February 27, 2014 •
Public Relations •
by Evgeniya Boklage
Wikipedia was launched in 2001 and has become one of the most visited sites on the web. Journalists and researchers know that they should not rely on information it provides, but the temptation to use it occasionally is strong. A report by...
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December 12, 2013 •
Public Relations •
by Andreas Schmidt, Mike S. Schäfer & Ana Ivanova
Climate change is a global problem, and according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, it is currently the “greatest challenge facing humanity.” But it is a long-term, slow developing, and often invisible phenomenon so most people do...
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October 4, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Public Relations •
by Meera Selva
This week has seen the strained relationships between some of Britain’s newspapers and the politicians who want to regulate them. In a new series, the EJO presents a summary of the main developments through a series of web links, with a...
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June 25, 2013 •
Public Relations •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
YouTube is full of wedding videos featuring fathers dancing badly, and possibly enthusiastically at their child’s wedding. But in Tajikistan, authorities banned YouTube a week after a video of the president dancing and singing...
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January 1, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality, Public Relations •
by Remzi Lani
Throughout the post-communist transition period, the relationship between media and politics has been intensely complex and rife with contradiction. Today’s Balkan press functions more as an extension of politics than a representation of...
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November 23, 2011 •
Public Relations •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The largest supplier of automotive technology, the Robert Bosch Group, recently celebrated its 125th anniversary. Rather than simply publishing a history of the company, the corporate communications department opted for a spectacular...
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August 10, 2011 •
Public Relations, Specialist Journalism •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
The attacks in Oslo last month once again brought up the issue of framing in the media. As it turns out, not only do media outlets set the agenda for discussion in society, they also dictate how people should feel about the subjects in...
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March 7, 2011 •
Public Relations •
by Marcello Foa
How many are dead? Were bombs really dropped? Is Al Qaeda involved? As in other wars, misinformation dominates the news. So how many people have been killed in Libya? One thousand, 2,000 … 10,000? And how many cities have fallen to the...
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March 3, 2011 •
Public Relations •
by Marcello Foa
Marcello Foa explains the political context of recent events in North Africa. To understand what is happening in Tripoli, we must first consider the complete strategic picture. We’re not looking at spontaneous uprisings, but rather...
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