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The Global Handbook of Media Accountability
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London; New York: Routledge (2022), xviii, 614 pp.
"The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to 'de-Westernize' the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in
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Media Self-Regulation in South East Europe: Guide to Best Practices for the Digital Age
Paris; Brussels: UNESCO; UNESCO Office Brussels (2019), 16 pp.
"Efficient self-regulation in the media sector is an important condition for ethical standards in news coverage and can prevent extensive regulation by state authorities. As such, it plays an important role for the trust of citizens in media and for the freedom of the press. Experts gathered by the
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems in the Zimbabwean Media Industry and the Debate on Self-Regulation
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 313-336
"On the one hand, there is the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ), a self-regulatory structure favoured by the privately owned media players. On the other hand, there is the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) formed under statutory law and whose structure is still not adequate to resolve cases
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Media Councils in Africa
African Communication Research
How Journalists and Self-Regulatory Structures Deal with Ethics and Press Freedom in a Changing Media Environment in Indonesia and Malaysia
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2011), 11 pp.
"The paper looks at how journalists and press councils in two very different media systems in the same region – Indonesia and Malaysia – have addressed the question of journalism ethics in the face of a changing media environment. The Indonesian Press Council, set up within the move to democracy
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Professional journalism and self-regulation: New media, old dilemmas in South East Europe and Turkey
Paris: UNESCO (2011), 147 pp.
"The chapters that follow provide an important insight into the evolution, current status and challenges to the effective implementation of media self-regulation systems in South East Europe and Turkey. Obstacles identified, which are likely to resonate in transitional democracies and other settings
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Europäische Öffentlichkeit und journalistische Verantwortung
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2010), 484 pp.
Sword and Shield: Self-Regulation and International Media: A Report
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 33 pp.
"1. The media development community should work within individual media houses to create in-house, publicly reported complaint systems rather than relying solely on outside press councils to do the job. 2. Funding groups should encourage media criticism, in forms such as local journalism reviews. 3.
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Media Courts of Honour: Self-Regulatory Councils in Southern Africa and Elsewhere
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Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2009), 50 pp.
"What emerges from the discussion of the Southern African media councils is a picture of relatively new institutions, struggling to find their place in a changing, difficult media and political terrain. They share many common challenges, as they contend with hostile governments, poor journalistic pr
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The Media Self-Regulation Guidebook: All Questions and Answers
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2008), 100 pp.
"Composed of questions and answers, this guidebook is practical and easy to use. There is no ‘one-fits-all’ model that can be readily adopted anywhere. Therefore, the publication does not focus on specific countries, but rather on a wide range of practical concerns. How do the existing self-regu
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Freedom of Non-Accountability: Self-Regulation in the Media in Slovenia
Ljubljana: Peace Institute (2002), 84 pp.
"In this study the author presents self-regulation as a part of a wider subject, that is, freedom of speech, arguing that self-regulation does not intrude on this freedom beyond the limits set by democracy, and that, compared to legislative solution, it is a much more friendly way of implementing th
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Media Monitors in Asia
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (1996), 414 pp.
Mass Media Codes of Ethics and Councils: A Comparative International Study of Professional Standards
Paris: UNESCO (1980), 80 pp.
"With information from governments, media councils, journalists and broadcasts, Jones has compiled a succinct study of codes generally and of a few specifically. His aim is "to bring together some of the background information and to advance some of the arguments needed to help media people and othe
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