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MediaAct Interview: Colin Porlezza
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 29, 2010
Interview with Colin Porlezza, communications researcher at the Università della Svizzera italiana and EJO collaborator.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Switzerland?
It depends on what one understands as a successful example. Is the existence of a press council already a success – although it has only limited possibilities to impose a sanction? Or can one regard the existence of ombudsmen as positive, even though they are hardly present in public? The infrastructure of journalistic quality management is relatively broad and consistent in Switzerland. A quite successful example is the way TV and radio licenses are allocated – certain quality standards are prerequisites to receiving one. Furthermore, the quality awareness seems to be in general quite high in Switzerland, although this can’t Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Daniela Kraus
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 10, 2010
Daniela Kraus of Medienhaus Wien discusses media accountability, media ethics and innovations in Austrian journalism.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Austria?
It would be easier to mention examples that have failed. In Austria, there hasn’t been a press council since 2002. These are really exceptional circumstances, whereas a new “press council” is being founded at the moment. In general, there is hardly any media journalism in Austria in the ‘old media’ and hardly any discourse about media and journalism.
However, postings in the media coverage section on the Internet are working quite well. Derstandard.at has quite lively media coverage, actually the only extensive, noteworthy Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Heikki Heikkilä
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 4, 2010
Interview with Heikki Heikkilä, Journalism Research and Development Centre, University of Tampere
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Finland?
A: Finland is known for its established media accountability systems. There is a very long tradition of codes of ethics for journalists, a very long tradition of press councils and those are still active. The fact that they still exist and that they are used by journalists shows that they are quite successful. At the same time they are facing problems; they are having lots of difficulties to adjust with the changes of the environment. They are in the process of rediscovering themselves – and I would not call them real success stories at the moment.
Then, there are other forms of media accountability – also academic. Read the rest of this entry »
Media Act – Media Accountability in Europe
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality on March 4, 2010
Media accountability is increasingly important, especially in times of increasing media concentration.
Twelve research teams have formed with the collective aim of examining the state of media accountability in Europe over the next three and a half years. “Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe” (MediaAct for short) is the title of the project, consisting of 10 teams from Western and Eastern European countries as well as two teams from the Arabic region. Managed by the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism at the University of Dortmund, the project will research Read the rest of this entry »
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