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Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2012), 15 pp.

"Iraq’s parliament is in the process of enacting an “Information Crimes Law” to regulate the use of information networks, computers, and other electronic devices and systems. The draft law includes vague provisions that would allow Iraqi authorities to deter legitimate criticisms of or peacefu ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Peru

Úrsula Freundt-Thurne, César Pita, María José Ampuero

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.

"As with other countries in the region, Peru shows high levels of media concentration. Digitization has not yet aff ected the dominant positions in the Peruvian mass media market. On the contrary, the largest media groups’ hegemonic position has grown stronger. For example, the influence of Grupo ... more

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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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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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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: China

Hu Yong, Fang Kun, Liu Yang, Iris Ha, Zhang Yuping, Wang Mengyao, Kathryn Nute

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Poland

Andrzej Krajewski, Karim Diakite

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 110 pp.

"This study of the impact of digitization on Polish media highlights the delays in digitization caused by political infighting; the lack of technical and financial assistance to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society benefit from digitization and new media; and the funding crisis afflict ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Russia

Alexei Pankin

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 96 pp.

"The growing prominence of online media as a source of news marks the biggest shift in news consumption. Nearly half of all internet users—or more than 20 million people—regularly read news online. The internet is virtually the only platform where criticism of the government is tolerated. There ... more

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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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Broadband Strategies Handbook

Timand Kelly, Carlo Maria Rossotto (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xxvii, 373 pp.

"The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues and challenges in broadband development, ana ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Chile

Sergio Godoy, Maria Elena Gronemeyer

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.

"Overall, digitization has only partly impacted on the media landscape in Chile. It has neither altered the neoliberal trajectory of media policy, nor reduced high levels of ownership concentration and incumbent advantages. But there is, at the very least, a framework in place that will potentially ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Latvia

Janis Juzefovics

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 99 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Romania

Manuela Proteasa, Iulian Comanescu

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 90 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Serbia

Jelena Surculija, Biljana Pavlovic, Durda Jovanovic Padejski

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 90 pp.

"Serbia has a strategy for switching over from analog to digital broadcasting, prepared with broad public consultation. The basic legal framework is in place, but implementation is not yet underway. Moreover, if fair access to digital licenses is to be ensured, a new media law—harmonized with the ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Moldova

Victor Gotisan et al.

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 117 pp.

"In Moldova, the combination of digitization and political change has increased the diversity of media outlets and their news, the plurality of opinions, and the transparency of public institutions, while it has diminished political interference in the media.Yet the lack of independence of regulator ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Lithuania

Arturas Racas, Liutauras Ulevicius, Dziugas Parsonis

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 88 pp.

"The explosion of digital media and their impact on journalism and democracy in Lithuania coincided with the country's second decade of independence and with the economic crisis of 2009-2010. With the rapid growth of internet penetration, websites dedicated to news appeared and traditional media wen ... more