January 7, 2013 •
Media and Politics •
by Philip Di Salvo
Digital rights deserve just as much protection as the fundamental rights according to the European Parliament in Strasburg, which recently endorsed a report on “Digital Freedom Strategy in Foreign Policy.” The Dutch Member of...
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December 11, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Philip Di Salvo
Syrian officials recently shut down Internet access throughout the country for several days, a common tactic for nations attempting to inhibit internal and external communication. According to new research, sixty-one additional countries...
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November 21, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Milica Jevtic
No progress has been made when it comes to media freedom in Serbia, says the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE). As debate heightens over government involvement in the media, the Serbian minister of culture and...
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November 9, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Philip Di Salvo
Journalists arrested, netizens remanded to trial. A petition calls on EU authorities to intervene as the media in Athens faces a new season of menace. Economic crisis is bearing down hard in the Hellenic country. Ongoing violence continues...
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October 22, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Michal Kus
New study examines the current situation for journalists in a rapidly changing media environment. “Journalism in Change,” a new study which aims to compare recent variations within journalism cultures, combines the efforts of...
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October 19, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
Third-annual report brings news of progress despite the prevalence of new and sophisticated threats to Internet freedom. Freedom House’s newest report, “Freedom on the net 2012: A global assessment of Internet and digital media,”...
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October 4, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Hana Biriczova
Though contemporary Czech journalism has evolved, journalism students cling to the memories of the First Republic’s great writers, such as Karel Čapek, Karel Poláček, and Jaroslav Hašek. The Czech journalistic tradition is still...
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September 30, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Dariya Orlova and Victoria Sydorenko
Ukrainian journalists bemoan deteriorating media freedom as new challenges complicate the issue. As Ukraine’s hosting duties began for the 64th World Newspaper Congress (WNC) in early September, the country’s unstable media...
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August 28, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Michael Wise
New Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) report examines digital intermediaries and their effect on news plurality in contemporary media. “News Plurality in a Digital World,” authored by communication policy expert...
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