In 2017, CMDS launched 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. The CMDS 2017-2019 strategy notes: “Much of how independent journalism and media perform their fundamental role in informing and enriching the democratic discourse is shaped…
By Nicholas Benequista We need new metaphors to describe the threats to independent media around the world. For years, terms such as “attacked” or “besieged” were used to conjure the image of journalists resisting an onslaught from repressive leaders behind a battered rampart. In retrospect, this may have always been an imperfect metaphor, but it…
Argentina Guillermo Mastrini Guillermo Mastrini holds a PhD in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. He works as a Professor of International Communication Policies and Introduction to Cultural Industries at the National University of Quilmes where he co-founded the Master’s Degree Program in Cultural Industries. He is also Professor at the University of…
This is the common template that researchers in the Media Influence Matrix project are using as a base to collect and publish data, information and analysis. The research material will be collected according to a collaboratively-developed methodological and research guidance template. In the first stage, research data and findings will be presented as a collection…