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Posted by Tom  on  Thu, 17/07/2008

I was fortunate yesterday to attend the launch of a report by the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA). Funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), CIMA has assessed U.S. efforts to support media development worldwide. The launch was for its augural report, “Empowering Independent Media: U.S. Efforts to Foster Free and Independent News Media Around the World.” 

 

Posted by Tom  on  Mon, 07/07/2008

The Media and State Accountability, from DfID's Media and Good Governance BriefingAnne-Katrin notes in her post “Defining the Public Sphere (In Three Paragraphs)” that the idea of the public sphere may not be clearly understood. Addressing this problem she claims, “Two-way communications between citizens and public officials constitute the public sphere, therefore we need free and independent media systems that facilitate this two-way flow of communication.”

Posted by Tom  on  Thu, 19/06/2008

The number of governance reform processes in which communication plays a role appears to be vast. Which of these are of vital importance?  How exactly can communication help? And what does research have to tell us? A new volume of edited work offers one set of answers to such questions.  Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice is a project of the Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP).