Implicit language in the Russian Kommersant Telegram posts – the survival of liberal media in an authoritarian regime

The study “ Reading ‘between the lines’: How implicit language helps liberal media survive in authoritarian regimes” by Alexey Tymbay from Technical University of Liberec demonstrated identification, explicitation, and validation of the implicatures found in the Kommersant (Russia) Telegram channel posts. After the the full scale phase of the Russia-Ukraine war that was known in … Continued

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Published: 20 Apr 2024

Censorship in the Soviet Military Press 1944-1945

The study “Censored: Examining the Standards, Personnel, and Censorship Technology in the Soviet Military Press, 1944–1945” by Alemzhan Arimov and Bereket Karibaev examined the system of military censorship in Soviet military press in 1944 and 1945 – the end stage of the Second World War. Although the Soviet military censorship system was significantly improved in … Continued

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Published: 13 Apr 2024

US News media has heeded the call to limit the mentions mass shooters’ names

The study “News media heeding call to reduce reporting names of mass shooters” by Thomas J. Hrach from The University of Memphis looked at whether the news media has heeded the demand to not report the names of mass shooters. The issue of reporting the names of mass shooters is contentious. On the one hand, … Continued

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Published: 20 Feb 2024

Remedies for mob censorship in journalism

The study “Mob Censorship Revisited: Questions, Findings, and Challenges” by Silvio Waisbord from George Washington University looked at the issue of mob censorship and digital harassment against journalists by reviewing studies on the issue.  There is often a power discrepancy in mob censorship, as the parties behind the targeting of journalists tend to be the … Continued

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Published: 29 Jan 2024

English-Language Press in the Ottoman Empire

The study “Excavating the English-Language Press in the Ottoman Empire (1841–1923) Editors, State Actors, Readers” by Stéphanie Prévost from Université de Paris sought to investigate a phenomenon thought to be almost nonexistent – English-language press in the Ottoman State. The previous research on foreign-language press in the Ottoman Empire has focused on French. A total … Continued

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Published: 29 Dec 2023

Political control of television in Turkey

The study “Content is power: Cultural engineering and political control over transnational television” by Ece Algan and Yesim Kaptan from California State University investigates the effect of governmental media and cultural policies on the TV industry and its audience, with particular focus on exported TV shows. The cultural exports of Turkish television have had a … Continued

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Published: 20 Mar 2023
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Chavismo and self-censorship

In their new study, Paromita Pain and Ezequiel Korin, of the University of Nevada, studied how self-censorship has become the internalized norm for journalists starting from 1998 under the rule of Hugo Chavez, and his ideology Chavismo. The literature review shows how self-censorship exists as a continuum, ranging from explicit restrictions in authoritarian regimes to … Continued

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Published: 21 Oct 2020
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Technologization, LGBT self-media, and the the Chinese news ecology

Increasingly, social actors from outside the journalism business, including bloggers, commentators, coders, and Web analytics managers participate in the making of news and reshape journalism. This process also includes non-human actors such as algorithms and automated systems. The new article by Yidong Wang of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Valerie Belair-Gagnon of University of Minnesota, Twin … Continued

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Published: 15 Oct 2020

ARTICLE: Egypt’s media missed its opportunity to reform

Egyptian media enjoyed a brief period of relative freedom after the 2011 revolution that ousted then-president Hosni Mubarak. However, journalists failed to reform their professional identities and the media system, which lead to the media’s descent into highly polarized political parallelism – and eventual regression back into the new regime’s servitude. Fatima el Issawi, of … Continued

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Published: 15 Jan 2020

ARTICLE: How activist citizen journalists fight state surveillance in Turkey

Since the failed coup in 2016, the Turkish state has increased surveillance of activists and journalists. How do activist citizen journalists manage their work in such an increasingly hostile environment? Bora Ataman and Barış Çoban, both of Doğuş University, interviewed 22 activist citizen journalists and representatives of alternative new media initiatives, all working in Istanbul, … Continued

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Published: 26 Mar 2018