Measures of Press Freedom and Media Contributions to Development

This collection of sixteen articles on media policy examines methodologies for monitoring and measuring press freedom and its effects around the world. The work is divided into four sections covering press freedom indicators and measurement, regional perspectives on ranking systems, evaluating media development and links between media and democratic and economic reforms, and individual chapters discuss such topics as operational country-level measures of media freedom, press freedom and online activism in China, the impact of media assistance programs and the global promotion of media diversity. Contributors include academics in the fields of media and policy studies as well as NGO professionals working on press freedom and media promotion around the world. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Monroe E. Price is Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Law and Director of the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media, and Society at the Cardozo School of Law, where he served as Dean from 1982 to 1991; and Director of the Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research, London.
Susan Abbott is Deputy Director of Program Development at Internews Network, an international media development organization, and is responsible for working with Internews programs worldwide on monitoring and evaluation, and research and learning. Abbott was previously Associate Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to this she was a program officer in the Media Development Division at the International Research and Exchanges Board in Washington, DC.
Libby Morgan is Associate Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. In this position she works on the Center’s publication initiatives and supports the development, planning, and administration of CGCS’s policy and training activities.