13 January 2011

Stories from 13 January 2011

Cote d'Ivoire: The struggle to control media

  13 January 2011

Nassirou Diallo and Mohamed Keita discuss the struggle to control the media in Cote d'Ivoire: “Cut off from the state media, Ouattara's self-proclaimed government uses the international media and an improvised radio station to make itself heard.

Taiwan: Responses to “Chinese mothers” article

  13 January 2011

An article in the Wall Street Journal by Amy Chua about the parenting practices of “Chinese mothers” provoked many strong reactions. Taiwan bloggers Taiwan-Born American and shu flies responded to the article by writing about their own experiences as Taiwanese-Americans.

Russia: 7 Sites Warned By Media Regulator in 2010

RuNet Echo  13 January 2011

Roskomnadzor, Russian regulatory body that oversees online and offline media, published annual 2010 report [RUS] on issued legal warnings to the media outlets. 7 out of 53 warnings were issued to online media outlets, most of them for ‘using mass media to implement extremist activities.’ The second legal warning received by...

Russia: Journalist Claims RuNet Has Become “Controllable”

RuNet Echo  13 January 2011

Katya Gordon, opposition activist and a journalist, presents her view [RUS] on the state of freedom of expression in Russian Internet. Gordon accuses major search engines in ‘silencing’ hot topics, news portals in creating ‘alternative agenda’ when something important happens, and top bloggers in using black hat SEO methods.

Malaysia: Prime Minister Answers Questions on Twitter

  13 January 2011

The hashtag #tanyanajib, which translates to ‘ask Najib’ in Malay, became a twitter trending topic last Tuesday. It refers to the announcement of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak that he will answer questions sent by netizens on twitter.