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New Tunisian Cinema: Allegories of Resistance
New York: Columbia University Press (2014), xxii, 380 pp.
"This book focuses on eight films by some of the nation's best-known directors, including Man of Ashes (1986), Bezness (1992), and Making Of (2006) by Nouri Bouzid, Halfaouine (1990) by Férid Boughedir, The Silences of the Palace (1994) by Moufida Tlatli, Essaïda (1997) by Mohamed Zran, Bedwin Hac
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The Greedy Giants: Centralized Television in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 390-406
"This article essentially shows how the development of commercial television in Indonesia has conflicted with the country’s media democratization, as illustrated by the growth of local media in the past 15 years. Compared to print media and radio, which are decentralized, Indonesia’s television
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Individual and Contextual Correlates of Trust in Media Across 44 Countries
Communication Research, volume 41, issue 6 (2014), pp. 760-782
"The current investigation utilizes data from 44 diverse countries (n = 57,847), collected as part of the World Values Survey, to broaden our understanding of trust in media. The aim is two-fold-to learn about individual-level correlates across contexts and to demonstrate that macro-level factors pl
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Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies: Patterns of Media Performance
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), vii, 270 pp.
"This book examines the contribution of mass media to modern democracies, in comparative perspective. Part I deals with the conceptualization and implementation of a systematic framework to assess democratic media performance, both in terms of media systems and content. Part II studies media effects
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Democracy, Governance and Randomised Media Assistance
Top Insights
London: BBC Media Action (2013), 26 pp.
"This paper focuses attention on randomised field experiments in the developing world that explicitly address the use of media to achieve democracy and governance (DG) outcomes [...] The first section describes the growth of DG assistance and the increasing interest in DG field experiments. The seco
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Why do pluralistic media systems emerge? Comparing media change in the Czech Republic and in Russia after the collapse of communism
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 239-256
"A quarter of a century after the collapse of communism in the former Eastern bloc, a wide range of scholarly projects have been undertaken to compare and theorize processes of media change in the region. One question that scholars have sought to address is: what were the factors that crucially impa
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Media and Democratisation: What is Known About the Role of Mass Media in Transitions to Democracy
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 51 pp.
"The review starts by elucidating the potential role of the media as a democratising agent. We then explore the relationship between media reform and institutional change during democratisation periods, and move to review the literature on the contribution of media to institution building and due pe
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Waves of Media Democratization: A Brief History of Contemporary Participatory Practices in the Media Sphere
Convergence, volume 19, issue 3 (2013), pp. 287-295
"The article aims to provide a more historically grounded approach to the relationship between communication and participation, by distinguishing different waves of media democratization. The article first discusses the concept of participation and some of its complexities, and then sketches a serie
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Côte D’Ivoire 2010–2011 Post-Electoral Crisis: An Approach from the Media
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 187-201
"The objective of this work is approaching the political crisis occurred in Côte d´Ivoire after the contested elections of 2010, through the perspective of the Ivorian media and media professionals. This study draws theoretically on the media political economy and critical understanding of the rel
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Die Rolle der Medien im Demokratisierungsprozess Kenias
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2013), 332 pp.
Changing Media and Politics in Tajikistan
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 66 pp.
The Media in Transitional Democracies
Cambridge; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2013), ix, 275 pp.
"This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics
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Citizens Rising: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy
New York: CUNY Journalism Press (2013), 244 pp.
"As founder of Internews, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to information access and independent media, David Hoffman has had a backstage pass to many of the seminal world political upheavals in recent years. In these pages we see how media have been used for good and bad—to trigger gen
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Medien in Lateinamerika: Zeit für Reformen
Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2013), 8 pp.
"Während sich die politischen Systeme Lateinamerikas seit den 1980er Jahren demokratisierten, nahm die Konzentration von Besitz und Macht im Mediensektor eher noch zu. Dieser Widerspruch schafft Spannungen, die sowohl gesellschaftliche Reformforderungen als auch staatliche Initiativen zur Neugestal
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Comunicación, información y poder en El Salvador: Claves para la democratización
San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos (2013), 199 pp.
India’s Media Boom: The Good News and the Bad
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xv, 86 pp.
Community Radio in Political Theory and Development Practice
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 2, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 392-420
"In this paper I investigate how community radio is conceptualized within and outside of the development frame, as a solution to development problems, as part of development projects communication strategy, and as a tool for increasing democratic political participation in development projects. I wa
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Strengthening Media and Civic Education to Enhance Democracy in Bhutan: Final External Project Evaluation
UNDP;Bhutan Center for Media and Democracy (BCMD);United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2013), 44 pp.
Llave para la memoria: Testimonios y vivencias. 40 años del Círculo de Mujeres Periodistas de La Paz
La Paz: Círculo de Mujeres Periodistas de La Paz;Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y la Asistencia Electoral (IDEA Internacional);Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) (2013), 157 pp.
"Las mujeres periodistas somos protagonistas de la historia, defendimos la democracia durante las dictaduras, nos apresaron, torturaron y exiliaron. Mantenemos una posición crítica y de convicción en los principios de libertad, equidad y justicia. Llave para la memoria es una investigación restr
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Médias et démocratie en Afrique
Bruxelles; Cork: Bruylant;Primento (2013), 385 pp.
"Quel que soit le pays ou le continent considéré, une interdépendance étroite existe aujourd’hui entre démocratie, liberté des médias et régulation de la communication. Une place cruciale revient en effet aux organes de régulation dans la procédure d’allocation de fréquences d’émis
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