Reports and papers

Analyses on specific aspects related to press and media freedom, performed and published by research centres, non-governmental organizations and public bodies

Spain: Press freedom in a moment of change

Compiled by an international group under the auspices of the IPI, the report "España: La liberdad de prensa en un momento de cambio" brings to the public responses by Spanish politicians confronted with deficiencies in honoring citizens' rights amid a period of major crisis

read more Spain Access to information

World trends in freedom of expression and media development: Special digital focus 2015

Since 2011, UNESCO increased its activity in monitoring the status of press freedom and safety of journalists, with emphasis on cases of impunity for violence against journalists. This Special Digital Focus 2015 devotes specific attention to selected digital-era trends such as Online hate speech, Digital security and digital rights

read more Whistleblowing Digital rights Safety of journalists Hate speech Worldwide

Who makes the news? Global Media Monitoring Report 2015

Since 1995, the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) at five-year intervals, has measured the pace of change in women’s media representation and participation. In 2015, evidence from over 100 countries confirms that progress has been glacially slow

read more Media and gender Worldwide

Eroding Freedoms: Media and Soft Censorship in Montenegro

This report published by WAN-IFRA, the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), and the Montenegrin Centre for Civic Education (CCE) focuses on the impact of soft-censorship in quickening an already serious decline in media independence in Montenegro

read more Censorship Montenegro

Press freedom in Turkey's inter-election period

Pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has severely escalated in the period between the two parliamentary elections held on June 7 and November 1st 2015. The report has been produced following an Emergency Press Freedom Mission conducted by 8 organizations in October 2015. It assesses the rising pressures and threats on journalists as a serious obstacle to free and fair elections

read more Impunity Defamation and Libel Media ownership Turkey

Backgrounds, Experiences and Responses to Online Hate Speech: A Comparative Cross-Country Analysis

With funding from the EU's Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme, a recent report by the PRISM project has empirically investigated online hate speech in France, Italy, Romania, Spain and the UK

read more Hate speech Freedom of expression Censorship European policies and legislation EU Member States France Italy Spain Romania United Kingdom

Surveillance: Critical Analysis and Current Challenges - Part 2

The second volume of Media and Communication 2015 Special Issue on surveillance explores the effects in term of privacy erosion deriving from the pervasive surveillance practices

read more Surveillance Privacy

Increasing pressure on press: Democracy in question in Turkey - BìA July-September 2015 media observation report

BIA July-August-September 2015 Media Monitoring Report indicates that criminalization towards journalists and media in Turkey have become more widespread after a peace process was "put into cold storage"

read more Censorship Defamation and Libel Turkey

Articles of asphyxiation. Soft censorship in Hungary

This report highlights the latest developments in the Hungarian media landscape by considering Soft Censorship practices such as state advertising, captured channels, bribery and payments as well as by esaminating regulatory and administrative pressures on the media

read more Censorship Media funding Media Law Public broadcasting Hungary Media capture

Freedom on the net 2015

Freedom on the Net – a comprehensive report on internet freedom produced annually by Freedom House - analyses the state censorship of on-line media in 65 countries around the world

read more Digital rights Surveillance Digital safety Censorship Media Law Worldwide Azerbaijan Armenia Georgia Estonia France Germany Hungary Turkey Iceland Italy Russia United Kingdom Ukraine