May 26, 2006 •
Public Relations •
by Rainer Stadler
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, May 26, 2007 Spying on German journalists by the German Federal Intelligence Service that was discovered recently seems to be understood by some parts of the media as a golden opportunity to pose as heroes in an epic...
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May 1, 2006 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Wirtschaftsjournalist, Nr. 5, May 2006 The new CASHdaily has the right format for all commuters, airplane passengers and for those who ingest their news in front of the PC. It is well done and doesn’t cost a single Franc – not the...
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April 7, 2006 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 07, 2006 It was less than 25 years ago when US media researcher Ben Bagdikian stirred a worldwide sensation with the publication of his book. He predicted that in a not too distant future a mere “handful”...
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April 1, 2006 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Ulla Froehling
Message, Nr. 4, April 2006, contributed by Ulla Fröhling The sensational story of Natascha Kampusch, the young woman from Austria who escaped her kidnapper in August 2006 after eight long years of captivity, has revealed that journalists...
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March 3, 2006 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, March 03, 2006 US newspaper journalists seem to have become increasingly prone to errors. According to a study conducted by Scott R. Maier, University of Oregon and recently published in Journalism and Mass...
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February 17, 2006 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 17, 2006 The influence of media reports on the economic climate A postdoctoral thesis focusing on the influence of media on the economic climate finds a problematic tendency of TV reports to paint a...
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February 1, 2006 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, Nr. 2, April, 2006 The current public debate on the influence of PR on journalism might be long overdue, but it is going in the wrong direction. On one side independent journalism, on the other, PR with its vested interests –...
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December 30, 2005 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl and Andrea Hoehne
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 03, 2005 The rise and fall of business journalism The scope and diversity of business and financial journalism are just as dependent on the strength of the overall economy as are the CEOs and companies...
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December 3, 2005 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl and Susanne Fengler
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 03, 2005 The fourth power under scrutiny: how journalists (also) pursue their own interests With the media sector in crisis, journalists like to think of themselves as victims of “economisation.”...
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