Resources
Attacks on the Press
CPJ publishes Attacks on the Press, the most comprehensive annual survey of press freedom around the world. Find it here: http://www.cpj.org/attacks/
Blogs and Bullets
Through this initiative, USIP’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding explores ways to utilize quantitative and analytical tools to map online discourse and content in priority conflict areas. Find them here: http://www.usip.org/programs/initiatives/blogs-bullets
Country Profiles
CIMA has compiled data on the media in developing countries around the world, drawing data primarily from IREX's Media Sustainability Index, Freedom House's Freedom of the Press index, and Reporters Without Borders's Press Freedom Index.
Find them here: http://www.cima.ned.org/tools-and-resources/country-profiles
Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
As internet and mobile phone use explodes worldwide, governments are adopting new and multiple means for controlling these technologies that go far beyond technical filtering. Freedom on the Net provides a comprehensive look at these emerging tactics: http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=383&report=79
Freedom of the Press
The Freedom of the Press index, an annual survey of media independence in 195 countries and territories, assesses the degree of print, broadcast, and internet freedom in every country in the world, analyzing the events of each calendar year. Find them here: http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=16
ICFJ Digital Training Manuals
ICFJ has a variety of training materials for journalists, covering basic skills like reporting, writing and cultivating sources, as well as new-media training, including a guide for citizen journalists. These manuals provide information, case studies and tools to learn the basics or advanced skills of journalism. Find them here: http://www.icfj.org/Resources/tabid/209/Default.aspx
IJNet
IJNet.org is a global website for journalists and media managers to learn about training and networking opportunities. Its weekly e-mail bulletin reports on the latest innovations, resources and awards. IJNet publishes in Arabic, Chinese, English, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Find it here: http://ijnet.org/
InterMedia’s AudienceScapes
AudienceScapes is an interactive knowledge resource for the international development community. It provides unique insights on how citizens and policymakers gather, share and use information from all sources. Find it here: http://www.audiencescapes.org/
Journalism in the Americas Blog
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin maintains a blog section on its website with resources and maps about information access and transparency laws in Latin America. Find it here: http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/blog
Media Sustainability Index
IREX’s Media Sustainability Index (MSI) provides in-depth analyses of the conditions for independent media in 80 countries across the world. Find them here: http://www.irex.org/project/media-sustainability-index-msi
Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2010,1034.html
Publications
Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights and Rule in Cyberspace, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://www.access-controlled.net/authors/
Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://opennet.net/accessdenied
By the People: The Rise of Citizen Journalism, Center for International Media Assistance
http://www.cima.ned.org/publications/research-reports/people-rise-citizen-journalism
Community Media Sustainability Guide: The Business of Changing Lives, USAID, Internews Network, PACT
http://www.internews.org/pubs/pdfs/InternewsCommunityMediaGuide2009.pdf
Covering Corruption: The Difficulties of Trying to Make a Difference, Center for International Media Assistance
Digital Media in Conflict-Prone Societies, Center for International Media Assistance
http://www.cima.ned.org/publications/research-reports/digital-media-conflict-prone-societies
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Independent Media and Human Rights Sites, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Empowering Independent Media: U.S. Efforts to Foster Free and Independent News Around the World, Center for International Media Assistance
http://cima.ned.org/publications/research-reports/empowering-independent-media
Global Investigative Journalism: Strategies for Support, Center for International Media Assistance
The Impact of Digital Technology on Journalism and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, Open Society Foundations and Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Killing the News: Stories Go Untold As Latin American Journalists Die, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfoundation.org/research_publications/detail.dot?id=376504
Libel Tourism: Silencing the Press Through Transnational Legal Threats, Center for International Media Assistance
Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere_0.pdf
Mapping the Russian Blogosphere, USIP
http://www.usip.org/publications/mapping-the-russian-blogosphere
Media, Information System and Communities: Lessons from Haiti, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfoundation.org/research_publications/detail.dot?id=377092
Media Literacy: Citizen Journalists, Center for International Media Assistance
http://cima.ned.org/publications/research-reports/media-literacy-citizen-journalists
Media Literacy: Empowering Youth Worldwide, Center for International Media Assistance
http://cima.ned.org/publications/research-reports/media-literacy-empowering-youth-worldwide
Media Literacy: Understanding the News, Center for International Media Assistance
http://cima.ned.org/publications/research-reports/media-literacy-understanding-news
Media Matters 2009-2011, GFMD
http://issuu.com/gfmd/docs/gfmd_media_matters_2009-2011_
Media Missionaries, Ellen Hume
http://www.ellenhume.com/articles/missionaries.pdf
A Mobile Voice: The Use of Mobile Phones in Citizen Media, MobileActive.org
New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia, USAID
Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2010/political_change_in_the_digital_age
The Promise of Ubiquity: Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South, Internews Europe
http://www.internews.org/pubs/ict/Promise_of_Ubiquity_Full_Version.pdf
Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Scaling a Changing Curve: Traditional Media Development and the New Media, Center for International Media Assistance
Wireless Technology for Social Change,UNFoundation/Vodaphone
http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/business/2008/unvodaphone.pdf
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