May 12, 2014 •
Press Freedom, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Internet gurus and serious researchers have had great expectations that the internet will give us new freedoms and the potential for democratization. Sadly, the empirical findings provided by two American researchers, Karin Deutsch...
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December 3, 2013 •
Digital News, Press Freedom •
by Evgeniya Boklage
The recent issue of New Eastern Europe, a news journal with the focus on Central and Eastern European affairs, has a special section on Digital Eastern Europe. In it, the group of authors look at the internet and surrounding technologies...
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November 11, 2013 •
Media and Politics •
by James T. Hamilton
Transparency policies in the US and UK often fail to provide reporters with information that would help voters hold government accountable. Government open data policies are more often focused on providing information that helps firms...
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January 1, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality, Public Relations •
by Remzi Lani
Throughout the post-communist transition period, the relationship between media and politics has been intensely complex and rife with contradiction. Today’s Balkan press functions more as an extension of politics than a representation of...
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December 12, 2011 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Marlis Prinzing
Change takes time, a fact that does not always agree with the human tendency to be impatient. At the beginning of the year, we were enthusiastic about the progressive events taking place in Arab regions. Dictators were removed and hundreds...
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March 29, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Judith Leitner
Interview with Phil Meyer, professor emeritus and former Knight Chair of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Q: How do you think journalism will change in the next 10 years? I have no idea how things will change...
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