March 30, 2018 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Antonia Matei and Anamaria Nicola
In an era where journalism is often reduced to 140 characters on social media and less and less books are published, Romanian printing houses took a chance and invested in books written by journalists. In fact, it is quite a trend...
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January 23, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by Nouha Belaid
Internet users in the Middle East are becoming more concerned about online surveillance and many are worried that governments use social media to check their online activities. The use of Facebook has declined significantly across the...
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July 11, 2017 •
Censorship, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Philip Seib
On June 5 four Arab states – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt – declared a soft war on Qatar. They had a long list of demands, ordering Qatar to weaken ties with Iran, expel Turkish military forces from the...
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January 18, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Rrapo Zguri
Albania’s foreign news coverage follows a pronounced pro-European and pro-American agenda, according to new research. While national issues dominate the country’s news agenda, major international news stories, such as the American...
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November 3, 2016 •
Digital News, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Nouha Belaid
Internet use is growing across the Middle East as people gradually abandon traditional listening and viewing practices, according to new research. The 2016 Media Use in the Middle East study found that digital divides are narrowing, not...
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August 24, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The role played by social media in the 2011 Arab Spring may have been overestimated by Western observers, but a new report, Media Use in the Middle East, 2015, reveals that platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are changing the...
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February 24, 2015 •
Research, Short stories •
by Jørgen Skrubbeltrang
In modern foreign news reporting a ‘fixer’ is becoming as essential to the journalistic process as a foreign correspondent. Without a fixer – a local person hired to help with logistics, contacts and translation – the...
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May 17, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Ido Liven
On a rather ordinary June day in 2010 a news item appeared on Ynet, Israel’s most popular news website. The headline read “Who Are You, Mister X? ‘The Prisoner With No Name And Identity’.” Quoting an unnamed...
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October 19, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
Third-annual report brings news of progress despite the prevalence of new and sophisticated threats to Internet freedom. Freedom House’s newest report, “Freedom on the net 2012: A global assessment of Internet and digital media,”...
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