May 31, 2016/ By Azernews Provision of freedom of thought, speech and press in Azerbaijan has always been in the focus of attention of the state. Azerbaijan’s media palette has been fully formed. Ali Hasanov, the assistant to the Azerbaijani President for Public and Political Affairs, Head of the Department for Socio-Political Affairs of the…
May 30, 2016/ Previosly publisued by LSE Media project In this longer read, Lorna Woods, Professor of Media Law at the University of Essex, explains the main changes and key features of the European Commission’s proposal for a new Audiovisual Media Service Directive. After a draft was leaked last week, the Commission’s proposal to revise the…
May 25, 2016/ Jonathan Nackstrand, France24 The plan is the latest step towards what Brussels calls a digital single market, in which the European Union‘s 500 million people will no longer be blocked from buying goods and services more cheaply abroad online. “E-commerce in the EU is not functioning as smoothly as it could,” EU industry…
May 19, 2016 / By Lumko Mtimde, Daily Maverick On the 12th August 2015, Steve Mohale, Citizen Newspaper Editor, wrote: “The media has long played the role of unelected opposition to government in South Africa, taking its constitutional duty of being a watchdog to levels beyond what the Fourth Estate is meant. One hears numerous justifications…
May 17, 2016 / By Oriana Miranda and Gonzalo Castillo, Diario y Radio U Chille El senador Alejandro Navarro envió una carta al directorio de TVN expresando su molestia ante la falta de “objetividad periodística” de una serie de reportajes sobre el proceso político y social de Venezuela. Expertas se sumaron a los cuestionamientos, haciendo hincapié…
May 16, 2016 / By Europatropical Podemos Motril celebra el desbloqueo de la dirección de la Radio Televisión motrileña y el nombramiento con un amplio consenso de Alberto Feixas como nuevo director gerente. Hace unas semanas se conoció el informe de 2015 sobre pluralismo político en las televisiones públicas andaluzas, de mano del Consejo Audiovisual de…
May 16, 2016 / By Petros Iosifidis, Open Democracy The study on Media Policy and Independent Journalism in Greece I co-authored for the Open Society Foundations in 2014-15 identified the most urgent problems facing media policy in Greece and how they affect independent journalism. The study was based on desktop research, literature review of sources…
May 13, 2016 / By Jean-Paul Marthoz, CPJ EU Jean-Paul Marthoz / CPJ EU Correspondent On May 9, a stern review of Hungary’s conduct in human rights issues and press freedom was released at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report, drafted by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, listed concerns from…
Llamado a propuestas de capítulos de libro -Call for Abstract- “Transformaciones de la esfera pública en Chile: pluralismo informativo, opinión pública y luchas sociales” Nicolás Del Valle Orellana (coordinador) RIL Editores, 2016 Enviar resumen/abstract extendido (de hasta 1.000 palabras) antes del viernes 30 de junio de 2016 al correo electrónico publicaciones_facipol@ucentral.cl indicando en el asunto:…
May 11, 2016 / By Christine Leşcu, Radio Romania International Every year, in early May, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, an event that provides an opportunity to measure to what extent journalists’ rights and freedom of speech are observed. The Media Pluralism Monitor, developed and funded by the European Commission and the European Parliament, is…
11 May, 2016 / By Giovanni Vale Following a five day mission in Zagreb, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, provides an account on the situation of media freedom in the country. Interview Commissioner, are you worried about the current situation in Croatia with regards to freedom of the press?…
May 10, 2016 / By MWC News Paris-based group wants order that led to closure of office rescinded on “grounds of media pluralism and media freedom”. Reporters Without Borders, the international organisation which promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press, has called on Iraq to revoke its decision of suspending Al Jazeera’s licence that resulted in…
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