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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Media Assistance: Governance, Accountability, Combating Corruption
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Community Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Impact Assessment & Outcome Evaluation
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Election Reporting
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Media Assistance: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Media Assistance Research
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Public Funding & Support Policies for Media
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Radio Landscapes
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Financing Media, Financial Media Management
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Failed States
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Politics and Media
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Public Media, State Media
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"This working paper argues that business models capable of supporting independent media are decreasingly available, that media markets are increasingly fertile territory for government co-option and that alternative sources of revenue for independent media are scarce." (Page 3)
Enabling Media Markets to Work for Democracy: An International Fund for Public Interest Media. Feasibility Study
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 121 pp.
"This study outlines the case for, and the practical feasibility of establishing, a new International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM). Such a Fund would focus mainly on resource-poor settings across the world where the economic and political challenges confronting independent media have becom
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"In recent weeks I have argued there is a need to bring fresh energy, creativity and intensity to efforts to support independent media. But these alone will not be enough. There is a fundamental problem of resources so I propose the creation of a new Global Fund for Free and Independent Media focuse
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Accountability, Nation and Society: The Role of Media in Remaking Nepal
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 23 pp.
"This briefing explores some of the key challenges facing the Nepali media. It outlines growing concerns over politicisation and co-option, particularly of the mainstream Kathmandu-based media, as well as other economic and technological challenges facing the media. The briefing further outlines how
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Curbing Corruption and Fostering Accountability in Fragile Settings: Why an Imperilled Media Needs Better Support
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 29 pp.
"An independent media is one of the most effective assets we have in efforts to curb corruption and foster accountability. Yet it is deeply imperilled, particularly in fragile states and often poorly understood by the international development sector. This policy working paper argues that unless dev
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The Role of Independent Media in Curbing Corruption in Fragile Settings
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 19 pp.
"This policy briefing examines the prospects for media being able to play that role, especially in fragile states. It concludes that the evidence supporting the effectiveness of media as an accountability actor continues to mount even when the performance of other anti-corruption measures are called
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Media Development
In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 226-241
"Clear categorization of what is media development and what is communication for development is often problematic and much of this chapter focuses on continuities that exist across the fields whilst acknowledging there are genuine, well-argued, and real reasons why there should be a strong conceptua
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Fragile States: The Role of Media and Communication
London: BBC Media Action (2013), 27 pp.
"This briefing examines how current media trends are affecting state and societal fragility, both positively and negatively, and argues that the role of a free and plural media should be prioritised rather than marginalised in fragile states policy. The paper provides case studies on the role and im
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Policy and Research Programme on Role of Media and Communication in Development: Final Project Report
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 25 pp.
"This is the final report of the Policy and Research Programme on the Role of Media and Communication Development. It provides a narrative overview of progress and impact between April 2010 and March 2012 of the DFID funded Policy and Research Programme on the Role of Media in Development, building
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The UK Perspective and Beyond: Growing Faultlines in Media Development
In: The "Fourth Estate" in Democracy Assistance: Practices and Challenges of German and International Media Development Cooperation. 6th Symposium Forum Media and Development
St. Augustin; Berlin; Aachen: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2011), pp. 33-43
The Media of Somalia: A Force for Moderation?
London: BBC World Service Trust (2011), 12 pp.
How to Use Communication to Make Aid Effective: Strategies and Principles for Programme-Based Approaches
London: BBC World Service Trust (2010), 26 pp.
"This review from the BBC World Service Trust examines why and how the role of communication can be mainstreamed into programme-based approaches (PBAs), one of the main methods now used by bilateral donors to disburse funding to developing countries. The review, which has been developed in associati
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The Kenyan 2007 Elections and Their Aftermath: The Role of Media and Communication
London: BBC World Service Trust (2008), 16 pp.
"The media have shaped and will continue to play a central role in shaping Kenya’s democracy. The recent record of the media, according to many within it, is that media has undermined as well as invigorated that democracy. An understanding of democracy and democratic governance in Kenya is not pos
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Communication for Empowerment: Developing Media Strategies in Support of Vulnerable Groups. Practical Guidance Note
Oslo: UNDP (2006), 46 pp.
"This Practical Guidance Note aims to demonstrate that media can play a crucial role in empowering vulnerable and marginalized groups. This can best be achieved if media support and media capacity development is directed in a way that enables the media to better respond to and reflect the informatio
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Missing the Message? 20 Years of Learning from HIV/AIDS
London: Panos (2003), 58 pp.
"This report focuses on the way in which the response to the pandemic has been shaped, with a particular emphasis on the way in which communication has been used. Often the emphasis is on information dissemination, and the distribution of health messages. While information is vital, past successes i
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