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"After the fall of Baghdad on April 9, 2003, Iraq's news media environment transformed almost overnight from the tightly controlled propaganda arm of Saddam Hussein's rule into one of the most diverse and unrestricted news environments in the Middle East. Built in an atmosphere of chaos and conflict ... more

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Afghanistan Media Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges for Peacebuilding

Eran Fraenkel, Emrys Shoemaker, Sheldon Himelfarb

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 40 pp.

"International donor support for Afghanistan's media has had two primary goal The short-term goal has been to counteract the effects of insurgent communications in order to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. The long-term goal has been to create a free and independent media sector that w ... ill continue to function after donor support has ended. Although millions of dollars have been invested in the development of the Afghan media sector and the growth of private media since 2001 is considered one of Afghanistan's greatest success stories,neither of these donor goals is being met. Donor support for Afghan media has led to the growth of radio and television outlets that are almost entirely dependent on foreign funding - direct and indirect. Recent strategic communications policies have neither diminished nor adequately countered the presence of extremist voices in Afghanistan. Despite some examples to the contrary, Taliban communications continue to affect the lives of ordinary Afghans, whereas many communications by and from Western sources do not. Neither short- nor mid-term analysis of the Afghan economy - ranked the third poorest in the world by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - foresees the growth of a market able to sustain Afghanistan's domestic media sector without foreign financing. The limited impact of Western communications endeavors, in conjunction with the predicted continued weakness of the Afghan economy, reveals an urgent need for a dramatic shift in the media strategies and goals pursued by the United States and its allies. First and foremost, donors should invest primarily in the Afghan media's production and dissemination of socially constructive contents rather than in building media institutions or infrastructure that the Afghan economy cannot support. For these contents to be received as authentic and credible, they must reflect the vulnerabilities and priorities that Afghans themselves have identified as vital. Donors should make a multiyear funding commitment to the media in Afghanistan. Support should be allocated to both terrestrial and wireless media through a transparent and competitive process developed jointly by donors and Afghan media experts. Aggressively supporting the dissemination of socially constructive contents through new outlets will permit access to both geographic and demographic segments of the population not adequately served by current media outlets." (Summary) more

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The Media in Kyrgyzstan: A Window of Opportunity

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS); AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters; Article 19 (2010), 32 pp.

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Key Challenges for Media After War's End: Report of the International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka

Sukumar Muralidharan

Deborah Muir (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2010), 25 pp.

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Die Funktion von Journalisten im Demokratisierungsprozess in Liberia: Eine explorative Studie über ihr Rollenselbstverständnis

Julia Bayer

Münster: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Magisterarbeit (2010), 124 pp.

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Forces of Gatekeeping and Journalists' Perceptions of Physical Danger in Post-Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Hun Shik Kim

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 87, issue 3-4 (2010), pp. 484-500

"Iraqi journalists operate in one of the deadliest newsgathering environments in the world. This study, based on a survey of 404 Iraqi journalists, examines the variables influencing journalists' perceptions of physical danger in covering news after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Gatekeeping theory pro ... more

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Rebel Voices and Radio Actors: In Pursuit of Dialogue and Debate in Northern Uganda

Maggie Ibrahim

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 610-620

"The town of Gulu in northern Uganda stood still as the leader of a then 16-year-old insurgency against the government was heard live through a local government radio station. On 28 December 2002, Joseph Kony called in to Mega FM’s live debate talk show and was heard throughout northern Uganda. Th ... more

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Defining the Nation? Lebanese Television and Political Elites, 1990-2005

Katharina Nötzold

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2009), 346 + xxvi pp.

"Katharina Nötzold explores whether and how mass media can contribute to nation-building after civil war. Drawing on the example of Lebanon s audiovisual media organisations, which are mostly privately owned by politicians, she demonstrates how political elites use television to transmit their visi ... more

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Media Discourse and the Yugoslav Conflicts: Representations of Self and Other

Pal Kolstø (ed.)

Farnham, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate (2009), xii, 270 pp.

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Newspapers in Hargeysa: Freedom of Speech in Postconflict Somaliland

Markus Höhne

Afrika Spectrum, volume 43, issue 2 (2008), pp. 91-113

"This article discusses the role of newspapers in the ongoing democratisation process in Somaliland. It shows that, embedded in Somali culture and the recent history of the region, freedom of speech in Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland, is cultivated by and in print media established after the civ ... more

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To Tell You the Truth: The Ethical Journalism Initiative
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Aidan White

Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2008), vi, 183 pp.

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Bildkorrekturen: Die Rolle der Medien in Krisengebieten. Journalistenseminar 13.-15. Dezember 2007 im Internationalen InWEnt Bildungszentrum Starnberger See in Feldafing

Kayode Salau (ed.)

Bonn: Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (InWEnt) (2007), 59 pp.

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The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa
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Marie-Soleil Frère

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner; Panos Paris (2007), vii, 287 pp.

"This in-depth investigation of the role that local news media play in Central African conflicts combines theoretical analysis with case studies from nine African countries: Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republi ... more

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Political Violence and Journalism in a Multiethnic State: A Case Study of Burma (Myanmar)

Lisa Brooten

Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 30, issue 4 (2006), pp. 354-373

"Debates about the role of media in situations of political violence call into question whether journalists should focus on “objective” reporting or instead facilitate conflict resolution. Yet an increasingly problematic assumption is that journalists are outsiders to the communities in conflict ... more

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Rwanda Mission Report

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2005), 21 pp.

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The Role of Media in Supporting Peace-Building and Reconciliation Efforts in Central Sulawesi, Maluku and North Maluku

Jakarta; Copenhagen: Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information, Institut Studi Arus Infomasi (ISAI); International Media Support (IMS) (2004), 63 pp.

"This study proposes four focus areas for support to the media in these provinces including: Strengthening the Media Environment; Developing Professional Skills and Resources; Facilitating Information Flows and Access; Supporting Community-based Communication." (Recommendations, page 50)

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Media, Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction

Barry James (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (2004), 114 pp.

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Contributions by the Media to Crisis Prevention and Conflict Settlement

Jörg Becker

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 3, issue 1-2 (2004), 17 pp.

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To Tell You the Truth: The Ethical Journalism Initiative
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The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa
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