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Covering Religion-Related News and Conflicts in the Caucasus: A Case Study of a Western “Christian Initiative” News Service

Eric Freedman, Kuang-Kuo Chang, Richard Shafer

Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, volume 1, issue 1 (2008), pp. 150-175

"This study examines how a Christian-oriented Western press organization [Forum 18 News Service, Norway] covers religion-related news in the Caucasus. Coverage in 2005 overwhelmingly focused on Christianity. Although governmental sources are more likely to be cited than religiously affiliated source ... more

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Mapping Iran's Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere

John Kelly, Bruce Etling

Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (2008), 36 pp.

"We used computational social network mapping in combination with human and automated content analysis to analyze the Iranian blogosphere. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that Iranian bloggers are mainly young democrats critical of the regime, we found a wide range of opinions representing re ... more

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Medienoligarchen: Chancen und Grenzen für die Pressefreiheit in der Ukraine. Eine Fallstudie

Marina Sverdel

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2008), 263 pp.

"Der als Revolution in Orange bezeichnete Widerstand Ende 2004 bot auch die Chance für eine einschneidende Veränderung der staatlichen Strukturen in der Ukraine. Eine Entwicklung hin zu einer demokratischen Gesellschaftsordnung, die mit konsolidierten Demokratien Ostmitteleuropas vergleichbar wär ... more

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Transitional Justice Reporting Audit: A Review of Media Coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Process in Liberia

Lawrence Randall, Cosme R. Pulano

Liberia Media Center;International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ);UNESCO (2008), 37 pp.

"On the average, the radio sector dominated the print media by ensuring that news and information were thoroughly balanced in a 2-1 ratio. In some instances listed in the report, most of the covered news items from both the print and broadcast media violated Article 12 and 23 of the Press Union of L ... more

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Los pobres en papel: Las narrativas de la pobreza en la prensa latinoamericana

Philip Kitzberger, Germán Javier Pérez

Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 93 pp.

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An Evaluation of Alhurra Television Programming

Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Center on Public Diplomacy (2008), 74 pp.

"Based primarily on the content analysis, with secondary reinforcement from the discussion group proceedings, the research team sees the principal issues affecting Alhurra as being those related to the fundamentals of journalism, not the exigencies of politics. This is not an esoteric matter related ... to an idealized journalism, but rather goes directly to the issue of Alhurra's fulfillment of its legislative mandate and its responsibilities deriving from the Middle East Broadcast Network Journalistic Code of Ethics. Section 303 of the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (as amended) calls for, among other provisions, United States international broadcasting to “be conducted in accordance with the highest professional standards of broadcast journalism” and “to be designed so as to effectively reach a significant audience.” These broad requirements coincide with the more specific standards prescribed by the MBN code of ethics. Within this framework, the challenges facing Alhurra as it seeks to attain excellence in carrying out its mandate are those that must be addressed by all news organizations: Ensuring comprehensiveness of coverage; providing the breadth that the audience expects; • Imposing discipline in producing the news product to protect against personal and institutional biases that can infect a news product; • Offering diverse viewpoints about important issues from sources whose backgrounds and expertise contribute to a balanced news product; • Avoiding rumor and other unsubstantiated material; • Thoughtfully and thoroughly addressing the topics of greatest interest to the target audience, such as religion and local democratization efforts. Add to these Alhurra's additional duty to reflect and promote U.S. policies and it is clear that the task for this news organization is exceptionally difficult. For each of these duties, our diagnosis is that Alhurra is not performing at the level that it needs to reach to be successful. To fulfill Alhurra's mission requires being able to compete effectively in the Arab news marketplace. That will require expanded and more proficient coverage, and to reach this higher level will necessitate a significant budget expansion to enable broader reporting and more professional management. It will also require grappling with political issues involving journalistic independence and the realities of establishing the credibility needed to gain and keep an Arab audience." (Executive summary) more

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Medien und Demokratisierung in Kambodscha
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Martin Ritter

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2008), 405 pp.

"Mit den ersten freien Wahlen im Jahr 1993 trat Kambodscha nach Jahren der Unterdrückung und des Krieges ein schwieriges Erbe an. Mitte der 90er Jahre vollzogen sich gleichzeitig drei Prozesse: die Friedenskonsolidierung, die Industrialisierung und die Demokratisierung. Welche Rolle Massenmedien be ... more

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Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa escrita uruguaya. Monitoreo de medios: Informe de resultados 2007

Paula Baleato (ed.)

Montevideo: Voz y Vos (2008), 135 pp.

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Ein deutscher Papst wird Medienstar: Benedikt XVI. und der Kölner Weltjugendtag in der Presse

Christian Klenk

Berlin: Lit (2008), 244 pp.

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Mídia e políticas públicas de comunicação
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Brasilia: ANDI Agência de Notícias dos Direitos da Infância (2007), 225 pp.

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Peace Journalism Applied: An Assessment of Media Coverage of the Conflict in Northern Uganda

Linda Nassanga Goretti

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 6, issue 2 (2007), 9 pp.

"The paper explores how peace journalism has been applied in Uganda basing on an assessment of findings from a survey on the media coverage of the conflict in northern Uganda. The paper analyses the findings from the print media coverage of 2 newspapers for 3 years that were used as sample. The anal ... ysis considered several quantitative and qualitative variables including: frequency, type of stories (news vs non-news), authors of stories (journalists vs non-journalists), placement/prominence of story, balance in the story, information sources, language and tone, focus, peace initiatives and use of photographs. The introduction gives an overview of the concept of conflict and why we continue to have conflicts in society. The paper posits that since all people in society cannot have the same definition of a situation all the time, especially regarding the distribution of power and resources, disagreements and conflicts arise, which in extreme cases escalate into armed conflicts or wars. The paper looks at the major causes of conflicts in Africa and gives a background to the conflict/war in Northern Uganda, where the fighting has been going on since 1986, when President Museveni took over power. A synopsis of the findings showed that most of the coverage on the war was done by journalists in the form of news stories, with a few feature articles. This implies that journalists are largely responsible for what people get to learn about the war. Depending on the way journalists report about the conflict, people's perceptions will be influenced accordingly. The analysis showed that the government paper was largely biased towards government and confrontational in its reports, while the private paper used a more conciliatory tone and was more balanced by using various sources for their stories. There was fair coverage of peace initiatives, although this focused most on government efforts. An evaluation of the coverage showed that this had its strengths and weaknesses. While the media had helped in raising awareness about the war, there was self-censorship amongst the journalists, partly due to the Anti-terrorism Act, which makes it a capital offence if a journalist gives information that can aid terrorism. The paper looks at some obstacles that prevent journalists from giving objective reports when reporting on conflicts/wars. The paper concludes with some recommendations on how peace journalism can be consciously applied to contribute more meaningfully to the peace building process in Northern Uganda." (Abstract) more

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Infancia y Adolescencia en la prensa en Honduras. Primer trimestre 2007

UNICEF (2007), 53 pp.

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Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa escrita nicaragüense: Informe monitoreo 2006

Leslie Briceno Chavarría et al.

Managua: Centro Dos Generaciones (2007), 71 pp.

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Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa argentina: Informe anual. Monitoreo 2006

Eduardo de Miguel (ed.)

Buenos Aires: Asociación Civil Periodismo Social (2007), 64 pp.

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Se nos rompió el amor: Elecciones y medios de comunicación. América Latina 2006

Marina Valencia Mejía (ed.)

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2007), 288 pp.

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What the Papers Aren't Saying: How Can We Enhance Media Coverage of TB?

Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Anushree Mishra, Ronald Kayanja

Lusaka: Panos Global AIDS Programme (2007), 15 pp.

"This paper is a briefing for health practitioners, TB programmers, policymakers, media professionals and people affected by TB. Based on an analysis of media coverage of TB, it argues that health professionals and TB specialists should be supported to engage more effectively with the media so that ... more

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Con el ruego de su difusión: La discapacidad, invisible ante la prensa peruana

Jaime Tipe Sánchez

Lima: Universidad de San Martín de Porres (2007), 140 pp.

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State of Media Report: Governance and Development

Madang: Media Council of Papua New Guinea;Diwai Pacific (2007), 126 pp.

"The state of the media report consists of two parts: a media content analysis and a media and civil society organisation (CSO) data survey. The media content analysis deals with news, current affairs, and documentary content produced by a sample of Papua New Guinea (PNG) media organisations that us ... more