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New MJRC Study Explores How Italian Newspapers Frame Feminicide
The Media and Journalism Research Center has published Framing Feminicide in Italian Newspapers: Media Narratives and Young Adults’ Interpretations, the latest study in its Media Content Analysis Series. Written by…
AI Information Map: How AI Assistants Source Germany
The Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) has published the German edition of its AI Information Map, a study of the sources AI assistants use, recommend and warn against when…
Booked in Dublin: Where Google’s European Money Shows Up, and Where It Doesn’t
Google Ireland reported €86.6bn in turnover in 2024, yet the Google companies that news publishers can inspect in their own countries say little about the advertising markets they share. That…
New Study Finds European Climate Coverage Turns On Sovereignty, Not Science
A new article published in New Ideas in Media and Communication, the academic journal of the Media and Journalism Research Center, finds that national sovereignty, not scientific urgency, is the…
Media and Information Research Commons, A New Way to Publish Research, Is Launched
The Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) has launched the Media and Information Research Commons, a publishing platform on which research is reviewed and published as a verified record rather…
New Study Proposes an Audit Protocol for AI-Mediated Communication
The Media and Journalism Research Center has published a new article in its journal New Ideas in Media and Communication, proposing a framework for analysing communication in which meaning is…
In the news
Where our research is cited, discussed and used.
MJRC Research Cited in Evidence to UK Parliament’s BBC Charter Inquiry
MJRC’s research has been cited in evidence submitted to the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of its inquiry into the…
MJRC Report on Humanitarian Crisis Coverage Featured on ABC Australia
Our “Humanitarian Crisis Coverage Report”, which examines how media attention is distributed across ten major humanitarian emergencies and how closely coverage reflects the severity…
MJRC Director Contributes to British Academy Publication Aimed at Informing the BBC Charter Renewal Debate
The British Academy has released a new report examining the upcoming renewal of the BBC Charter in 2027. Among the contributors is our director…
Marius Dragomir Has Received the 2025 Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award
On 22 September 2025, during the 7th Congress of the Polish Communication Association in Katowice, Poland, our director, Marius Dragomir, received the 2025 Media…
Recent studies
Selected research, with full findings and methods.
Who’s Listening? · Research report
November 2026
Disinformation and Lebanon’s elections
A village case study from Kfarqahel on Lebanon’s 2022 parliamentary elections: 62% of participants had seen false or misleading election information on social media, with WhatsApp and Facebook named as the main channels.
Read the study: Disinformation and Lebanon’s electionsMedia Reform in Lebanon · Research study
November 2026
Gen Z and lifestyle influencers in Lebanon
How lifestyle influencers communicate with Generation Z in Lebanon, and how far young audiences trust the lives and products they promote.
Read the study: Gen Z and lifestyle influencers in LebanonMedia Reform in Lebanon · Policy brief
October 2026
Seeing is no longer believing
What media and information literacy needs when generative AI makes fakes convincing, based on a survey and interviews with Lebanese students.
Read the study: Seeing is no longer believingContent analysis · Research study
October 2026
Framing feminicide in Italian newspapers
How La Repubblica, La Stampa and Corriere della Sera framed three feminicide cases, and how young adults read those narratives.
Read the study: Framing feminicide in Italian newspapersCountry research · AI Information Map
October 2026
Germany, as AI assistants source it
Which German sources ten AI assistants draw on, recommend and warn against, in English and German, across some 350,000 archived answers.
Read the study: Germany, as AI assistants source itResearch report · Global Media Finances Map
October 2026
Booked in Dublin
Google Ireland reported €86.6bn in turnover in 2024, yet the Google companies that publishers can inspect in their own countries say little about the advertising markets they share.
Read the study: Booked in Dublin- Framing the Climate Crisis in European Media: A Comparative Study of Five Major News Outlets
- Dismissive Affect in Anti-Immigration TikTok Content: The Construction of Social Crisis Through Platform Affordances and Affective Persuasion
- Cognitive Load, Emotional Asymmetry, and the Third-Person Effect: Explaining Audience Responses to AI-Generated Health Misinformation
New country reports · October 2026
Media Capture Monitoring Report 2026
Eight new reports from IPI and MJRC measure each country’s compliance with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), covering developments up to autumn 2026.
Bulgaria
Media reform is on the government’s agenda, but nothing has been adopted yet.
By Boryana Dzhambazova
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Bulgaria 2026Finland
Aligned early, but can the new rules check media concentration?
By Minna Aslama Horowitz
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Finland 2026Greece
More transparency, but the key levers stay in government hands.
By Danai Maragoudaki
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Greece 2026Hungary
Can new laws undo sixteen years of media capture?
By Robert Nemeth
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Hungary 2026Poland
A reform drafted, but still stuck in government a year before the elections.
By Michal Glowacki
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Poland 2026Romania
A year of political crisis, and still no step towards implementation.
By Liana Ganea and Razvan Martin (ActiveWatch)
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Romania 2026Slovakia
Institutional capture has turned into capture in practice.
By Peter Hanák
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Slovakia 2026Spain
The reforms are drafted, but when will they take effect?
By Tania Fernández Lombao, César Fieiras Ceide, Marta Rodríguez Castro and Martín Vaz Álvarez
Read the report: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Spain 2026Published by IPI and MJRC as part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response. Edited by Marius Dragomir (MJRC) and Jamie Wiseman (IPI).
Open research
Media and Information Research Commons
A place to publish the evidence behind research: methods, data, findings and declared AI use, brought together in reviewed, openly accessible research records.
Explore the Commons Also explore New Ideas in Media and CommunicationExplore our research
Four connected themes. Find the projects, methods and publications behind our work.
Journalism
Ownership, funding, independence and the conditions in which journalism is produced.
Audiences
How people find, use and respond to information in their communities and everyday lives.
Policy
The rules, resources and reforms that shape media freedom and the public interest.
Technology
How digital infrastructure and AI change the production and circulation of information.
AI Information Map
Which sources do AI systems surface, cite and recommend? Explore the country findings.
AI Information Map: Which Sources AI Systems Surface in Hungary
The Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) has published the Hungary edition of its AI Information Map, a research project…
AI Information Map Spain Released: What Sources AI Systems Pick When They Describe Spain
The Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) has published the Spain results from its AI Information Map, a research project…
AI Information Map Romania Released: What Sources AI Systems Pick When They Answer You
The Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) has published the first country results from its AI Information Map, a research…
On their own sites
MJRC also runs projects with dedicated websites. Visit them for their full databases, analysis and specialist work.
Research database
State Media Monitor
Explore detailed state media profiles, the full outlet database, annual assessments and regional analysis on the project’s dedicated site.
statemediamonitor.comResearch databases
Media Influence Matrix & Global Media Finances Map
MIM examines the forces shaping media, from policy to ownership and technology. GMFM is its specialised ownership and finance project. Both are hosted on Global Media Ownership.
globalmediaownership.comClassroom project
League Index
Produced by students taught by MJRC’s leaders, League Index turns research and public data into accessible comparisons and league tables.
leagueindex.orgCommercial venture
Media Power Monitor
Media Power Monitor has been redesigned as a commercial venture, with its own site for analysis of media power, ownership and funding.
mpmonitor.orgMore from our research
Findings and analysis from across our projects, from public media and funding to audiences and conflict.
State Media Monitor
- Islands of Independence: Public Broadcasters Resisting Capture in Asia
- When the Ballot Box Becomes a Broadcast Booth: How Europe’s Public Media Are Caught in the Crossfire of Politics
Media funding & sustainability
- New MJRC Report Charts Google’s Financial Footprint in Europe
- New Report Reveals Political Influence Skewing Financial Outcomes in Hungarian Media
Media capture & policy
- Media Capture Monitoring Report 2026: eight new country reports
- From Moscow to Silicon Valley: Mapping the New Architecture of Media Capture
Narrative Mapping
Explore content analysis
Who’s Listening
- New Study: How Social Media Is Redefining News and Public Trust in Eastern Europe
- How Soldiers in the Ukraine Conflict Stay in the Know
Media in fragile states
Explore the Media Influence Matrix
People & ideas
Meet the researchers, practitioners and emerging voices connected through MJRC.
Expert highlight
Minna Aslama Horowitz
Public media policy & digital rights
Docent at the University of Helsinki. In 2026 she wrote the Finland edition of the Media Capture Monitoring Report and was part of the MJRC team on the Lebanon election disinformation study.
Read profile: Minna Aslama HorowitzFellow highlight
Martin Zhuwakinyu
News provenance, GenAI & editorial accountability
A journalist in Zimbabwe and South Africa for more than 30 years, now a managing editor in Johannesburg. His fellowship research looks at the provenance of news in the age of generative AI.
Read profile: Martin ZhuwakinyuYoung researcher highlight
Moustafa Awwad
Digital disinformation & electoral integrity
Took part in the EU-financed Media Freedom in Lebanon project. His new MJRC study examines how digital disinformation affected Lebanon’s 2022 parliamentary elections.
Read profile: Moustafa AwwadExpert community
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Strategy & impact
Journalism Trends
Our blog: ideas, arguments and perspectives on journalism, media power and public life.
Book Review: End of Time Fascism and Perspectives from Central Europe
By Jonáš Syrovátka In recent years, a considerable body of books, articles, and other writings has sought to make sense of a rapidly changing world…
The Soviet Afterlife in Romania: Reservists’ Political Culture and the Pull Towards Moscow
By Cerasel Cuteanu Nearly four decades after the fall of Communism, Romania is still asking whether it ever truly escaped Moscow’s grip. A new political…
Hungary After Orbán: How to Rebuild Media Freedom and the Role of Funders
By Robert Nemeth The landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán marks a turning point not only in Hungarian politics but also in the country’s media landscape…
When Telling the Truth Is a Death Sentence
By Pius Fozan In September, I will begin my journalism traineeship. I have never been one for personal heroes. But if I could claim even…
Does Upscaling Independent Media Work? Lessons Learned in an Authoritarian Environment
Can small, local independent media thrive in an authoritarian environment? A multiple-year-long funding programme revealed that upscaling small outlets can deliver results, but only when…
Masks Off: Is Political Deception Working Its Magic?
A businessman from the world of transport briefly stepped into the shoes of a diplomat acting on behalf of the Romanian government. The outcome? A…
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