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Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
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PRISA (Spain)
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Are Whistleblowing Laws Working? A Global Study of Whistleblower Protection Litigation
International Bar Association; Government Accountability Project (2021), 81 pp.
"There are three imperatives for advancing whistleblower protection: (1) to draft and enact comprehensive antiretaliation laws that reflect global best practices by learning from and acting on mistakes or omissions in less sophisticated pioneer laws; (2) to turn paper rights into reality by ensuring
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Netzpolitik: Eine feministische Einführung
Opladen; Berlin: Verlag Barbara Budrich (2021), 188 pp.
"Die Publikation führt in die Thematiken einer feministischen Netzpolitik ein und zeigt deren Potentiale auf. Zudem unternimmt sie den Versuch, einen neuen Gesellschaftsvertrag des Digitalen zu entwerfen. Anhand von zwei zentralen Themen- und Diskussionsfeldern, „Digitale Gewalt“ und „Überwa
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The Concept of Chilling Effect: Its Untapped Potential to Better Protect Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Fundamental Rights in the EU
Open Society Foundations (2021), 33 pp.
"From a legal point of view, chilling effect may be defined as the negative effect any state action has on natural and/or legal persons, and which results in pre-emptively dissuading them from exercising their rights or fulfilling their professional obligations, for fear of being subject to formal s
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Staatliche Medienförderung: Begriffsverständnis, theoretische Zugänge und Praxen in der DACH-Region
"Staatliche Medienförderung gilt als Instrument der Medienpolitik und bedeutet in der Regel die fortwährende finanzielle Unterstützung von Medieninhabern zur Produktion und dem Vertrieb von Medieninhalten und -projekten. Staatliche Medienförderung kann viele Formen annehmen, meint aber vorwiegen
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"[...] el libro propone un diálogo a partir de tres categorías, a saber: 1) las limitaciones al acceso a la información y sus impactos en la vida política; 2) el régimen jurídico de la comunicación; y 3) los medios de comunicación y la representación política. Esta perspectiva, nos ayuda a
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Avances y retrocesos en las políticas de comunicación en la Argentina: Del consumo a los derechos y de los derechos a la incertidumbre
Buenos Aires; Los Polvorines: CLACSO; Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (2021), 185 pp.
"En el controvertido escenario de transición de los gobiernos kirchneristas al triunfo de la alianza Cambiemos y la relación entre medios de comunicación y política en la Argentina, se escribieron los artículos de este volumen. En la primera parte, autoras y autores problematizan las miradas so
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Teaching Media Policy in Africa: A Handbook for Educators
Key Guidance
Windhoek: Namibia Media Trust (2021), 149 pp.
"This handbook enables media educators throughout Africa to raise awareness and impact the media ecology on a national and regional basis. National, regional and international media environments are crucial for the attainment of the sustainable development and the protection of human rights. This is
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Liberté, droit et responsabilité médiatiques: Trois piliers de la pratique du journalisme en contexte congolais
Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 201 pp.
"Le journalisme congolais se pratique dans un contexte délicat qui allie la liberté d’informer, les contraintes qu’appelle le respect des lois et règlements ainsi qu’une véritable prise de conscience de la responsabilité des acteurs et des instances médiatiques. C’est pourquoi la prati
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Un acercamiento entre la justicia y el periodismo: Balance del trabajo realizado junto con magistrados y magistradas, y retos para hacer sostenible su acercamiento y empoderamiento en temas de libertad de expresión, acceso a la información pública y seguridad de periodistas
Lima: Instituto de Defensa Legal; UNESCO (2021), 31 pp.
Media Regulatory Authorities and Media Pluralism
Council of Europe (2021), 112 pp.
Is There a Global Norm for the Protection of Journalists’ Sources?
In: Regardless of Frontiers: Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World
New York: Colombia University Press (2021), pp. 116-142
"People frequently provide journalists with information to report to the public. Some don't want their identity revealed. This chapter is about the rules that protect journalists from being compelled to reveal the identities of such people. It examines wether there is a global norm that journalists'
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Regardless of Frontiers: Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World
Top Insights
New York: Columbia University Press (2021), xxiv, 409 pp.
"This volume brings together leading experts from a variety of fields to critically evaluate the extent to which global norms on freedom of expression and information have been established and which actors and institutions have contributed to their diffusion. The contributors also consider ongoing a
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National Regulatory and Self-Regulatory Framework Against Hate Speech and Disinformation: Factsheet Montenegro
Ljubljana: South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM); Peace Institute; Montenegro Media Institute (2021), 19 pp.
"Competent institutions should react in case of spreading hate speech and introduce appropriate measures to combat the spread of disinformation, which would serve as a middle ground between arresting those who spread disinformation and a too passive approach to this problem. In addition to this, the
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Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 3
Key Guidance
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), 2nd ed. (2021), xi, 286 pp.
The Historicity of Media Regulation in Zambia: Examining the Proposed Statutory Self-Regulation
African Journalism Studies, volume 42, issue 2 (2021), pp. 59-76
"The media in Zambia have been in a state of uncertainty since Zambia reinstated democratic governance in the early 1990s. Despite promising initial steps to deregulate the media that started under President Chiluba’s government in the mid-1990s, achieving these objectives in successive years has
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