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See allLithuania: The rise of yet another type of media culture?
Media Policy January 17, 2012
Tags: Internet, journalism, Lithuania, online media, social media
By Auksė Balčytienė* The Lithuanian report in the Mapping Digital Media series gives an account of what has happened in the media in Lithuania over the past two decades. It also looks at the biggest challenges that have recently … Read more
Towards an Internet Free of Censorship. Proposals for Latin America
Media Policy January 17, 2012
Tags: internet freedom of expression, internet regulation, media freedoms
CELE launches its new publication: Towards an Internet Free of Censorship. Proposals for Latin America The global debate over Internet regulation has evolved from the initial question over whether any regulation is necessary and desirable to questions whose answers … Read more
Digital Media in Serbia
Media Policy December 21, 2011
Tags: Digitization, Google Journalism, Jovanka Matić, Mapping Digital Media, Serbia
By Jovanka Matic* Digital technology is very much present in Serbia. While only half the population had a mobile subscription in 2005, five years later there were 132 mobile phones for every hundred citizens. By May 2010, Serbia ranked 17th … Read more
Can we civilize the tabloids without losing press freedom?
Media Policy December 14, 2011
Tags: Leveson Inquiry, Mark Thompson, Self-Regulation, United Kingdom
By Mark Thompson* The ongoing inquiry into “the culture, practices and ethics of the media” in the United Kingdom spent last month taking statements from victims of the tabloid press. Some were famous (actors, footballers, etc.), while others were ordinary … Read more
Guatemala: General Telecommunications Law Reform presents a threat for the developing of inclusive media
Media Policy December 12, 2011
Tags: Community Radio, Guatemala, Indigenous Populations, Renata Avila
By Renata Avila* On 27 September 2011, right after the first round of elections in Guatemala, Congress member Ricardo Villalte proposed a bill to amend the 1996 Telecommunications Law (Congressional Decree 94-96 reformed by Decrees 115-97, 47-2002, 82-2002 and 11-2006). … Read more
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