August 26, 2020 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Volha Siakhovich
Journalists have been doing their utmost to get the truth out, despite the oppression....
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June 1, 2020 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Ferenc Vicsek
New project measures the impact of Hungarian government propaganda....
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April 28, 2020 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Caroline Lindekamp
The government's tough measures have given rise to accusations that it is taking advantage of the pandemic to settle scores with critical journalists....
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August 28, 2019 •
Press Freedom, Recent •
by Andrejs Berdnikovs
Exiled Russian journalists are the driving force behind several innovative new media projects in the Baltics....
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May 20, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Paula Kennedy
Most autocratic leaders do their utmost to maintain a tight grip over all sources of information in their country, but few in recent years have done this as systematically and as effectively as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. The figures tell...
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March 18, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Photography and Video, Recent •
by EJO
The Hungarian government has sparked outrage with its controversial poster campaign implying that US philanthropist George Soros and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are plotting to flood the country with migrants. With the...
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January 15, 2019 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Felix Simon
Liberals like good journalism, conservatives propaganda: "Network Propaganda", a new book by three Harvard researchers describes how a far-right media system emerged in the United States – with dramatic consequences for US society and...
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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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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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