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BHUTANMDIFRAMEWORKRESEARCHMETHODOLOGYANDDATACOLLECTIONSAstudybasedontheUNESCOMediaIndicatorsFramework

RyceChanchai,

Regional

Policy

Analyst

Communication

for

Empowerment,UNDPRegionalCentreinBangkokMarch

2010

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Category1:SystemofregulationconducivetoFoE,p ura sman vers tyo me aResearchMethodology

Desk

review

, . . ,

relatedtorighttoinformation,freedomofexpression,andlegal

frameworksuchasinformation,communicationandmediaact2006

Theprocess/system

to

protect

and

guarantee

these

rights

in

practic

Conductinterviewwithrelevantofficials,civilsocietyandmediatoseeif

,

theserights?Anyrestrictionofthemedia(forthebroadpublicinterest

i.e.

GNH?)

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C t r 1 nt

Suggestedmeansofdatacollections

Evidence

of

public

participations

whetherthedebateanddiscussionhavebeenreportedinthemedia.

Howwasthelawdrafted?Diditinvolvedpublicconsultation?

Evidenceof

workshops,

meetings,

consultations,

coverage

of

these

issues

bythemedia,attemptbythegovernmenttoreachouttotherural

Courtdecisions

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C t r 2: Pl r lit n iv r it f m iResearchMethodology

Desk

research

focusing

on

policy

and

legislations

e.g.

license

provision

for

small communit media how to attain the license to o erate communit

media?)

Interviewwiththeregulatore.g.exploreanddocumentthemeasures

t atgovernmentta etopreventmonopo y

Interviewwithmediaprovidersforcommunityservices,mediaregulators

andetc

Fieldresearchofselectedsamplesatthelocal/communitylevelto

identifythe

gaps

that

could

be

met

by

community

media

to

analyze

the

ex en a ecommun yme aserve enee so e oca peop e

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C t r 2 ntSuggestedmeansofdatacollections

Case

studies

or

interviews . .

preventmonopoly

Documentthepolicyandlegalprovisionsrelevanttotheindicators

Trackprogress

in

drafting

and

implementing

regulation

to

promote

independentmediaandindependentregulator

Representativesampleofthemembersoftheruralcommunities

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C t r : M i n m r ti i rResearchMethodology

Household

survey

in

selected

rural

communities

to

gather

evidence

based

information data

Generalinformationneedsandinformationthatpeoplereceived

relatedtoGNHe.g.environment,governance,economicdevelopment

Publictrust

and

confidence

in

the

media

Mediacontentanalysisdevelopedbytheresearchteam

rogrammeana ys se.g.rev ewo ca nprogrammean ee ac

mechanismonhowmediagivefeedbackfortheirprogramme

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C t r : M i n m r ti i rResearchMethodology Impactsurveyontheaudiencesidewithparticularfocusonradioto

understand articular im act on the audience

Interviewandfocusgroupdiscussion

Interviewwiththemediaproviders,publicbroadcaster,regulatorsto

assessthe

present

situation

Deskresearchoftheexistingaudiencesurveys/impactassessmentand

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C t r C ntSuggestedmeansofdatacollections Trackthedevelopmentandprogressoflaw,policy,royalcharterrelatedto

the o eration of ublic service broadcastin the role of the re ulator and

enforcementandimplementation

Feedbackmechanismsfromtheaudiencetothepublicbroadcasters.

W atist ere ations ip etweenpu ic roa casteran t eau ience

Documentthepresentsituationsanddevelopmentinareasthatare

currentl workin ro ress e. .mediaselfre ulation

Reviewoftheregulationsgoverningthebroadcastingandtheextentto

whichit

is

enforced

e.g.

the

implementation

of

the

regulations

during

the

e ec ons,espec a y e a ancean mpar a yo repor ng

Anecdotalexperiencesonmediaattackand/orthreatofjournalists

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C t r 4: Pr f i n l itResearchMethodology Deskreviewofthecurrentsituation,thetrainingcourses,existinglawsin

Bhutan to

Identifytheneedsandgapsinenhancingcapacityfortrainingsor

recommendtheneedsforcapacityassessmentofmediaprofessional

an managemen s

ReviewtheLabourActandcurrentlawrelatedtotradeunionandsee

howmediaprofessionalscanorganizetoexercisetheirrights

Civilsocietyandmedia

Interviewswith

the

media

professional,

those

who

have

been

trained

to

identifytheneedsforBhutanboththeimmediate/shorttermandlong

termneeds

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C t r : Infr tr t r l itResearchMethodology Deskreviewofinformationavailableonaccesstoinfrastructureandthe

a s between ublic and rivate media includin ICT olic

Fieldstudyofhouseholdaccesstoinformation,communicationand

infrastructureintheruralcommunities

Suggestedmeansofdatacollections Reviewofpolicyandlegislations,informationonaccesstoinformation

,

intheruralareas

Assessmentof

penetration

and

availability

of

media,

including

the

infrastructuretothegeneralpopulation.

Disparitiesinpublicandprivatemedia

n erv ews