December 6, 2018 •
Research •
by Halyna Budivska
Since 2013, Ukraine has seen many changes. These developments also had an effect on the country’s media sphere. A new study now shows how news consumption and views of the media have changed in the country over the last few years....
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February 8, 2018 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Zuzana Veselková
If foreign news offers a window into the world, then the window for radio listeners in the Czech Republic is a fairly narrow one. Researchers from Palacký University in Olomouc found that foreign news focuses mostly on Europe and the...
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May 25, 2017 •
Business Models, Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Media Economics, Short stories •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
Meduza, a Russian news website based in Latvia, is pioneering a new way to advertise. Audiences are challenged to participate in a game in which they manage a hypothetical Russian media company. When players (almost inevitably) fail they...
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April 4, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Media Economics, Recent •
by Ainars Dimants
Newspapers in Latvia are struggling. They are increasingly mistrusted by readers, who accuse them of pushing the political views of their owners. Revenues are down as advertisers spend their money on the country’s growing digital media...
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March 2, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Halyna Budivska
“Ukrainian radicals beat up children for speaking Russian” (FAKE); “University student expelled for asking President Poroshenko an ‘uncomfortable question’” (FAKE); “Ukrainian Armed Forces recruited mercenaries from...
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January 20, 2017 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
As Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States of America, he is greeted by assessments of the European media that portray him as an unpredictable commander-in-chief, a reckless world leader and, by some, a buffoon with...
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October 7, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Halyna Budivska
Ukrainian journalists find it hard to remain neutral and independent when covering the conflict in their country. Many are torn between feelings of patriotism and their role as detached observers, new research has found. Of the 47...
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September 14, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Anna Andrievskaya
Public interest in popular science journalism is growing in Russia. New platforms, blogs and an online television channel, aiming to make complex scientific subjects more accessible, have been launched to meet the demand. One site, started...
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July 28, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by EJO
Europe’s newspapers were overwhelmingly negative towards Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, according to a review of the press in 13 countries in the week after the referendum. Most articles presented the view that Brexit was...
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