Mapping Digital Media: Jordan
This project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media,and explores the effect of these changes in Jordan in the midst of the crackdown on media freedom after the 211 uprisings in the region. This crackdown resulted from the call to political reform that is spread through social media. The report explains the difficulties of digital switch-over in such a setting,despite Jordan's international commitment to turn off analog signals by 215. The report also examines recent survey data that shows a move from printed to online newspapers due to the perceived independence and opportunities for participation in online news,and it mentions the recent attention that has been given to the abuse of vulnerable people in institutions due to investigative journalism. Despite some of this new awareness,state repression remains a huge issue in Jordan,particularly in regards to the drastic restriction of freedom of speech online. This report shows that the media reform movement has become embedded in the wider struggle for political change.
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