The Role of New Media in the 2009 Iranian Elections

The Role of New Media in the 2009 Iranian Elections

This report discusses presentations and panel discussion in Washington,
DC, United States, on July 7 2009, in which new media practitioners, Iran
specialists, and interested observers attempted to clarify the role of new
media in the Iranian elections and the implications of these technologies
for future democratic movements. The report is the result of a Center for
International Media Assistance (CIMA) workshop in which approximately 150
people came together to discuss the impact of new communications
technologies in Iran...

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Human Rights Reporting Handbooks for Journalists

Human Rights Reporting Handbooks for Journalists
This handbook collection was written to move forward the goal of the
organisation Journalists for Human Rights (jhr), which is to make everyone
in the world fully aware of their rights. "Creating rights awareness is
the first and most necessary step to ending rights abuses. By mobilizing
the media to spread human rights awareness, jhr informs people about human
rights, empowering marginalized communities to stand up, speak out and
protect themselves." jhr programmes promote Rights Media - the process of
writing, collecting, editing, producing, and distributing media that
create societal dialogue on human rights issues...
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