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Source: Article 19This website provides access to publications and resources written and/or suggested by Article 19, an organization that defends and promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information throughout the world through lobbying activities, publications, monitoring, research, campaigning, and litigation. Key resources include: over 2,000 documents produced by Article 19, from press releases and in-depth country reports to analyses of laws and international standards.
Source: BBC World Services TrustThe BBC World Service Trust is the BBC’s international charity that aims to use media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights. This website provides access to the trust’s publications, as well as relevant resources such as news and events. The site also provides information about and resources from the Trust’s Research and Learning Group, which conducts ongoing research on media and information development throughout the world.
Source: Deutche-Welle Media ForumThe Deutche-Welle Media Forum is a conference held annually in Bonn, Germany, covering a range of themes pertinent to media development. The website offers multimedia regarding the central theme and a means of exploring the conference, as well as past conference proceedings.
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Source: Vladimir Bratic, International Communication Gazette This paper aims to identify lessons for media development in post-conflict societies both by analyzing media used for violent ends in past conflicts as well as peace-oriented media projects in more recent post-conflict contexts. Primary topics include: the history of media’s use in conflict; the difference between physical and cultural violence; media’s impact on cultural violence; media’s potential in peace-oriented projects; and a comprehensive study of peace-oriented media projects in post-Cold War violent conflicts. The author argues that considerably more research must be undertaken to fully understand the relationship between media and peace-promotion and to develop strategies engaging media for this purpose. However, the paper does conclude with the following preliminary suggestions for peace-oriented media practitioners: integrate several media channels and practices; integrate media into the peacebuilding process; and regulate propaganda while producing peace-oriented media.
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)This report presents the process by which the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) defined a framework for assessing media development. The report chose indicators for media analysis based on the following three areas of priority: promotion of freedom of expression and media pluralism; development of community media; and human resource development (capacity building for media professionals and institutions). Based on these priorities, the report identified the following categories of indicators to assess the media sector: a system of regulation conducive to freedom of expression, pluralism and diversity of the media; plurality and diversity of media, a level economic playing field and transparency of ownership; media as a platform for democratic discourse; professional capacity building and supporting institutions that underpins freedom of expression, pluralism and diversity; and infrastructural capacity sufficient to support independent and pluralistic media. Under each category, context and main issues are outlined and means of verification are suggested. To this end, the report aims to serve as a toolkit that can be adapted to specific contexts and problem areas in media interventions.
Source: Shanthi Kalathil, John Langlois and Adam Kaplan, The World Bank Communications for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP)This policy brief explores the role of the media and communication sector in fragile and post-conflict states. Primary issues include: the role of media in states facing violent conflict and/or violent political upheaval, such as the media’s provision of timely humanitarian and political information; and the media’s role in long term post-conflict situations, such as providing a space for debate and citizen participation as well as facilitating other aspects of peacebuilding operations. The authors state that, despite its importance, the media and communication sector is not often included in post-conflict reconstruction strategies. The policy brief concludes with a call for a new model for reconstruction in post-conflict states that prioritizes communication’s role in governance and peacebuilding.
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