Media
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- Analysing the impact of the new social media in the Arab world
- ( J. Ghannam / Center for International Media Action , 2011)
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The Arab world has experienced an awakening of free expression that has now entered the body politic of Tunisia and Egypt and has helped break down the strangle hold of state sponsored media and in...
Free media? Assessing the broadcasting industry in Zambia and beyond
- ( C.H. Chirwa;J. Minnie;H. Bussiek / Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa , 2010)
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The report begins with a comprehensive audit of existing media laws and other legislation, with an impact on freedom of expression, and a critical in-depth assessment of the legal and re...
- Is democratic expression under threat in Cambodia?
- ( P. Penh;K. Chamcamorn;S.B. Trabek / Article 19 , 2010)
- The fundamental right to freedom of expression is becoming increasingly eroded in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Violations of the right have intensified with tactics of intimidation, threats, harassment an...
- Researching media's role in governance
- ( World Service Trust BBC / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2009)
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There has been growing evidence in recent years about the significant role of media in determining governance and development outcomes in states often described as fragile, or thought to be experie...
- Can ICT foster social and political freedoms in the Middle East?
- ( F. Shirazi / Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries , 2008)
- This paper examines the extent to which ICT expansion is impacting social and political freedoms in ten countries of the Middle Eastern region, defined as non-democratic states. It investigates two pr...
- Lessons from media reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2004)
- The aim of this paper is to contribute to UNDP practitioners’ understanding of broadcast media sector reform, especially reform concerning Public Service Broadcasting (PSB)...
How to assess media development at a national level
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2008)
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The promotion of freedom of speech, the development of community radio, and human resource development are regarded by the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) as ess...
- The media's role in empowering vulnerable groups
- ( J. Deane; E. McCall; A. Wilde / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2006)
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This guidance note focuses on the role of information and communication in empowering vulnerable groups, and particularly centres on strategies that can strengthen the media to play this role.
The a...
