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US Net Neutrality Debate Sees Major Milestone
Net neutrality = the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.It’s a basic definition, yet one people often find hard to grasp. And it’s not something y... |
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Media That Matters 2015
This year, the Center for Media and Social Impact (CMSI) at American University will hold its eleventh annual Media That Matters Conference, a gathering of “established and aspiring filmmakers, nonprofit communication leaders, funders, and students who want to learn and share cutting-edge practic... |
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Book Review: Media and Development by Martin Sco...
Guest post by Ann Hendrix-Jenkins. This post originally appeared on LenCD.We work in an era when technical specialties dig ever deeper into their own rabbit holes of complexity and nuance, while simultaneously calls resound for a next generation of global health and development based on integration,... |
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EJC Releases New Handbook on Communications Stra...
Too often, developing communications strategies for civil society organizations is ignored. The belief, I think, is that if the mission is there, then people will support it, and it will take root. Many think there’s no need for a methodology in engaging communities in what we do. But the prob... |
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Journal of Democracy 25 Years In: An Interview w...
Taking the Temperature of Democracy “When we started, it was a time when, suddenly, democracy was moving to the center of public consciousness,” Marc Plattner, the co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, says. “There was not a wide literature on democracy in developing countries.” Plattner, a... |
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The Great Debate: Freedom of Information and Med...
UN Representative, Global Forum for Media Development This Monday, the UN General Assembly began its final phase of negotiations over the UN’s next set of global development goals, which will succeed the expiring Millennium Development Goals and guide international development priorities and aid f... |
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Measuring the Audience
A Wrap-Up of CIMA’s Discussion As the coordinator of CIMA’s events, I spend a lot of time on a lot of different topics—from hammering out the concept of the event to finding panelists to wrapping my mind around topics that I am sometimes, frankly, not the most familiar with. This event was... |
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Making the Case for Media’s Impact on Demo...
Those working in the media development field may often take for granted the idea that independent media, and its counterpart, access to information, are essential to a free and open society. The burden of proof falls upon us to show the impact of media on development issues like good governance, and... |
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Top Reads of the Week: CIMA’s Digital Media Ma...
Each week, CIMA compiles what we see as the most interesting and thought-provoking pieces on news and trends in digital media, known as the Digital Media Mashup. To get this mailing in your inbox, subscribe here. You can also see other top reads from CIMA’s DMM at IJNet’s blog. Here are ... |
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The Global Transition to Digital TV Broadcasting
This year marks a deadline for a global agreement to transition from the obsolescent analog technology to digital broadcasting for television. Though the deadline is self-imposed, with no formal sanctions if it is missed, it marks a possible turning point for many countries’ media development. ... |