China’s Support Enables North Korea’s ‘Bad Behavior,’ Panelists Say
North Korea’s attempted rocket launch in April was just the latest example of a country accustomed to reneging on international agreements, a panel of security experts told the conference.
Burmese Journalists Cautiously Optimistic About Changing Media Landscape
Three Burmese journalists expressed cautious optimism about the changing media environment there, but warned that their country has a long way to go to reach full press freedom.
The Internet as a Tool of ‘Publicness’
“It’s far too soon to regulate the Net,” said Jeff Jarvis, director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism. “We have to try to explore its benefits. To believe we can hold back the Net and hold back its progress is foolish.”
Social Media: a Tool of Liberation or Suppression?
The Internet can be a tool of suppression by authoritarian governments as well as a tool of liberation by empowered citizens, said Evgeny Morozov, author of “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet.”
A Hashtag That Started the Revolution
It was a simple Twitter hashtag, arising from the death of a Tunisian street vendor, that helped spark the the Arab Spring uprisings, said Riyaad Minty, head of social media for Al Jazeera.
The U.S. State Department uses social media with three goals: to understand events more clearly; to share real-time information; and to engage people, said Victoria Esser, top U.S. diplomat in charge of online strategy.
SEOUL (June 23, 2012) —Speaking on Internet freedom in Asia and the Pacific at the East-West Center International Media Conference, constitutional law professor Kyungsin Park painted the Korean Internet as a chaotic mire where government policies can harm innocent users, …
SEOUL (June 23, 2012) – “A real problem throughout the world is the ultimate silencing of journalists — journalists are killed for doing their jobs,” said Patricia Smith, Global Journalist editor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, during …
SEOUL (June 23, 2012) —Veteran NPR correspondent Julie McCarthy told a gripping account of reporting in Pakistan to a packed audience Saturday at an East-West Center International Media Conference session at which foreign correspondents shared tales of getting the tough stories.…
SEOUL (June 22, 2012) — Three journalists from three different countries, some who double as activists, explained how digital media has triumphed over censorship and the obstacles to free speech they encounter in their respective countries. Although the three nations …
Selected live-tweets about the panel on covering North Korea, with panelists from Associated Press and the DailyNK website, and a journalist who defected from North Korea in 2002.
SEOUL (June 22, 2012) — Most members of the media are aware of the role that social media networks like Twitter and Facebook play in shaping modern journalism, but people may be less aware of social media’s impact on politics …
Three Burmese journalists discuss the changing media environment in their country.
Al Jazeera social media director Riyaad Minty speaks on the central role played by social media communication in the Arab Spring uprisings.
Jeff Jarvis, director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, discusses the Internet as a tool of ‘publicness.’
Evgeny Morozov, author of “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet,” talks about some of the ways that governments use social media to track and control their citizens.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Esser, the top U.S. diplomat in charge of online strategy, discusses the ways the State Department uses social media to understand events more clearly, share real-time information and engage people around the world.
A panel of experts discusses Internet freedom vs. regulation in Asia and the Pacific.
U.S. political consultant Joe Trippi and Singapore “Facebook candidate” Nicole Seah discuss how social media is changing electoral politics.
Three experts explain how digital media has triumphed over censorship and obstacles to free speech in their respective countries.
Yoichi Funabashi, chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, speaks on new media’s role after the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
A panel of experts discusses new media innovations and trends across the Pacific.