The EU has been investing billions of euros into media-related projects through several funds and programs, with the goal of improving the quality of journalism and the resilience of the media sector. But what is the impact of these funds on the quality of journalism we get today? How many of its research projects have…
Dr. Emma L. Briant published an article about the need for an urgent debate on propaganda ethics in Tech Policy Press. Dr. Briant argues in the article that “it’s time for a public debate about clandestine PSYOPs.” Dr. Emma L. Briant is a political communication scholar who researches contemporary propaganda and information warfare. The article…
In a new report for the Center for International Media Assistance, Courtney Radsch analyzes global efforts at making Big Tech pay for the news they use and what they could mean for media development, media sustainability and press freedom, especially in developing countries. The report examines three types of policy interventions: taxation, competition policy and intellectual property, and…
Our Director Marius Dragomir was one of the presenters at the Sixth Expert Roundtable of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, discussing the role of public service media in countering disinformation. He presented his study on the sorry, sorry state of state media in 151 countries that he wrote in 2021 and was published by the Center for Media,…
Our director Marius Dragomir has produced State Media Monitor, the world’s state media database, the most complete state media database ever built. Available through the website Statemediamonitor.com, the database contains information on 546 state-administered media companies in 151 countries. The State Media Monitor offers data on state media outlets grouped by the region and country, as…
William Jordan writes about the US cybersecurity implications of the 5G revolution. 21 March 2018 Recent U.S. government posturing on cybersecurity, combined with China’s role in emerging technologies, is putting American consumers on the frontline of national cyber defense. A leaked plan for a nationalized 5G network, and pressure from lawmakers on telecom behemoths AT&T…
India has recently seen a massive growth in video streaming services, but this came in a regulatory vacuum. Self-regulation by the industry alone, without the interference of the government, would be the right approach, a new policy paper argues. 12 November 2019 Over-the-top (OTT) media services, streaming directly to viewers over the internet, revolutionized the…
The Resource Centre on Media Freedom in Europe interviewed our director, Marius Dragomir for a special dossier on media capture. 16 January 2020 The special dossier is the 8th of a series of thematic itineraries to explore the Resource Centre on Media Freedom through a curated aggregation of contents. It applies Alina Mungiu-Pippidi’s definition, according the which “media…