14 June, 2018 / By Latinamerican Herald Tribune The French-based, international Non-Government-Organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organized on Wednesday a street campaign in Paris to draw attention on the Russian government’s freedom of the press track record under the slogan “During the World Cup, the repression continues.” On the eve of the start of the…
1 May, 2018 / By diarionorte La última edición de la Clasificación Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa elaborada por la organización Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) revela un incremento de los sentimientos de odio hacia los periodistas en la mayoría de los países. Según este informe, la manifiesta hostilidad frente a los medios de comunicación,…
14 December 2017 / By Prof Kwame Karikari Politics and the mass media are as interlinked as, to borrow a local expression, the teeth and the tongue. Neither can do without the other. Since the newspaper, the first medium of mass communication, was first developed, it has always served as an instrument for the pursuit of…
February 8, 2017/ By LSE In December 2016, Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox reached an agreement in principle to buy UK satellite broadcaster Sky, a deal which might trigger a public interest test on the grounds of media plurality and a review by Ofcom. Des Freedman, professor at Goldsmiths, and Justin Schlosberg, lecturer at Birkbeck…
December 21, 2016 / By American Abroad Staff Freedom of the press is a right ingrained in Americans. In Russia, press freedoms can’t be taken for granted. According to Reporters Without Borders, in 2016 Russia ranked 148 out of 180 nations in terms of press freedom. The US was No. 41. In Russia, while some…
December 8, 2016/ By LSE Recent years have brought about new challenges to media landscapes across Europe. Pressures from commercial broadcasters and declining audiences have been compounded by political and financial pressures that have led to questions about the very existence, role and purpose of public service broadcasting. An event held at the LSE last…
November 18, 2016/ By El Boletín Faltaban datos para corroborar la sensación de que cada vez menos gente otorga credibilidad a los medios de comunicación. Ahora que el Eurobarómetro ha publicado una encuesta sobre el sector, la sensación se ha hecho realidad. Según el estudio realizado por este órgano dependiente de la Comisión Europea, los…
November 17, 2016/ By Press Release A Eurobarometer survey published today, 17 November, shows that European citizens are worried about the independence of the media; levels of trust in media are low, and citizens are concerned about the impact of online hate speech. First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioner Günther Oettinger and Commissioner Věra Jourová will…
October 31, 2016/ By Chacodiapordia Así lo aseguró el licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación y profesor de la UBA en relación a la gestión de los medios públicos del gobierno de Mauricio Macri. Dijo que el actual gobierno “habla de pluralismo” pero que debilitó a los medios públicos para favorecer que los privados “hagan…
New Paper on Media Pluralism Journalism within the European Public Sphere M Chyliñski – Open Europe: Cultural Dialogue Across Borders … Meanwhile, despite the fact that the EU spends billions on supporting domestic production in the sphere of culture and the media, one cannot but get the impression that it supports freedom of the press,…
Observatory of Media Pluralism 