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September 10, 2015 •
Forretningsmodellar, Notisar •
by Roman Hajek
Over the last two years the Czech Republic has seen the most dramatic change in newspaper ownership since the beginning of 1990s. Western (mostly German) companies that bought Czech newspapers 20 years ago, have now completely left the...
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September 9, 2015 •
Journalistiske prosjekt, Notisar •
by EJO
The environmental NGO Greenpeace has announced it has hired a team of experienced journalists as part of a plan to make investigations one of its three key activities, together with raising public awareness and direct action. John Sauven,...
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September 9, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Forsking •
by Scott. R Maier
Mother Teresa understood compassion fatigue when she proclaimed, “If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at one, I will.” What Mother Teresa knew from personal experience has been documented by behavioral research showing...
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September 7, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Thomas Kent
Virtual reality journalism is with us to stay, and will become even more realistic and immersive as technology improves. Already, virtual reality (VR) headsets and vivid sound tracks can put a viewer into stunning, 360-degree scenes of a...
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August 26, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Digitale nyhende •
by Jairo Mejia
As a foreign correspondent for a large news agency, I know how important it is to improve the flow of meaningful news and information to clients’ newsrooms. That task is increasingly challenging as social media (especially Twitter)...
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August 24, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk •
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 21, 2015 •
Digitale nyhende, Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Increasing numbers of consumers are using social media platforms to access news according to recent research. One study, by the Pew Research Centre, found that in 2015 the majority (63%) of Facebook and Twitter users sourced news via those...
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August 20, 2015 •
Mediepolitikk, Notisar •
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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August 13, 2015 •
Digitale nyhende, Medieøkonomi •
by José Moreno
Journalist Paul Mason recently published a controversial column in The Guardian arguing that we are entering a “post-capitalist” society, prefigured in the numerous examples of the so-called “sharing economy” that seem to be...
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