Media
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- What are the challenges facing the development of African media?
- ( Berger G. (ed) / Media Institute for Southern Africa , 2011)
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The 1991 Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom was a landmark document which set the stage for the development of the African media. The Declaration calls for a free, independent and pluralistic me...
How can the news media aid governance reform?
- ( P. Norris (ed) / World Bank , 2010)
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News media have contributed to the improvement of governance in several countries through their ability to expose corruption. This book contributes to the awareness of the potential contributions o...
- 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...
- Tools for teaching journalism in MENA
- ( UNESCO Communication and Information Sector (Webworld) , 2008)
- Following the publication by UNESCO of a Model Curricula for journalism education, this wiki platform is a tool to adapt the programme to teaching journalism in Arabic and French. Designed as a generi...
- Arab governments losing their grip on freedom of expression
- ( E. Zelaky;S. Sami;D. Ziada / The Initiative for an Open Arab Internet , 2007)
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Arab governments have maintained a tradition of restricting freedom of expression using national security and religious morals as grounds for censorship, and the ‘war on terror’ has giv...
- The struggles of Tunisia's independent press
- ( Reporters Without Borders [Reporters Sans Frontières] , 2009)
- This paper discusses press freedom in Tunisia, presenting the findings of a visit by a delegation from Reporters Without Borders at the end of 2008. It argues that two different types of media co-exis...
- Enhancing public engagement in public media 2.0
- ( J. Clark;P. Aufderheide / The Center for Social Media , 2009)
- Public broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, and network newscasts have all played a central role in democracy, informing citizens and guiding public conversation. But the top-down dissemination ...
- 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)...
- Still a way to go for Arab human rights on the internet
- ( A. A-A. Hamada;G. Eid;M. Hakem / The Initiative for an Open Arab Internet , 2007)
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Censorship in the Arab world is still rife, extending to all forms of media including print, television, radio and internet. However, the internet has also become a tool used to get around this cen...
- How to reform the media?
- ( R. Kulick / Center for International Media Action , 2006)
- This document brings together findings of a survey which compiled different ideas and perspectives from media activists and advocates about the state of media reform, communication rights and media ju...
