Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index

Deutsch Karlekar, Karin; Radsch, Courtney

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Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index

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July 1, 2012

ESSACHESS Journal for Communication Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2012

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The present article discusses how the new category of “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.

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Keywords: citizen journalist, Press methodology, new media, Freedom of the Press Index

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Date posted: October 16, 2012

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Deutsch Karlekar, Karin and Radsch, Courtney C., Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index (July 1, 2012). ESSACHESS Journal for Communication Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2161601

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Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index

Karin Deutsch Karlekar

Courtney C. Radsch

Date posted: October 16, 2012

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Karin Deutsch Karlekar

Courtney C. Radsch (Contact Author)