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Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance This page intentionally left blank Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance Edited by Yusuf Kalyango, Jr and David H Mould Ohio University, USA Introduction, conclusion, selection and editorial matter © Yusuf Kalyango, Jr and David H Mould 2014 Individual chapters © Contributors 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-44055-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. 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Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN 978-1-349-49451-4 ISBN 978-1-137-44056-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137440563 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global journalism practice and new media performance / [edited by] Yusuf Kalyango, Jr., Ohio University, USA ; David H. Mould, Ohio University, USA. pages cm 1. Journalism. 2. Online journalism. 3. Digital media. I. Kalyango, Yusuf., editor. II. Mould, David H. (David Harley), 1949- editor. PN4775.G565 2014 070.4—dc23 2014025263 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Contents List of Figures and Tables vii Preface and Acknowledgements ix Notes on Contributors xiii Abbreviations and Acronyms xix 1 Introduction: Trends in Global Journalism and New Media Performance 1 Yusuf Kalyango Jr and David H Mould Section I Journalism Practice in the United States 9 2 Global Media Educators Evaluate US Journalism Practice 11 Sally Ann Cruikshank, Ashley Furrow, Yusuf Kalyango, Jr Section II New versus Traditional Media 25 3 Case 1: Russia—New Media Reshape the Social and Political Agenda 27 Alexander Kazakov 4 Case 2: Palestine—New Media, Same Old Political Agenda 38 Mohammed Abualrob and Diana Alkhayyat 5 Case 3: China’s New Media Paradox: Economic Gains, Political Troubles 50 Ke Wang and Guoping He 6 Case 4: Armenia—New Media Transform Politics 64 Suren Deheryan 7 Case 5: Jordan—State of Online Newspapers for Journalists and Readers 76 Aysha Abughazzi 8 Case 6: Turkey—Live Coverage of Protests Pre-empted by Penguins 90 Nezih Orhon and Alper Altunay vi Contents 9 Case 7: El Salvador—Digital Media and Social Campaigns—Libro Libre 104 Silvia Callejas Contreras 10 Case 8: India—ICTs and the Empowerment of Rural Women 117 Peddiboyina Vijaya Lakshmi Section III Journalism Practice and Media Performance 131 11 Case 1: Ghana—The Politicization of Liberalized Media 133 Wilberforce S Dzisah 12 Case 2: Colombia—An Ethnographic Study of Digital Journalistic Practices 146 Silvia Montaña 13 Case 3: Taiwan—Journalism Education and Media Performance 161 Huei Lan Wang 14 Case 4: Guyana—The Rebirth of Journalism Education with Project Phoenix 172 Carolyn Walcott 15 Case 5: Yemen—Presidential Political Discourse During the Revolution 187 Murad Alazzany 16 Case 6: Suriname—The Land Rights Issue and Media Performance 201 Rachael van der Kooye 17 Case 7: Kyrgyzstan—Challenges for Environmental Journalism 214 Gulnura Toralieva 18 Conclusion: Prospects on Global Journalism Practice and New Media 227 David H. Mould and Yusuf Kalyango Jr Master Bibliography 233 Index 259 List of Figures and Tables Figures 2.1 Journalism and media educators from Pakistan, Ghana, Jordan, and China (among others not pictured here) on a media study tour to talk to the newsroom staff and management about the newsgathering process and media operation at WOIO 19-Action News in Cleveland, Ohio 2012 16 2.2 Journalism and media educators from 18 countries on a media study tour at the CNN Headquarters in Atlanta in 2010 to talk to the news production staff and public affairs executives about the global newsgathering process and media operation. 20 3.1 Internet use in Russia (FOM–RUNET project) 33 3.2 Internet use in Russia (All-Russia Center of Public Opinion Research) 34 4.1 Differences between Ma’an and Al-Quds in Sources of Stories 46 5.1 Internet Users in China 55 6.1 Number of Registered Websites in Armenia 67 9.1 Libro Libre Slogan: Read it, live through it, set it free! 111 12.1 Lasillavacia.com: Traffic Since 2009, Measured by Number of Hits 153 12.2 Office Layout of Lasillavacia.com 155 13.1 Taiwan’s Media Profile 162 Tables 3.1 Trust in Types of Mass Media in Russia 31 5.1 Comparison of Internet Usage in China in 2011 and 2012 56 7.1 Respondents’ Preferences of Jordanian Dailies 80 7.2 Top Jordanian Online News Websites 81 7.3 Jordan: Respondents’ Preferences of Regional Networks 82 viii List of Figures and Tables 7.4 Jordan: Most Visited News Media Websites on March 25, 2013 (Alexa.com) 83 8.1 Major Media Groups in Turkey 94 11.1 Ghana’s Media Policies, 1957-percent 134 14.1 Old versus New Curriculum 176 15.1 Timeline for the Events of the Yemeni Revolution, 2011–2012 188 Preface and Acknowledgements Yusuf Kalyango Jr and David H Mould One spring day in 2010, as we were driving back from the airport after an all-day briefing at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, we discussed the research potential of a new professional development program for international journalism and media educators. Ohio Uni- versity had just been awarded a three-year contract to offer a summer Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) on Journalism and Media. Every year, 18 lecturers, some of them mid-career scholars and heads of journalism and media departments, would be visiting to learn about the US media and journalism, do research, and visit local, state, and national media. We had a good grasp of what our academic and research program in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism could offer, but struggled with a broader question. How will we know what participants think about US journalism and how it compares with the journalism they have taught and practiced in their own countries? Of course, we had a monitoring and evaluation plan, but it was mainly designed to measure outputs— the sessions and activities conducted—and what the participants liked or disliked about them. Gauging how they viewed or contextualized media was not in the scope of work. However, we understood that host- ing international journalism and media educators from many countries over the next three years offered an exciting opportunity for the learn- ing to go both ways. Most participants would be visiting the US for the first time and we expected they would be more than willing to share their perspectives. Some were already established researchers and oth- ers were experienced professional journalists and teachers, but without rigorous, peer-reviewed, research experience. In 2010, the first round of focus groups was conducted near the end of the program. After six weeks of learning about journalism and media practice in the US, mass communication theories and research meth- odologies, journalism ethics, and working and traveling together, the participants felt comfortable enough with the program staff and each ix
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