Media Policy

Media Barometer reports for Africa, Asia and Europe (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung)

mediapolicy.org — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:50 +0000

German Foundation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has regularly conducted one of the widest assessments of African media environments (and now Asia and Europe), using their Barometer methodology:

Every two to three years a panel of 10 to 12 local experts, consisting of … Read more

Somalia Conference: promises of action on media freedom, safety of journalists

Sameer Padania — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:07:45 +0000

“We agreed on the important role a free and independent media should play in Somalia, and welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the killing of journalists, and to promote press freedom.” (Somalia … Read more

What does Wikileaks tell us about the future of media?

Guest Post — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:27:34 +0000

This is a guest post by Arne Hintz.

Through its mega-releases of secret documents in 2010 – including the Afghan and Iraq war diaries, and 250,000 US diplomatic cables – WikiLeaks has sparked fierce international debate. While the media have since … Read more

Doha Centre report analyses Gulf media landscape

mediapolicy.org — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:01:28 +0000

The Doha Centre for Media Freedom has released new analysis – in Arabic and English – of the media policy and regulation landscape in six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and … Read more

The mobile web and press freedom

Sameer Padania — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:24:26 +0000

Last month, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) - a multi-stakeholder coalition of ICT companies, civil society organisations, investors and academics - signed a cooperation agreement with another body called Industry Dialogue, or, to give it its full name, Telecommunications Industry Dialogue on Freedom of Expression … Read more

New research: Is mobile internet access “second-class” access?

Guest Post — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:30:56 +0000

Policymakers are excited about mobile leapfrogging because it represents a potential solution to the persistent “digital divide” in Internet access that has separated low-income and high-income individuals, and developing and developed nations. Read more

Media and Telecoms Landscape guides from InfoAsAid

mediapolicy.org — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:40:25 +0000

The joint Internews Europe/BBC Media Action project InfoAsAid has an extensive series of recent research reports covering media and telecoms landscapes for 20 countries. The reports cover a wide terrain – from profiles of the major media in each country, to … Read more

Beppe Grillo: Italian population living in a “gigantic ‘Truman Show’”

Sameer Padania — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:48:09 +0000

So the long-standing debate about the independence of Italy’s public broadcaster, RAI – addressed in Mapping Digital Media: Italy, and by the Open Media Coalition, Italy’s media reform movement – has now received the Grillo treatment.

Italian comedian Beppe Grillo last … Read more

New on mediapolicy – AfriMAP reports

Sameer Padania — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:09:34 +0000

Over the past couple of days, we’ve added a new section making it easier for you to access the work of our colleagues in the AfriMAP project. As with the Mapping Digital Media section, you can now also read AfriMAP … Read more

European Commission Seeks Support for More Active Media Policy [Cross-posted from LSE Media Policy Project]

Guest Post — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:14:56 +0000

[This post, by Sally Broughton Micova, was originally published on the LSE Media Policy Project blog on 26/03/2013]

Two new consultations launched on 22 March are a sign that the European Commission may be seriously considering a more active role in media policy. Support from the European … Read more