Electronic press: 'Press-like' or 'television-like'?

The Relationship between Globalization and the Civil Society Developmentin Iran during the years 1997-2013 (with an emphasis on parties and press)

Globalization reflects the notion that the world has become a common social space through technological and economic forces so that development in a region of the world can have profound effects on the livelihood of individuals or societies in other regions. It is not difficult to find the relationship between this phenomenon and the civil society development. Globalization has had a profound i...

Hypermedia and governance in Saudi Arabia

The advent of new media has altered the information dynamics that shape public discourse. Convergence, miniaturization, personalization, interactivity, and mobility have blurred the boundaries between producers, consumers, and regulators of information. The role and impact of old mass media such as radio, television and the press, has changed as a result of their interaction with electronic mai...

From the Editor in Chief: Not Free, But Relatively Inexpensive

Ihave many hats. For my day job, I hang out at NASA and try to figure out how to simplify building software for flying things. In my copious free time, I’m a journalist. This entitles me to do things like attend conferences as “press” (the power of the media being such that one is sometimes better treated than the paying attendees), write this column, and worry about how all this great Internet...

K nows L ittle , L earns L ess ? An experimental study of the impact of the media

Synopsis: One central claim for the value of democratic elections has been their potential for civic education. This paper is designed to understand how and under what conditions people learn about public affairs from different channels of communication provided by the news media and parties. In particular, much of the previous American literature assumes that newspapers are more effective chan...

Press, Radio and Television