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Press Freedom in the International Human Rights Discourse Wiebke Lamer Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Graduate Program in International Studies Dissertations Spring 2014 Neglecting the 'Right on Which All Other Rights Depend': Press Freedom in the International Human Rights Discourse Wiebke Lamer Old Dominion University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gpis_etds Part of the International Relations Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Lamer, Wiebke. "Neglecting the 'Right on Which All Other Rights Depend': Press Freedom in the International Human Rights Discourse" (2014). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), dissertation, International Studies, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/j40y- n533 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gpis_etds/74 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Program in International Studies at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NEGLECTING THE ‘RIGHT ON WHICH ALL OTHER RIGHTS DEPEND’: PRESS FREEDOM IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE by Wiebke Lamer B.A. June 2003, De Montfort University, UK M. A. September 2004, University of Leicester, UK M.Sc. September 2008, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY May 2014 Approvedby: Kuri Taylor G^rhbatz (Director) tman (Member) Laura Roselle (Member) ABSTRACT NEGLECTING THE ‘RIGHT ON WHICH ALL OTHER RIGHTS DEPEND’: PRESS FREEDOM IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE Wiebke Lamer Old Dominion University, 2014 Director: Dr. -
Kazakhstan Jumps 15 Spots on IMD World
+31° / +17°C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 No 11 (125) www.astanatimes.com Major events such as AEF Astana EXPO 2017 kicks off with and EAMF are coming up in June. Reports, opinions dazzling show, concert and fireworks on pages A6, A8. The most anticipated event of the year launches on June 9. Nur Alem, the centerpiece pavilion of EXPO 2017 and the world’s largest ball of glass with a diametre of 80 metres, is lit up by spectacular fireworks. For in-depth coverage please check Section C. India, Pakistan join SCO; anti-extremism convention tops agenda at Astana summit the heads of state who arrived in By Dmitry Lee the run up to the summit. During the meeting of the Coun- ASTANA – The Kazakh capital cil of the SCO Heads of State, he hosted the 17th Shanghai Coopera- noted the accession of India and tion Organisation (SCO) summit Pakistan would give new impetus June 8-9, with the accession of In- to the growing-in-numbers organi- dia and Pakistan and anti-extrem- sation and raise its international ism convention topping the agenda status. Nazarbayev added this was amid hopes of bolstering the or- the last time the heads of only the ganisation’s presence in Eurasia. six states – China, Kazakhstan, While the world had its collec- Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajik- tive eyes on the Kazakh capital as istan and Uzbekistan – would be it held the summit and launched seated at the negotiating table, as EXPO 2017 June 9, President Nur- the next summit will include the sultan Nazarbayev conducted a two new member nations. -
The Western Media and the Portrayal of the Rwandan Genocide
History in the Making Volume 3 Article 5 2010 The Western Media and the Portrayal of the Rwandan Genocide Cherice Joyann Estes CSUSB Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/history-in-the-making Part of the African History Commons, and the Mass Communication Commons Recommended Citation Estes, Cherice Joyann (2010) "The Western Media and the Portrayal of the Rwandan Genocide," History in the Making: Vol. 3 , Article 5. Available at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/history-in-the-making/vol3/iss1/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Arthur E. Nelson University Archives at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in History in the Making by an authorized editor of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Cherice Joyann Estes The Western Media and the Portrayal of the Rwandan Genocide BY CHERICE JOYANN ESTES ABSTRACT: On December 9, 1948, the United Nations established its Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Genocides, however, have continued to occur, affecting millions of people around the globe. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in an estimated 800,000 deaths. Global leaders were well aware of the atrocities, but failed to intervene. At the same time, the Western media's reports on Rwanda tended to understate the magnitude of the crisis. This paper explores the Western media's failure to accurately interpret and describe the Rwandan Genocide. Recognizing the outside media’s role in mischaracterizations of the Rwanda situation is particularly useful when attempting to understand why western governments were ineffective in their response to the atrocity. -
A Comparative Analysis of Media Freedom and Pluralism in the EU Member States
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT C: CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS CIVIL LIBERTIES, JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS A comparative analysis of media freedom and pluralism in the EU Member States STUDY Abstract This study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. The authors argue that democratic processes in several EU countries are suffering from systemic failure, with the result that the basic conditions of media pluralism are not present, and, at the same time, that the distortion in media pluralism is hampering the proper functioning of democracy. The study offers a new approach to strengthening media freedom and pluralism, bearing in mind the different political and social systems of the Member States. The authors propose concrete, enforceable and systematic actions to correct the deficiencies found. PE 571.376 EN ABOUT THE PUBLICATION This research paper was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and commissioned, overseen and published by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Policy Departments provide independent expertise, both in-house and external, to support EP committees and other parliamentary bodies in shaping legislation and exercising democratic scrutiny over EU external and internal policies. To contact the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs or to subscribe -
The Role of the Media During the Cold War Written by Alexander Stafford
The Role of the Media During the Cold War Written by Alexander Stafford This PDF is auto-generated for reference only. As such, it may contain some conversion errors and/or missing information. For all formal use please refer to the official version on the website, as linked below. The Role of the Media During the Cold War https://www.e-ir.info/2013/10/26/the-role-of-the-media-during-the-cold-war/ ALEXANDER STAFFORD, OCT 26 2013 This essay will serve as an introduction into the media’s role during the Cold War. It will evidence how the media on both sides of the ideological division sort to produce, contribute and maintain political and cultural antagonism. The essay will also evidence how the main method of this was the development and distribution of political propaganda, both domestically and internationally. A Cold War proxy conflict and the involvement of the media will also be presented so as to offer a more detailed exploration of the media’s behaviour. To begin, there will be a brief exploration of the historical context of the media followed by a detailed presentation of its actions. To examine the media’s role in the production, contribution and maintenance of Cold War antagonism, it is important to first examine the media in the correct historical context. During this time, the media predominantly consisted of, print, film, radio, and TV. This was prior to the popularity of decentralised media institutions such as electronic social media. This is worthy of note because as broadcasting requires large amounts of funding; centralised media is extremely susceptible to state control (Bernhard, 1999). -
Russian Language Media in Estonia 1990–2012
This is a self-archived version of an original article. This version may differ from the original in pagination and typographic details. Author(s): Jõesaar, Andres; Rannu, Salme; Jufereva, Maria Title: Media for the minorities : Russian language media in Estonia 1990-2012 Year: 2013 Version: Published version Copyright: © Vytauto Didziojo universitetas, 2013 Rights: In Copyright Rights url: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en Please cite the original version: Jõesaar, A., Rannu, S., & Jufereva, M. (2013). Media for the minorities : Russian language media in Estonia 1990-2012. Media transformations, 9(9), 118-154. https://doi.org/10.7220/2029- 865X.09.07 ISSN 2029-865X 118 doi://10.7220/2029-865X.09.07 MEDIA FOR THE MINORITIES: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MEDIA IN ESTONIA 1990–2012 Andres JÕESAAR [email protected] PhD, Associate Professor Baltic Film and Media School Tallinn University Head of Media Research Estonian Public Broadcasting Tallinn, Estonia Salme RANNU [email protected] Analyst Estonian Public Broadcasting Tallinn, Estonia Maria JUFEREVA [email protected] PhD Candidate University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finlanda ABSTRACT: This article aims to explore the ways in which Estonian public broa- dcasting tackles one specific media service sphere; how television programmes for language minorities are created in a small country, how economics and European Union media policy have influenced this processes. The article highlights major ten- sions, namely between Estonian and Russian media outlets, Estonian and Russian speakers within Estonia and the EU and Estonia concerning the role of public ser- vice broadcasting (PSB). For research McQuail’s (2010) theoretical framework of media institutions’ influencers – politics, technology and economics – is used. -
A Comparative Analysis of Media Freedom and Pluralism in the EU Member States
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT C: CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS CIVIL LIBERTIES, JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS A comparative analysis of media freedom and pluralism in the EU Member States STUDY Abstract This study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. The authors argue that democratic processes in several EU countries are suffering from systemic failure, with the result that the basic conditions of media pluralism are not present, and, at the same time, that the distortion in media pluralism is hampering the proper functioning of democracy. The study offers a new approach to strengthening media freedom and pluralism, bearing in mind the different political and social systems of the Member States. The authors propose concrete, enforceable and systematic actions to correct the deficiencies found. PE 571.376 EN ABOUT THE PUBLICATION This research paper was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and commissioned, overseen and published by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Policy Departments provide independent expertise, both in-house and external, to support EP committees and other parliamentary bodies in shaping legislation and exercising democratic scrutiny over EU external and internal policies. To contact the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs or to subscribe -
Generational Use of News Media in Estonia
Generational Use of News Media in Estonia Contemporary media research highlights the importance of empirically analysing the relationships between media and age; changing user patterns over the life course; and generational experiences within media discourse beyond the widely-hyped buzz terms such as the ‘digital natives’, ‘Google generation’, etc. The Generational Use doctoral thesis seeks to define the ‘repertoires’ of news media that different generations use to obtain topical information and create of News Media their ‘media space’. The thesis contributes to the development of in Estonia a framework within which to analyse generational features in news audiences by putting the main focus on the cultural view of generations. This perspective was first introduced by Karl Mannheim in 1928. Departing from his legacy, generations can be better conceived of as social formations that are built on self- identification, rather than equally distributed cohorts. With the purpose of discussing the emergence of various ‘audiencing’ patterns from the perspectives of age, life course and generational identity, the thesis centres on Estonia – a post-Soviet Baltic state – as an empirical example of a transforming society with a dynamic media landscape that is witnessing the expanding impact of new media and a shift to digitisation, which should have consequences for the process of ‘generationing’. The thesis is based on data from nationally representative cross- section surveys on media use and media attitudes (conducted 2002–2012). In addition to that focus group discussions are used to map similarities and differences between five generation cohorts born 1932–1997 with regard to the access and use of established news media, thematic preferences and spatial orientations of Signe Opermann Signe Opermann media use, and a discursive approach to news formats. -
Department of Social Research University of Helsinki Finland
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Department of Social Research University of Helsinki Finland NORMATIVE STORIES OF THE FORMATIVE MOMENT CONSTRUCTION OF ESTONIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POSTIMEES DURING THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki, for public examination in lecture room 10, University main building, on 12 February 2016, at 12 noon. Helsinki 2016 Publications of the Faculty of Social Sciences 1 (2016) Media and Communication Studies © Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus Cover: Riikka Hyypiä & Hanna Sario Distribution and Sales: Unigrafia Bookstore http://kirjakauppa.unigrafia.fi/ [email protected] PL 4 (Vuorikatu 3 A) 00014 Helsingin yliopisto ISSN 2343-273X (Print) ISSN 2343-2748 (Online) ISBN 978-951-51-1047-3 (Paperback) ISBN 978-951-51-1048-0 (PDF) Unigrafia, Helsinki 2016 ABSTRACT This longitudinal research analyzes the construction of Estonian national identity in the country’s largest and oldest daily newspaper Postimees in relation to the European Union (EU) in the course of Estonia’s EU accession process 1997-2003. I combine media studies with political science, EU studies and nationalism studies to scrutinize this period as an example of a ‘formative moment’. During this formative moment the EU became ‘the new official Other’ in relation to which a new temporary community, Estonia as a candidate country, was ‘imagined’ in the paper. The study is based on the assumption that national identity as a normative process of making a distinction between us and Others occurs in societal texts, such as the media. -
American Media and the War in the Balkans. a Pakistani Perspective
American Media and the War in the Balkans. A Pakistani Perspective. Salma Malik* The print media made its debut in the 17th century with Europe, taking the lead in having the first sustained production of newspaper. Soon its potential as a mass communicator was realized. It was used both as an informer as well as a propagator. What was born essentially to disseminate factual and objective information came also to be used to misinform and dis-inform, to control and manipulate news, and to shape and mould views. It emerged as a powerful weapon to influence public opinion and to rule the people through manipulations. In the last century when it came to be reinforced by the electronic media, first by radio and then by satellite-based television channels, the media by itself became an all-influential institution of society–on many occasions more effective than the state. This mighty and all-pervasive power of the media was successfully used, in conflict situations, by vested interests to serve their purpose, benevolent or malevolent. Fortunately, for both the media and the public, the technological advances during the mid 90’s and the increasing globalization of news reporting mean that the news reports can now be transmitted live to a raft of international news networks. In this new environment the control of media product is realistically not feasible. In this article an attempt is made to examine the dynamics between Western public diplomacy and the mediation of international military conflicts by US-influenced global television news. It looks at aspects of television coverage of wars in the post-Cold War era, in Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol.2, No.1, Fall 2003 140 particular the Balkan wars and argues that only the wars in which the West has a geo-strategic interest appear to receive adequate coverage by Western electronic as well as print media. -
1 Vitaly Chernetsky ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS EDUCATION DISSERTATION
Vitaly Chernetsky Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas 2140 Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594 E-mail: [email protected] ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2013–– Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas 2010—2013 Director, Film Studies Program, Miami University 2006—2013 Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, Miami University: Assistant Professor 2006–2010; tenured and promoted to Associate Professor 2010. August 2010 Invited Faculty, Greifswalder Ukrainicum (International Summer School in Ukrainian Studies), Afried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald/University of Greifswald, Germany Spring 2005—Spring Visiting Faculty, Cinema Studies Program, Northeastern University 2006 Fall 2004—Summer Research Associate, the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University 2006 January—August HURI Research Fellow, the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University 2004 Fall 2003 Petro Jacyk Visiting Assistant Professor, the Harriman Institute and the Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University 2001—2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, the Society for the Humanities, Cornell University 1996—2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University EDUCATION 1996 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory 1993 M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory 1990–1991 Duke University, graduate study in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1989–1990 -
Television Across Europe
media-incovers-0902.qxp 9/3/2005 12:44 PM Page 4 OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE EU MONITORING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM NETWORK MEDIA PROGRAM ALBANIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA Television CROATIA across Europe: CZECH REPUBLIC ESTONIA FRANCE regulation, policy GERMANY HUNGARY and independence ITALY LATVIA LITHUANIA Summary POLAND REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA ROMANIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM Monitoring Reports 2005 Published by OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE Október 6. u. 12. H-1051 Budapest Hungary 400 West 59th Street New York, NY 10019 USA © OSI/EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program, 2005 All rights reserved. TM and Copyright © 2005 Open Society Institute EU MONITORING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM Október 6. u. 12. H-1051 Budapest Hungary Website <www.eumap.org> ISBN: 1-891385-35-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. A CIP catalog record for this book is available upon request. Copies of the book can be ordered from the EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program <[email protected]> Printed in Gyoma, Hungary, 2005 Design & Layout by Q.E.D. Publishing TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Acknowledgements ........................................................ 5 Preface ........................................................................... 9 Foreword ..................................................................... 11 Overview ..................................................................... 13 Albania ............................................................... 185 Bosnia and Herzegovina ...................................... 193