Silence the Media or the Story? Theory and Evidence of Media Capture

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Louis-Sidois ◽  
Elisa Mougin
Keyword(s):  
Story Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Capture

Media capture in the era of megaleaks

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1182-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Woodall
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Second Look ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Media ◽  
Official Sources ◽  
Media Capture

Much has been written about the potential of large-scale digital disclosures, or ‘megaleaks’, to transform journalistic coverage of high-value news. This analysis takes a second look at the phenomenon by analyzing three of the best-known megaleaks to date: those disclosed by Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and John Doe, the source of the Panama Papers. To what extent did these large-scale disclosures disrupt the media capture that distorts or limits coverage by an autonomous press? A study of circumstances surrounding these three megaleaks suggests that their main effect was encouraging a culture of collaborative work that favors independence from official sources.

Do the media capture banking system risk? Evidence from the EU-15 countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Farina ◽  
Lucrezia Fattobene ◽  
Elvira Anna Graziano
Keyword(s):  
Banking System ◽  
System Risk ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Media Capture

scholarly journals Media capture strategies in new authoritarian states: the case of Turkey

Publizistik ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-654
Author(s):  
Gülçin Balamir Coşkun
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
Media Capture

AbstractThis article focuses on the forced transformation of the mass media as an institution in new authoritarian states. It aims to understand the methods used by theses states to control and manipulate the flux of news through the mass media. Turkey’s media system has been chosen as a case study because the recent political developments in the country offer worrisome und devastating examples. This article aims to answer to the following question: How can we classify methods and strategies used by the AKP government to capture the media in Turkey? Why and how do the methods used by the AKP government differ from those applied by previous governments? To answer to these questions, the article draws on media capture as a framework of analysis. It argues that the AKP captured the media by using new strategies which can be divided into three overlapping and interconnected categories: capture by creating its own private media, capture through financial sanctions, and capture by intimidating and criminalizing journalists.

Mass and Social Media in Ukraine: Between Chaos and Media Capture

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Zoya Mylovanova ◽  
Kseniya Ostrovska
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The State ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Freedom Of Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Capture

Democracy requires well-functioning mass media, i.e. media that are professional, diverse and independent providing accurate, unbiased and accessible information. Pervasive and systematic propaganda, which is a key warfare tool of “hybrid wars” of nowadays as the case of Ukraine so well illustrates, is detrimental to the freedom of the media and has to be addressed by the state. The article provides an overview of the current Ukrainian media legislation, focusing, in particular, on the measures taken by Ukraine to counterbalance foreign propaganda as well as the risks of media capture and the threat to the freedom of press that such measures entail.

scholarly journals Modeling of the Suspended Solid Removal of a Granular Media Layer in an Upflow Stormwater Runoff Filtration System

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 6202
Author(s):  
Yuhoon Hwang ◽  
Younggyo Seo ◽  
Seokoh Ko ◽  
Dogun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Granular Media ◽  
Stormwater Runoff ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Specific Deposit ◽  
Media Layer ◽  
Media Capture

Upflow granular media filtration devices are widely used for stormwater runoff treatment. However, the system performance is not well characterized due to the irregular removal of suspended solid (SS) in the pretreatment (sedimentation) chamber and, hence, its irregular input to the media layer. In this regard, the performance of the granular media layer of an upflow filtration system is investigated herein by the use of various models. Due to the significant variation in the SS concentration of the influent and effluent to and from the media layer, the deep bed filtration model, the k-C* model, and the porous media capture model provide limited descriptions of the system performance. By contrast, the performance is well described using the kinetic model, the modified k-C* model using a specific deposit, and the modified porous media capture model using a specific deposit. The parameters of the latter models are shown to be in good correlation with the filtration velocity, SS removal, and specific deposit. The results suggest that modeling using a specific SS deposit can provide an accurate description of the granular media layer performance under a highly variable influent SS concentration.

scholarly journals Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 720-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Besley ◽  
Andrea Prat
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
News Content ◽  
Political Outcomes ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Media Capture ◽  
Media Market

It has long been recognized that the media play an essential role in government accountability. Even in the absence of censorship, however, the government may influence news content by maintaining a “cozy” relationship with the media. This paper develops a model of democratic politics in which media capture is endogenous. The model offers insights into the features of the media market that determine the ability of the government to exercise such capture and hence to influence political outcomes.

Do the media capture banking system risk? Evidence from the EU-15 countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Elvira Anna Graziano ◽  
Lucrezia Fattobene ◽  
Vincenzo Farina
Keyword(s):  
Banking System ◽  
System Risk ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Media Capture

scholarly journals Introduction to Special Issue on media capture

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1033-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anya Schiffrin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Capture

This introduction discusses the idea of ‘media capture’. It argues that media capture is a useful concept for understanding today’s state of the media. Media capture refers to a situation in which governments or vested interests networked with politics control the media. While traditional forms of prepublication censorship no longer exist in many parts of the world, the media are still not truly free. Political transition and digital technology, which were expected to free the media, did not. Instead, forms of control by government in tandem with business evolved along with changes in the media. This Special Issue explores recent cases of media capture and discusses how to update theories of media capture in light of transformations caused by digital technology and political transition.

Using the scanning electron microscope for failure analysis of high density magnetic media

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
Evelyn R. Ackerman ◽  
Gary D. Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
High Density ◽  
Magnetic Media ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Retrieval Systems ◽  
Operating Environments ◽  
The Media ◽  
Scanning Electron

Advancements in state of the art high density Head/Disk retrieval systems has increased the demand for sophisticated failure analysis methods. From 1968 to 1974 the emphasis was on the number of tracks per inch. (TPI) ranging from 100 to 400 as summarized in Table 1. This emphasis shifted with the increase in densities to include the number of bits per inch (BPI). A bit is formed by magnetizing the Fe203 particles of the media in one direction and allowing magnetic heads to recognize specific data patterns. From 1977 to 1986 the tracks per inch increased from 470 to 1400 corresponding to an increase from 6300 to 10,800 bits per inch respectively. Due to the reduction in the bit and track sizes, build and operating environments of systems have become critical factors in media reliability.Using the Ferrofluid pattern developing technique, the scanning electron microscope can be a valuable diagnostic tool in the examination of failure sites on disks.

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