May 23, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by EJO
The majority of UK press coverage in EU referendum campaign was heavily skewed in favour of Brexit in first two months of campaign, a new study reveals. One month before the EU referendum vote, the Reuters Institute for the Study of...
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May 10, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Bryn Retherford
In 2015, Greece fell 50 places in the World Press Freedom Index to rank 91st. This established it as the second-lowest ranking for a country inside the European Union. Open Society Foundation has stated that Greece is the EU member state...
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May 4, 2016 •
Media and Politics •
by Caroline Lees
The BBC has become a “comparatively small player”, dwarfed by multinational platforms, yet it remains central to Britain’s culture and should be supported, not undermined, by the government, according to Lord Patten, the former...
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April 26, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Newsroom Management •
by Robert G. Picard
The risks taken by journalists attempting to report dangerous conflicts are clear. Yet, despite evidence that journalists are increasingly being targeted by kidnappers, many are still unprepared for the threat. Reporters and news...
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April 13, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Newsroom Management •
by Richard Sambrook
In the wake of terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, it is increasingly recognised that terrorism can affect news organisations close to home as well as in the field and that newsrooms should prepare to cover terrorist incidents. Most news...
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March 23, 2016 •
Media and Politics •
by Klaus Beck
Twitter was launched ten years ago this week, full of promise. At first it appeared to live up to expectations: in 2011 the media hailed the social networking site as a democratic force behind the Arab Spring. Now Twitter is reported to...
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March 16, 2016 •
Media and Politics •
by Juliane Lischka
Bad news about the economy can often boost public spending and corporate investment, rather than decrease it, according to recent research. The study reveals that economic reporting rarely influences economic development but...
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February 29, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Susanne Fengler Marcus Kreutler Tina Bettels Schwabbauer
Important pan-European news stories, such as the Ukraine crisis, are often overlooked by Europe’s media – including the quality press – according to new research. A comparative analysis of the conflict in Ukraine, conducted...
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February 19, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Raluca Radu
The Internet is not free or uncontrolled. Its infrastructure is owned by a combination of international mobile companies, politicians and businessmen, some of whom have criminal links, new research reveals. A number of companies...
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