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Government Communication Strategies
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Human Rights
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Social Media
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Democracy
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Political Transition and Media
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Facebook
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Journalists
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Press
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Community Radios
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OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media
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Media Development Indicators
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Google
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Media Law & Regulation: Authoritarian Regimes
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Christian Communication
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Community Radio Regulation & Licensing
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Media & Information Literacy
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Flow of Information
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Local Advertising & Local Advertising Markets
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Transnational Advertising, International Advertising
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Advocacy & Political Films
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Land Property, Land Grabbing, Land Reforms
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Area & Regional Studies
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Internet & Social Media Use: Minorities
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Mobile Phone Use
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Authoritarian Discourse
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Media Assistance: Authoritarian Countries
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Books
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Book Policies (National & International)
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Book Trade & Distribution
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Campaigning
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Catholic Church
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Children and Media
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Communication Pastoral, Media Pastoral
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Film Trade, Film Export & Import
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Film Festivals
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Hollywood
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
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History of Press Freedom & Censorship
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Right to be Forgotten
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Enemy Images
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Media Criticism
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Rumours & Rumour Management
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Musicals & Operas
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Cultural Policies
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Cultural Studies
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Culture (General)
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World Bank
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Information For All Programme (IFAP/UNESCO)
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Millenium Development Goals (MDG)
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Digital Criticism
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Internet and Politics
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Media Policies & Regulations
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Minority Journalists
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Racism
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Racism in Communication & Media
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Religious Minorities & Media
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Romani People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Famines: Media Representation & Reporting
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Media Clusters
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Editorial Guidelines
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Journalism Sources
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Media Assistance: Journalists' Associations, Media Associations
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Transitional Justice
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PRISA (Spain)
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Folk Songs
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El Comercio (Newspaper, Peru)
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Tendances mondiales en matière de liberté des d’expression et de développement des médias. Rapport mondial 2017/2018
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2018), 200 pp.
"Nous observons ainsi des mutations profondes dans le champ de la liberté de la presse, qui progresse sur plusieurs points, mais recule également dans certains autres. La liberté des médias est notamment limitée par de nombreuses restrictions légales sur le droit de communiquer des information
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Monopólios digitais: Concentração e diversidade na Internet
São Paulo: Intervozes (2018), 174 pp.
"Em termo de variedade de conteúdos e formatos, há uma hegemonia quase absoluta dos modelos de negócio calcados no lucro e do entretenimento. Este tipo de conteúdo é o foco de 84% dos sites mais acessados. Apenas a Wikipedia surge como grande produtor e difusor de conteúdo, mas ainda assim de
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Media Ownership Monitor Lebanon
Reporters Without Borders; Samir Kassir Foundation (2018), 1323 pp.
"The seemingly buzzing Lebanese media market is, in fact, controlled by only a few highly politicized owners that are either directly affiliated with political parties or belong to Lebanese dynasties. Additional threats to media pluralism arise from clear editorial lines defined by politics, close t
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Freedom of Expression and Religious Hate Speech in Europe
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xv, 191 pp.
"In recent years, the Danish cartoons affair, the Charlie Hebdo murders and the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris have resulted in increasingly strident anti-Islamic speeches by politicians. This raises questions about the limits to freedom of expression and whether this freedom can and should
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Direito à comunicação no Brasil 2017
São Paulo: Intervozes; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2018), 76 pp.
Journalists: The Bête Noire of Organized Crime
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2018), 47 pp.
Challenges to Media Freedom: A view from Europe
Infoamérica: Iberoamerican Communication Review, volume 11 (2018), pp. 129-146
"The ability of the media and especially journalism to operate freely is crucial in order on the one hand to hold governments and other institutions accountable for their actions and on the other to allow citizens to make informed decisions. To discuss the current state of affairs for media and jour
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Explanatory Memorandum: Declaration on Media Freedom in the Arab World
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2018), 34 pp.
"On 3 May 2016, the Declaration on Media Freedom in the Arab World (Declaration or Arab Declaration) was adopted at a groundbreaking event in Casablanca, Morocco, attended by over 100 delegates representing journalists’ unions, human rights campaigners and media groups from across the Arab World.
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Legal Standards on Freedom of Expression: Toolkit for the Judiciary in Africa
Paris: UNESCO (2018), 218 pp.
"The toolkit encompasses a broad variety of issues, which should be considered by judicial actors in the course of their work to protect human rights. It covers legal standards of freedom of expression according to international and regional instruments and core texts and surveys pertinent jurisprud
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Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour la sécurité des journalistes et des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 45 pp.
"La relation entre les médias et les agences de sécurité, y compris les services de police et de renseignement, a toujours été délicate. Dans le contexte de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, cette relation est souvent caractérisée par des affrontements fréquents, résultant d'une incapacité quelque pe
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A New Wave of Censorship: Distributed Attacks on Expression and Press Freedom
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2018)
"In both authoritarian and democratic contexts, new forms of censorship online are carried out through distributed attacks on freedom of expression that are insidiously difficult to detect, and often just as effective, if not more, than the kinds of brute force techniques by state agents that came b
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Unpacking the Blasphemy Laws of Pakistan
Asian Affairs, volume 49, issue 2 (2018), pp. 319-339
"Over the years, Pakistan's notorious blasphemy laws have been a central instrument for the persecution of religious minorities. While these laws are colonial in origin, they exist today within the context of a general Islamisation of laws, which combined with the state's inability to hold a monopol
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Contesting Cyberspace in China: Online Expression and Authoritarian Resilience
New York: Columbia University Press (2018), xvi, 315 pp.
"Han reveals how the state, service providers, and netizens negotiate the limits of discourse, interrogating our assumptions about authoritarian resilience and the internet's democratizing power." (Publisher description)
Strengthening Police and Media Relations for the Safety of Journalists and Peaceful, Free and Fair Elections in West Africa
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 42 pp.
"The relationship between the media and security agencies, including those in the law enforcement and intelligence services, has always been a delicate one. In the West African context, this relationship is often characterized by frequent clashes, arising from a somewhat startling inability of eithe
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Online Harassment of Journalists: Attack of the Trolls
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2018), 36 pp.
"In a new report entitled “Online harassment of journalists: the trolls attack,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sheds light on the latest danger for journalists – threats and insults on social networks that are designed to intimidate them into silence. The sources of these threats and insults
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Media Ownership Monitor Sri Lanka
Reporters Without Borders; Verité Research (2018), 825 pp.
"Viewership, listenership and readership in the Sri Lankan media market is highly concentrated among a few media owners, many of whom have political affiliations. Limited access to ownership information and a number of regulatory shortcomings pose a further threat to media pluralism in the country."
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"Since 2013, Bangladesh authorities have used draconian provisions in the Information and Communication Technology Act (ICT Act) to arrest scores of people for political and social commentary critical of the current Awami League government or its leaders. Those targeted have also included journalist
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