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China’s New Media Dilemma: The Profit in Online Diss...

Thursday, June 27 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EDT (Lunch served 12:00pm) National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Speakers: Louisa Chiang, Independent Researcher Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst for East Asia, Freedom House Moderator: Mark Nelson,...

Beyond the Great Firewall

Tuesday, March 7 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST (Lunch served 12:00-12:15 p.m.) National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Speakers: Shanthi Kalathil, Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy Rebecca MacKinn...

Two Faces of Chinese Media: International Expansion, Inte...

Please not that due to technical diffculties, portions of both Sarah Cook and Anne Nelson's presentations are missing. Click here to hear a full audio recording. >> Featuring: Anne Nelson Columbia University CCTV’s International Expansion: China’s Grand Strategy for Media Sarah Co...

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Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Infor...

For their unprecedented scale and effectiveness, China’s efforts at censorship have been dubbed the “Great Firewall.” China, however, now has grander ambitions. Without much fanfare, the Chinese government has turned its focus outward, seeking to take its influence over the information environ...

Advancing Independent journalism While Building a Modern N...

Malaysiakini, an online news platform operating in a country of continuous and pervasive media controls, has taken advantage of a precarious space allowing comparatively free journalism on the Internet. In Malaysia, it has successfully increased demand for reliable and independent news, along with s...

The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist P...

The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World provides a survey of this phenomenon and its recent evolution as it pertains to the news media sector, though similar dynamics also affect the film, literature, and performing...

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Social Media Shutdowns Restrict the Flow of Information Wh...

By Samuel Woodhams Following the tragic terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka earlier this year that killed over 250 people, the government blocked popular social media platforms and messaging apps in an attempt to prevent the spread of misinformation online. However, the ban not only blocked misinformati...

India’s Other Media Boom

Digital news and social media hold increasing sway over public opinion, but as the world’s largest democracy goes to the polls, it may be time to ask: Just how important is digital media in India? Between April 11 and May 19, more than 900 million Indians will be eligible to vote in the nation...

Decline in attacks masks a deeper challenge for free media...

In Pakistan, press freedom has ticked up amid a decline in attacks on journalists over the past year, but recent reports suggest the promising numbers mask a deeper challenge of self-censorship. One recent study by Media Matters for Democracy found that roughly 88 percent of Pakistani journalists ad...