The KAS Democracy Report describes the state of key democracy sectors in partner countries of theKonrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. With the publication of the first three volumes, Media and Democracy(2005), Rule of Law (2006), and Parties and Democracy (2007) the first cycle of the series wascompleted. This year, the cycle starts again with a study on the media, although the selection ofcountries differs to some extent from that of 2005.