The continued rise of visually orientated social networks, the dominance of Middle East social media by Facebook and the wider Facebook family, and continued tensions between telecoms providers and services which allow free internet calls, are all charted in a new report from the journalist and academic Damian Radcliffe. The study offers an up-to-date analysis of how people across the Middle East use social media.
This is Damian Radcliffe’s fifth annual study on the state of social media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), following previous publications covering developments in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Internet users statistics & trends: Brazil, Russia, India, China, IndonesiaVaibhav Agarwal
Global Internet / Digital / Online users / consumers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia including growth patterns and trends in internet and mobile growth.
The Arab social media report will provide an overview on the social media reality in the Arab world through the monitoring of all social media trends in the Arab world. The report will also provide a detailed view on using social media channels in the different Arab countries. Source : www.arabsmis.ae
GlobalWebIndex Social presenta su último reporte del año (2014) en materia de Social Media. Datos de crecimiento de redes, uso, recurrencia y audiencias por país.
Internet users statistics & trends: Brazil, Russia, India, China, IndonesiaVaibhav Agarwal
Global Internet / Digital / Online users / consumers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia including growth patterns and trends in internet and mobile growth.
The Arab social media report will provide an overview on the social media reality in the Arab world through the monitoring of all social media trends in the Arab world. The report will also provide a detailed view on using social media channels in the different Arab countries. Source : www.arabsmis.ae
GlobalWebIndex Social presenta su último reporte del año (2014) en materia de Social Media. Datos de crecimiento de redes, uso, recurrencia y audiencias por país.
All the stats, data, and trends you need to understand the state of the internet, social media, and mobile in South America in 2017. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read all the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
All the stats, data, and trends you need to understand the state of the internet, social media, and mobile in Northern Europe in 2017. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read all the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
Social Media Landscape of Aruba - Key Facebook Stats Feb 2016Edward Erasmus
Here's an updated presentation containing some interesting Facebook user stats for Aruba (February 2016). The info can be used for research, educational or for social media marketing purposes. Comments and questions are welcome.
Social Media in the Middle East: The story of 2015Damian Radcliffe
Fourth annual report on the state of social media in the Middle East and North Africa. The report looks at data from a wide variety of public sources to identify trends in usage, controversies and wider developments across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and other networks.
We Are Social's Guide to Social, Digital, and Mobile in Malaysia, Dec 2011We Are Social Singapore
This is the December 2011 edition of We Are Social Singapore’s guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in Malaysia. You can find more of these Asia reports at http://wearesocial.sg
Cultural Strategy: How to Target Millennials in Southeast AsiaMichelle Wonderland
With an estimated $6bn disposable income by 2020, Southeast Asia Millennials form the largest growing market for brands seeking growth opportunities. In this presentation, find hacks, tips for content strategy and marketing campaigns, and useful tools to help uncover data, behavior, and statistical analysis for ideation, create marketing campaigns and product prototypes with an emphasis on alcohol consumption in Southeast Asia, with Thailand-specific key points.
We Are Social's Guide to Social, Digital, and Mobile in China, Dec 2011We Are Social Singapore
This is the December 2011 edition of We Are Social Singapore’s guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in China. You can find more of these Asia reports at http://wearesocial.sg
The New Normal: How To Integrate Your Digital Marketing (Forward Thinking EP0...Kepios
People all over the world have integrated connected tech into their everyday lives, but marketers still seem to struggle to integrate their digital marketing activities into broader activities. This first episode of Forward Thinking offers simple advice for brands and marketers who'd like to build more integrated digital marketing activities.
An extensive survey of consumers by JWT to identify the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for brands when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) comes into effect in 2015.
The survey explores the sense of regional identity that exists among ASEAN consumers, the level of awareness, and expectations, of the AEC, attitudes towards brands made in ASEAN, and awareness of popular culture and media personalities from Southeast Asian countries other than their own.
See original report at:
http://www.jwt.com/en/work/singapore/singapore/aseanconsumerandtheaec/
This report offers a thorough, in-depth review of all the key stats for the Social, Digital and Mobile landscape around Asia-Pacific in 2014 by @wearesocial.sg
Explore We are Flint's new report delving into social media usage in the UK. The report provides demographic profiles on usage of 10 of the largest social media networks as well as statistics on frequency of usage. Networks covered include Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Periscope, YouTube and Google+.
eMarketer Webinar: Demographics in Canada—Age-based Digital BehaviorseMarketer
Join eMarketer as we provide insights into shifting and established digital trends among kids, teenagers, millennials, Generation X, baby boomers and seniors in Canada.
We Are Social's comprehensive new report covers internet, social media and mobile usage statistics from all over the world. It contains more than 350 infographics, including global snapshots, regional overviews, and in-depth profiles of 30 of the world's largest economies. For a more insightful analysis of these numbers, please visit http://bit.ly/SDMW2015
We Are Social's comprehensive new Digital in 2016 report presents internet, social media, and mobile usage statistics and trends from all over the world. It contains more than 500 infographics, including global data snapshots, regional overviews, and in-depth profiles of the digital landscapes in 30 of the world's key economies. For a more insightful analysis of the numbers contained in this report, please visit http://bit.ly/DSM2016ES.
A snapshot of internet, social media, and mobile use in every country in the world. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
All the stats, data, and trends you need to understand the state of the internet, social media, and mobile in South America in 2017. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read all the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
All the stats, data, and trends you need to understand the state of the internet, social media, and mobile in Northern Europe in 2017. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read all the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
Social Media Landscape of Aruba - Key Facebook Stats Feb 2016Edward Erasmus
Here's an updated presentation containing some interesting Facebook user stats for Aruba (February 2016). The info can be used for research, educational or for social media marketing purposes. Comments and questions are welcome.
Social Media in the Middle East: The story of 2015Damian Radcliffe
Fourth annual report on the state of social media in the Middle East and North Africa. The report looks at data from a wide variety of public sources to identify trends in usage, controversies and wider developments across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and other networks.
We Are Social's Guide to Social, Digital, and Mobile in Malaysia, Dec 2011We Are Social Singapore
This is the December 2011 edition of We Are Social Singapore’s guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in Malaysia. You can find more of these Asia reports at http://wearesocial.sg
Cultural Strategy: How to Target Millennials in Southeast AsiaMichelle Wonderland
With an estimated $6bn disposable income by 2020, Southeast Asia Millennials form the largest growing market for brands seeking growth opportunities. In this presentation, find hacks, tips for content strategy and marketing campaigns, and useful tools to help uncover data, behavior, and statistical analysis for ideation, create marketing campaigns and product prototypes with an emphasis on alcohol consumption in Southeast Asia, with Thailand-specific key points.
We Are Social's Guide to Social, Digital, and Mobile in China, Dec 2011We Are Social Singapore
This is the December 2011 edition of We Are Social Singapore’s guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in China. You can find more of these Asia reports at http://wearesocial.sg
The New Normal: How To Integrate Your Digital Marketing (Forward Thinking EP0...Kepios
People all over the world have integrated connected tech into their everyday lives, but marketers still seem to struggle to integrate their digital marketing activities into broader activities. This first episode of Forward Thinking offers simple advice for brands and marketers who'd like to build more integrated digital marketing activities.
An extensive survey of consumers by JWT to identify the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for brands when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) comes into effect in 2015.
The survey explores the sense of regional identity that exists among ASEAN consumers, the level of awareness, and expectations, of the AEC, attitudes towards brands made in ASEAN, and awareness of popular culture and media personalities from Southeast Asian countries other than their own.
See original report at:
http://www.jwt.com/en/work/singapore/singapore/aseanconsumerandtheaec/
This report offers a thorough, in-depth review of all the key stats for the Social, Digital and Mobile landscape around Asia-Pacific in 2014 by @wearesocial.sg
Explore We are Flint's new report delving into social media usage in the UK. The report provides demographic profiles on usage of 10 of the largest social media networks as well as statistics on frequency of usage. Networks covered include Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Periscope, YouTube and Google+.
eMarketer Webinar: Demographics in Canada—Age-based Digital BehaviorseMarketer
Join eMarketer as we provide insights into shifting and established digital trends among kids, teenagers, millennials, Generation X, baby boomers and seniors in Canada.
We Are Social's comprehensive new report covers internet, social media and mobile usage statistics from all over the world. It contains more than 350 infographics, including global snapshots, regional overviews, and in-depth profiles of 30 of the world's largest economies. For a more insightful analysis of these numbers, please visit http://bit.ly/SDMW2015
We Are Social's comprehensive new Digital in 2016 report presents internet, social media, and mobile usage statistics and trends from all over the world. It contains more than 500 infographics, including global data snapshots, regional overviews, and in-depth profiles of the digital landscapes in 30 of the world's key economies. For a more insightful analysis of the numbers contained in this report, please visit http://bit.ly/DSM2016ES.
A snapshot of internet, social media, and mobile use in every country in the world. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
This companion report to We Are Social's comprehensive new Digital in 2016 report presents headline internet, social and mobile data for 232 countries around the world. Each country snapshot is presented as its own infographic, ready to be copy-pasted direct into your own presentations or web content. For a more insightful analysis of the numbers in this report, please visit http://bit.ly/DSM2016ES.
At Cheil MENA, our observation skills, trendspotting and pattern recognition are MADE IN THE REGION. Although we keep track of global trends, we don’t copy them. Instead, we develop our own collection of trends that are happening in the MENA region. Right here. Right now.
Today we are witnessing a social transformation. Our diverse and infinitely surprising region is moving from a thirst for fame towards making a difference. Instead of exhibiting narcissism, people are displaying humanity through more empathy, spirit of togetherness, and investment in emotional and physical wellbeing of the communities.
Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2014Damian Radcliffe
Third annual round-up of developments in social media consumption and behaviours across the Middle East and North Africa. This white paper explores areas such as the social media market in MENA, as well as key networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp), the use of social media for news and consumption by Arab Youth.
Personal round up by Internet & Society Manager, Damian Radcliffe (@mrdamian76) of developments in the Internet space relevant to the MENA region in the past month. Curation of stories covering social networking, Arabic language developments, research into ICT use and forthcoming developments. Comments and feedback welcome.
This report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. Alongside regional pictures that capture the stats for every nation on Earth, we also present in-depth analyses for 24 of the world's largest economies: Argentina, Australia, Brazile, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, the UAE, the UK, and the USA. For other reports in this series, please visit http://wearesocial.sg/tag/sdmw
Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2017Damian Radcliffe
This is the sixth annual report on the state of social media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) written by Damian Radcliffe, and the first co-written with Amanda Lam.
The paper distills key research findings, industry data and announcements from the past year, providing an essential overview of social media developments in the MENA region.
This report is the eighth in an annual series of publications, dating back to 2012, designed to share the latest stories, trends and research in social media usage from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Using a wide variety of academic, industry and media sources, this White Paper identifies important insights from social media’s development over the previous year.
Of particular note in 2019 is the continued, growing, importance of social media in the lives of Arab Youth, outside of Saudi Arabia and Turkey the declining usage of Twitter (once the poster child social network for the Arab Spring,) as well as greater scrutiny of social media usage by platform owners and governments alike.
Last year’s report highlighted the increasing weaponization of social networks, a trend which continued in 2019. Facebook, Twitter and Telegram each closed hundreds of accounts due to inappropriate use by state sponsored actors and terrorist groups. Social networks were also the target of governments across MENA, in the midst of protests in many countries throughout the region.
Meanwhile, the importance of social video and visually-led social networks, continued to grow from strength to strength. Snapchat introduced new advertising formats to the region and other exclusive functionality, Google highlighted the importance of YouTube in supporting parents and parenting, and in major markets such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Twitter has emerged as a leading platform for online video consumption.
The year ahead is likely to result in a continuation of many of the trends outlined in this report, as social media becomes increasingly engrained across the lives of businesses, governments and residents across the MENA region.
It is authored by Professor Damian Radcliffe, and PhD student Hadil Abuhmaid, at the University of Oregon.
Press release: Social Media in the Middle East, 2019 in reviewDamian Radcliffe
Press release for my latest annual report (the 8th) on social media trends in MENA, which can be found at: http://bit.ly/SM-MENA19
The report contains the latest figures on key social networks in the region, identifies changing usage patterns and media habits, as well as issues related to the wider social media landscape.
Feel free to contact me: damianr@uoregon.edu if you want to discuss further, or reach out via Twitter @damianradcliffe
Social Media in the Middle East 2022: A Year in ReviewDamian Radcliffe
Welcome to the latest annual study on Middle East Social Media Trends. This report, the eleventh in a series dating back to 2012, provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of social media in the Middle East. As the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of its kind, it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the region's digital landscape.
In this report, we examine the most popular social media platforms and the ways in which people are using them. We explore the impact of social media on politics, business and culture in the region. Our findings will be of interest to anyone interested in how social media shapes the way we connect with one another, as well as the ways in which we consume and find information. These trends are relevant to marketers, journalists, brands and businesses, as well as government agencies and public bodies.
Over the past decade, the Middle East has seen a significant increase in social media adoption. Today, it boasts some of the highest penetration rates of social media in the world, making it a key market for platforms and businesses looking to engage with Arab audiences.
From staying in touch with friends and family to consuming news and entertainment, social media - as it is around the world - is an integral part of daily life in the region. Social media is also playing an increasingly important role in politics, with many politicians and activists using the platforms to connect with the public and mobilize support for their policies.
Understanding Emerging Social Media Platforms in Qatar (Full report, Spring 2...Damian Radcliffe
This report demonstrates the central role social media plays in the lives of many Internet users in Qatar. It explores not only which social media platforms people use, but also how and why they use them. The platforms examined in this investigative exercise are a mix of older and more established platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as new emerging applications such as Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and Path.
Originally published at: http://www.motc.gov.qa/sites/default/files/understanding_emerging_social_media_platforms_in_qatar.pdf
This report is the ninth in an annual series of publications, dating back to 2012, showcasing the latest developments in social media across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
This year’s study is produced in partnership with the New Media Academy. The New Media Academy was inaugurated in June 2020, by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, and ruler of Dubai, to work within the space of development, with a focus on harnessing opportunities in the digital space.
Using a broad range of industry, academic and media sources, we dive into the trends - and biggest stories - which shaped MENA’s relationship with social media during the past year. Not surprisingly, this study is heavily influenced by the impact of
COVID-19. The novel coronavirus impacted on everyone’s lives around the world, including the Middle East. One by-product of the pandemic could be seen in our changing media habits. Social media usage - across all platforms - increased during the early stages of the outbreak.
More widely, given the importance of social media in our media diets, platforms, industry and governments alike sought to use these networks to promote public health messages, as well as counter misinformation related to the COVID crisis.
Alongside these developments, we have also seen continued investment in content on social media platforms - especially during Ramadan - and growing partnerships between traditional media players and social media channels and influencers. These developments reflect the popularity of high quality digital content consumed on social media, and a desire to reach audiences on these platforms, or bring existing social
audiences onto other networks.
We expect that this synergy will only rise, not least because many media habits developed during the pandemic may well continue post-COVID. As a result, social networks will become an increasingly important source for talent spotting, as well as a
key avenue for content and information consumption.
This trend, as we outline at the end of this report, matters for brands, creators and influencers, as well as governments and other public entities. Social media is already an important part of digital media habits and digital marketing strategies. In 2021,
that importance looks set to continue and grow even further.
Damian Radcliffe: Reinventing Journalism Part 4, Moving ForwardDamian Radcliffe
Extract from a detailed round-up of some key recent developments in the world of journalism related to evolving and emerging business models. These slides offer some suggestions for how journalism - and news publishers - can tackle some of the key structural and cyclical challenges that they currently face.
The full deck, which has had nearly 9,000 views on SlideShare alone, also explores innovations in content creation, consumption and distribution, can be found at: http://www.slideshare.net/mrdamian/reinventing-journalism-trends-innovations-and-unanswered-questions/
25 digital or tech stories you may have missed, from - or potentially impacting on the Middle East - curated by Damian Radcliffe (@damianradcliffe).
Middle East Stories this quarter include: New data on MENA Internet usage, highlights from the 5th Arab Social Media Report, Arab Media Use: Social networks (and the web) are key sources of news, stats on massive mobile growth in the last 10 years, how mobile is increasingly important to get online, Facebook in 2017, highlights from the 5th Arab Youth Survey.
Wider research includes: Our constant need to be connected, “showrooming”, in Q4 2012, more tablets shipped than PCs, “Project Loon”, McKinsey's 12 Disruptive Technologies, How “Connected” Cars could save lives and whether Facial Recognition for device security will be the next big thing?
25 digital or tech stories you may have missed, from - or potentially impacting on the Middle East - curated by Damian Radcliffe (@damianradcliffe).
Middle East Stories this quarter include: New data on MENA Internet usage, highlights from the 5th Arab Social Media Report, Arab Media Use: Social networks (and the web) are key sources of news, stats on massive mobile growth in the last 10 years, how mobile is increasingly important to get online, Facebook in 2017, highlights from the 5th Arab Youth Survey.
Wider research includes: Our constant need to be connected, “showrooming”, in Q4 2012, more tablets shipped than PCs, “Project Loon”, McKinsey's 12 Disruptive Technologies, How “Connected” Cars could save lives and whether Facial Recognition for device security will be the next big thing?
The Footprint Report is the impact and digital footprint auditing report for the podcast and webinar series "City and The Cities" conducted by the Good City Foundation and Future City Summit, hosted by the Director of Public Private Partnership by Youth, Shadman Sadab.
30 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed - also found at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-qatar-internet-society-digest-septoct-final-171012-2
The Mapping Digital Media project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media. Covering 60 countries, the project examines how these changes affect the core democratic service that any media system should provide: news about political, economic, and social affairs.
A REPORT BY THE OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS
WRITTEN BY
Rana F. Sweis (lead researcher) Dina Baslan (researcher)
A personal take on 22 recent Internet and Technology developments from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East by ictQATAR's Internet & Society Manager, Damian Radcliffe.
30 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed
from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East, curated by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
Social Media Networking Site Usage Demographics Statsrishibajaj8
Social media are interactive, computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and
exchange of ideas, information, professional skills and other forms of expression across virtual
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Moving Beyond Twitter/X and Facebook - Social Media for local news providersDamian Radcliffe
Slides from a workshop exploring "Moving Beyond Twitter/X and Facebook - Social Media for local news providers"
This presentation outlines social media habits in the US (and globally) and offers suggestions for how local newsrooms can tap into them.
The presentation features key data, user case studies and recommendations for new things to try out.
The presentation was part of the New York Press Association's 2024 spring conference.
https://nynewspapers.com/2024-nypa-spring-conference/
Slides from a workshop exploring "How is AI changing journalism?"
This presentation outlines how newsrooms have been using artificial intelligence (AI) for some time, and how the emergence of Generative AI is accelerating this usage. The presentation outlines use cases, key steps for implementation and some emerging areas and issues to keep an eye on.
The presentation was part of the New York Press Association's 2024 spring conference.
https://nynewspapers.com/2024-nypa-spring-conference/
Lessons from Community-Centered Journalism for Local Journalism ResearchDamian Radcliffe
Slides presented by Regina Lawrence - based on our research - at the 2024 Local Journalism Researchers’ Workshop, March 25-26, 2024 at Duke University. The presentation outlines key points from our research, including: why Community-Centered Journalism matters, the backdrop that it plays out against, and five key challenges for growing this journalistic practice.
After the sobering read seen in our 2022-23 report, this year’s World Press Trends study strikes a more cautiously optimistic note, with more than half of the respondents conveying a positive outlook about their companies’ business prospects for the foreseeable future.
This is despite publishers grappling with challenges on various fronts, including elevated inflation and interest rates, surging paper and printing expenses, continual shifts within advertising markets and audience behaviours, as well as wider geopolitical uncertainty reflected in conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, wider strategic challenges such as the surge of Generative AI, changing relationships with platforms and continued challenges to press freedom and freedom of expression, also continue to vex many journalists and publishers.
In response, news publishers are inevitably looking closely at their revenue strategy, investment priorities, areas of focus, cost management, and their stance on areas such as AI and other technologies. We delve into these themes extensively within this report.
This report is primarily based on the findings of an online survey distributed to WAN-IFRA members and other senior media executives between July and September 2023, and was available in four languages (English, French, Spanish and German).
Survey participants were typically members of the senior team at a newspaper or a newspaper group. Based on the information provided by our respondents, a third (66%) are C-Suite (CEOs, Publishers, Managing Directors). A further third is either a Commercial Director/Heads of Strategy or Executive Editor.
We received 175 complete responses from 60 nations around the world. Using classifications developed by the World Bank, 58% of respondents come from developed economies and 42% from developing economies. Our sample also features a wide range of different countries with respondents coming from countries as diverse as Argentina, Canada, Russia, and Indonesia. They also came from some of the world’s largest media markets, including Germany, India, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Through the data and insights that they provided, we are able to comprehend the attitudes of today’s industry leaders in a variety of business and editorial roles. Their observations, regarding the sector’s present and future, can be seen throughout this report.
As ever, we want to express our appreciation to everyone who participated in this annual survey. This report would not be possible without their contributions.
A huge thank you to all of our contributors: Damian Radcliffe, Dr. Francois Nel, and Teemu Henriksson. Last but not least, this report would not be possible without the support of our partner, Stibo DX.
Full CV/Resume as of March 2023, listing my previous experience, research and journalistic output, media mentions, speaking engagements and events/conferences that I have organized. (Produced for an academic audience, hence the length!)
Redefining News: A Manifesto for Community-Centered JournalismDamian Radcliffe
This forward-thinking report makes the case for embracing a more inclusive, community-focused model of journalism, one that prioritizes listening to and collaborating with communities to produce relevant, equitable and impactful news and storytelling. The report features an actionable framework to put the principles of Community-Centered Journalism into practice and explains how this approach differs from traditional models of journalism, with potential benefits including rebuilding trust, tackling inequities, and fostering civic engagement.
Building a Stronger Local Media Ecosystem: The Role of Media PolicyDamian Radcliffe
This paper plays out against a backdrop of continued closures and diminished local news reporting across much of the United States. It explores the role that media policy can and should play in supporting local journalism.
In examining this topic, we investigate three fundamental questions:
What is local media policy?
What are the key existential issues and/or problems local media policy must wrestle with?
What potential solutions to the local news crisis can media policy potentially help address?
The core of our response to these questions is derived from a series of five public webinars hosted by the Tow Center. Through these events, we invited a range of industry and academic experts to share their perspectives on areas related to these major themes.
Our conversations explored the scope of media policy, barriers to implementation, opportunities for policy to make a difference, and some of the unique characteristics that shape U.S. media policy and attitudes toward potential policy interventions.
To this, we have added further context and updates on some of the latest policy developments, based on a literature review and our continued interest in this subject.
The latest World Press Trends report shows that business sentiment in the industry has taken a downturn, in a context where multiple challenges face news publishers around the world. Yet there are causes for optimism, as revenue diversification progresses and publishers double down on new revenue sources and editorial products.
This year’s World Press Trends study makes for a sobering read after the optimism of our previous report. The mood in the industry has changed, and publishers find themselves in a more unpredictable business environment due to a number of challenges, including high levels of inflation, rising paper and print costs, as well as ongoing changes to advertising markets.
The change in business sentiment is one of the main findings of the new World Press Trends Outlook report. As in the previous years, the analysis is based on an online survey distributed to industry leaders. 167 news executives from 62 countries took part in the survey in Fall 2022 – a big thank you to them for sharing their insights, results and strategies.
WAN-IFRA also works with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Zenith for key performance indicators (global revenues and circulation). For audience insights, we work with analytics specialist Chartbeat. World Press Trends is supported by Protecmedia, the content management provider.
Damian Radcliffe, longtime industry analyst, journalist and academic, authored most of the report, offering his analysis and context to the survey and emerging trends. Dr. Francois Nel, also a longtime analyst, well-known academic within our industry and longtime contributor to WPT, provided his analysis, contribution and data analysis of all our collected data. WAN-IFRA’s Andrew Heslop shared his analysis on our Press Freedom data, and WAN-IFRA’s Teemu Henriksson helped to coordinate the project along with Dean Roper.
Here is what makes up the core of the report:
Executive Summary
Methodology and Profile of Respondents
Chapter 1: Global snapshot of performance indicators
Chapter 2: Business Outlook
- Tougher times ahead
- Priming the profit pump
- Relationships with Platforms
- Digital Transformation
Chapter 3: Revenues
- Back in black
- Print’s continued importance
- Revenue diversification in practice
- A bumpier revenue road in 2023
- Ad advice Publishers, it’s all about controlling what you can control
Chapter 4: Investment and Expenditure
- Investing in Revenues
-Tech spending
- AI and publishers
- Costs and Outgoings
Report partner: How AI and automation solutions can impact newsrooms
Chapter 5: Media Freedom
Damian Radcliffe is a journalist, researcher, and professor based at the University of Oregon.
He holds an endowed chair as the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, and he is also a Professor of Practice, an affiliate faculty member of the Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA) and the Agora Journalism Center, and a Research Associate of the Center for Science Communication Research (SCR).
Damian is also a three time Knight News Innovation Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies (JOMEC), and a life fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
In spring 2023 he will be a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, his alma matter.
With over 25 years of experience in the media industry, Damian has worked in editorial, strategic, research, policy and teaching roles in the USA, Middle East and UK. He continues to be an active journalist, writing regular features for leading trade publications such as Digital Content Next, International Journalists' Network (IJNet), What's New in Publishing, journalism.co.uk and other outlets.
He is a globally recognized expert on digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, the evolution of present-day journalistic practice and the role played by media and technology in the Middle East.
As an analyst, researcher and trainer, he has worked with a wide range of industry and academic organizations including the BBC World Service, Facebook, FIPP, INMA, Thomson Reuters Foundation, World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the United Nations.
He has been quoted on issues relating to digital media and journalism by major outlets such as AFP, BBC, Business Insider, Editor & Publisher, NPR, The New York Times, Snapchat, Wired and Voice of America.
As a freelance journalist his work has also been published by leading publications and trade outlets such as the BBC, Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Harvard’s Nieman Lab, HuffPost, PBS MediaShift, Poynter, TheMediaBriefing and ZDNet.
Originally from the UK, Damian lives on the west coast of the US with his wife and three young children.
The Most Popular Social Media Accounts in the Middle East (H1 2022)Damian Radcliffe
For the first time, this report brings together the most popular accounts originating in MENA on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
Each of these platforms is explored in more detail in this report, but below we outline the account with the largest number of followers, likes and subscribers, across MENA as well as the region's four biggest markets: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
The report was made by possible by support from the New Media Academy and data from Emplifi. My thanks to them both.
From the Ground Up: How Community-Centered Journalism can Help Create a More ...Damian Radcliffe
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Tips and recommendations for my Social Media for Journalists class (Fall 2022) at the University of Oregon. The deck includes tips for digital safety, self-care and mental well-being, as well as managing digital overload. It features links to resources and materials from DART, CPJ, Poynter and others.
This edition of WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research and report reveals an industry challenged but optimistic about its business. It examines the results of publishers’ business in 2021, their forecasts for 2022 and beyond, and the trends and issues shaping the industry.
Our research shows news publishers feel confident about tackling the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and that some of their early pandemic-era pivots are beginning to pay dividends. However, publishers still need to navigate considerable transformation and turmoil, even if there are signs of a resurgence in global advertising markets and a maturing of many reader revenue strategies. The invasion of Ukraine has further undermined companies’ plans, as how that conflict will unfold can have long-lasting effects on industries across the board, in addition to the humanitarian crisis it is causing.
As in the previous years, the World Press Trends Outlook analysis is based on an online survey distributed to industry leaders. 162 news executives from 58 countries took part in the survey in Fall 2021 – a big thank you to them for sharing their insights, results and strategies.
In addition, WAN-IFRA works with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ZenithOptimedia for key performance indicators (revenue, circulation and ad spend). For additional audience insights, we work with analytics specialist Chartbeat.
World Press Trends is supported by Protecmedia, the content management provider.
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Per the report intro (page 4): "Damian Radcliffe, longtime industry analyst, journalist and academic, authored most of the report for the first time, offering his analysis and context to the survey and emerging trends. Dr. Francois Nel, also a longtime analyst, well-known academic within our industry and contributor to WPT, provided his analysis, contribution and data analysis of all our collected data. WAN-IFRA's Teemu Henriksson helped to coordinate the project along with Dean Roper."
Resources: Media Literacy and Managing MisinformationDamian Radcliffe
Tl;DR of my wider deck (https://www.slideshare.net/mrdamian/understanding-media-literacy-and-misinformation) on managing information disorder, defining media literacy and knowing how to spot - and manage - misinformation online.
This presentation includes links to valuable resources on managing disinformation, digital trends and research on media literacy in Europe.
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study, one polytechnic college of Oromia regional state, and two industries were purposively selected. From the
sample polytechnic college and industries, a total of 17 sample respondents were selected. Out of 17
respondents, 10 respondents were selected using the snowball sampling method, and the rest 7 respondents were
selected using the purposive sampling technique. The qualitative data were collected through an in-depth
interview and document analysis. The data were analyzed using thematic approaches. The findings revealed that
TVET-industry partnerships were found weak. Lack of key stakeholder‟s awareness shortage of improved
training equipment and machines in polytechnic colleges, absence of trainee health insurance policy, lack of
incentive mechanisms for private industries, lack of employer industries involvement in designing and
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study among others suggests that the governments of developing countries should shun corruption and other
forms of obnoxious practices in order to operate effective and efficient systems that promote good governance
and ensure there is adequate projects implementation which are the attributes of a responsible government and
good leadership. Policy makers should also prioritize policy objectives and competence to ensure that policies
are fully implemented within stipulated time frame.
KEYWORDS: Developing Countries, Nigeria, Government, Project Implementation, Project Failure
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1.
Social
Media
in
the
Middle
East:
The
Story
of
2016
Top
trends
and
data
from
the
past
12
months
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Radcliffe
December
2016
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Media
in
the
Middle
East:
The
Story
of
2016
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Radcliffe
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Table
of
Contents
Introduction
and
Market
Context
........................................................................................
3
1.
WhatsApp
....................................................................................................................
4
2.
Facebook
.....................................................................................................................
5
3.
Instagram
.....................................................................................................................
6
4.
Twitter
.........................................................................................................................
7
5.
Snapchat
......................................................................................................................
8
6.
Video
Content
..............................................................................................................
9
7.
Youth
News
Habits
......................................................................................................
10
8.
eCommerce
................................................................................................................
11
9.
Service
Outages,
Blocks
and
Closures
..........................................................................
12
10.
Privacy
and
Freedom
of
Expression
.............................................................................
13
Further
Reading
.................................................................................................................
14
Endnotes
............................................................................................................................
15
About
the
Author
Damian
Radcliffe
is
the
Carolyn
S.
Chambers
Professor
in
Journalism
at
the
University
of
Oregon,
a
Fellow
of
the
Tow
Center
for
Digital
Journalism
at
Columbia
University,
an
Honorary
Research
Fellow
at
Cardiff
University’s
School
of
Journalism,
Media,
and
Culture
Studies,
and
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
for
the
Encouragement
of
Arts,
Manufacturers,
and
Commerce.
His
journalistic
and
research
work
focuses
on
digital
trends,
social
media,
technology,
the
business
of
media
and
the
evolution
of
journalism.
Over
the
past
two
decades
he
has
worked
in
the
UK,
Middle
East
and
USA.
Damian
has
written
for
a
range
of
outlets
about
digital
developments
in
the
Middle
East,
including:
ASDA’A
Burson-‐Marsteller,
BBC
Academy/BBC
College
of
Journalism,
The
Conversation,
Georgetown
University
in
Qatar,
The
Huffington
Post,
TheMediaBriefing,
MediaShift,
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar,
Reuters
Institute
for
the
Study
of
Journalism
at
Oxford
University,
Your
Middle
East
and
others.
He
writes
a
monthly
column
on
tech,
IT
and
telecoms
in
the
Middle
East
for
CBS
Interactive
/
ZDNet.
As
a
speaker
on
Middle
East
matters,
Damian
has
participated
as
a
trainer,
keynote,
panelist
and
conference
chair,
at
events
in
locations
such
as
Dubai,
Doha,
Istanbul,
London
and
Washington
D.C.
You
can
view
Damian’s
writing
and
research
portfolio
at:
www.damianradcliffe.com
and
he
tweets
@damianradcliffe.
You
can
contact
him
through
those
channels
or
via
email
at:
damianr@uoregon.edu1
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in
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East:
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of
2016
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Introduction
and
Market
Context
This
report
is
the
fifth
in
a
series
of
annual
reports
designed
to
capture
key
developments
and
data
related
to
usage
of
social
media
in
the
Middle
East.
The
past
year
has
seen
the
continued
growth
of
visual-‐led
social
networks,
especially
in
the
more
affluent
Gulf
region.2
Meanwhile,
the
discernible
growth
in
mobile
social
users
(+66%
notes
the
creative
agency
We
Are
Social)
emphasizes
the
increasing
primacy
of
the
mobile
social
experience.
For
many
users,
mobile
is
the
only
way
that
they
interact
with
social
networks.
Mobile
platforms,
for
millions
in
the
region,
will
also
offer
their
first
online
experience.
Recognizing
this,
companies
like
Facebook
have
launched
Facebook
Lite,
an
Android
app
targeting
users
on
slow
networks
(and
with
small
data
plans).
Their
Free
Basics
program
allows
customers
on
the
Zain
network
in
Jordan
and
AsiaCell,
Korek
and
Zain
in
Iraq
avoid
data
charges
when
using
Facebook
on
their
mobile
devices.3
Will
other
providers
follow
suit?
Yet,
for
all
the
positives,
the
social
experience
in
some
parts
of
the
region
remains
beset
with
challenges.
Networks
and
services
can
be
blocked
–
both
temporarily
and
permanently
–
and
issues
around
freedom
of
expression
persist.
These
dimensions,
alongside
growth
stories
and
statistics,
are
explored
in
this
round-‐up.
Damian
Radcliffe,
December
2016
Figure
1:
Digital
Growth
in
MENA,
via
We
Are
Social4
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• WhatsApp,
remains
the
most
popular
direct
messaging
service
in
the
region,
especially
with
older
audiences,
according
to
data
from
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar.5
• 93%
of
WhatsApp
users,
in
the
six
nations
studied
by
Northwestern,
are
daily
users
of
the
app.6
• Across
the
16
countries
covered
by
the
Arab
Youth
Survey,
62%
of
young
Arabs
(those
aged
18-‐24)
use
WhatsApp
on
a
daily
basis
(ahead
of
Facebook
at
55%).7
• Reuters
reported
that
the
Dubai
based
billionaire
Mohamed
Alabbar
is
planning
to
launch
a
regional
rival
to
WhatsApp
designed
for
an
Arabic-‐speaking
audience.8
• The
messaging
service
was
reported
to
be
a
key
communication
tool
for
those
involved
in
the
foiled
coup
in
Turkey
earlier
this
year.9
Figure
2:
Usage
of
major
messaging
apps
in
six
select
countries,
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
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Facebook
• Across
the
region
Facebook
has
136
million
monthly
users.
93%
access
Facebook
on
mobile.
The
number
of
active
monthly
users
has
tripled
since
2012.10
• Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
found
that
amongst
Arab
nationals,
“Facebook
users
in
the
region
report
a
median
of
160
friends…
The
median
number
of
Facebook
friends
ranges
from
the
highest
in
Tunisia
to
the
lowest
in
Saudi
Arabia
(332
vs.
60).”
• Age
also
plays
a
role
in
determining
your
number
of
Facebook
friends.
Users
aged
18-‐24
typically
have
230
friends,
whilst
Facebookers
over
45
tend
to
have
around
80
friends
on
the
network.11
• Tunisia
is
among
the
first
countries
to
benefit
from
the
roll-‐out
of
Facebook’s
Messenger
Lite.12
The
app,
which
is
under
10MB
in
size,
"offers
the
core
features
of
Messenger
for
markets
with
slower-‐than-‐average
internet
speeds
and
a
prevalence
of
basic
Android
smartphones."
More
than
1
billion
people
around
the
world
use
Facebook
Messenger
each
month.13
14
Figure
3:
Average
number
of
declared
Facebook
friends
(Arab
nationals
only),
in
Egypt,
Lebanon,
Qatar,
Saudi
Arabia,
Tunisia
and
UAE.
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
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Instagram
• Instagram
has
overtaken
Twitter
in
the
region
according
to
a
survey
of
internet
users
(nationals
only)
in
Egypt,
Lebanon,
Saudi
Arabia,
Tunisia
and
UAE.15
• Data
published
by
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar,
shows
that
use
of
Instagram
in
these
markets
increased
by
24%
between
2013
and
2016.
The
number
of
Twitter
users
fell
by
17%
in
this
time,
including
a
12%
drop
in
the
past
year.
• Instagram
usage
has
grown
from
38%
of
Internet
users
across
UAE
in
2014
to
60%
in
2016.
Usage
in
Saudi
Arabia
has
jumped
from
57%
in
2014
to
82%
in
2016.
The
global
average
is
42%
(2016)
up
from
24%
two
years
ago,
according
to
the
Connected
Life
study
published
by
the
research
agency
Kantar
TNS.16
• Netflix
invited
applications
for
photographers
(“Grammasters”)
in
the
Middle
East
and
Europe
to
take
pictures
of
iconic
film
and
TV
locations
using
the
app.17
The
two-‐week
gig
paid
$4,000.18
Figure
4:
Nationals
usage
(internet
users
only)
of
Facebook,
Twitter
and
Instagram,
2013-‐‑16,
in
Egypt,
Lebanon,
Qatar,
Saudi
Arabia,
Tunisia
and
UAE.
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
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Twitter
• The
Guardian
reported
at
the
start
of
the
year
that
Twitter
had
deleted
more
than
125,000
accounts
linked
to
ISIS
terrorists
since
mid-‐2015.19
“We
condemn
the
use
of
Twitter
to
promote
violent
terrorism.”
Twitter
said
in
a
statement
on
5
February.
“This
type
of
behavior,
or
any
violent
threats,
is
not
permitted
on
our
service.”
• Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
reported
that
the
number
of
active
Twitter
users
in
the
region
had
dropped
substantially
(12%
in
the
past
year).
But
the
micro-‐blogging
network
remains
–
by
a
considerable
margin
–
the
leading
platform
for
Arab
nationals
to
find
news
on
social
media.20
• In
June,
Algerian
authorities
temporarily
blocked
access
to
Twitter,
Facebook,
and
other
social
media
sites
in
a
bid
to
prevent
people
posting
high
school
exam
papers
online.21
Figure
5:
Most
popular
activities
on
social
networks.
Nationals
usage
(internet
users
only)
of
Facebook,
Twitter
and
Instagram,
2013-‐‑16,
in
Egypt,
Lebanon,
Qatar,
Saudi
Arabia,
Tunisia
and
UAE.
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
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Snapchat
• In
Saudi
Arabia
and
UAE
usage
of
Snapchat
has
tripled
in
two
years
amongst
internet
users,
noted
Kantar
TNS’
Connected
Life
study.
• Usage
in
Saudi
Arabia
grew
from
24%
-‐
74%
during
2014-‐16.
In
UAE,
it
increased
from
15%
-‐
53%
of
internet
users
during
the
same
period.
This
compares
with
a
global
average
of
12%
-‐
23%.22
• Snapchat
hosted
their
first
ever
regional
event
at
Dubai
Ice
Rink
on
27th
May,
supported
by
Platinum
Records,
MBC
and
others.
It
featured
Snapchat
stars
and
musicians
from
the
region.
Figure
6:
Al
Arabiya
presenters
Omar
al-‐‑Nashwan
and
Mahira
Abdelaziz
with
Palestinian
singer
Mohammed
Assaf
(Center,
left)
and
Moroccan
singer
Abdel
Fattah
Abdel
Fattah
Grini.
(Courtesy:
Platinum
Records)23
• The
ephemeral
social
network
announced
plans
to
open
a
field
office
in
Dubai
towards
the
end
of
the
year.24
This
would
be
their
first
office
in
the
region.
• Saeed
Al
Remeithi
at
32-‐years-‐old,
is
the
UAE
Federal
National
Council's
youngest
member.
Al
Arabiya
English
quoted
him
explaining
how
he
was
“one
of
the
only
candidates
to
talk
to
our
voters
exclusively
on
Snapchat,
from
the
moment
I
registered
my
candidacy
to
the
ballot
box.”25
Figure
7:
Saeed
Al
Remeithi’s
Snapchat
account,
as
captured
on
his
Instagram
page:
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6.
Video
Content
‘People
are
watching
and
enjoying
a
lot
more
video
on
many
different
platforms
but
particularly
in
mobile
and
we
know
that
as
much
as
25%
of
mobile
time
will
be
video
within
the
next
couple
of
years.’
Ian
Manning,
Head
of
Agencies,
Facebook
MENA.27
• In
September,
YouTube
launched
a
new
hub
called
Mosalsalat.
Featuring
more
than
500
iconic
Arabic
television
series,
it
offers
over
7,000
hours
of
content,
produced
in
the
region.
The
hub
contains
material
dating
back
to
1962,
searchable
by
genre
and
country
of
origin.28
• The
network
created
an
offline
viewing
mode
on
the
YouTube
mobile
app
for
users
in
Egypt,
Jordan,
Libya,
Yemen,
and
Algeria.29
• Meanwhile
in
October,
YouTube
launched
Batala
(youtube.com/batala)
a
hub
for
female
creators
from
MENA,
featuring
more
than
100
female
creators
and
over
1,000
videos.30
• Comedy,
news,
and
music
are
MENA’s
favorite
online
video
genres
Northwestern
University
found.31
• BBC
Media
Action
produced
a
mobile-‐first
video
designed
to
help
the
viewer
experience
“the
confusion
and
fear
facing
refugees
making
a
perilous
journey
by
boat.”32
“In
times
of
crisis,
we
know
that
information
can
be
as
important
as
food,
water
and
shelter.
Yet
in
this
digital
age,
many
refugees
travelling
through
unfamiliar
territory
lack
reliable
information
to
stay
safe
and
survive.
Whether
it
is
following
conflict,
flood
or
famine,
this
film
shows
communication
is
essential
in
any
humanitarian
crisis.”
Alexandra
Buccianti,
BBC
Media
Action
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Youth
News
Habits
• As
charted
by
the
annual33
Arab
Youth
Survey,
the
media
and
news
consumption
habits
of
this
demographic
are
also
continuing
to
change
and
evolve
at
a
rapid
pace.34
-‐ 63%
of
Arab
youth
claim
they
get
their
news
from
television,
down
from
79%
in
2011.
-‐ More
than
half
(52%)
of
Arab
youth
share
stories
with
their
friends
on
Facebook,
up
11%
in
the
past
year,
mirroring
the
“social
sharing”
and
“social
news”
trends
in
other
markets.
-‐ Only
17%
of
young
Arabs
aged
18-‐24
use
newspapers
as
a
source
for
news;
on
a
par
with
radio
and
some
way
behind
family
and
friends
(30%),
social
media
(32%),
online
news
channels
(45%
cent)
and
television
(63%).
In
2011,
nearly
two-‐thirds
of
Arab
youth
(62%)
claimed
that
they
used
newspapers
as
part
of
their
news
media
consumption.
“Whichever
way
you
look
at
it,
this
decline
–
from
62
%to
17%
in
just
five
years
–
represents
a
phenomenal
loss
of
[newspaper]
audience.”
Damian
Radcliffe,
essay
on
“The
Age
of
Social,”
2016
Arab
Youth
Survey
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Figure
8:
How
young
Arabs
get
their
news,
Arab
Youth
Study
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eCommerce
• The
power
of
social
media
influencers
–
especially
in
the
areas
of
Food,
Fashion
&
Beauty
–
continues
to
grow
in
the
region.
A
study
produced
by
YouGov
for
BPG
Cohn
&
Wolfe,
revealed
71%
of
UAE
residents
will
take
advice
from
Social
Media
Influencers
before
buying
a
product.36
• Facebook
continues
to
be
the
most
popular
channel
to
follow
influencers
across
these
areas.
Figure
9:
Why
people
in
UAE
follow
different
influencers
online
• Ahead
of
Eid
Al
Adha,
Arabian
Business
reported
that
sheep
were
being
sold
on
Instagram,
noting:
“Traders
say
[the]
photo-‐sharing
app
is
an
easy
way
to
display
the
sheep.”37
• In
May
the
Saudi
Gazette
reported
that
a
very
different
type
of
online
sales
activity
had
been
spotted
online
in
the
Saudi
capital
of
Riyadh.
The
General
Directorate
of
Narcotics
Control
apprehended
five
suspects
who
were
selling
drugs
through
Snapchat.38
• A
fake
Facebook
page
offering
free
first
class
flights
with
Emirates,
emerged
online
during
August.39
The
page
now
appears
to
have
been
removed.
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Service
Outages,
Blocks
and
Closures
• The
past
year
has
seen
a
myriad
of
issues
across
the
region
with
social
networks
being
closed
or
blocked.
Here
are
some
examples:
o In
Morocco,
Maroc
Telecom,
Meditel
and
Inwi,
blocked
access
to
services
which
allow
users
to
make
free
calls
through
an
internet
connection.
Skype,
Viber,
Tango,
WhatsApp
and
Facebook
Messenger,
were
among
the
services
affected,
Middle
East
Eye
noted
at
the
start
of
the
year.
“Morocco’s
Telecommunications
Regulatory
National
Agency
(ANRT),
which
was
behind
the
ban,
justified
its
decision
by
stating
that
none
of
the
services
providing
voice
over
IP
(VoIP)
or
other
"free
internet
calls"
had
the
required
licenses.”40
o YouTube
and
Facebook
“have
quietly
started
using
automation
to
remove
extremist
content
from
their
sites,”
Reuters
reported
over
the
summer.41
o In
July,
UAE
issued
a
new
law
banning
the
use
of
VPNs.42
These
tools
are
used
by
expats
to
access
streaming
TV
services
(like
Netflix)
as
well
as
VoIP
services
like
Skype.43
o Saudi
Arabia
added
calls
from
the
app
Line
to
its
list
of
blocked
services
this
September.44
o In
October,
Houthis
banned
usage
of
WhatsApp
in
Yemen,
Middle
East
Monitor
stated.45
Figure
10:
Apps
blocked
in
Saudi
Arabia.
Figure
11:
Fines
in
UAE
akin
to
$136000
–
544,000.
UAE
Federal
Law
No.
12/2016
amending
Federal
Law
No.
5/2012
on
combating
information
technology
crimes.
“Whoever
uses
a
fraudulent
computer
network
protocol
address
(IP
address)
by
using
a
false
address
or
a
third-‐party
address
by
any
other
means
for
the
purpose
of
committing
a
crime
or
preventing
its
discovery,
shall
be
punished
by
temporary
imprisonment
and
a
fine
of
no
less
than
Dh500,000
and
not
exceeding
Dh2,000,000,
or
either
of
these
two
penalties.”
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Privacy
and
Freedom
of
Expression
• In
May,
a
Turkish
court
convicted
Merve
Buyuksarac,
a
former
Miss
Turkey,
of
insulting
President
Erdogan
online.
She
received
a
14-‐month
suspended
prison
sentence.
The
BBC
noted
that
this
followed
sharing
a
satirical
poem
on
her
Instagram
account
in
2014.46
• Turkey
also
blocked
access
to
social
networks
at
various
points
over
the
year.
In
July,
Facebook,
Twitter
and
YouTube
were
blocked
in
Turkey
during
reported
coup
attempt.47
In
November
it
was
reported
that
Twitter,
Facebook,
WhatsApp,
and
YouTube
were
being
blocked
following
the
arrests
of
“at
least
11
pro-‐Kurdish
politicians.”
48
The
TurkeyBlocks
monitoring
network
also
reported49
that
Facebook,
Twitter,
YouTube
and
a
partial
block
of
Instagram
was
in
place
after
a
bomb
attack
in
Gaziantep.
The
blast
killed
over
50
people.50
Networks
were
also
blocked
following
an
attack
on
Ankara
in
March.51
• A
Gulf
national
was
sentenced
to
three
years
in
prison
and
fined
AED50,000
(to
then
be
deported
after
serving
this
jail
term)
after
ridiculing
Emirati
martyrs
in
Yemen,
“describing
them
as
'cowards'
on
WhatsApp,”
the
state
news
agency
WAM
said.52
• Research
from
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
found:
“Nearly
seven
in
10
national
internet
users
say
they
changed
how
they
use
social
media
due
to
privacy
concerns,
with
proportions
ranging
from
89%
of
Saudis
and
75%
of
Egyptians
to
46%
of
Qataris”.5354
Figure
12:
Impact
of
privacy
concerns
on
online
habits
of
Arab
Nationals.
Northwestern
University
in
Qatar
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Further
Reading
Selected
research
recommendations:
• We
Are
Social:
Digital
in
2016
(Jan
2016)
• Arab
Youth
Survey
2016:
Presentation,
White
Paper,
Top
10
Findings
(April
2016)
• Northwestern
University
in
Qatar:
Media
Use
in
the
Middle
East,
2016
(May
2016)
• Pew
Research
Center:
Global
Technology
Report
(February
2016)
Previous
reports
• Damian
Radcliffe:
Social
Media
in
the
Middle
East:
The
Story
of
2015
(January
2016)
(also
available
on
Scribd,
SlideShare
and
Academia.edu,
+
the
UNESCO
Media
Literacy
Portal)
• Damian
Radcliffe:
Social
Media
in
the
Middle
East:
The
Story
of
2014
(January
2015)
(also
available
on
Scribd,
SlideShare
and
Academia.edu)
Please
also
see
previous
annual
round-‐ups
produced
when
I
worked
for
Qatar’s
Ministry
of
Information
and
Communications
Technology
(ictQATAR):
• Social
Media
in
the
Middle
East:
The
Story
of
2013
(English,
Arabic)
• Social
Media
in
the
MENA
–
2012
Review
(English,
Arabic)
Social
Media
in
the
Middle
East:
The
Story
of
2016
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Radcliffe
is
licensed
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http://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2016/05-‐mideastmedia.html
3
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6
http://www.mideastmedia.org/survey/2016/chapter/online-‐and-‐social-‐media/#s88
7
http://www.arabyouthsurvey.com/en/home
8
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-‐emirates-‐tech-‐alabbar-‐idUSKCN12Q19C
9
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2058035230
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more
at
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of-‐its-‐plotters/
10
http://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/news/read/2016/with-‐a-‐little-‐help-‐from-‐facebook/articleid/11086#
11
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13
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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average
23
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party.html
24
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25
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26
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27
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28
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MEDIA_314211.html
29
http://www.tubefilter.com/2015/11/25/youtube-‐offline-‐viewing-‐egypt-‐middle-‐east/
30
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31
http://www.mideastmedia.org/survey/2016/chapter/online-‐and-‐social-‐media/#s92
32
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-‐media-‐action-‐refugee-‐film
33
http://www.arabyouthsurvey.com/en/home
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essay
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of
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38
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39
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-‐says-‐facebook-‐page-‐offering-‐free-‐first-‐class-‐flights-‐is-‐fake-‐643748.html
40
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41
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636529.html
42
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43
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44
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45
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46
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47
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48
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49
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50
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51
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