January 16, 2013 •
Digital News •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
A new contract between Instagram and its users will take effect Saturday (Jan. 19), and the far from smooth transition in shifting contracts has taken the photo sharing service to the courthouse. As lawyers, concerned users and service...
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December 5, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Cristina Gelan
Research conducted by Tasenţe Tanase and Ciacu Nicoleta, PhD students at Andrei Saguna University of Constanta, confirms that an increasing number of people use computers to watch television programs in Romania. Their study, published in...
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September 18, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl and Lena Genennig
Is Chancellor Angela Merkel responsible for the turn in German energy policy, or was the shift caused by journalists? This question may keep future historians busy, for they may never find a clear answer. Media researchers Hans Mathias...
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February 14, 2012 •
Digital News, Media and Politics •
by Milica Jevtic
A recent research initiative focuses on the journalistic profession in Serbia. “Profession at the Crossroads – Journalism at the Doorstep of the Information Society,” conducted by the Media Center of the Faculty of Political Science...
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March 17, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Is the DIY ethic a positive or a negative factor for journalism? Traditional forms of PR are losing relevance, and only one-third of all PR activities now target classic legacy media. Mastering digitalization and communicating directly...
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October 4, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Polis report discusses new media communication tools and the concept of networked journalism. Released this past summer, “The Value of Networked Journalism” sprung from four years of research at Polis, the journalism think-tank...
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July 25, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. The cyberworld, it seems, is condemned to the same ineludible limitations. Facebook users are dying. So are Twitterers, MySpacers, Flickrers and Tumblrers. But as social media users...
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June 9, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
We know the differences between YouTube and the Financial Times are voluminous. And yes, we’ve also learned that people are doing more with YouTube than searching for videos of spastic housecats swinging from ceiling fans. But...
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April 1, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
“Wishful thinking” was mentioned several times during the Medienhaus Vienna conference, where experts from all over the world fervently discussed the future of journalism. Phil Meyer, the doyen of American journalism research, puts...
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