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The Media for Democracy Monitor: A Cross National Study of Leading News Media

Josef Trappel, Hannu Nieminen, Lars Nord (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2011), 366 pp.

"To what extent do the structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with their specific democratic role? Authors from 10 countries provide empirical evidence based on the 26 indicators included in the Media for Democracy Monitor." (Back cover)

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Election Coverage from a Gender Perspective: A Media Monitoring Manual

Beatriz Llanos, Juana Nina

Stockholm; Lima: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (2011), 51 pp.

"In order to determine whether men and women have equal opportunities to get their messages across through the media, as they are reflected during the election campaign and the importance attributed to gender equality in the news agenda, a series of quantitative and qualitative variables will be pre ... more

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El periodismo es noticia: Tendencias sobre comunicación en el siglo XXI

Pascual Serrano

Quito: CIESPAL (2011), 125 pp.

"[...] La mayoría de los asuntos que se a bordan en este libro han podido afectar a la gran mayoría de los probables lectores, sin embargo la mayoría de ellos no se detuvieron a analizarlos. Esta obra pretende obligarnos a parar un instante y pensar sobre diversas cuestiones relacionadas con los ... more

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Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria: An Indicator for Changing Perceptions of Journalism

Judith Pies, Philip Madanat

Tampere: University of Tampere, Journalism Research and Development Centre (2011), 24 pp.

"Media Accountability in Syria is more a question of re-defining the role of media in society than working on transparency practices or establishing self-regulation. This is due to strong state control and the mobilisation role mass media has been playing in Syria for decades. Before opening its med ... ia market for private publications in 2001 Syrian media was controlled either by the state or the ruling Baath party. Media accountability institutions like press councils or ombudspersons were simply not necessary in this concept of media and therefore do not exist. The only professional organisation, the Syrian Journalists Syndicate, did not act as a representative of independent journalists but as a representative of the regime. Additionally, as all journalists and media outlets had to work for more or less the same purpose, norms for guiding individual or organisational decisions – such as a code of ethics – were superfluous. Although these conditions still persist in major parts of the media field, news websites have particularly contributed to a shift in society’s perception of the role of media by paving the way for media accountability practices in the field of responsiveness. Even though instruments for responsiveness might be part of an economic strategy of news websites to enter and survive the news media field, news websites have introduced an audience oriented journalism approach by providing collaborative story writing or possibilities for the audience to comment on news. This is a fundamental change in role perception as mobilising media was merely meant to serve the Baath elite and its ideas. Thus, the audience as a neglected actor of accountability seems to have entered the field. In addition, news websites have added new topics to the traditional news agenda by taking the audience into account, and thus have contributed to holding the media accountable for aspects the old media does not cover. Thus, at least in some cases, media has played the role of being a watchdog over political decisions, which role media has never previously adopted. have particularly contributed to a shift in society’s perception of the role of media by paving the way for media accountability practices in the field of responsiveness. Even though instruments for responsiveness might be part of an economic strategy of news websites to enter and survive the news media field, news websites have introduced an audience oriented journalism approach by providing collaborative story writing or possibilities for the audience to comment on news. This is a fundamental change in role perception as mobilising media was merely meant to serve the Baath elite and its ideas. Thus, the audience as a neglected actor of accountability seems to have entered the field." (Summary) more

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Telling the right(s) story? Die Arbeit der Nichtregierungsorganisation „Media Monitoring Africa“ in Johannesburg/Südafrika

Susanne Dietmann

Kaiserslautern: Technische Universität, Fernstudium „Nachhaltige Entwicklungszusammenarbeit“, Hausarbeit (2010), 38 pp.

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Initiatives of TV Ethics Control by Religions in Russia: Challenges for Implementation

Victor M. Khroul

Religion in Eastern Europe, volume 30, issue 2 (2010), pp. 1-9

"The diversity of attitudes of Russian society towards television coupled with many plots and subplots emerged in the public arena providing us with an opportunity to consider them as an indicators of the maturity of civil society in Russia. It is also an indicator of the level of influence that rel ... more

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Report on the AUC/EC Joint Informal Expert Meeting on Media and Development

Addis Ababa: African Union Commission; European Commission (2010), 51 pp.

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Media on the Move: Migrants and Minorities and the Media. 4th Symposium Forum Medien Und Entwicklung (FoME)

Christoph Dietz, Petra Stammen (eds.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), 84 pp.

"The symposium focused in three sections on migration and ethnic minority media coverage within Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and South-Eastern Europe. Special attention was paid to concrete experiences regarding the strengthening of ethnic and diversity media and the potentials as we ... more

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Perceptions and Realities in Assessing Media Landscapes: The African Media Barometer (AMB) in Practice

Rolf Paasch

fesmedia Africa (2009), 13 pp.

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Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Vol. II: National and Global Movements for Democratic Communication

Laura Stein, Dorothy Kidd, Clemencia Rodríguez (eds.)

Cresskill: Hampton Press (2009), ix, 267 pp.

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Industrias culturales, músicas e identidades: Una mirada a las interdependencias entre medios de comunicación, sociedad, cultura

José Miguel Pereira González, Mirla Villadiego Prins, Luis Ignacio Sierra Gutiérrez (eds.)

Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2008), 396 pp.

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Ibero-American Observatories in the Sectors of Information, Communication and Culture: A Brief History

Luis A. Albornoz, Micael Herschmann

Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 5 (2008), pp. 723-734

"This commentary provides an overview of the recent phenomenon of Ibero-American observatories which work on issues related to information, communication and culture. It also shows the results of some research under way which seeks to analyse the diversity of 61 observatories regarding their geograp ... more

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