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Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance & Development from the Global Forum for Media Development

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Media Matters is an independent publication of Internews Europe on behalf of the Global Forum for Media Development. Following a year-long collaboration among media development practitioners and leading social, political and communications scientists, Media Matters presents core messages to policy makers on the central role of independent media in effective international development.

 

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Contents:

  • Foreword: Alpha Oumar Konaré, Chairperson, Africa Union
  • Executive summary and Overview
  • Section I: Why Media Matters: Global Perspectives
    • Information Equality: the Third Revolution, David Hoffman, President, Internews Network, Chair, Global Forum on Media Development.
    • Integrating Approaches to Good Governance, Press Freedom and Intercultural Tolerance, Sashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General for Communication and Public Information, United Nations
    • Media Development and Speech in the Public Sphere, Thomas Jacobson, Temple University
    • Why the Media Matters: the Relevance of the Media to Tackling Poverty, James Deane, Communication for Social Change Consortium
    • Gender Inequality, Media and Development, Margaret Gallagher, International Media Consultant
    • Access to the Electromagnetic Spectrum is a Foundation for Development, Christian Sandvig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Media, Governance and Development: An Empirical Perspective that Challenges Convention, Daniel Kaufmann, World Bank Institute
  • Section II: How Media Matters: Measuring its Impact
    • Moving Media: The Case for the Role of Communications in Meeting the MDGs, Warren Feek, The Communication Initiative
    • The Role of the Free Press in Promoting Democratization, Good Governance and Human Development, Pippa Norris, Harvard University and Democratic Governance Group, UNDP
    • Measuring Change in Media Systems: The Media Sustainability Index, Mark Whitehouse, IREX
    • A Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit for Media Development: What do available indicators and integrative approaches have to offer?, Antonio Lambino II, Alexandra Tebay and Sarah Buzby, Annenberg School for Communication
    • A Road Map for Monitoring and Evaluation in the Media Development Sector, Alan Davis, Institute of War and Peace Reporting
  • Section III: Challenges in Media Matters: Practitioner Experiences
    • The Enabling Environment for Free and Independent Media, Monroe Price, Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, and Peter Krug, University of Oklahoma College of Law
    • Strategies for Media Development, Ann Hudock, The Asia Foundation
    • Affordable Capital: Turning Press Freedom Heroes into Entrepreneurs, Sasa Vucinic, Media Development Loan Fund
    • Ideological, Legal, Economic and Professional Obstacles to Media Development in Africa, Jeanette Minnie, Consultant, Zambezi Fox
    • A Rich Complex Landscape: Challenges and Advances in Media Development in Latin America, Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano
    • Arab Media Lagging Behind: Freedom of Expression, Lost Credibility and the Rise of Independent Media, Ibrahim Nawar, Arab Press
      Freedom Watch
    • Media Assistance in the Former Soviet Union: A Job Well done?, Manana Aslamazyan, Internews Russia
    • Staying Alive: Media Independence in South East Asia, Kavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation, and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance
    • Media Development in Challenging Environments: Uzbekistan after Andijan, Andrew Stroehlein, the International Crisis Group
    • Crisis and Opportunity in the Public Sphere: Lessons from Pakistan’s Earthquake Zones, Adnan Rehmat, Intermedia
    • Media, Development and Governance: Facilitating Local Analysis of Global Issues, Teresa Hanley, Jon Barnes and Murali Shanmugavelan, Panos Institute, London
    • Community Radio: Perspectives on Media Reach and Audience Access, Marcelo Solervicens, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
    • Global Health – Local News: The Need to Build Independent Journalism into the Public Health Agenda, Ron MacInnis, Internews Network
    • The Nexus between Independent Journalists’ Unions, Press Freedom and Poverty Eradication, Christopher Warren, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
  • Section IV: Mapping the Sector: Literature, Surveys & Resources
    • Participatory Diffusion or Semantic Confusion?, Adam Rogers, United Nations Capital Development Fund
    • Media Development: The Case for Research, Susan Abbott, Annenberg School for Communication
    • Mapping the Media Asssistance Sector: Mapping the Sector, Ellen Hume, University of Massachusetts
    • Selected Resources, Laura Stein, Katy Pearce
      and Myriam Horngren
    • List of Organisations that attended the Inaugural Global Forum on Media Development, Amman, Jordan, October 2005
    • GFMD Steering Committee, Regional Fora and Coordination (2006 – 2008)

GFMD is made possible through the generous support of: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation • The Lodestar Foundation • The Government of Jordan • The Department for International Development (DfID UK) • The Ford Foundation • The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) • The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) • The United Nations Foundation • Open Society Foundation – Network Media Program • The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) • UNESCO Paris