Community updates

Chronological news digests

2012-05-31

Israel is to put an investigative reporter for the daily Haaretz on trial for receiving secret military documents from a former soldier

Tatiana Repkova | www.guardian.co.uk/media/ ... |

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National Security Laws - State Secret - Secret Documents
Covering War / Crisis / Conflict / Protest / Riot / Non-Standard Situation - Military Reporting
News / Content Sources - Attribution / Linking - Police - Tipping Off - Leaks

2012-05-30

Despite draconian censorship, Saudi Arabia has the highest per-capita use of YouTube in the world; satire ignites massive growth

Tatiana Repkova | www.usnews.com/news/artic ... |

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Arab World, Middle East

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Africa / Asia, Asia

Censorship / Self-Censorship
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience
Caricatures - Satire - Parody - Humor - Pranks - Hoaxes
Video Packages / Footage / YouTube - Vodcasting - Animation

2012-05-30

Руководителя городской газеты «Жалал-Абад уну» пытаются выжить

Tatiana Repkova | journalist.kg/news/rukovo ... |

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CIS, Central and South-Western Asia

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Asia, Asia / Europe

Independence of the Press / Media
Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Legal Harassment of Media / Journalists
Publishers' / Broadcasters' / Editors' Liability for Contents

2012-05-30

An MIT student is working to detect patterns in the disappearance of thousands of weibos (tweets) from the Chinese Internet

Tatiana Repkova | www.niemanlab.org/2012/05 ... |

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Censorship / Self-Censorship
Mobile Blogs / Moblogs - Microblogs - Twitter
Anonymity Online - Online / Internet Identity - Surveillance / Eavesdropping Systems

2012-05-30

South Korea’s unique social media landscape; usage of local networks still high, but gradually shifting to global sites

Tatiana Repkova | www.emarketer.com/Article ... |

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Online / Digital / Mobile / Social Media Trends
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience
Social Media Generally - Social Websites / Networking - Social Journalism

2012-05-30

Suspended term for Thai web editor over royal insult

Tatiana Repkova | www.bbc.co.uk/news/world- ... |

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South-East Asia

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Insult Laws - Lèse-majesté

2012-05-29

Microblogging site Sino Weibo has introduced a points-based system that penalizes users for posting controversial content

Tatiana Repkova | mashable.com/2012/05/29/s ... |

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Censorship / Self-Censorship
Mobile Blogs / Moblogs - Microblogs - Twitter
Anonymity Online - Online / Internet Identity - Surveillance / Eavesdropping Systems

2012-05-29

В Кыргызстане, по разным оценкам, не менее 70% СМИ принадлежат членам партий или самим партиям

Tatiana Repkova | journalist.kg/news/igor-s ... |

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CIS, Central and South-Western Asia

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Asia, Asia / Europe

Independence of the Press / Media
News Media Markets - Ownership & Investment

2012-05-29

Илим Карыпбеков: «СМИ не обучены освещать конфликты и способствовать их разрешению»

Tatiana Repkova | journalist.kg/news/ilim-k ... |

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CIS, Central and South-Western Asia

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Asia, Asia / Europe

Covering War / Crisis / Conflict / Protest / Riot / Non-Standard Situation - Military Reporting
Covering Conflict Resolution / Reconciliation / Peace