Social media in Algeria: New tools for democracy and press freedom

Relation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 267-280
Author(s):  
Laeed Zaghlami
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Press Freedom

Social Media and Press Freedom

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Korhan Kocak ◽  
Özgür Kıbrıs
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
Internet Penetration

Abstract As internet penetration rapidly expanded throughout the world, press freedom and government accountability improved in some countries but backslid in others. We propose a formal model that provides a mechanism that explains the observed divergent paths of countries. We argue that increased access to social media makes partial capture, where governments allow limited freedom of the press, an untenable strategy. By amplifying the influence of small traditional media outlets, higher internet access increases both the costs of capture and the risk that a critical mass of citizens will become informed and overturn the incumbent. Depending on the incentives to retain office, greater internet access thus either forces an incumbent to extend capture to small outlets, further undermining press freedom; or relieve pressure from others. We relate our findings to the cases of Turkey and Tunisia.

How Is Networked Press Freedom a Question of Infrastructure?

2018 ◽  
pp. 99-120
Author(s):  
Mike Ananny
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Computational Tools ◽  
The Press

This chapter aims to trace the broadcast origins of press freedom, connect them to journalism's early computational tools and practices, and show how these influenced thinking about press freedom and social media. The main goal, though, is to argue that contemporary press freedom involves sociotechnical work. This is not only because today's news work involves connecting with diverse systems of people and machines but, more fundamentally, because the power to make publics—ideally, the press' chief concern—exists in subtle, often invisible, but always powerful relationships between humans and nonhumans that define the conditions under which shared consequences can be seen. The chapter shows that because publics arise from infrastructures of people and machines, so too must press freedom.

Pakistan’s press freedom will deteriorate further

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Advertising Revenue ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
To Come ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
Media Group

Significance It praised his coverage of civil-military relations in the country despite it apparently causing him and his employer, the Dawn Media Group (DMG), to come under pressure. Impacts More Pakistani activists will express their views in social media rather than print or broadcast forms, though this would also entail risks. The country’s media industry will contract, with many outlets likely to see advertising revenue curtailed. Pakistani academia could become increasingly marked by self-censorship.

News Borrowing Revisited: A 50-Year Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Riffe ◽  
Seoyeon Kim ◽  
Meghan R. Sobel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
International News ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Media Data

Analyzing 50 years’ of New York Times international news coverage ( N = 20,765), this study extends research on the “shrinking international news hole,” levels of press freedom, agent (e.g., Times correspondent), and “borrowed” news—information gleaned from local media, including social media. Data show a recent, growing role for social media and an increase in news borrowing, while foreign coverage declined; slight resurgence in foreign coverage during the last quarter-century; reduced wire copy use but increased correspondent news borrowing; and increased coverage of but decreased news borrowing in news from non-free nations. Borrowing from social media was greatest in non-free nations.

Learning about Politics from Mass Media and Social Media: Moderating Roles of Press Freedom and Public Service Broadcasting in 11 Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Sup Park ◽  
Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Online News ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Political Learning ◽  
Public Service Broadcasting ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
News Use

Abstract To examine whether mass media and social media relate to political knowledge, the study draws upon an original survey of adults from 11 countries, the 2014 CESifo DICE Report on public service broadcasting, and the 2015 Press Freedom Index by Freedom House. Findings reveal that news use via television, newspapers, online news sites, and social media is positively associated with political knowledge. Furthermore, press freedom and strong public broadcasting strengthen the association between news use (via both mass and social media) and political knowledge. The findings suggest that the media system plays a crucial role in creating a political learning environment even in this social media age.

Where Social Media Meets AAC

ASHA Leader ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Social Media
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