December 21, 2016 / By American Abroad Staff Freedom of the press is a right ingrained in Americans. In Russia, press freedoms can’t be taken for granted. According to Reporters Without Borders, in 2016 Russia ranked 148 out of 180 nations in terms of press freedom. The US was No. 41. In Russia, while some…
December 20, 2016/ By MIG A recent report by Reporters Without Borders revealed that at least 74 journalists were killed globally while on duty, and India remains among the most dangerous countries in world for journalists according to other reports. With deaths of 74 journalists across the globe while on the job, most of whom…
December 20, 2016/ By LSE Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox’s bid for the British pay-TV company Sky is raising important questions around its consequences for media pluralism, free expression, and news accuracy. Here, Damian Tambini explains why the Culture Secretary should order a thorough review of this case. Ever since the News International Bid to purchase BskyB…
December 12, 2016/ By Open Democracy Over the weekend, Facebook sent me a link to a video they had made of my activity on their site over the last year. To my mind, that was more proof, if any were needed, that Facebook is a media company, despite all its protestations. A study by Enders…
December 11, 2016/ By Estrategia y Negocios Así lo expresa el relator especial de Libertad de Expresión de la Organización de Estados Americanos, Edison Lanza, al diario nicaragüense ‘La Prensa’; otras preocupaciones son el duopolio de medios (estatal y privado, con Ángel González) y el uso de la publicidad estatal como premio y castigo. Edison…
December 9, 2016/ By Juan Cristóbal Portales No obstante el esfuerzo y recursos desplegados por el Gobierno de la Presidenta Bachelet para diseñar e impulsar una socialización ciudadana amplia de las bases, mecanismos y contenidos del proceso constituyente a través de diversos canales y medios propios y pagados, lo cierto es que su conocimiento, difusión…
December 8, 2016/ By LSE Recent years have brought about new challenges to media landscapes across Europe. Pressures from commercial broadcasters and declining audiences have been compounded by political and financial pressures that have led to questions about the very existence, role and purpose of public service broadcasting. An event held at the LSE last…
December 2, 2016/ By La República Un informe realizado en nuestro país por Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) y el medio digital de investigación Ojo Público, denominado Monitoreo de Propiedad de Medios (MOM, por sus siglas en inglés), concluyó que el Perú presenta un alto nivel de concentración de los medios de comunicación, lo que, a…
December 2, 2016/ By Irina Bokova 250 years ago the world witnessed the passage of the first Freedom of the Press Act, enacted by the Swedish Parliament, covering modern-day Sweden and Finland. This was the first act to constitutionally protect press freedom, almost two centuries before the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since…
December 1, 2016/ By El Divisadero La información gubernamental que se despacha a los medios de comunicación y que la mayoría de las veces se difunde, suele llevar a los lectores, auditores o televidentes, a calificar a la prensa como una mera reproductora de notas oficialista, de ser marcadamente gobiernista. En contraste, cuando no se…
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