This handbook takes a step-by-step approach to media monitoring. It covers:

• The importance of determining who controls the media and the difference between state-controlled versus private and broadcast versus print media;

• Issues to address in deciding what media and what subjects to monitor;

• Planning and organization of a media monitoring project;

• Monitoring methodology, including specific instructions for monitoring different types of media;

• Considerations for the presentation of findings and recommendations.

Note: All but the last of the links below connect to segments of the English-language version of this handbook, sequenced in consecutive order. The final link connects to the Arabic version of the handbook.