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

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

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

12 Pages Posted: 16 Oct 2012

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Courtney Radsch

Central European University (CEU) - Center for Media, Data and Society; American University, School of International Service, Students; Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Date Written: July 1, 2012

Abstract

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.

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

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Deutsch Karlekar, Karin and Radsch, Courtney, 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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2161601