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Soft Censorship: Reports from Serbia and Hungary
CIMA Releases Two Reports in a Series on Censorship with WAN-IFRA Some problems facing independent media never seem to go away. When I became associated with CIMA more than five years ago, my assignment was to write a research report about “soft censorship,” the practice by governments at all le... |
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Event: Cuban Media and the Defense of Press Free...
Fundamental freedoms of expression and information are eroding or under attack in Latin America. For decades, watchdog organizations like Freedom House and the Committee to Protect Journalists have consistently identified Cuba as one of the most repressive governments in the world and the most res... |
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Authoritarian Regimes and Internet Censorship
Internet Freedom Rates Show Negative Convergence Worldwide Guest post by Christopher Walker and Robert W. Orttung. Not all that long ago, it was widely assumed that the Internet would set off geysers of information everywhere, with political change sure to follow. Instead, it looks as if methods for... |
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Wrap Up: Media in Fragile States
Including media in fragile states’ development Despite a snowy week in Washington, CIMA held a discussion cosponsored with BBC Media Action about challenges and opportunities that media in fragile states present to policymakers around the world. The conversation focused on the successes in c... |
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Event: Media Environments in Fragile States
Fragile states are among the most vulnerable media environments around the world. BBC Media Action’s latest report concludes that media increasingly matters in these states. Changes in media and communications are “having increasing and sometimes profound political and developmental effects,” ... |
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Welcome to The Source
With the start of a new year, we at the Center for International Media Assistance are taking stock of our strategy and programs and planning some changes in the way we do business. CIMA, which was started almost a decade ago to provide a platform for research, knowledge exchange and coordination of ... |