“Reporters Without Borders takes stock of censorship and infringements of the right to information during the pro-democracy uprisings that began a year ago in the Arab world. In its report “Upheaval in the Arab world: Media as key witnesses and political pawns”, Reporters Without Borders looks at the methods used by the authorities to strangle the flow […]
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“… in this disheartening traditional media landscape, we find encouraging signs of independent media—in the truest sense of the phrase …” : Nieman
“Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs collaborated on a study of Twitter feeds from 13 major news organizations representing a cross section of the news landscape.” “Researchers found that retweeting is rare, and retweets do not often originate outside the news organization. Only […]
[Irwin Oostindie, executive director of the W2: Community Media Arts center] said the idea is not to keep traditional media and independent media separate, as they have a lot learn from each other. “We’re interested in bringing traditional media and online media platforms together,” he said. “We feel that social media can be improved by traditional […]
