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Mapping Digital Media: South Africa

Guy Berger, Zikhona Masala

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 120 pp.

"Developments in digital media in South Africa are densely intertwined with political factors. The Government has sought to be the driver of digitization, but it has also caused repeated delays in digital roll-out. In addition, the Government has had contradictory interests such as promoting competi ... more

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Mapping the Somali Media: An Overview

Mohamed Husein Gaas, Stig Jarle Hansen, David Berry

Aas (NO): Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric (2012), iii, 24 pp.

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The Media of Afghanistan: The Challenges of Transition
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David Page, Shirazuddin Siddiqi

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 27 pp.

"[...] Afghanistan is a fragile, fractured state and has one of the most fragile and fractured media, where almost anyone with sufficient funds and the opportunity to move quickly has been able to establish a media presence. This environment has enabled the flourishing of television, radio and other ... media established and owned by powerful political and religious leaders, or by those with allegiance to them. Some fear a future of increased ethnic, sectarian and factional strife being played out through the airwaves. Though there are some very successful commercial television channels, there is no independent and widely trusted national media capable of transcending or creating communication across the fracture points in Afghan society. Most media is either localised or seen as serving political, religious or other agendas. The future of the national broadcaster, RTA, still the only broadcaster with a truly national presence, is uncertain. While journalism as a whole has expanded greatly, investigative journalism remains limited. The sustainability of the newly established commercial media is widely questioned. With the total annual advertising market in the country estimated by some at little more than $20 million, there are real concerns that if donor support declines much of the media will wither or fall prey to factional, religious or extreme forces. There is no shortage of such forces. A number of media outlets already play upon ethnic and sectarian tensions. The Taliban, notorious when in power for shutting down media and banning video tape, have embraced the web and run one of the most effective media strategies in the country. In 2012, the mood music is one of compromise with the Taliban. Concern in the country is growing that new found media freedoms may be the price of that compromise. The role of donors in media support in Afghanistan is probably greater than in any other country at any other time. Such support is largely responsible for the development of a substantial media sector, but it faces criticism that it is poorly coordinated, short term and not informed by aid effectiveness principles; that it focuses too heavily on advancing the agendas of the donors; and that in some sectors it is distorting the media market in ways that create dependency and inhibit the development of genuinely sustainable Afghan media ventures." (Executive summary) more

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Barometre des Médias Africains: RDC 2012

Windhoek; Yaoundé: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 123 pp.

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Pakistan: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 139 pp.

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Media Sustainability Index 2012: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2012), xxi, 359 pp.

"TThe 2012 MSI study for Europe & Eurasia revealed a mix of positive developments, regression, and stagnation (or resilience, depending on one’s point of view). Nearly half of the 21 countries included in this study showed little change either way, their overall score moving by 0.10 or less. Six c ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Argentina

Martín Becerra, Santiago Marino, Guillermo Mastrini

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon

Jad Melki, Yasmine Dabbous, Khaled Nasser, Sarah Mallat

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 99 pp.

"Thanks to digital media, Lebanon’s residents have access to a variety of news platforms, from 24-hour cable channels to internet sites and text message services. Despite easy access to Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, CNN, BBC,and others through subscriptions to pirated cable bundles or satellite receiver ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Turkey

Asli Tunç, Vehbi Görgülü

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 81 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Albania

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 91 pp.

"According to the ITU, the percentage of the population with internet access rose from 0.1 in 2000 to over 43 in 2010. The number doubled between 2008 and 2010. The report calls for the Digital Strategy to be finalized without further delay, and then implemented. Broadcasting regulation should be am ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Hungary

Borbála Tóth

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 108 pp.

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African Media Barometer: Ghana 2011

Accra; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.

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Somalia: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 92 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.

"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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Syria’s Cyber Wars

Amjad Baiazy

Open Society Foundation (2012), 25 pp.

"The government in Syria came to differentiate between political dissent and the civil society activism in which the new generation plays a vital role thanks to the use of social media. Unable to control the burst of online activity, Damascus was forced to focus on monitoring key dissenters and huma ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Macedonia

Roberto Belicanec, Zoran Ricliev

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 86 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa

Iginio Gagliardone, Nicole Stremlau

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 23 pp.

"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how ... more

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Media Development in Transitional Democratic Cambodia

Casey McCarthy

Malmö: Malmö University, Master Thesis in Communication for Development (2012), 65 pp.

"Through a series of qualitative interviews with a range of media stakeholders, the ultimate conclusion of this thesis is that the media landscape in Cambodia is diverse –with some (mostly foreign-owned and run) able to operate freely and independently, while others (most local Khmer media, partic ... more

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Los medios y el periodismo ante el desafío digital: El caso de Nicaragua

Cornelius Hopmann, María Edith Arce, Leonor Zúniga Gutiérrez

Managua: Centro de Investigación de la Comunicación (CINCO) (2012), 105 pp.

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The Media Map Project: Cambodia. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010

Margarette Roberts

Washington, DC: Internews;World Bank Institute (2012), 66 pp.

"Donor funded media development is a relatively new phenomenon, resulting in minimal impact. Modest gains have been made: technical improvements in television production, some better skilled journalists, development of journalists’ associations and a code of ethics, and greater citizen engagement. ... more

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