Website: http://www.ejo.ch
European Journalism Observatory co-founder and until 2018 Professor of Journalism and Media Management at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. Frequent contributor to Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) and Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin), as well as to the specialist publications Schweizer Journalist and Der österreichische Journalist.
October 3, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
You certainly know Rupert Murdoch, but have you heard of Arthur J. Sulzberger? Perhaps not, as his name is only well known among media industry insiders. Like many other newspaper publishers, he makes little effort to seek the public...
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August 4, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It was like watching the movie from the day before yesterday. Suddenly, all the three of them were back: Leo Kirch, Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch, the tycoons who influentially roughed up the media business in Europe during the 80s...
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June 13, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It had been a successful annual convention all around, and nevertheless the results remain somewhat depressing. Media researchers from the German-speaking world gathered for three days in Dortmund to endure a round of self-inspection....
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May 26, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Marie-Luise Kiefer, a renowned media economist in the German-speaking world, dares to go far. She’s searching for a “third road” to finance journalism, as the current private business solution of financing newsrooms with...
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May 11, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The Austrian government and its state-controlled industries spend an annual €95 million on advertising. The major share of this figure supports big boulevard newspapers in addition to the free press. In contrast, a mere €1.7 million of...
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May 2, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Like him or not, Jay Rosen, the oft-hailed Internet journalism “guru”, is more than prolific on the subject and worthy of consideration A press critic, writer and professor of journalism at New York University, Rosen operates...
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April 29, 2011 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In advertising, a single catchword may move mountains. In research however, such buzzwords often create trends unable to withstand a diverse reality. For decades, many social science researchers have used the phrase “Americanization”...
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March 17, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Is the DIY ethic a positive or a negative factor for journalism? Traditional forms of PR are losing relevance, and only one-third of all PR activities now target classic legacy media. Mastering digitalization and communicating directly...
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December 16, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Since the publication of Wikileaks’ latest wave of documents, the world seems to be spinning upside down. Not only has the U.S. diplomacy been snubbed, but the Wikileaks servers along with those of mega companies like Mastercard, Visa,...
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