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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29

Developing Media. Strengthening Human Rights: 50 Years Media Development

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2015), 50 pp.

Medien entwickeln. Menschenrechte stärken: 50 Jahre Medienentwicklung

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2015), 50 pp.

From Crisis to Transition: Media in Burkina Faso

International Media Support (IMS) (2015), 23 pp.

Freedom of Opinion and the Media in German Development Policy

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (2015), 18 pp.
"This research study examines and assesses the progress of media development work in the Southern Mediterranean region in the wake of the Arab Spring. It highlights the challenges faced by international agencies and presents examples of effective, innovative interventions that could help to shape be ... more
"Recommendations revolve around five building blocks of a co-ordinated strategy that calls for: 1. A regional news hub for the Russian language that embodies the values of fairness, accuracy and watchdog reporting, and builds a network of partners to leverage high-quality news content to wider audie ... more

The Politics of Media Development: The Importance of Engaging Government and Civil Society

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 16 pp.
"In the field of media development, the public sector is often viewed as a monolithic barrier to the development of independent and sustainable media. Although governments do frequently pervert and capture media sectors in countries around the globe, the enabling conditions under which media can ach ... more

A Strategic Model for Media Development

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2015), 2 pp.
"Freedom of expression and access to information inform every aspect of DW Akademie’s work in media development. Following on from this, our strategic model has human rights at its core, with our goal being to enable all people to freely inform and express themselves. The model provides a comprehe ... more

Throwing the Switch: An Update on the State of the Global Transition to Digital TV Broadcasting

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 10 pp.

Principles for Media Assistance

In: Accountability and Democratic Governance: Orientations and Principles for Development
Paris: OECD (2014), pp. 97-109
"1. Incorporate media assistance into a larger framework of development aid. 2. Incorporate media indicators and audits into governance diagnostics and needs analysis. 3. Co-operate with media development CSOs and determine media objectives and outcomes, not methodologies. 4. Focus on building publi ... more
"From Tehran to Tahrir Square to Gezi Park-to mention only three key sites of protest made prominent in 2013-social media has been lauded as one of the key factors enabling popular uprisings and social movements. This has provided further hype for new or digital media, which were already being toute ... more

Africa's Media Boom: The Role of International Aid

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 ... more
"This article explores the nexus between the democratic transformation of the media and international media assistance (IMA) as constrained by the local political conditions in the five countries of the Western Balkans. It aims to enhance the understanding of conditions and factors that influence me ... more
"International media assistance took off during a time where the ideological extremes of USA vs. USSR were set to disappear. Following the Cold War, international relations focused on democracy building, and nurturing independent media was embraced as a key part of this strategy [...] The US and UK ... more

Media Development

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
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 ... more
"The author proposes three ways that the international community could improve its work on media development and build stronger political commitment for independent media. First is strengthening country leadership and ownership of media development initiatives. This requires building local knowledge ... more
"As an introduction to this special issue this article deals firstly with defining and clarifying terms and concepts which are used in the context of international media assistance. Secondly, the themes of the different articles in this collection are enumerated: these are broadly the how to of medi ... more

3d Conference on Media Development in Myanmar, 18-19 September 2014: Summary of Presentations and Conclusions

Myanmar Media Development Thematic Working Group;International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 50 pp.
"For the third consecutive year in a row, the Myanmar Media Development Conference, a unique multi-partner, multi-stakeholder enterprise, gathered government officials, journalists, media owners, editors, reporters, NGOs, local, regional and international organisations for discussions on the status ... more