August 15, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Marcello Foa
Reflections on Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diary. Swaying the media is much easier than academics and reporters are willing to admit. Knowing that 80 percent of the news comes from institutional sources, the transparency of information...
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August 12, 2010 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
“Fair Trade” in the news business: What journalists and publishers might learn from behavioral economics. Rupert Murdoch’s London Times is the front-runner in attempting to introduce payments for its online content since early July....
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July 25, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. The cyberworld, it seems, is condemned to the same ineludible limitations. Facebook users are dying. So are Twitterers, MySpacers, Flickrers and Tumblrers. But as social media users...
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July 21, 2010 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
The Daily Mail‘s website is a humongous success. And it’s free. Let’s skip the pros and cons of the somewhat tired ‘to paywall or not to paywall’ argument for a moment and focus on a website which is quite...
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July 18, 2010 •
Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
A recommendation for journalists: follow the lawyers. While journalists occasionally serve as the butt of a bad joke or two (ex: What do you get if you cross a sports reporter with a vegetable? A common tater), they’re victimized far...
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July 15, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Susanne Fengler
Several recent studies rank traditional media above newer formats. Concerning interactivity, “old” forms of media function better than their reputations suggest, while new media like blogs and social networks have a lot of catching up...
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July 2, 2010 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
PEJ and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life release study on Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal. Analysis dealt with media coverage of the Catholic Church scandal in Europe and the U.S. from 2002 – 2010, with a particular...
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June 21, 2010 •
Public Relations •
by Marcello Foa
Il Giornale, June 21st, 2010 Image is everything in the communication era, especially for politicians. Everyone knows this. One small blunder can ruin a reputation. It is therefore only to be expected that politicians tend to protect their...
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June 20, 2010 •
Public Relations •
by Marcello Foa
Corriere del Ticino, June 19, 2010 In the Gulf of Mexico BP is desperately trying to stop the oil leak, but that’s not the only front it’s fighting on. The other is that of the media, with interesting and, in many ways,...
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