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March 13, 2013 •
Pressefridom •
by Philip Di Salvo
In occasion of the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has released its annual report on Internet Freedom. It pays special attention to digital surveillance, the tracking of the online activities of single...
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March 11, 2013 •
Medieøkonomi •
by Bianca Soldani
A new study by the Pew Research Center tracks how four regional newspapers in the United States have been able to boost online revenue and record overall growth despite industry-wide trends to the contrary. Mark Jurkowitz and Amy Mitchell...
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March 8, 2013 •
Redaksjonell styring •
by Kate Nacy
The ways in which we inform ourselves about the world will evolve throughout our lifetimes – this is certain. Yet for nearly eight decades, the primary means of learning about events beyond our (sometimes insular) communities has been...
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March 8, 2013 •
Mediepolitikk •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Due to the four languages, the sophisticated federalism and the direct democracy, and – last not least – due to a booming advertising branch in the „island of wealth“, Switzerland’s media landscape has flourished and ripened to...
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March 6, 2013 •
Digitale nyhende •
by Philip Di Salvo
The Barcelona Mobile World Congress (Mwc) just ended, and for one week congress organizers succeeded in positively monopolizing the attention of all technology-related media. The Fira Gran Via greeted the major mobile branch novelties,...
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March 4, 2013 •
Pressefridom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In a recent post we discussed the merits and limits of press freedom rankings. One of the rather sad facts is that newsrooms rarely ask how such rankings are created. Researchers seem to be more interested in this essential methodological...
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March 1, 2013 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Spiegel Online’s pre-election coverage last week was not wrong, yet somehow it missed the decisive point in its pull quote: “A clown, a billionaire, an apparatchik and a professor who understands nothing of politics: One of these men...
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February 27, 2013 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Tina Bettels
In France, ombudsmen – the so-called “médiateurs and médiatrices” – have played an important role in media organizations. Their efficiency, however, depends on how they are perceived by others in their environment, both...
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February 25, 2013 •
Digitale nyhende •
by Tănase Tasenţe
Roughly a third of UK journalists say that they would not be able to conduct their editorial work without social media, and 39 percent of respondents said that social media has improved their productivity. These are the main findings from...
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