The Russian/Georgian war in the media

For those interested in the portrayal of the Russian/Georgian war in the media, here are two interesting articles.

One from Courrier International sheds light on Russian propaganda in their local media (article contributed by Patrick St-Pierre of Year 2):
Ce que les Russes ont lu, vu et entendu sur la guerre en Géorgie

The other from FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), a liberal US media watch group, criticising the US media’s bias against Russia and for minimising Georgia’s role in the outbreak of the conflict.
Georgia/Russia Conflict Forced Into Cold War Frame

C. Chan-Meetoo

27th August update: Here’s an article in Le Monde Diplomatique with additional interesting facts about the genesis of the relationship between the US & Georgia vs. Russia: Retour russe

Talks on Media

There has been a mix-up for the talk by the Swiss scholar on Media and Democracy. It is actually going to be held on Wednesday 20th August at noon in G1.

The other talk by the two Germans on Media and Governance is confirmed for tomorrow Tuesday 19th August at 3pm in LT2.

Sorry about that.

Christina Chan-Meetoo

Talk on Media and Governance

Two former journalists from Germany who now work for the Foundation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung will be giving a presentation on Media and Governance tomorrow Tuesday 19th August at 3 pm in Lecture Theatre 2 on campus.

All are invited to attend.

Note: There are 2 talks on the same day. The one on Media and Democracy by the Swiss scholar is at noon on Wednesday 20th.

Talk on Media is on 19th

To all those interested in the talk on Media and Democracy which I announced in the last post:

The talk is on Tuesday 19th Wednesday 20th August, not Wednesday 29th as I wrote.

Sorry about that. Please feel free to disseminate and let me know who will attend so we may move to a bigger room if we have a crowd.

C. Chan-Meetoo

Talk on Media and Democracy

Media and Democracy:Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Challenges
by Timotheos Frey

Date: Wednesday 29th Tuesday 19th Wednesday 20th August at noon
Venue: Room G1 (may change)

Synopsis
Media play an important role in democratic systems and in democratization processestoo. In addition to their control function of the justice, government and parliamentary action, they control a good part of public information, therefore they may be key players in agenda setting processes. In consolidated democracies, characterized by programmatic linkages between political actors and the electorate, the today’s key role of media in the political process is to establish and ensure the link between the political supply and demand side. Hence, media represent a rich source for scholars investigating in mechanisms behind the political mobilization. But how can information of programmatic positions be extracted? In my speech, I give an overview of recent theoretical and methodological approaches in the concerned field. A comparison of different widely used measurement techniques shows that results heavily depends on employed techniques.

Contents
1. A Dynamic Field of Research
(a) Introduction (b) Media Transformation in the Western Context (c) Structural Conflicts and Political Mobilization (d) Spatial Representation of Political Conflicts
2. How to Capture Programmatic Linkages
(a) The Supply and Demand Side of the Political Sphere (b) Manifesto vs. Media Data (c) Media Data: From Words to Numbers
3. From Numbers to Space
(a) Methods (b) The Political Space seen from Different Angles (c) Conclusion

Download synopsis with references

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