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May 20, 2015 •
Digitale nyhende, Siste nytt •
by Thomas Schmidt
Hyperbole is never far away when Facebook introduces innovations. Typically it involves some talk about saving the planet, creating the future or some iteration of “this will forever change the way how we read/write/communicate.” Not...
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May 19, 2015 •
Medieøkonomi, Siste nytt •
by Mah-Rukh Ali
At a time when TV channels are experiencing a decline in ratings, newspapers are being told they belong to the past, and webpages are struggling to make money from online news, Vice News seems to have broken the code. While many media...
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May 18, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk •
by Mariia Kriuchok
Ukraine’s parliament is about to become more transparent. Last month it passed a law allowing greater access to public information in the form of open data. The law is expected to enhance government accountability, boost technology...
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May 13, 2015 •
Digitale nyhende, Forsking •
by EJO
Data are now abundant, and governments, companies, media, and organisations are constantly seeking to reap the benefits of these data – whether to identify internal issues and consider potential solutions, to improve transparency, or to...
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May 13, 2015 •
Foto og video, Notisar •
by Sandra Stefanikova
Photojournalism is a threatened profession, according to new research. Over the last two decades digitalisation has led to the most fundamental changes since the invention of photography. New technology has transformed the way pictures are...
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May 12, 2015 •
Forsking, Notisar •
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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May 7, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Forsking •
by Robert G. Picard
Journalists believe journalism will be a harder job with less institutional support in the future, according to a survey conducted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the Society of Professional Journalists. The...
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May 7, 2015 •
Journalistiske prosjekt, Siste nytt •
by Caroline Lees
News should inform, but a newspaper column should provoke, according to Thomas L Friedman, a New York Times op-ed columnist since 1995. A good column produces a reaction and even a death threat from a reader is a sign of success, he...
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May 5, 2015 •
Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by EJO
Peter Greste is an experienced journalist who has worked in conflict zones for more than 20 years. In 2013 he was arrested, with two other Al Jazeera journalists, in Egypt. They were charged with ‘damaging national...
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