August 9, 2022 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Isaiah Glick
Isaiah Glick offers highlights from a publication about the challenges of tackling social media-driven disinformation in developing countries ...
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April 21, 2020 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Athens Zaw Zaw
The government's blocking of websites it alleges have spread fake news has prompted accusations that it is using the crisis to curb media freedom....
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August 23, 2019 •
Latest stories, Media Economics, Newsroom Management •
by Catarina Carvalho
What happened when Portugal's Diário de Notícias embraced change and switched to digital, without losing its focus on storytelling....
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June 6, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Technology •
by EJO
NewsGuard, the US media start-up launched in 2018 with the ambitious aim of providing news consumers with a reliable guide to the trustworthiness of any news website they might consider visiting, is gradually being rolled out across...
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December 11, 2018 •
Research •
by Rana Khaled Arafat
Countering stereotypes about refugees in the media and engaging refugees in the creation of their own representations is a big challenge. Can teaching young refugees media literacy skills change this?...
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December 3, 2018 •
Comment, Research •
by Erik P. Bucy
A new information order is emerging and our societies are under threat from misinformation and bullshit. To counter these developments, Erik P. Bucy advocates for more quality media education and press knowledge. Only then can we turn back...
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December 24, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Lucie Stastna
Czech journalists believe media education is increasingly important in an era of fake news. In a recent survey of eleven journalists, representing ten newsrooms, all agreed that news organisations should be involved in educating audiences...
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August 18, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Zuzana Veselková
Freedom to publish on the internet and the expansion of social networks have brought unprecedented communication possibilities to the Czech Republic, as well as an influx of fake news, hoaxes, and disinformation. Campaigners draw attention...
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May 18, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Beate Josephi of the School of Communication and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Perth, publishes a new book about journalism education. The core of Josephi’s book, Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom, lauds...
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