June 6, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Philip Seib
News coverage of the recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester has been sadly familiar: cellphone videos of screaming victims; details of first responders’ hectic efforts; “Was it terrorism?” guesswork; speculation about the...
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October 17, 2016 •
Digital News, Research, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Of all the former socialist countries in Europe, Albania was the most encapsulated – inaccessible not only from the West, but also from Yugoslavia and from the former Soviet Union’s satellites. Even today, the small country with its...
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August 10, 2011 •
Public Relations, Specialist Journalism •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
The attacks in Oslo last month once again brought up the issue of framing in the media. As it turns out, not only do media outlets set the agenda for discussion in society, they also dictate how people should feel about the subjects in...
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December 16, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Austrians are all too familiar with the unfavorable media attention focused on their Swiss neighbors, for as the Austrians learned, once the electorate sheers obstreperously from the consensus of “political correctness“ on which...
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