May 12, 2015 •
Research, Short stories •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
An alarm signal is sounding from Italy. Media researchers there have analysed how misinformation and conspiracy theories spread via social networks, such as Facebook, much faster than news from more reliable sources. A team of researchers,...
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March 25, 2015 •
Research, Short stories •
by Thomas Schmidt
If you think about journalism as a particular culture, it is only logical to study it like other cultures—by going out into the field and examining it at close range. That is why a new generation of journalism researchers has...
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March 3, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Roman Hajek
Most MPs in the Czech Republic believe the media undermines trust in politics and almost half believe the media has a negative impact upon democracy. Politicians also think that many journalists are more interested in expressing their own...
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February 24, 2015 •
Research, Short stories •
by Jørgen Skrubbeltrang
In modern foreign news reporting a ‘fixer’ is becoming as essential to the journalistic process as a foreign correspondent. Without a fixer – a local person hired to help with logistics, contacts and translation – the...
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December 2, 2014 •
Media Economics, Short stories •
by Ralf Spiller and Stefan Weinacht
Traditional publishing business models have been challenged in the past decade as advertising revenues and profits decline. At the same time alternative business models have started to appear. Crowdfunding is one that has particularly...
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November 22, 2014 •
Digital News, Short stories •
by Caroline Lees
The relationship between technology companies and journalism is uneasy and complicated, but journalism needs to be at least an equal partner, according to Emily Bell, Director at the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism...
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November 4, 2014 •
Censorship, Short stories •
by Mikal Hem
All dictatorships and authoritarian regimes censor the media in some way. The reason is obvious: a free press will usually investigate the actions of government officials, give space to the opposition and publish ideas contrary to official...
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