend fre...
Protéger les libertés de presse et d'expression en RD Congo: fondements juridiques et rôles du pouvoir judiciaire
Kinshasa:
Internews; USAID
(2016), 97 pp.
" ... la présente brochure analyse le cadre juridique dans lequel s’inscrit la collaboration du pouvoir judiciaire avec les autres structures institutionnelles et non institutionnelles engagées dans le domaine de la liberté de la presse. Elle explique ensuite l’importance de l’information, ...
War on the media: journalists under attack in Libya
Human Rights Watch
(2015), 50 pp.
ISBN 978-1-6231-32309
"This report documents attacks against journalists and the offices and facilities of mediaoutlets since the 2011 uprising, including threats, assaults, kidnappings, and killings andaddresses the failure of the government to protect journalists and the media, and holdperpetrators of attac...
When the camera exposes the rifle. Special report: violations against photojournalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Ramallah:
MADA Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms
(2015), 13 pp., diagrams
"The three photos of the drowned Syrian refugee kid Aylan Kurdi, the Palestinian kid Mohammad Al-Dorra (during the second Intifada) and the Vietnamese Napalm girl Phan Th. Kim Phúc, caused enormous influence, not only among millions of people but also on decision makers. Therefore, photojournalists...
