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Inspiring Practice
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Media Assistance
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Media Assistance: Law & Regulation, Media Policy Consultancies
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Media Law & Regulation
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Social Media
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Media Assistance: Donor Organizations
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Media Assistance: Journalism Education & Training
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Media Law & Regulation: Transitional Countries
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Media Assistance: Transition Countries & Defective Democracies
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Media & Communication Policies
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Indirect Censorship, Soft Censorship
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Media Assistance: Media & Information Literacy
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Media / Communication Control
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Journalism Education & Training
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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USA: Media Assistance
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Media & Information Literacy
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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State Influence on the Media
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Government Communication Strategies
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Media Ownership
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Journalism / Communication Training Centers
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Media Assistance Donors: Foundations & Private Donors
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Media Assistance: Regional Approaches & Experiences
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Transition Countries: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Political Transition and Media
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Public Media, State Media
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Advertising Markets & Industries
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Media Use: Youth
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Media Assistance: Authoritarian Countries
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Chilling Effects (Discouragement of Legitimate Exercise of Legal Rights)
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Freedom of Expression
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Killings of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
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Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Community Radios
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Media Assistance: Community Radios
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Political Blogging
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Media Concentration
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Defamation Law & Regulation
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Media Law & Regulation: International Standards & Practices
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UNESCO & IPDC Media Assistance
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Investigative Journalism
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Media Assistance: Investigative Journalism
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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News
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China: Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Country Strategies & Experiences
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Media Assistance: Governance, Accountability, Combating Corruption
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Media Assistance: Impacts, Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Media Assistance: Interaction with Military Communication Strategies
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Media Assistance: Self-Regulation, Accountability & Transparency of Media
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Public Funding & Support Policies for Media
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Licensing of Media
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Politics and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Research in Media & Communication
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Digital Television
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Government Advertising, State Advertising
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Audience Research
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Behavior Tracking & Cookies
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Mobile Phone Use
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Encryption, Cryptology
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Freedom of Expression Lobbying & Communication Rights Campaigning
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Right to be Forgotten
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International Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Community Media Impact
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Community Radio Sustainability & Financing
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Participatory Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Media Assistance: Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation
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Media Law & Regulation in Conflict Areas
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Content Analysis (Research Method)
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Donor Coordination, Funder Collaboration, Aid Harmonsation
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Financing Nonprofit Organizations
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
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Regional Cooperation, South-South Collaboration
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Development and Media
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Google
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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Internet
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Internet Shutdowns
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Digital Market Concentration
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Financing Digital / Online Media
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Search Engines
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Online News
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Facebook
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Diaspora Media
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Media Assistance: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Disinformation & Misinformation Law & Regulation
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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Media Markets
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Foreign Media Investments, Foreign Media Ownership
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Nonprofit Journalism, Nonprofit Media
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Political Economy of Media
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Taxes
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Universities
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Political Parody and Satire
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Environmental Journalism
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Media Assistance: Environmental Communication
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Defamation of Religion (Blasphemy)
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Bribery & Corruption in Journalism
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Codes of Journalistic Ethics
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Press Councils
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Media Assistance: Gender Focus
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Good Practice Examples
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Influence of Media on Foreign & International Policies
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Media Assistance: Transnational Exchange & Cooperation
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Regional (Transnational) Integration & Communication
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Satellite Television
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Transnational Television, International Television
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United Nations (UN)
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United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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UNICEF
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Journalism Training in Conflict Areas
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Journalists
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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Television News
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Election Reporting
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Arab States: Media Assistance (Provided by Arab States)
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Australia: Media Assistance
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Austria: Media Assistance
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Belgium: Media Assistance
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Canada: Media Assistance
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Denmark: Media Assistance
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European Union: Media Assistance
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France: Media Assistance
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Germany: Media Assistance Actors, Practices, Priorities
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Ireland: Media Assistance
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Japan: Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Citizen Participation & Civil Society
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Media Assistance Donors: Corporate Donors
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Media Assistance Donors: Multilateral Organizations
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Media Assistance: Exile Media
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Media Assistance: Implementing Organizations
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Media Assistance: Local Journalism & Media
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Media Assistance: Public Service Broadcasting
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Netherlands: Media Assistance
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Norway: Media Assistance
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Portugal: Media Assistance
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Spain: Media Assistance
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Sweden: Media Assistance
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Switzerland: Media Assistance
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United Kingdom: Media Assistance
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Crowdsourcing
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Consumer Protection
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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National Security Legislation
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Ombudsmen
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Television Law & Regulation
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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Malaysiakini (Online News Portal, Malaysia)
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Military
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Propaganda
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Radio
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Radio Okapi (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Taliban
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Islamic Cultures: Role of Media
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Research Methods
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Statistical Data: Collection, Analysis & Interpretation
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Civil Society
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Digital Switchover
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Television
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China Global Television Network, CGTN (formerly China Central Television, CCTV)
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Urban Areas
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Measuring the Audience: Why it Matters to Independent News Media and How it Can Contribute to Media Development
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 21 pp.
"Independent news media, which often operate on the fringes of media markets, risk being left out completely if they are not participating whole-heartedly, and with solid knowledge and support, in these emerging arenas. They must embrace audience research as the foundation of both their business dev
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Africa's Media Boom: The Role of International Aid
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 35 pp.
"Since the early 1990s, media outlets in Sub-Saharan Africa have proliferated extraordinarily, freeing Africa's press and liberating the airwaves from monopoly by the state. This paper summarises these developments and analyses in how far foreign donors were catalysts of this development. Myers desc
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By the Numbers: Tracing the Statistical Correlation Between Press Freedom and Democracy
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 38 pp.
"Press freedom is a key component of the general level of democracy in a country. Most often, changes in the state of media freedom have happened in tandem with changes in broader freedoms, therefore making it a sensitive indicator of the overall health of a democracy. In some cases, its deteriorati
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Profiles in Blogging: How Bloggers Around the World Practice Their Craft
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 30 pp.
"Examines the impact and reach not only of well-known bloggers such as Cuba’s Yoani Sánchez but also the independent Saudi journalist Ahmed Al Omran, who started writing the Saudi Jeans blog as a pharmacy student to improve his English skills and combat stereotypes about his country; Atiaf Alwazi
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Breathing Life Into Freedom of Information Laws: The Challenges of Implementation in the Democratizing World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 56 pp.
"This report is intended to be a practical, useful guide for stakeholders in national and local governments, the media, civil society, and business to making freedom of information laws work. The authors’ particular emphasis is on the role public officials and journalists must play in effectively
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The New Gatekeepers: Controlling Information in the Internet Age
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 54 pp.
"Internet companies have become the new gatekeepers of information–and their data-parsing algorithms the twenty-first century equivalent of the stereotypical editor with the green eyeshade who filtered the news before passing it along to readers .. As they have expanded globally, these pioneering
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The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 67 pp.
"This report focuses on six types of media outlets based outside mainland China that together reach news consumers in dozens of countries: major international media; local outlets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; mainstream media in Hong Kong and Taiwan; exile Chinese outlets providing uncensored
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A Clash of Cultures: Hate Speech, Taboos, Blasphemy, and the Role of News Media
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 40 pp.
"The ability of individuals to openly speak their minds is a core principle not only of American journalism, but American democracy. Even when speech is insulting or disrespectful to others-speech that might run afoul of hate speech laws throughout Western Europe or be banned outright in much of the
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CCTV’s International Expansion: China’s Grand Strategy for Media?
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 37 pp.
"China Central Television has come a long way since its founding as a domestic party propaganda outlet in 1958. The domestic service has been supplemented by an international service, boasting three major global offices in Beijing, Washington, and Nairobi, and more than 70 additional international b
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U.S. Government Funding for Media: Trends and Strategies
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 46 pp.
"U.S. government support for international media development is declining. Spending by the Department of State and USAID for media freedom and freedom of information programs has dropped 43.5 percent in the past five years–from $135 million in Fiscal Year 2008 to approximately $76.3 million in FY
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South Africa’s Media 20 Years After Apartheid
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 54 pp.
"South Africa’s news media has become, in the post-1994 democratic era, among the most concentrated in the world, affecting the quality of its content and the sales of its newspapers. A significant decrease in international development support, and post-1994 changes to the nature of that support,
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Applying Standards: Media Owners and Journalism Ethics
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 41 pp.
"While several codes in these countries [where news media are considered less free] call for media owners to place responsibility for content above their commercial interests, the reality is that when promulgated by governments they can threaten rather than enhance freedom of the press. When volunta
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Is There a Link Between Digital Media and Good Governance? What the Academics Say
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 38 pp.
"From this short survey of some key thinkers, can we conclude that there is a causal link between digital media and good governance? The sum of the arguments and cases presented here do not point to a causal link, but they certainly show that digital technology is shaping social movements and politi
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Global Investigative Journalism: Strategies for Support
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), 2nd ed. (2013), 61 pp.
"Global and regional networks of investigative journalists, backed by donors and fueled by globalization and an explosion in data and communications technology, are growing increasingly effective and sophisticated. Journalists are linking up as never before to collaborate on stories involving intern
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Media Literacy 2.0: A Sampling of Programs Around the World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 10 pp.
Digital Media in the Arab World: One Year After the Revolutions
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 31 pp.
"Following the revolutions, the battle for the Arab blogosphere has turned from being a competition over accessing the Internet and circumventing government controls to a cyberwar for the predominant narrative through Facebook, Twitter, and traditional media [...] Social media is reinvigorating trad
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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 36 pp.
"As Africa becomes increasingly urban, the reach and use of mobile telephones and other portable digital devices inevitably are becoming a mass medium. This shift creates new opportunities for existing broadcasters and publishers. And it creates new opportunities for a much larger number of new inde
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Empowering Independent Media: U.S. Efforts to Foster a Free Press and an Open Internet Around the World
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), 2nd ed. (2012), 149 pp.
"This report examines seven central areas of media development—funding, digital media, sustainability, media law, journalists' safety, journalism education, and monitoring and evaluation. It also delves in-depth into four areas deserving of greater attention: citizen journalism, investigative jour
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