Author Archives: Christian Möller

2013 Social Media Guidebook

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2013 OSCE Social Media Guidebook

The 2013 Social Media Guidebook explores the potential and the challenges of social media and the right to freedom of expression as new media develop.

The authors Christian Möller, Marissa Moran, Douglas Griffin, Andrei Richter, Anna Kachkaeva, Ross La Jeunesse et al. address contemporary issues affecting journalism and media in general. It is an assessment of the potential and the challenges of social media and how it relates to the rights of free expression and free media. In articles and specific case studies this Guidebook lays out the field of social media and its effect on journalism.

A summary of the findings is also published in the current edition of IRIS – Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory (Strasbourg, April 2013, ISBN 978-92-871-7662-2).

The publication is written for journalists,consultants, regulatory officials and undergraduate and graduate students.

A PDF version of the book is available at www.osce.org/fom/99563.

Also available in Russian under www.osce.org/ru/fom/99564.

Printed versions can be obtained free of charge from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

Saluting Professional Journalism

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Germany’s Media Coverage of the Anders Breivik Trial

The shooting on the Norwegian island of Utøya and the subsequent court trial were closely followed also by German media. The island is just 1,000 kilometers from Germany’s capital Berlin, or 460 miles from Kiel where this article is written. This article, however, will not explore the deed in itself but rather the media coverage and the ethical discussion in Germany about the media coverage of the trial.

The shooting left the German audience shocked and seeing the perpetrator Anders Breivik live in court during the trial was of great interest. Besides the actual court procedures considering whether Breivik was mentally sane or of diminished responsibility, another issue was raised by the media and subsequently also discussed within a media ethics context: his salute on the first day of the trial that was widely repeated in broadcast and print media.
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Read the full article in the current issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EDdCSs8GMjbWTUe8aAmV/full

This article is a contribution to a number of comments on the topic, including

  • The Murderer’s Salute: News Images of Breivik’s Defiance After Killing 77 in Oslo by Ginny Whitehouse
  • Norway’s Media Coverage: The Salute of a Man who does not Regret by Elsebeth Frey
  • Visualizing a Mass Murder: The Portraits of Anders Bering Breivik in Danish National Dailies by Kirsten Mogensen
  • The Spanish Meaning of the Murderer’s Salute by Mónica Codina

    • The project was edited by Ginny Whitehouse, Associate Professor at the Eastern Kentucky University.

    Bibliographical notes:
    Christian Möller (2013) Germany’s Media Coverage: Saluting Professional Journalism. In: Journal of Mass Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality, Volume 28, Issue 1, 2013.

     

    UN-Kontrolle für das Internet?

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    Im Dezember findet die World Conference on International Telecommunications statt. Kritiker fürchten eine stärkere Kontrolle des Internets durch die ITU.

    Im Dezember lädt die International Telecommunication Union (ITU) zur World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) nach Dubai ein. Kritiker fürchten, dass diese Konferenz eine stärkere Kontrolle des Internets zur Folge hat und rufen zu Protesten und zur Unterzeichnung von Petitionen auf. [...]

    Den ganzen Artikel auf Carta lesen:

    http://carta.info/51115/un-kontrolle-fur-das-internet/

    The Times They Are a-Changin’

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    2010

    Time Magazine

    What Your Cell Phone Could Be Telling the Government

    “Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail, take photos and video (and — oh, yes — send and receive calls). But one thing they can do that phone companies don’t advertise is spy on you.”

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    2012

    Apple

    Find My Friends

    “Find My Friends allows you to easily locate your friends and family from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Install this free app on your device running iOS 5 or later and sign in with the Apple ID you use with iCloud. Adding a friend is easy — just send a request to see their location.”