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African Media Development Initiative: Sierra Leone. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 78 pp., abbrev.
ISBN 1-906086-11-7
"The most relevant changes that occurred during the past five years in Sierra Leone are the results of democracy (free and fair elections in 2002) and establishing the Independent Media Commission Act (IMC) of 2000 to help deregulate the formation of new media outlets. The resilience of media practi...
African Media Development Initiative: Cameroon. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 71 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-03-6
"The media sector has changed in recent years, mostly for the better, through the following media development processes: the 1990 Decree on the liberalisation of the broadcast sector to allow private entrants; significant increase in private radio and television, although licensing is still problema...
Retelling the news in Central Europe: Western journalism as democratic discourse
In: Nationalist myths and modern media: contested identities in the age of globalization
J. H. Brinks; Stella Rock; Edward Timms (eds.)
London:
Tauris
(2006), pp. 39-54
"This paper has shown that media assistance donors to Central Europe misplaced their emphasis on the trainign of journalistic craft skills as a principal means of introducing what they rather uncritically called 'democratic journalism' to post-Communist societies. There are many narrative choices in...
African Media Development Initiative: Botswana. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 74 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-02-8
"There have been significant changes in the Botswanan media in the past five years. Some of the changes noted include the recent proliferation of newspapers and the partial freeing of the airwaves by the Botswanan government, which has led to the setting up of two new commercial radio stations. Ther...
African Media Development Initiative: Mozambique. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 71 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-08-7
"While acknowledging that the situation is not entirely ideal, most of the interviewees believed a lot has been achieved in terms of the development of the media in Mozambique over the past five years. This was mainly due to relatively stable political conditions, underpinned by a liberal constituti...
Promoting independent media in El Salvador
In: Promoting democracy in postconflict societies
Jeroen de Zeeuw; Krishna Kumar (eds.)
Boulder, Colo.; London:
Rienner
(2006), pp. 237-256
"... aid for the media in El Salvador played a role in shaping a more open, tolerant tone for political debate and a more dynamic news media. Although the assistance was relatively modest, it came at a pivotal moment after the signing of the peace accords. To realize the full potential of media assi...
African Media Development Initiative: Nigeria. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 77 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-09-5
"Nine of the 15 interviewees said the most important change in the media sector in the last five years has been the mix of deregulation/liberalisation/privatisation. Four interviewees said the newly democratic environment has been the key change. All interviewees agreed that media development in the...
African Media Development Initiative: Somalia. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 86 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-12-5
"The lack of a consolidated government since the fall of Siyad Barre’s regime in 1991 has led to a proliferation in the number and variety of media sources in Somalia. However, inter-factional violence and conflict has since torn the country apart, creating a difficult environment for media practi...
African Media Development Initiative: Senegal. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 77 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-10-9
"The changes are mostly of a quantitative nature: proliferation of newspaper publications, an increase in the number of frequencies attributed to radio stations (commercial and community stations). Greater superficiality in the editorial lines of most newspaper publications has also been noted. The ...
African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 82 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-05-2
"The following changes have taken place over the past five years: media laws have been enacted; a legal framework is in place with the Press Law and Broadcast Law, and the creation of a favourable environment for media development; the Ethiopian Broadcast Authority has been established to issue lice...
Media assistance to postgenocide Rwanda
In: Promoting democracy in postconflict societies
Jeroen de Zeeuw; Krishna Kumar (eds.)
Boulder, Colo.; London:
Rienner
(2006), pp. 211-235
African Media Development Initiative: Zimbabwe. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 82 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-16-8
"There are a number of media players in Zimbabwe, in the private and state media, NGOs and training institutions, who have a keen interest in the development of the media in Zimbabwe. The majority of interviewees see the enactment of Zimbabwe’s media laws as the key change that has taken place ove...
Promoting democracy in postconflict societies
Boulder, Colo.; London:
Rienner
(2006), xii, 331 pp., tables, abbrev. p.291-298, bibliogr. p.299-309, index
"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo...
African Media Development Initiative: Zambia. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 77 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-00-1
"The past five years have seen a mushrooming of media development organisations and media outlets. The period has also seen greater and better-coordinated civic activism in support of media development. There has generally been a diversity of media content, reflecting the plurality of media outlets....
"All successful democracies need freedom of speech": American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan
[Cambridge, Mass.]:
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Joan Shorenstein Center
(2005), 35 pp.
"This paper will examine American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in Iraq was the largest attempt ever by the United States, or any country, to help create independent media in another nation. Run by the Pentagon, it was a near total failure in ...
A comparative study on the media situation in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia
Stockholm:
Olof Palme International Center; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
(2005), 145 pp., 30 tables
"Media support should have a long term approach (3-5 years); media support should be framed to capacity building related to media production supporting development of media management targeting mainly women; development of producer skills and screenwriting targeting women and young people; developme...
Foreign aid to the media in Ukraine and its impact on the democratization process in the country
Athens, Ga.:
Master Thesis University of Georgia
(2005), 72 pp., illustr., 6 tables, bibliogr. p.61-63
"This study examines the impact of the international media assistance on the democratization of the press in Ukraine. Ukrainian government has been notorious for years for the suppression of the press and for censoring the content of the nation's media. Vital issues of the country, such as corruptio...
The media missionaries: American support for journalism exellence and press freedom around the globe
Miami:
Knight Foundation
(2004), 136 pp., illustr., direct. p.113-135
ISBN 0-9749702-2-0
"When the Communist barricades collapsed in 1989, hundreds of Americans rushed to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics to spread the gospel of democracy. Among them were some of America’s most altruistic journalists, who hoped to midwife a newly independent press. Since then, the U.S. go...
ICD media assistance workshop
Information and Communication for Development (ICD) Department for International Development (DFID)
(2004), 127 pp.
"The purpose of the one day ICD workshop on media assistance was to raise the profile of media for development within DFID, to share media assistance strategies and good practice with organisations and individuals engaged in the field of development communications, and to chart a way forward for bot...
Access to information: UNDP's engagement and a guide to key actors
New York:
Democratic Governance Group Bureau for Development Policy United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
(2003), 96 pp., abbrev., direct.
"The first section provides summary information on 69 UNDP supported projects and initiatives as of 2002/03. These initiatives were identified primarily by desk research from three main sources: (i) direct feedback from the Sub-Regional Resource Facilities (SURFs)2), the COs and Regional Bureaux, (i...
