March 22, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Marisa Torres da Silva
Online comments, still the most widely-used medium for audience participation and public engagement in mainstream news websites, continue to pose complex challenges to newsrooms. Concern about the poor quality of comments – whether...
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February 22, 2017 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Nouha Belaid
Newspapers in Iraq are commissioning investigative journalism in a bid to attract and retain audiences who might otherwise turn to local digital news platforms. But the cost of investigative projects, a lack of access to information and...
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November 14, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Media Economics, Recent •
by Andrew Jack
As Hillary Clinton found to her cost in the latest US presidential elections, emails remain a potent force in modern life. Partly because of the former Secretary of State’s reluctance to abandon her Blackberry for the government’s...
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October 20, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The warning signs have been ignored for a long time: news media are endangered and are losing ground against propagandists in the digital world. Well before Pegida aficionados started to chant “Lügenpresse” (“lying press”) in...
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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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September 22, 2016 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Media Economics •
by José Moreno
Three major reports published this year highlight three separate trends that could mean the end of advertising as we know it: the increasing popularity of communication platforms, the rise of ad blockers, and the propensity of brands to...
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September 19, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Scott. R Maier
Sometimes an image or a news account of mass violence evokes public outcry. It happened this summer when a dazed 5-year-old bombing victim, shown covered in blood and dust, became the poster child of the savage assault on Aleppo. A year...
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September 12, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Hannah Marsh
TV, radio, newspapers, and online media have historically provided society with a common foundation, ensuring the flow of information, offering an arena for debate – and a handful of other functions vital to democracy. But we live in...
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May 9, 2016 •
Latest stories, Short stories •
by EJO
Most journalists in the United Kingdom believe they now have less time to research stories, but the majority are still willing to push boundaries to break important news, according to new research. The study shows that British journalists...
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