Assessment of Media Development in Tunisia – Based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators

The study based on the MDIs has been carried out between April 2012 and September 2012. The report is structured according to the five categories of the indicators. It supplies extensive information on: the constitutional and legal framework for freedom of expression and its support for pluralism and diversity of the media, the degree of media pluralism and diversity including financing of the media sector and transparency of ownership, the performance of the media as a platform for democratic debate, the institutional arrangements for continuing professional training and for higher education in journalism and media, and addresses questions of infrastructure and new information technologies (ICT).