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June 19, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk, Notisar •
by Andreas Neukam and Max Hempel
American news channels are adopting the characteristics of reality TV shows, with speculation and emotion replacing fact, according to Robert Byrd, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Memphis. In a seminar, Enemy of...
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June 6, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk, Siste nytt •
by Philip Seib
News coverage of the recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester has been sadly familiar: cellphone videos of screaming victims; details of first responders’ hectic efforts; “Was it terrorism?” guesswork; speculation about the...
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March 20, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk, Notisar •
by EJO
Shortly after Kellyanne Conway defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s false statement about attendance at Trump’s inauguration as “alternative facts”, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism asked a...
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March 14, 2017 •
Mediepolitikk, Notisar, Pressefridom •
by Alexander Fanta
Some say Austria dodged a bullet last year. After an acrimonious year-long election campaign the Alpine nation elected Alexander Van der Bellen, a veteran Green Party politician, as president last December. He had a margin of 7.5 points...
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February 9, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk, Siste nytt •
by Raluca Radu
The extraordinary demonstrations in support of democracy and the rule of law in Romania, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets across the country and abroad, are the result of excellent journalism. Reporters have...
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January 18, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Forsking, Siste nytt •
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Nobody likes fake news, whether produced for profit or for political purposes, and irrespective of how it has been disseminated. It clearly exists, whether propaganda or churned out by the now infamous Macedonian teenagers. But how much of...
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December 13, 2016 •
Digitale nyhende, Etikk & Kvalitet, Siste nytt •
by Caroline Lees
Journalism is entering a period of “experimental editing and experimental reporting”, according to Mark Thompson, chief executive of The New York Times and former director general of the BBC. Typically, journalists and social...
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December 6, 2016 •
Digitale nyhende, Medieøkonomi, Siste nytt •
by Tom Nicholls
European digital-born news media are firmly rooted in journalism, rather than technology or finance, and are subject to similar funding and distribution challenges as their legacy competitors. They are most successful in countries with...
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October 27, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Digitale nyhende, Forsking •
by Fabio Dotti
The digital age is changing the relationship between journalists and the public. The growing requirement for journalists to align themselves with a company ‘brand’ online is affecting objectivity and personal identity, according to...
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