November 17, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Federica Cherubini
What is anonymity in the hyper-connected and hyper-traceable online world and does it have any value? The controversial issue of anonymity in the post-Snowden world and the way it is usually represented was discussed during a session at...
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November 4, 2015 •
Media and Politics •
by Philip Di Salvo
For ten days, from November 2nd to 12th, Rome is hosting The 19 Million Project. The aim of the initiative is gathering journalists, coders, hackers and activists to discuss the media implications of the migration crisis and develop...
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October 30, 2015 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Jan Zielonka
The ruling party in Hungary, Fidesz, has persistently tried to transform public-service television into its propaganda tool, but seen rather perverse results. The more TV programmes played to the Fidesz tune, the less people watched it....
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October 21, 2015 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Michal Kus
Russian-speaking journalists working in Estonia believe they act as mediators between Estonians and Russian-speakers in the country, but do not feel they can represent the Russian minority or help them to socially integrate, according to...
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September 30, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The preoccupation that we could be drowned by too many news and advertising messages, and that we are “over-newsed and under-informed” may be yesterday’s headache. The challenge for the future is to ensure that we will not...
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August 24, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The role played by social media in the 2011 Arab Spring may have been overestimated by Western observers, but a new report, Media Use in the Middle East, 2015, reveals that platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are changing the...
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August 20, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Halyna Budivska
Social media has been credited with playing a pivotal role during recent mass protests, such as EuroMaidan in Ukraine, the Arab Spring, and the unrest in Ferguson in the United States. But despite the apparent evidence of a link between...
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July 17, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Rrapo Zguri
A bill aimed at regulating comments online has been described as an attack on freedom of expression in Albania. Under the proposed new law online media administrators who publish, or allow the publication of comments “that affect the...
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July 14, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Miruna Munteanu
Please, beware of headlines promising to explain the Greek crisis in a nutshell. There is no fast and simple explanation to the problem. Only the minds of those trying to sum it up in a few clichés are simple. And there are many. And it...
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