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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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January 17, 2017 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
Days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President, journalists in the White House press corps are fighting to retain their unique access to the new administration. This week, Jeff Mason, President of the White House Correspondents...
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January 27, 2016 •
Mediepolitikk, Notisar •
by Thomas Schmidt
In the name of ‘freeing the local population from government control’, a group of armed men occupied a government building, entrenched themselves and blackmailed federal authorities. Patriots or terrorists? This question...
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February 19, 2015 •
Pressefridom •
by Ariane Kleijwegt
There is hardly a country where Edward Snowden, probably the best-known whistleblower of our time, is more highly-regarded than in Germany. This is ironic considering how disinterested Germans usually are towards whistleblowing in their...
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January 21, 2014 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Forsking •
by Tina Bettels
A comparative study into the professional views of journalism students show that most of them are influenced by their country’s political history and by the views of their predecessors. Researchers working with Claudia Mellado...
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October 19, 2012 •
Pressefridom •
by Michael Wise
Third-annual report brings news of progress despite the prevalence of new and sophisticated threats to Internet freedom. Freedom House’s newest report, “Freedom on the net 2012: A global assessment of Internet and digital media,”...
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August 18, 2012 •
Digitale nyhende •
by Sven Engesser and Edda Humprecht
Few newsrooms utilize the technical potential of Twitter. In a new study conducted by the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ) at the University of Zurich, researchers attempt to measure the spread of microblogging...
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July 24, 2012 •
Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Philip Di Salvo
After George Clooney’s The Ides Of March, Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO drama The Newsroom places journalism in the limelight yet again. American screenwriter Sorkin has been known to incorporate media-related topics into his work,...
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August 5, 2009 •
Medieøkonomi •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 The U.S. media crisis delivered a crushing blow to many newspapers. In Europe, an increasing number of print publications hang in jeopardy, yet European publications may not be threatened by the same disaster as those in...
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