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NEW TOOL: MAPPING DIGITAL MEDIA
CIMA, in partnership with the Open Society Foundations, announces the publication of an interactive map featuring digital media indicators from OSF's Mapping Digital Media project. The project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media. Covering 60 countries, the project includes data on how these changes affect news about political, economic, and social affairs. Click here to visit the Open Society Foundations' website to see the full version of each country's report.
Digital Media Mash Up
CIMA's Digital Media Mash Up is a compilation of news stories relating to digital media and media development. Published weekly since the beginning of 2011, the newsletter also contains event announcements and recent research.The Mash Up is a complete resource for readers who want to keep up with the latest happenings in the digital media world.
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Updates from CIMA
- Internews has released a digital security report, SpeakSafe: Media Workers’ Toolkit for Safer Online and Mobile Practices >>
- America Abroad has launched an hour-long monthly public radio broadcast. A recent episode is on "Words and Deeds–Freedom of Expression and Arab Youth" >>
- The Internet Society and Analysys Mason teamed up to publish a comprehensive report on How the Internet Continues to Sustain Growth and Innovation >>
- Summaries and presentations from the 2012 Online News Association Conference (September 20-22) are now available >>
- Freedom House releases its 2012 Freedom on the Net report >>
- CIMA's report on Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa is featured in TechPresident's story on Africa in Flux: How Urbanization and Digital Technology are Changing a Continent >>
- The Ethical Journalism Network has officially launched its website, featuring activities and developments in the area of self-regulation and good governance >>
- International Broadcasting Bureau Director Dick Lobo has launched a blog called “ViewPoint” to share some opinions and ideas about international media >>
- Read "Multilateral Cyber Security Solutions: Contemporary Realities," by Tony Rutkowski, William Abbott Foster, and Seymour Goodman, published in the Federation of American Scientists' Public Interest Report >>
Check out the calendar of upcoming digital media events from CIMA's Digital Media Mash Up. A full archive of the Mash Up is available here. >>
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Event Highlights
Challenges for Independent News Media in Pakistan
Over 60 people attended CIMA's event on September 27, 2012. For the past two years, Pakistan has been ranked by international media monitors as the most dangerous place on earth for journalists. Media workers have been kidnapped, tortured, and beaten to death for delving into the nation’s potent military apparatus and spy agencies. Challenges for Independent News Media in Pakistan examines the security situation for journalists and its effect on their reporting, as well as attempts by key officials in the military, intelligence agencies, and judiciary to silence critical reporting.
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Country Profiles
CIMA has compiled data on the media in developing countries around the world. This data is drawn primarily from IREX's Media Sustainability Index, Freedom House's Freedom of the Press index, and Reporters Without Borders's Press Freedom Index. While these indexes measure different aspects of press freedom, by including each of them, we hope to provide a more complete picture of the media in each country. Also included in these summaries is data from the Committee to Protect Journalists as well as news updates from IFEX.
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