New media have always posed a threat to the established order;
that’s why the fight against censorship is a constant battle. The nonstop
pursuit of journalists has always been an expression of the
deeply rooted faith that journalists have a message and a mission to
create an atmosphere where the public can be made aware of what is
going on around them. Media freedom, especially enhanced with the
opportunities of new technologies, is increasingly understood as both
an underpinning and a measure of democratization and development
– and one that requires ongoing support. The press freedom theory is
about to change the conventional ideas of its paradigm. It focuses on
the current development of the Internet and other forms of computermediated
communication – what Castells [12] calls the “Internet
galaxy”, drawing on Marshall McLuhan’s description of the diffusion
of the printing press in the West as’ Guttenberg Galaxy’ – the Internet
has become implicated in various political and regulatory struggles,
much of which has already begun [13]. Besides, the penetration of
foreign/overseas broadcasting and satellite TV; challenges are posed
by the new media technologies to government information control systems. The changing order of state, of power relation, emerging
factor of political economy, democratic malpractice and ownership
structures are demanding a fresh look into it. In assessing or measuring
the state of press freedom of an individual country there is a need to
look at the components dominating the decisions. The news media
are in crisis across the developed world. Journalism as we know it is
being described, obviously with some exaggeration, as ‘collapsing’,
‘disintegrating’, in ‘meltdown’. In this digital age, there is gloom in
most developed country, or ‘mature’, media markets over the future
of newspapers and also broadcast television. The arrival of the digital
revolution – the evolution of the Internet, the emergence of new forms
of media, and the rise of online social networks – has reshaped the
media landscape. There is a strong sense that ‘the news industry is
no longer in control of its own future’ [14] and that it is technology
companies like Google and the social media that lead the way and look
set to hegemonise the public space that once belonged to the news
media. As the communications landscape gets denser, more complex,
and more participatory, the networked population is gaining greater
access to information, more opportunities to engage in public speech,
and an enhanced ability to undertake collective action.
New media have always posed a threat to the established order;that’s why the fight against censorship is a constant battle. The nonstoppursuit of journalists has always been an expression of thedeeply rooted faith that journalists have a message and a mission tocreate an atmosphere where the public can be made aware of what isgoing on around them. Media freedom, especially enhanced with theopportunities of new technologies, is increasingly understood as bothan underpinning and a measure of democratization and development– and one that requires ongoing support. The press freedom theory isabout to change the conventional ideas of its paradigm. It focuses onthe current development of the Internet and other forms of computermediatedcommunication – what Castells [12] calls the “Internetgalaxy”, drawing on Marshall McLuhan’s description of the diffusionof the printing press in the West as’ Guttenberg Galaxy’ – the Internethas become implicated in various political and regulatory struggles,much of which has already begun [13]. Besides, the penetration offoreign/overseas broadcasting and satellite TV; challenges are posedby the new media technologies to government information control systems. The changing order of state, of power relation, emergingfactor of political economy, democratic malpractice and ownershipstructures are demanding a fresh look into it. In assessing or measuringthe state of press freedom of an individual country there is a need tolook at the components dominating the decisions. The news mediaare in crisis across the developed world. Journalism as we know it isbeing described, obviously with some exaggeration, as ‘collapsing’,‘disintegrating’, in ‘meltdown’. In this digital age, there is gloom inmost developed country, or ‘mature’, media markets over the futureof newspapers and also broadcast television. The arrival of the digitalrevolution – the evolution of the Internet, the emergence of new formsof media, and the rise of online social networks – has reshaped themedia landscape. There is a strong sense that ‘the news industry isno longer in control of its own future’ [14] and that it is technologycompanies like Google and the social media that lead the way and lookset to hegemonise the public space that once belonged to the newsmedia. As the communications landscape gets denser, more complex,and more participatory, the networked population is gaining greateraccess to information, more opportunities to engage in public speech,and an enhanced ability to undertake collective action.
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