Adapting concepts of media freedom to a changing media environment: Incorporating new media and citizen journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index Cover Image

Adaptation des concepts de liberté de la presse à l'environnement changeant des médias
Adapting concepts of media freedom to a changing media environment: Incorporating new media and citizen journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index

Author(s): Courtney C. RADSCH, Karin Deutsch Karlekar
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: citizen journalist; Press methodology; new media; Freedom of the Press Index

Summary/Abstract: The present article discusses how the new categoryof “citizen journalist” fits into the overall media environment and how the Freedom House Freedom of the Press methodology has been changed to incorporate this category.

  • Issue Year: V/2012
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 13-22
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English