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Reuters report provides background for UK press reform
Posted by Michael Wise in Media Policy on May 15, 2012
A new report by Reuters Institute visiting fellow Laura Fielden shows that incentive programs and increased penalties for news outlets may help rehabilitate the oft-criticized UK media regulatory system.
In response to recent critiques from both the government and the public, the UK’s Press Complaints Commission announced their intention to launch a new media regulatory system this past March. Yet as journalists and officials attempt to map their new regulatory path, the complexity of the task grows more apparent.
In her report, titled, “Regulating the Press: A comparative study of international press councils,” Fielden suggests the heart of the UK press council debate is the issue of whether regulation should be voluntary or mandatory. Read the rest of this entry »
Framing Gay Marriage
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality, Media Policy on August 16, 2010
New research tracks coverage of gay marriage debate.
Are you for “family values” or “human equality”? Not that you actually have to choose one over the other, despite the prevalent belief that the two are mutually exclusive. If you’re a Family Values reader, you might look to the Chicago Tribune for your latest in gay marriage info, whereas if you’re of the Human Equality variety, you’d better go for the New York Times. A new study published in the Social Science Journal takes a look at coverage of gay marriage in Read the rest of this entry »
Global Perspectives on Journalism Education
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality on May 18, 2010
Beate Josephi of the School of Communication and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Perth, publishes a new book about journalism education.
The core of Josephi’s book, Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom, lauds the power of journalism education to inspire change. Tackling twelve case studies (China, Singapore, Cambodia, Palestine, Oman, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Brazil, Russia, Romania and Croatia), Josephi points to the fact that journalism education is not necessarily indicative of a country’s media system. While wealthy nations are free to mediate the terms of education, access to media education in poorer countries tends to fall to the whims and influence of foreign NGOs.
Internet Boosts Interest in News
Posted by Kate Nacy in Media Economics on April 12, 2010
According to research conducted by the McKinsey group, the Internet is the driving force behind an increase in UK news consumption.
Two surveys conducted in the UK in 2006 and 2009 reveal that consumption rose to 72 minutes per day, up from 60 minutes in 2006. The Mckinsey report eyes newfangled pay models with caution, concluding that experimental revenue structures for online content will fall short of compensating for the lost print revenue, stressing that even if online-only versions of newspapers cost 75 percent less than original versions, only 14 percent of those surveyed would actually pay. See here for more on the report.
Print v. Online…what are we missing?
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality, New Media & Web 2.0 on March 4, 2010
Study analyzes distinction between newspapers and online news.
Hoping to shed light on what newspaper readers stand to lose or gain by moving online, Scott Maier, a researcher and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communications, questions the discrepancies in print and online reportage in a new study published in the Newspaper Research Journal.
Analyzing 13,000 news stories from 2007, Maier’s study compares content appearing on five prominent news sites (Yahoo! News, MSNBC.com, CNN.com, Google News and AOL News) with front page content published in 13 daily U.S. newspapers varying in location and circulation size. Read the rest of this entry »
Fact-checking Facebook?
Posted by Kate Nacy in New Media & Web 2.0 on February 3, 2010
Study finds vast majority of reporters and editors utilize social media outlets when researching stories.
Conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University’s Master’s Degree Program in Strategic Public Relations, the survey examines the rapid growth of social media outlets as information sources for mainstream journalists. While aware of the need to verify information acquired from such sources, among the journalists surveyed, 89 percent frequent blogs for story research, 61 percent use Wikipedia, 65 percent admit to utilizing Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52 percent subscribe to microblogging services like Twitter.
Complete survey results available here.
Schizophrenic Relations
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality on January 19, 2010
Last November, a conference hosted by the Institute of Applied Media Studies in Winterthur, Switzerland, examined the relationships among journalism, scholarship and the public interest.
Barbie Zelizer, director of the Annenberg Scholars Program in Culture and Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, lead the discussion sharing insight and incisive research on what she deems, “the schizophrenic treatment of journalism.” Zelizer was kind enough to provide EJO with the research paper she presented, entitled, “What Can Journalism Scholarship Tell Us About Journalism?” Read the rest of this entry »
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