The following is a short list of books, pamphlets and reports relating to media and elections. Also look at Additional Resources for the many and varied online resources.
ARTICLE 19, International Centre Against Censorship, Guidelines for election broadcasting in transitional democracies, London, 1994.
ARTICLE 19, International Centre Against Censorship, Election Reporting: A Practical Guide to Media Monitoring, London, 1998.
ARTICLE 19, International Centre Against Censorship, Broadcasting Genocide: Censorship, Propaganda and State-Sponsored Violence in Rwanda 1990-1994, London 1996.
Barendt, Eric, Broadcasting law: A Study of Regulation in Europe and the United States, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Bennett, W. Lance, The governing crisis: media, money and marketing in American elections, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Bonnah Koomson, Anthony K., A Handbook on electoral coverage for media practitioners, Accra: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Ghana Office, 1995.
Carver, Richard, 'Broadcasting and Political Transition: Rwanda and Beyond', in Richard Fardon and Graham Furniss (eds), African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition, James Currey, Oxford, 2000, pp. 188-197.
Carver, Richard, and Naughton, Ann, (eds) Who Rules the Airwaves? Broadcasting in Africa, ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship, London 1995.
Cavanaugh, John W., Media effects on voters: a panel study of the 1992 presidential election, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1995.
Coliver, Sandra, The ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Manual: International and Comparative Law, Standards and Procedures, ARTICLE 19, International Centre Against Censorship, London, 1993.
Coliver, Sandra, Merloe, Patrick and Naughton, Ann, (eds.), Press Law and Practice, London, ARTICLE 19, International Centre Against Censorship, 1993.
Darbishire, Helen, 'Media and the Electoral Process' in Media and democracy, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 1998.
European Institute for the Media, The independence of the media, Dusseldorf, 1993.
European Institute for the Media, The Political Context of Broadcasting, Manchester, 1991.
Gary A. Ferguson, Ukrainian Political Issues and Media Focus Groups: Summary of Findings, International Foundation for Elections Systems, Washington DC, 1999.
Fletcher, Frederick J., Media, elections and democracy, Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1991.
Fox G.H., 'The Right to Political Participation in International Law,' 17 Yale Journal of International Law 539 (1992).
Iyengar, Shanto, Reeves Richard (eds.), Do the media govern? Politicians, voters and reporters in America, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage, 1997.
Johnston, Carla B., Election coverage: blueprint for broadcasters, Focal Press, Stoneham, 1991.
Joslyn, Richard, Mass media and elections, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, 1984.
Kaid, Lynda Lee, and Holtz-Bacha, Christina (eds.), Political Advertising in Western Democracies, Sage Publications, London/Thousands Oaks, 1995.
Yasha Lange and Andrew Palmer (eds), Media and Elections: a Handbook, European Institute for the Media, Dusseldorf, 1995.
Lange, Yasha, Media and elections: handbook, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publications, 1999.
Library of Congress, Law Library, Report for Congress: Campaign Financing of National Elections in Selected Foreign Countries, Washington, DC: July 1995.
Raymond Louw, A Handbook on the Media and Electoral Law, Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 1999.
Mancini, Paolo, and Swanson, L. (eds.), Politics, Media and Modern Democracy, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996.
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe, A question of balance: The Zimbabwean media and the constitutional referendum Harare, March 2000.
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabawe. Election 2000: The Media War, Harare, 2000.
Media Studies Journal Winter 2000, http://www.mediastudies.org/
Mickiewicz, Ellen, and Firestone, Charles, Television and elections, Queenstowne, MD, The Aspen Institute, 1992.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Media Experts Commission, 1998 (Final Report).
Howard R. Penniman, Howard R. and Austin Ranney, 'The Regulation of Televised Political Advertising in Six Selected Democracies', Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, n.d.
IFES, The Media and the Presidential Elections in Russia 2000, Human Rights Publishers, Moscow, 2000.
Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Poynter election handbook: new ways to cover campaigns, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1996.
Pragnell, Anthony, Freedom and control: the elements of democratic broadcasting services, Dusseldorf, European Institute for the Media, 1990.
United Nations, Report of the UN Technical Team on the Conduct of a Free and Fair Referendum on the Issue of a One Party/Multiparty System in Malawi (15-21 Nov. 1992)
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Media Guidelines for Cambodia (1992)
United Nations, Positive ways and means of facilitating the peaceful and constructive solution of problems involving minorities (Report by Special Rapporteur Asbjorn Eide), Addendum 4, UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/34/Add.4
United Nations, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. Abid Hussain, UN Doc. E/CN.4/1999/64 29 January 1999.
Valentino, Hank, 'Guidelines for Media, Political Parties and Contesting Groups During Official Campaign Period for Municipal and Local Government Elections', Elections Today, December 1994, 12-13.
Valentino, Hank, 'Establishing and Maintaining Balanced Media Support for Free and Fair Elections', Elections Today, December 1994, 5, 10-11.
