Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa

* By Iginio Gagliardone and Nicole Stremlau

 

The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central … Read more


Mapping Digital Media: Albania

In Albania, digital terrestrial broadcasting has so far affected mainly the capital and other cities, while the rest of the country and especially the rural areas have hardly been affected due to insuffi cient coverage and lower … Read more


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Mapping Digital Media: Hungary

Media debate in Hungary has been dominated since mid-2010 by a new and far-reaching package of media laws, referred to collectively as the 2010 media regulation. Ostensibly enacted to bring the country’s legal framework into line with the needs of … Read more


Italy after Berlusconi: What now for media freedom?

 

The Open Society Foundations and the Reuters Institute in association with Frontline Club will discuss the future of the media in Italy after Berlusconi. On 12 November, the longest-serving post-war Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi … Read more