mapping digital media

mapping digital media

risks and opportunities created for media around the world by:

the switchover from analog to digital broadcasting

the emergence and growth of new media platforms, especially on the internet, as sources of news

the ever closer convergence of traditional broadcasting with telecommunications

mapping digital media

Red questions: answers that permit to draw systematic comparisons.

Green questions: guidelines set forth in the research template.

Blue: liable to greater subjectivity; supplement the data with information from other available sources

mapping digital media

76 questions:

14 red25 green19 blue

18 assessments

mapping digital media

mapping digital media

Assessments: do not reflect a personal view, but rather convey the range of commentary and opinion – and the main political positions – in the society.

Recommendations: to policy makers, media outlets, civil society organizations

Angle

pluralism and diversity

transparency and accountability

editorial independence

freedom of expression and information

public service (public interest)

high professional standards.

Team

60 countries

179 national researchers

6-expert editorial commission

6 regional editors

mapping digital media

Topics

1. Media Consumption

2. Public Media

3. Digital Media and Society

4. Digital Media and Journalism

5. Digital Media and Technology

6. Digital Business

7. Policies, Laws, and Regulators

Topics

1. Media ConsumptionDigital Take-Up Media Preferences News Providers

2. Public MediaInstitutions Provision

3. Digital Media and SocietyUGC Digital Activism

4. Digital Media and JournalismJournalists Newsrooms Topics

5. Digital Media and Technology

SpectrumGatekeepers Telecoms6. Digital Business

Ownership Funding Business Models7. Policies, Laws, and Regulators

Policies and Laws Regulators Government Interference

CIS/RussiaKyrgyzstanArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaKazakhstanMoldovaMongoliaRussiaTajikistanUkraine

Latin AmericaArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaGuatemalaMexicoNicaraguaPeruUruguay

CEE/TurkeyAlbaniaBulgariaBiHCroatiaCzech RepEstoniaHungaryLatviaLithuaniaMacedoniaMontenegroPolandRomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaTurkey

Africa/MENAEgyptJordanLebanonMoroccoTunisiaKenyaNigeriaSouth Africa

AsiaChinaIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPakistanSingaporeThailand

West Europe/USFranceGermanyItalyNetherlandsSpainSwedenUKUS

CIS/RussiaKyrgyzstanArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaKazakhstanMoldovaMongolia

RussiaTajikistanUkraine

Latin America

ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaGuatemala

MexicoNicaraguaPeruUruguay

CEE/Turkey

AlbaniaBulgaria

BiHCroatiaCzech RepEstonia

HungaryLatviaLithuaniaMacedonia

MontenegroPoland

RomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSlovenia

Turkey

Africa/MENAEgyptJordanLebanon

MoroccoTunisiaKenya

NigeriaSouth Africa

AsiaChinaIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPakistanSingapore

Thailand

West Europe/USFrance

GermanyItalyNetherlandsSpain

SwedenUKUS

A TV World

A TV World

Digital TV

Digital TV

Internet penetration

Note: Data for 2006 for Nigeria, Latvia; data for 2007 for the United States

Internet penetration

Note: data for 2010 for Italy, Netherlands, Latvia

Mobile phone penetration

Mobile phone penetration

Data for 2010 for Nigeria, Latvia

Public and State-Administered Service Media

TV and radio broadcasters: main psm outlets in all the countries

Other forms of public service mediaRomania: State news agency; church news agencyHungary: State news agency

Nigeria: Local state broadcasters

US: Community media and educational/government TV

Montenegro: Local public broadcastersArgentina: Educational TV (ministry of education)

News onPublic and State-Administered Service

Media

In 15 out of 20 countries:

News plays a significant role in the broadcasters’ output (% of total output, prominence in the schedules or popularity)

Exceptions: Mexico and USLack of assessment: Nigeria, Lithuania and Argentina

Public Perception of Public and State-Administered Service Media

Critical Mixed opinion PositiveRomania Thailand MexicoMorocco Italy UKSerbia Lithuania NetherlandsB&H Argentina GermanyAlbania SwedenHungary

Not understoodRussiaUS

Public Service Provision in Commercial Media

None: Mexico

NigeriaSerbia

NetherlandsSweden

LithuaniaMontenegro

TurkeyAlbania

RussiaHungary

Argentina

Public Service Provision in Commercial Media

Present: UK

ThailandItaly

USGermany

Public Service Provision in Commercial Media

Changes triggered by digitization in adopting public service provision on commercial media:

0Exception: UK

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