Gill, Kathy E. (2004) "How can We Measure the Influence of the Blogosphere?"

"This paper reviews ways to measure the influence of the blogosphere on public opinion and mass media. It covers anecdotes of stories becoming big in the blogosphere and then being (re)introduced into mass media. It reports on the traffic blogs receive and their integration into political and news sites. It also compares the relative ranking of blogs on websites like BlogStreet and Technorati."

"United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the global development network of UN, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges."

"OneWorld is the world's favourite and fastest-growing civil society network online, supporting people’s media to help build a more just global society.... We bring together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide."

"Chartered in 1988, ISCIP focuses on transitional societies in crisis, especially Russia and other post-Soviet states, paying particular attention to destabilizing factors of a political, ethnic, and/or international nature."

Integrated Regional Information Networks
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

"IRIN's principal role is to provide news and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for the humanitarian community... IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) is part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, but its services are editorially independent. Its reports do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations and its agencies, not its member states."

The Kazakhstan branch of the international Internews network. The main site is mostly in Russian. An English-language version is available (Internews Kazakhstan [eng]), but seems not to be updated regularly.

June 2003

"16 answers to 4 questions. Reflections from the Amsterdam Conference on Freedom of the Media and the Internet, June 2003. The book includes articles by representatives from the OSCE, the Council of Europe, as well as academia, journalists and media NGOs from Europe and the United States."

"Media Matters is an independent publication of Internews Europe on behalf of the Global Forum for Media Development. Following a year-long collaboration among media development practitioners and leading social, political and communications scientists, Media Matters presents core messages to policy makers on the central role of independent media in effective international development."

"EurasiaNet provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The web site also offers additional features, including newsmaker interviews and book reviews... EurasiaNet is operated by the Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute."

"Ferghana.Ru news agency was established in the fall 1998 when Ferghana Community web site was set up. Ferghana.Ru news agency is one of the most popular resources dealing with the life of Central Asian countries of the former USSR. With correspondents in every major city of the region, Ferghana.Ru news agency offers its clients the latest information." Also available in Russian and in Uzbek.