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U.S. Department of State Publications:

2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/

Edward R. Murrow: Journalism at its Best
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/murrow/index.htm

Freedom of the Press
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/rightsof/press.htm

A Free Press
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/principles/freepress.htm

Legal Foundations of Press Freedom in the United States http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0203/ijge/gj03.htm

Media Emerging
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0306/ijge/ijge0306.htm

Media & Ethics
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0401/ijge/ijge0401.htm

The Role of a Free Media
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/democracy/dmpaper8.htm

An Unfettered Press
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/press/

Bibliography

Anderson, David A., “Freedom of the Press,” Texas Law Review, Volume 8, 2002, pp. 429.

Asante, Clement E. Press Freedom and Development: A Research Guide and Selected Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Baker, C. Edwin. Media Concentration and Democracy: Why Ownership Matters. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Balkin, Jack M. “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society.” New York University Law Review. Vol. 79, 2004, pp. 1.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/telecom/digitalspeechanddemocraticculture.pdf

Coliver, Sandra, Patrick Merloe and Ann Naughton, eds. Press Law and Practice: A Comparative Study of Press Freedom in European and Other Democracies. London: Article 19, 1993.

Karlekar, Karin Deutsch and Eleanor Marchant, eds. Freedom of the Press, 2006 Edition. Washington, DC: Freedom House, 2006
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=251&year=2006

Hindman, Elizabeth Blanks. Rights & Responsibilities: The Supreme Court and the Media. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Advancing Democracy through Press Freedom in the Americas: Final Report. Washington, DC: The Inter-American Dialogue, 2002.
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Islam, Roumeen, Simeon Djankov and Caralee McLeish, eds. The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2002.

James, Barry, ed. Media Development and Poverty Eradication. Paris: UNESCO, 2006
http://www.unesco.org

James, Barry, ed. Media and Good Governance. Paris: UNESCO, 2005.
http://www.unesco.org

Jong-Ebot, William and Festus Eribo. Press Freedom and Communication in Africa. Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press, 1997.

Julliard, Jean-Francois, ed. 2007 Annual Press Freedom Survey. Paris: Reporters Without Borders, 2007.
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=659

Kalathil, Shanthi and Taylor C. Boas. Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003.

Koven, Ronald, Dana R. Bullen and Leonard R. Sussman. Press Freedom on the Internet (Working Papers). New York: The World Press Freedom Committee, 2003.
http://www.wpfc.org/Resources.html

LaMay, Craig L. Exporting Press Freedom. Somerset, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2007.

Lawson, Chappell. Building the Fourth Estate: Democratization and the Rise of a Free Press in Mexico. Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 2002.

Levy, Leonard W. Emergence of a Free Press. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

McIver, William J, Jr., William F. Birdsall and Merillee Rasmussen, “The Internet and the Right to Communicate,” First Monday, Volume 8, Number 12, December 2003.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/mciver/index.html20040706

Mendel, Toby. Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey. Paris, UNESCO, 2003.
http://www.unesco.org

Schwartz, Bernard. Freedom of the Press. New York: Facts on File, 1992.

Van Belle, Douglas A. Press Freedom and Global Politics. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.