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Policy Documents and Recommendations
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International Media Support
During the reign of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has rated as one of the least free countries in the Arab region – also in terms of freedom of expression. In the now liberated north-eastern part of Libya, all media outlets were tightly controlled by the regime. Most media workers interviewed by IMS in...
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December, 01 2011
Case Studies
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EU
Jordan was the first country in the Arab World to adopt a right to information law when it adopted Law No. 47 for the Year 2007 Guaranteeing the Right to Obtain Information (the right to information law or Law). This was an advantage inasmuch as Jordan started the process of opening up earlier than...
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May, 01 2016
Case Studies
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MedMedia
News values and priorities, the choice of language and images, and the overall journalistic framing of individuals and issues all come together in a complex process to produce particular representations of women and men in public life. This project aims to intervene in that process, to make visible...
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December, 12 2016
Case Studies
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BBC Media Action
Much has been written about the media in Libya and Tunisia following the revolutions of 2011, most of it focused on the role of social media, mobile telephony and the internet, as well as on rapidly proliferating private media. There has been little research, however, that looks at the media...
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December, 12 2016
Legislation, Reports and Analysis
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Internews
This report looks at some of the challenges during Mubarak’s presidency. Here the media especially faced substantial legal and regulatory challenges that limited their independence and ability to criticise and hold the government to account. These controls remain largely in place today. To create a...
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December, 01 2011
Case Studies, Reports and Analysis
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Oxford
The project explores attitudes to trust in international news media in Egypt against the background of recent changes in its political and media landscape. The study is a follow-up to earlier research on trust in international news media conducted in Egypt in 2010 in the context of the...
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December, 01 2011
Case Studies
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Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law (ACLRI)
The author highlights two overall factors throughout the report: 1. Existence of powerful executive authorities in Jordan, in comparison with legislative and judicial authorities. 2. Practical implementation and the reality of the freedom of the media may not be an implementation of the laws, but...
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December, 12 2016
Policy Documents and Recommendations, Reports and Analysis
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Institut Panos Paris et Observatoire Méditerranéen de la Communication
Study, entitled “Audiovisual Public Service Mission in the Maghreb/Mashrek Region», by Ayman BARDAWIL & Sawsan ZAIDEH in La mission de service public audiovisuel dans la région Maghreb/Mashrek by Olga Del Rio Sanchez, Institut Panos Paris and Mediterrenean Observatory for Communication.
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December, 01 2012
Case Studies
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Australian Communications Media Authority
This report surveys and undertakes a comparative analysis of international regulatory approaches to Al-Manar Television in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Europe. In doing so it adopts a two part structure. In part one, the report surveys the international regulation of Al-Manar in a...
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December, 01 2010
Case Studies, Legislation
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UNESCO
This report aims to inform and support the development of Palestine’s media sector through the conduct of a comprehensive assessment of the media environment, based on international legal standards and good practice. The report is structured according to the five categories of the indicators:...
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December, 04 2014

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