21 June, 2018 / By Dru Sefton, current.org Revamped editorial standards for PBS emphasize inclusive content and fine-tune guidelines for the network’s social-media messaging. The standards govern “everyone who creates, evaluates, or oversees content for PBS,” according to the 14-page document. The revised rules, which took a year to craft, were approved by the PBS Board…
Oktober 18, 2017 / By Paola Nalvarte y Teresa Mioli Los periodistas fueron el blanco del sentimiento y acciones antiprensa de funcionarios públicos, fuerzas del orden y de ciudadanos antes y durante las elecciones regionales del 15 de octubre, en más de 23 gobernaciones de Venezuela. IPYS Venezuela elaboró un mapa con el registro de las violaciones a…
November 20, 2016/ By Malta Today At least half of the Maltese nation is not following debates on current affairs or national issues on the social media, according to a survey of over 500 respondents carried out for an Europe-wide survey on the media. The Eurobarometer survey on media pluralism and democracy found that 52%…
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 12, 2016/ By Open Democracy Over the weekend, Facebook sent me a link to a video they had made of my activity on their site over the last year. To my mind, that was more proof, if any were needed, that Facebook is a media company, despite all its protestations. A study by Enders…
November 19, 2016/ By La Razón Las periodistas Claudia Benavente y Mery Vaca coincidieron la noche del viernes en promover el pluralismo mediático en Bolivia, pero bajo los principios que ordenan la función periodística como la responsabilidad. La posición surgió en medio de un debate por el discurso del presidente Evo Morales durante la III…
Date: 29 Sept 2015, 18:00 hrs Address: European Parliament Brussels, Belgium What is the “Digital platforms: helping or hurting media pluralism?” session about? In general, the media have a significant role to play in supporting and shaping cultural diversity and values and thus ensuring the effective functioning of democratic societies. For more than a hundred of years…
26 June 2015 / By Sofia Globe Concerns persist about deterioration of the media environment in Bulgaria because of corporate and political pressure that, combined with the growing and nontransparent concentration of media ownership and distribution networks, gravely damaged media pluralism, the US state department said in its country report on human rights practices in…
5 April 2015 / By Euroactive.com SPECIAL REPORT / The news industry is struggling with a shift to mobile, getting scant revenues as more readers turn to smartphones and tablets for information, according to new research published in April. These are among the findings of the latest Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media…
18th November 2014 / By Peter Barron & Simon Morrison In this latest post in our series on the role of digital intermediaries and media plurality, Peter Barron, Google’s head of communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and his colleague Simon Morrison, Public Policy Manager, argue that the Internet and digital technologies have only…
5 November 2014 / By Robin Foster Robin Foster is an adviser on strategy, policy and regulation in the media and communications sectors and a founding member of Communications Chambers. He previously held strategy and board level posts at Ofcom, Independent Television Commission, and the BBC and has provided senior level advice to leading organisations including…
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