Media Influence Matrix Slovakia: Government, Politics and Regulation
Media Influence Matrix 2020 Thanks to the Constitution, Slovaks enjoy freedom of speech. Press publishing is not restricted in any way and censorship is forbidden in Slovakia. However, the Slovak media regulation remains a heavily politicized process that affects the environment in which journalists and media outlets operate, according to the report. “All of the…
Media Influence Matrix Georgia: Key Findings
Media Influence Matrix 2020 Georgia has a liberal and progressive legal framework governing its media. The Constitution protects media freedom and access to public information is guaranteed. However, that is only the surface. The news media in Georgia operates in a highly polarized and politicized environment with regulators under the government’s thumb, the market concentrated…
Media Influence Matrix Slovakia: Funding Journalism
Media Influence Matrix 2020 News consumption in Slovakia is high compared to other countries in Europe. More than two-thirds of Slovaks read news portals, newspapers or news magazines in 2017. Slovaks are also avid consumers of television, which remains the most dominant news medium in the country, but radio is also popular. At the same…
Media Influence Matrix Spain: Funding Journalism
Media Influence Matrix 2020 In Spain, the advertising market is concentrated in the hands of a few large media groups while the government keeps pouring money into the media. Television is still the largest recipient of ad money, but the internet has been growing incessantly. At the same time, print media grapple with major financial…
The Business of Misinformation in Bosnia: Lying for Profit
The fake news phenomenon hasn’t spared the Balkans. In Bosnia & Herzegovina, it fuels a lucrative industry. Many people have a somewhat morbid habit to read about death and dead people, which explains why obituaries or crime articles are popular. When killing is involved, these stories are even more gripping, getting more eyeballs. Originalno.org, a website…
Media Influence Matrix
What’s It All About? In 2017, our director Marius Dragomir created the Media Influence Matrix Project to investigate the profound influence that rapid shifts in policy, sources of funding and technology companies in the public sphere are having on journalism today. Our director Marius Dragomir wrote about at the time: “Much of how independent journalism and media…
