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MJRC Launches Research Project on Media and Politics Across 40+ Nations Prepping for 2024 Polls

November 15, 2023

Our new research project, Decoding the Power Play: Media and Elections in 2024, is aimed to chart the interplay among media, political parties and the business sector in a...

MJRC Announces Collaboration Agreement With Research Group at Autonomous University of Puebla in Mexico

September 25, 2023

As part of its strategy of building research and academic partnerships, the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) concluded a cooperation agreement in September 2023 with the Research Group “Political Communication and Citizenship...

Media in Exile: Key Players in Resisting Autocratization

July 7, 2023

Investigator: Simone Benazzo, ULB On 13 April 2023, El Faro, a Salvadorian media outlet, announced that it had taken a decision with far-reaching consequences. After operating for a quarter...

Media and Journalism Research Center Launches Fellowship Program

November 16, 2022

The center is welcoming researchers and practitioners who work in the center’s fields of interest. We are glad to announce the launch of our Fellowship Program, which is open...

Media and Journalism Research Center Launches New Strategy

November 9, 2022

Today, the Media and Journalism Research Center has launched its new strategy, covering the period 2023-2025. The center is planning in the next three years to focus on fighting...

Regulatory Capture in Slovakia: Who Benefits Most

January 18, 2020

The Slovak news media sector remains captured by powerful financial groups and oligarchs. Blame it on regulation (partly). Thanks to the Constitution, Slovaks enjoy freedom of speech. Press publishing...

Media Influence Matrix: What’s It All About?

January 12, 2020

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...

Beyond Besieged: Understanding the Media’s Ills, And Finding Cures

August 10, 2017

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...