Leon Barkho citeras i prestigefylld publikation

Leon Barkho, filosofie doktor och forskare vid Media Management and Transformation Centre på Jönköping International Business School, har nyligen citerats i tidningen Communications Daily i en artikel om rapporteringen från konflikterna kring presidentvalet i Iran.

Publikationen är USA: s främsta dagliga nyhetskälla inom telekommunikation. Den betraktas som nödvändig läsning för landets chefer inom telecombranschen och har vunnit flera journalistikutmärkelser från prestigefyllda Specialized Information Publishers Association and the National Press Club.

Utdrag ur artikeln:
"With a weak cable infrastructure in the Middle East, satellite TV is a major source of information," said Leon Barkho, who studies Middle Eastern news coverage at Jönköping University in Sweden. “People rely on what their satellites can pick up from the sky," he said. “A TV in the Middle East without a satellite becomes a dumb box." Barkho said viewers in the region are especially fond of BBC´s Persian news coverage because the channel is free. He said he thinks there was a jamming attempt to prevent media bias from the west from reaching Iranian citizens.