1. The case of Eastern Europe/Central Asia by Evgeny
Morozov/Transitions Online March 24, 2007Email: [email protected]
Blogging in Dangerous Places
2. Russia
MSM appropriated by Kremlin
Opposition politicians forced to go online
New forum for intellectual debates
New venue for kitchen talk/samizdat
3. 4. Russia-continued
Cant be an engaged public intellectual and be missing from
LiveJournal
From blogosphere to MSMand back (Kononenko)
Regional reporting: citizen media can do much better
Result: Kremlin making significant steps to co-opt it/block it
selectively
5. 6. Belarus
5 years ahead of Russia in terms of authoritarianism
The dichotomy between MSM/new media is a false one
Blogosphere is the MSM in Belarus; fulfilling its role
Newspapers start reprinting full-text blog posts
7. Belarus
Using Internet for advocacy/mobilization
Use of the Internet for organized protests/blocking
Use of the Internet for flashmobs
Use of the Internet for dissiminating prohibited material
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Belarus: whats missing
More trainings in anonymity/online security
From online to offline communities: the book of accounts during
the March protests
Building the infrastructure
Outsmarting the authorities
13. 14. 15. Central Asia
Even more repressive than Belarus/Russia
Smaller Internet penetration rates
Need for more outreach/engagement
Even more trainings on online anonimity
Kicking-off discussions that are otherwise avoided in
state-controlled MSM
16. 17. 18. 19. Finding new business models
Syndicating professional regional blogging commentary to MSM
(Global Voices/Reuters)
BlogBurst's model (USAToday/Reuters)
Finding new ways to enhance the traditional reporting:
crowdsourcing, open-source
Reporting, Assignment Zero/new models for foreign
correspondents
20. 21. 22. 23. Source: Citizen Media, Fad or Future of the
News, Feb2007, JLAB 24. 25. 26. Source: State of the News Media
2007 27. 28. Questions? Email: [email protected] 29. disclaimer:
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