Country reports

India

June 27, 2020
India in Media Influence Matrix It took the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), a key player in India’s media policy, two years and seven months to release public...
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Georgia

April 22, 2020
Georgia in Media Influence Matrix Georgia has a liberal and progressive legal framework governing its media. The Constitution protects media freedom and access to public information is guaranteed.  However,...
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Slovakia

February 22, 2020
Slovakia in Media Influence Matrix Slovaks have access to a plethora of news platforms, but many of them are in the hands of powerful financial corporations, closely linked with...
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Romania

February 22, 2020
Romania in Media Influence Matrix Romania’s media market seems vibrant and diverse, but in reality, the local environment hardly enables independent journalism to thrive. Independent journalism survives thanks to...
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Pakistan

February 22, 2020
Pakistan in Media Influence Matrix Last year, Facebook didn’t need much convincing that a post critical of Pakistan’s government had to be taken down. At the request of PTA,...
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Kyrgyzstan

February 22, 2020
Kyrgyzstan in Media Influence Matrix When Almazbek Atambaev was president of Kyrgyzstan, journalists didn’t have a whale of a time. The country’s head often harassed media outlets by threatening...
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Kazakhstan

February 22, 2020
Kazakhstan in Media Influence Matrix When Vlast.kz, a Russian-language news portal, launched operations in 2012, its founders pinned their hopes on readers to finance them. But not many people...
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Jordan

February 22, 2020
Jordan in Media Influence Matrix The General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Jordan’s powerful secret service, has often been praised for its professionalism. Credited with foiling a number of terrorist attacks...
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Indonesia

February 22, 2020
Indonesia in Media Influence Matrix Tempted with ever cheaper deals, many Indonesians use more than one mobile card, resulting in 400 million cellular subscriptions, which makes Indonesia one of...
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Czech Republic

February 22, 2020
Czech Republic in Media Influence Matrix During the past decade, the Czech media market has undergone major shifts that have radically changed the country’s journalism. Much of that was...
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