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December 17, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Bojan Cvejic
Despite frequent reactions and warnings by professional associations, hardly a day passes without at least one violation of the Serbian Journalistic Code of Ethics by each of the daily newspapers in Serbia. According to recent research,...
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December 14, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
BBC was among the many Western media outlets to ridicule a Chinese newspaper for being fooled by an article on an American satirical website calling the Korean leader Kim Jong-un the sexiest man alive. Only a few days later the BBC’s own...
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November 30, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Rahel Künkele
Scandinavian countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland have long been classified as “scandal-free zones” – especially when compared to other parts of Western Europe and the United States. But lately even Nordic countries...
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November 19, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
How have the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal covered Murdoch’s News of the World hacking scandal?Alessia Borrè of the University of Lugano has dedicated her bachelor thesis to this question. Making a direct comparison is...
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November 6, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Will Rupert Murdoch withdraw from the United Kingdom and instead aggrandize his media empire in the U.S.? Ken Doctor, an American media economist and columnist for the Nieman Lab at Harvard University has speculated about such a move. In...
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October 11, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Jonila Godole
According to the newest Media Sustainability Index (MSI), Albania showed improvement in 2012, however the lack of independent outlets and unbiased journalists is cause for alarm. The newest International Research and Exchanges Board’s...
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September 18, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl and Lena Genennig
Is Chancellor Angela Merkel responsible for the turn in German energy policy, or was the shift caused by journalists? This question may keep future historians busy, for they may never find a clear answer. Media researchers Hans Mathias...
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August 11, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It’s not every day that an American trade journal like the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) shows serious interest in something happening outside the U.S. Recently, however, the journal dedicated a long story to Scandinavian countries....
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July 1, 2012 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Medieøkonomi •
by Tina Bettels
In the last few years the downfall of the newspaper industry has been predicted excessively – especially in the US. In a study conducted at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism, the ways in which U.S. newspapers...
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