[Commlist] World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies > four 2018 issues open access

All four issues of the *‘World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and 
Journalism Studies’* published in 2018 are now live at 
http://worldofmedia.ru/volumes/

The journal has been published by the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov 
Moscow State University since 2009. Since 2018, the journal appears on a 
quaterly basis (4 times a year).

‘World of Media’ is aimed at promoting the development of media and 
journalism studies in both national and global contexts, and stimulating 
a wider public interest in the journalism theories, methods, findings 
and applications generated by research in communication and allied fields.

We invite authors from all countries and institutions submit their 
papers for one of the *2019* issues. Submissions from young researchers 
and PhD students are particularly welcome. Guidelines for authors are 
available at http://worldofmedia.ru/authors/

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Issue 4, 2018*

LEAD ARTICLE

Ragnedda, M., Kreitem, H. (2018) The three levels of digital divide in 
East EU countries. World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and 
Journalism Studies, 4. 5-26.

This article brings to light significant insights into the three levels 
of digital divide in the particular setting of East EU. It discusses and 
analyses indicators related to the spread and use of the Internet (first 
level of digital divide), the level of digital skills (second level of 
digital divide), and digital services used by citizens in East EU 
countries to improve their quality of life (third level of digital 
divide). The article specifically focuses on the third level of digital 
divide, by analysing, on a macro level, three tangible outcomes, namely 
eGovernment service completion and use, eHealth in terms of seeking 
health related information and interacting with practitioners online, 
and eCommerce. Data from Eurostat, including digital scorecard and other 
reports, showed clear discrepancies among countries of East Europe, as 
well as distinct difference between some countries and overall European 
Union averages, suggesting the existence of two groups of countries, one 
as high performance in terms of services offered and high growth in 
terms of use, and the second is at medium performance in terms of 
services offered, and low in terms of growth and use.

CONTEMPORARY DEBATE

Raja, I. (2018) Old conflict, new perspective: Power shift in the news 
from Gaza. World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism 
Studies, 4. 28-50.

This study draws upon in-depth interviews conducted with the leading 
scholars, journalists, anti-war campaigners and peace activists 
commissioning the new media tools including Skype. Notably, it brings 
about eye-witness accounts of the Gaza conflict as some of the 
participants have survived the Israeli assault on aid-ship Freedom 
Flotilla (Mavi Marmara). In this sense, it offers firsthand descriptions 
and the experience of consuming and resisting new media technologies. 
This analysis shows that most journalists are compelled to be cautious 
in reporting Israeli actions inside the occupied territory (Gaza). 
Further, media coverage of Gaza reflects a disproportionate reporting 
because most sections of the mainstream media include soundbites and 
opinions of writers that endorse the Israeli government propaganda. In 
contrast, the evidence shows that media systematically excludes the 
progressive voices including the Jewish scholars and campaigners. Thus, 
too often, news emerging from Gaza mainly through the mainstream media 
is either biased or manufactured. This state of affairs stimulates 
ordinary people; be they peace activists, campaigners, or scholars to 
make use of alternative means of communications and news dissemination 
that is the new media. However, this study finds that new media has 
transformed the Gaza conflict to an extent that Europe has more 
Palestinian sympathizers than ever before. Despite, perceptible progress 
and achievement, the new media is facing a threat that comes from the 
powerful political elites and the large media corporation. Arguably, new 
media sites such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube 
are icons on a switchboard where the push buttons lie under the 
fingertips of powerful elites, be they the governments or media 
conglomerates.

ARTICLE

Svitich, S., Smirnova, O., Shkondin, M. (2018) Newspapers and magazines 
of Russian million cities: Role in media system, main peculiarities, 
factors of development. World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and 
Journalism Studies, 4. 52-69.

The article presents the results of a sociological study that analyzes 
the media system of some of the largest cities in Russia. The research 
is emphasized on 13 cities with a population of over one million people. 
It details the place of printed media among all others and highlights 
relevant structural, thematic and functional characteristics of this 
exact type of media. The study, which involves more than 400 newspapers 
and magazines, provides a detailed analysis of all the main 
demographical, economic, social and cultural forces that form the media 
system of these cities. This makes it possible to identify the average 
structural model of the modern press in million cities.
Key words: Media system of million cities, Russian mass media, 
newspapers and magazines, urban press.

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