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- Convenors:
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Karlyga Myssayeva
(Al-Farabi Kazakh National University)
Oguljamal Yazliyeva (Charles University, Prague)
Jazgul Ibraimova (Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in Central Asia)
Nozimakhon Davletova (University of World Economy and Diplomacy)
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- Chair:
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Jatin Srivastava
(Ohio University)
- Discussant:
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Karlyga Myssayeva
(Al-Farabi Kazakh National University)
- Formats:
- Panel
- Theme:
- Media
- Location:
- GA 2134
- Sessions:
- Saturday 22 October, -
Time zone: America/Indiana/Knox
Abstract:
This panel will examine the role of social media as a source for objective and accurate information for citizens in Central Asia (CA). In the context of this panel, CA will refer to post-soviet countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The discussion will revolve around the capacity of social media-based sources of information to effectively inform and engage local communities. The discussion will also explore how the emergence of social media may be influencing professional standards and practices of journalists in Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). Broader issues such as the state of development of the new media in CA and the general absence of research-based knowledge on public opinion among internet users in the region will also be discussed.
Panelists will discuss the following questions: How effective are social media platforms in informing and engaging local CA communities? What is the level of collaboration between media, civil society organizations and government on key issues in CA? What is the nature of relationships between media, civil society organizations and government? What is the state of systems and practices establishing and promoting standards of professional journalism in CA? What are some of the dominant perspectives driving media development and media related policy making in CA?
Moderator & Chair: Jatin Srivastava, Associate Professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Director, Institute for International Journalism, Ohio University.
Discussant: Karlyga Myssayeva, Associate Professor, Vice-Dean Faculty of Journalism, al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU)
Panelists:
Jazgul Ibraimova, Coordinator of the project by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting entitled “Development of New Media and Digital Journalism in Central Asia”, Kyrgyzstan.
The role of social media as a source for objective and accurate information for citizens in Kyrgyzstan
Karlyga Myssayeva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vice-Dean Faculty of Journalism, al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU)
The impact of social media on society in Kazakhstan
Mouslim Buriev, journalist, independent researcher, Tajikistan
The impact of new media as a source for objective and accurate information for citizens in Tajikistan
Nozima Davletova, Director of the Mass Media Foundation, Research Analyst, Uzbekistan
Popular media narratives in Uzbekistan
Oguljamal Yazliyeva, PhD. Candidate Department of Russian and East European Studies Institute of International Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
State propaganda and alternative media: Turkmenistan case
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Saturday 22 October, 2022, -Paper abstract:
This paper examines the alternative foreign media in Turkmenistan, where state propaganda and repression prevail. It analyses the impact of foreign media content on audience behavior and its role in the development of critical thinking. The study is based on a content analysis of alternative media channels, including social media, interviews with journalists and bloggers, and archival material on the development of Turkmen alternative media. Turkmen society perceives the mass media as a propaganda tool and does not use it as a platform for dialogue within society. Therefore, the ruling political elite is able to use the mass media to strengthen its power without encountering resistance from the public or from the mass media employees themselves. This analysis aims to highlight possible changes in the minds of society that have hardly been studied so far. It focuses on the dynamics of alternative media under the rules of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes that emerged during the Cold War period in the Soviet Union and after the collapse of the communist system. The study of the role of alternative foreign media focused on Turkmenistan shows that foreign media, in their attempt to reach the population through various ways and means, are the only potential source of information in the authoritarian context that monopolizes the country's media landscape. Nevertheless, under the conditions of secure access to the Internet and other tools of secure transmission of foreign channels, the influence of such media can have an impact on the society living in the authoritarian regime. Their limits are determined by the factors of disruption of broadcasts in the country, blocking of websites with alternative news and information critical of government policies, and non-accreditation of local journalists working for such foreign media. In Turkmenistan, the role of foreign media tends to fall under these aforementioned factors.
Paper abstract:
This paper will examine the impact of social media on society in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has been independent for 30 years. In that time the media landscape dramatically changed, with traditional media (e.g., newspapers, television, radio) now supplemented by online media such as blogs, websites, social networks. Kazakhstan is a leader among the Central Asian countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States in the level of Internet capability. As an Emerging area of concern for developing countries such as Kazakhstan, new media research mainly includes two categories: the history of development of Internet and new media including social media in Kazakhstan, and the role of social media in Kazakh society. This study discusses research that explores the impact of new media, especially social media, on society.The discussion will revolve around the capacity of social media-based sources of information to effectively inform and engage local communities. The discussion will also explore how the emergence of social media may be influencing professional standards and practices in Kazakhstan.