The Independence of the News Media: Francophone Research on Media, Economics and Politics
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xvii, 320 pp.
Contains 15 illustrations, index
Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research
ISBN 978-3-030-34054-4 (ebook); 978-3-030-34053-7 (print)
"This book explores the different ways Francophone research on news media has faced the challenges of dependence and independence from three complementary perspectives. The first is economics - how can sustainable business models be developed and to what extent can crowdfunding help to maintain the financial and editorial independence of newsrooms? Secondly, in a time where the role of journalism in the public sphere is more questioned than ever, the authors evaluate to what extent news media can embody the needs of their readers. Thirdly, the authors consider the historical and political context of publication in the light of the 'Arab Spring'. This book deals with major, contemporary evolutions of news media, bringing together research that considers the media in France, Canada, and the Arab region (notably Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt). Using numerous case studies, this book helps to define how complex the question of independence is today." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Loïc Ballarini, 1
PART I. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MEDIA IN THE AGE OF CROWDFUNDING
2 Funding Print and Online News Media in France: Developments and Challenges / Franck Rebillard, 7
3 French Media: Can Crowdfunding Serve Pluralism? / Loïc Ballarini, Emmanuel Marty, and Nikos Smyrnaios, 19
4 Crowdfunding: Does It Make a Significant Contribution to Community and Independent Media in Quebec? / Anne-Marie Brunelle and Michel Sénécal, 45
PART II. JOURNALISM AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
5 Audiences and Readership of Revolutionary Leftist Media: The "Media Leader" Hypothesis / Vincent Goulet, 67
6 Occupation: "Net Cleaner"-The Socio-economic Issues of Comment Moderation on French News Websites / Nikos Smyrnaios and Emmanuel Marty, 103
7 The Local Press as a Medium to Create Diversion / Loïc Ballarini, 133
8 Media Coverage of the Coalbed Methane (CBM) Controversy in Lorraine, Northeast France: How the Regional Daily Press Boosted the Social Acceptability of an Unpopular Project / Marieke Stein, 155
PART III. BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: MEDIA IN THE MENA REGION
9 The Transnationalisation of Information and Journalism: The Case of Arab Media / Tourya Guaaybess, 179
10 A Conditional Offer: The Strategies Employed in the Field of Power in Morocco to Control the Press Space / Abdelfettah Benchenna and Dominique Marchetti, 199
11 The Algerian Press: Deregulation Under Pressure-The New Forms of Control or the "Invisible Hand" of the State / Cherif Dris, 227
12 Tunisian Post-2011 Private Presses: Economic and Political Mutations / Enrique Klaus and Olivier Koch, 257
13 Fortune and Misfortune of the Egyptian Private Press: Sociohistorical Study of a Place of Production of Information / Bachir Benaziz, 281
PART I. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MEDIA IN THE AGE OF CROWDFUNDING
2 Funding Print and Online News Media in France: Developments and Challenges / Franck Rebillard, 7
3 French Media: Can Crowdfunding Serve Pluralism? / Loïc Ballarini, Emmanuel Marty, and Nikos Smyrnaios, 19
4 Crowdfunding: Does It Make a Significant Contribution to Community and Independent Media in Quebec? / Anne-Marie Brunelle and Michel Sénécal, 45
PART II. JOURNALISM AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
5 Audiences and Readership of Revolutionary Leftist Media: The "Media Leader" Hypothesis / Vincent Goulet, 67
6 Occupation: "Net Cleaner"-The Socio-economic Issues of Comment Moderation on French News Websites / Nikos Smyrnaios and Emmanuel Marty, 103
7 The Local Press as a Medium to Create Diversion / Loïc Ballarini, 133
8 Media Coverage of the Coalbed Methane (CBM) Controversy in Lorraine, Northeast France: How the Regional Daily Press Boosted the Social Acceptability of an Unpopular Project / Marieke Stein, 155
PART III. BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: MEDIA IN THE MENA REGION
9 The Transnationalisation of Information and Journalism: The Case of Arab Media / Tourya Guaaybess, 179
10 A Conditional Offer: The Strategies Employed in the Field of Power in Morocco to Control the Press Space / Abdelfettah Benchenna and Dominique Marchetti, 199
11 The Algerian Press: Deregulation Under Pressure-The New Forms of Control or the "Invisible Hand" of the State / Cherif Dris, 227
12 Tunisian Post-2011 Private Presses: Economic and Political Mutations / Enrique Klaus and Olivier Koch, 257
13 Fortune and Misfortune of the Egyptian Private Press: Sociohistorical Study of a Place of Production of Information / Bachir Benaziz, 281
