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Media Habits and Information Sources of Youth in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2014 / Sources: BBC Media Action, Research & LearningThis multimedia project aims to reach young people in Cambodia in order to improve civic knowledge and encourage youth to engage in civic participation. Key programme objectives include improving knowledge and awareness of opportunities for civic participation, gender equality and the skills required for the empowerment of youth. In the run up to the 2013 election, a number of TV and radio Public Service Announcements (‘spots’) were also produced as part of the project to provide key information to the youth target audience to inform them about the voting process.
Freedom of the Press and Media Regulation in Cambodia
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)Democratic states and free and independent media are closely interlinked and interacting. The diversity and quality of the media is essential for constituting a broadly, diversely and well informed public. To ensure that media can properly fulfill its information and education function it is of utmost importance to develop and implement democratic regulations that assure program diversity and objectivity to strengthen free formation of opinions in a pluralistic society. Consequently the aim of this study is to expedite the development and acceptance of a transparent and democratic media regulation in Cambodia. Moreover, the study offers practical ideas and options for Cambodian lawmakers, journalists and other media professionals on how to create and develop such a framework.
Freedom of Information in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy
Publication Year: 2010 / Sources: Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)This report is a collection of stories about the current state of freedom of expression in Cambodia. The people in these stories hail from every corner of Cambodia, and come from all walks of life – they are politicians, NGO workers, academics, journalists, community representatives, and ordinary citizens. What they have in common is that governmental authorities have thwarted them in their attempts to exercise expressive freedoms – their rights to organize, assemble, move, speak, petition and influence government decisions.
Freedom of Information: Advancing Research & Actions
Publication Year: 2012 / Sources: Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)This report provides information gleaned from a research study commissioned by the Cambodia Center for Independent Media (CCIM). The purpose of the study was to measure the Cambodian public’s opinions on the Access to Information Draft Policy and obtain feedback from key stakeholders on public’s opinions. The data were collected using qualitative and quantitative methods including interviews with 30 key informants, six focus group discussions, and a quantitative survey (with a sample size of 1522). The study was conducted between October 2011 and January 2012.
Freedom of Information Brochure
Publication Year: - / Sources: Pact CambodiaDuring the eighth Consultative Group meeting in March 2006, the Royal Cambodian Government promised to develop a clear policy framework on Freedom of Information by December 2006. This policy framework serves as the guideline for drafting the law on Freedom of Information. The Cambodian Government has developed a policy framework on FOI but the policy has not yet been adopted. As the citizens of Cambodia, we strongly encourage the Government to adopt the FOI policy framework by 2008.