October 11, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Caroline Lees
A new law, intended to combat hate speech online, was enacted in Germany last week. From October 2 any social network with over two million users nationally will be required to remove ‘offensive posts’ – defined as ‘evidently...
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September 25, 2017 •
Media and Politics •
by Felix Simon
Angela Merkel narrowly won a fourth term as German Chancellor yesterday in the country’s general election, but arguably the real winner was the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) which won 13% of the vote. The populist...
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August 25, 2017 •
Photography and Video, Research, Short stories •
by EJO
Hard news videos, particularly about politics, are the most successful online, followed by videos about celebrities and lifestyle, according to a new study into how to make news videos that go viral on social media. Sports videos are the...
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July 4, 2017 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Latest stories •
by Gil Ferreira
Media agenda-setting theory assumes the public receive news from a limited set of sources and that this encourages a shared agenda. In the digital age, however, there are now multiple channels and sources, allowing individuals to construct...
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June 19, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Andreas Neukam and Max Hempel
American news channels are adopting the characteristics of reality TV shows, with speculation and emotion replacing fact, according to Robert Byrd, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Memphis. In a seminar, Enemy of...
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March 20, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Short stories •
by EJO
Shortly after Kellyanne Conway defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s false statement about attendance at Trump’s inauguration as “alternative facts”, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism asked a...
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October 27, 2016 •
Digital News, Recent, Research •
by Fabio Dotti
The digital age is changing the relationship between journalists and the public. The growing requirement for journalists to align themselves with a company ‘brand’ online is affecting objectivity and personal identity, according to...
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June 21, 2016 •
Business Models, Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
Snapchat is the undisputed star of 2016 journalism debate. The platform, launched in 2011 by Stanford University students, has become the new focus of attention for publishers, journalists and the advertising industry. After gaining its...
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May 19, 2016 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by José Moreno
Can an algorithm be an editor? Or can an editor be an algorithm? These questions have become more timely since the launch of Facebook’s Instant Articles last year. Publishers now hand content to Facebook and the platform’s...
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