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Freedom of Expression, Free Flow of Information, Freedom of Media | OSCE, 2007
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This report is a compilation of texts adopted by the OSCE with regards to the freedom of expression, the free flow of information and the freedom of media. It covers the timeline since the Helsinki Final Act from 1975 up till the council decisions from 2006. One key point in the history of defending the freedom of expression was the Establishment of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in 1997. Excerpts from other summits and meetings are presented as well.
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Regular Report to the Permanent Council | OSCE - Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2008-03-13
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This report by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti summarizes the issues that OSCE have raised with participating States and reviews the work done by the office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media. It provides a a follow-up on the special report ‘Handling of journalists during political demonstrations’ and a list of legal reviews prepared for participating States.
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Access to information by the media in the OSCE region: Country Reports | OSCE - Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2007-06-21
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With the support of the 2006 Belgian OSCE Chairmanship, the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM) started a survey in May 2006 on access to information by the media in the OSCE participating States. RFOM sent a Questionnaire to all Governments of the OSCE participating States on the state of relevant legislation and practice in their nations. The country reports for this survey are based on data that have been received from the governments of the OSCE participating States and from other sources, including OSCE field operations and international and local media NGOs.
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The State of Media Freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Public Service Broadcasting | OSCE, 2007-03-29
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This report was prepared by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, in close cooperation with the OSCE Mission to BiH. It offers practical recommendations on how to improve freedom of the media in general and public service broadcasting in particular.
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The Scottish Press - From 1955 to the Present Day: An Essay | allmediaSCOTLAND.com, 2008-07-08
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David Hutchison, a research fellow in media policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, is co-editor of the recently-published The Media in Scotland. Here, from a chapter in the book, he considers the Scottish newspaper industry during the last half century.
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Ethnic minority groups and communications services | Office for Communications (OFCOM), 2007-06-21
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The aim of this Ofcom report is to explore how the citizen and consumer interests of people from ethnic minority groups (EMGs) are being met in relation to availability, take-up and consumption of communications services, and to investigate attitudes towards these services. The report begins by looking at the differences in demographic profiles of EMGs in the UK and the general population. It then looks at the three communications services of television, telecoms (fixed-line and mobile) and internet. Within the chapter on television, viewing trends are looked at in further detail. The final chapter looks at attitudes towards communications technology and services.
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Goodbye to Media Freedom? | Association of European Journalists (AEJ), 2007-11
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Written by journalists active in 20 member states of the Council of Europe and published by the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), this survey of media freedom investigates the relationships between the media and governments across Europe. The main findings from the country reports include violence and intimidation of journalists and editors, criminal prosecution of journalists using secrecy or defamation laws and court orders to reveal sources of information, political influence in public broadcasting, media ownership by powerful business interests with political ties, exploitation of journalists through job insecurity, and media “wars” of words with those in political power, some of whom are trying to court the media while others are trying to vilify them. In conclusion, the document reviews the steps needed for media self-regulation with a note on censorship as a possible consequence of regulation.
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Delivering Creative Future: The BBC in 2012 | BBC, 2007-07-10
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This speech was given by Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC at QE2 Conference Centre, London. He says that growing market failure in popular content areas like comedy, drama, learning and children's will make public service broadcasting in the UK more necessary than ever by 2012. He points out that BBC needs to become more open to criticism, to external views and to the public. It should also work on weaknesses identified in research for the BBC Trust which shows the public wants more innovation, programmes with local relevance and content providing practical skills and learning.
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Scaling a Changing Curve: Traditional Media Development and the New Media | National Endowment for Democracy (NED), 2008-03-03
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The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) commissioned this study to examine the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in independent media development and shed light on the state of current practice with respect to media development and new technologies. The 20-page document analyses the use of new media, including blogs, social networking sites, cell phone messaging, and other relatively new technology applications in communication for development. It contextualises new media in the rapidly changing global information industry, and offers recommendations on how independent media-development programmes can take advantage of, and keep abreast of, these new global trends.
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Goodbye to Media Freedom? - February 2008 Update | Association of European Journalists (AEJ), 2008-02-28
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This report updates the Association of European Journalists' (AEJ) survey entitled Goodbye to Freedom? (November 2007). The original survey covers 20 countries in eastern and western Europe and highlights evidence that media freedom in Europe is threatened by restrictive laws, hidden political and commercial pressures, threats of jail, intimidation and in some cases even murder. This update contains new evidence from 15 countries that media freedom is in retreat because of widespread violence, censorship, meddling in broadcasting, commercial pressures and security laws.
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