tailieunhanh - BLOGS AND BULLETS NEW MEDIA IN CONTENTIOUS POLITICS

The other buffer is the Media Council (Sectoral Council for the Media). This council is an independent advisory body composed of industry professionals and academics. Legally, they have no binding authority and they are not part of the contract creation process. They make non-binding recommendations to the government whether new services should be enacted, based on proposals put forth by the public service broadcasters (Donders 2010: 52). A 12-person Board of Governors oversees the public service broadcasters (VRT 2010). These individuals are appointed by the ruling government and serve for a period of five years. Their tasks include: approval. | PEACEWSRKS BLOGS AND BULLETS new media in contentious politics Sean Aday Henry Farrell Marc Lynch John Sides George Washington University John Kelly Morningside Analytics Ethan Zuckerman Berkman Center for Internet and Society United States Institute OF Peace PEACEW RKS About the Report In this report from the United States Institute of Peace s Centers of Innovation for Science Technology and Peacebuilding and Media Conflict and Peacebuilding a team of scholars from The George Washington University in cooperation with scholars from Harvard University and Morningside Analytics critically assesses both the cyberutopian and cyberskeptic perspectives on the impact of new media on political movements. The authors propose a more complex approach that looks at the role of new media in contentious politics from five interlocking levels of analysis individual transformation intergroup relations collective action regime policies and external attention. The authors are particularly indebted to Sheldon Himelfarb of the Centers of Innovation for his support and contributions to this project. The authors would also like to thank research assistants Brett Borrowman Juliet Guaglianone Chris Mitchell and Rachel Whitlark. About the Authors Sean Aday is an associate professor of media and public affairs and international affairs at The George Washington University and director of the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication. Henry Farrell is an associate professor of political science at The George Washington University. Marc Lynch is an associate professor of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University and director of the Institute for Middle East Studies. John Sides is an assistant professor of political science at The George Washington University. John Kelly is the founder and lead scientist at Morningside Analytics and an affiliate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Ethan Zuckerman is senior .