January 14, 2019 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Franco Zappettini
Brexit has been exhaustively discussed, but the role played by the British press, and in particular by tabloids, in framing the debate around it requires more scrutiny, argues Franco Zappettini....
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October 1, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Hector Fouce
The aim of the new EU Directive on copyright seems simple enough: updating the existing rules on copyright in an era where technological change takes place at an incredible speed – often outpacing current laws. The effect, however, could...
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August 28, 2018 •
Recent, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
Has the GDPR forced European news outlets to cut down on intrusive third-party cookies on their websites? New research by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism suggests that this might be the case....
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July 3, 2018 •
Latest stories, Research •
by Felix Simon
European countries do not appear to feel threatened by the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, a study of media coverage of Brexit has revealed. The study, based on coverage in 39 media outlets in 8 European countries,...
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May 3, 2018 •
Comment, Media Economics, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Edward Percarpio
The date of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation coming into force is fast approaching, and its impacts are already being felt across various industries. But how will the new regulation affect publishers operating in Europe? Here is...
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March 28, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by EJO
News media in the UK, perhaps understandably, often seem to be obsessed with Brexit and its implications. Rarely a day passes which does not see another alarmist article being published on some aspect of the ongoing negotiations between...
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March 28, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Alexander Fanta
Last week, I received an email from the European Commission denying me annual accreditation for the year 2018. In the terse reply to my request sent more than six weeks earlier, the Commission stated that my employer, the German blog...
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March 13, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
In many countries over the past few years, the political process – and social cohesion – have been threatened by various forms of disinformation, sometimes misleadingly and inadequately called “fake news”. Politically-motivated and...
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March 28, 2017 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The European Union is celebrating itself – the so-called Treaty of Rome was sealed 60 years ago this month (March 2017) – and the occasion has provided Brussels eurocrats with an excuse to spend millions of euros on advertising...
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