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Category Archives: Media
May 28 2015
Greek Media in Disarray
Comments Off on Greek Media in DisarrayBy Maria Kyriakidou There is perhaps no other field that better illustrates how deeply ingrained clientelism is in Greek political culture than the media sector. Politicians, media and business have long been operating as a ‘triangle of power’, where private … Continue reading
Posted by: May 28, 2015
Tagged with: Accountability, Corruption, ERT, Greek media, Journalism, media, Media ownership, Media Systems, SYRIZA
Dec 10 2014
The impact of the mass media on the quality of democracy within a state remains a much overlooked area of study
7 CommentsBy Lisa Müller Media organisations are generally assumed to play an important role in democracies, but how effective are they in performing this function within specific states? Lisa Müller outlines results from an analysis of 47 countries, based on a framework which rates … Continue reading
Posted by: December 10, 2014
Tagged with: Comparative media analysis, Democracy, Lisa Müller, Mass Media
Dec 3 2014
“We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David Crouch
Comments Off on “We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David CrouchEuro Crisis in the Press talks to David Crouch about media coverage of EU-Russia relations and the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. You were covering the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. How well … Continue reading
Posted by: December 3, 2014
Tagged with: European identity, Gorbachev, media, media discourse, Putin, Russia, Russian Politics, Russian submarines, Sweden, Yeltsin
Nov 18 2014
Too Small, Too Personal
3 CommentsBy Sally Broughton Micova Media laws in Macedonia and Slovenia are largely in line with international standards. Yet to guarantee a transparent system and independent reporting this is not enough. In April 2014 the Republic of Macedonia held its fourth … Continue reading
Posted by: November 18, 2014
Tagged with: Balkans, defamation cases, European media, independent media, journalistic independence, libel, Macedonia, media, Media Systems, Slovenia, Sustainable Governance Indicators
May 24 2014
The European Elections in the UK
3 CommentsBy Bart Cammaerts Even in organizing elections the UK has to be different from the rest of Europe. Well, actually, the Dutch also voted for the EU elections last Thursday, rather than on Sunday like everybody else. While catholics have … Continue reading
Posted by: May 24, 2014
Tagged with: European Elections 2014, European media, European Parliament, European Union, omerta
May 23 2014
Drawing Citizenship: The European Elections through Cartoons and Comics
Comments Off on Drawing Citizenship: The European Elections through Cartoons and ComicsBy Tjeerd Royaards The Cartoon Movement has joined forces with the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) to explore perspectives on the 2014 European elections through comics and cartoons. Until 25 May 2014, we are inviting comic artists and cartoonists to reflect on … Continue reading
Posted by: May 23, 2014
Tagged with: cartoons, comics, European Elections 2014, European identity, European Union, Journalism, media, political cartoons
Jan 24 2014
The Indignados in the Spanish and Greek press: constructing narratives of civic resistance
9 CommentsBy Maria Kyriakidou and Jose Javier Olivas Although it is more than two years now that the Indignados took over the streets and central squares in Spain and Greece, the movement remains the most emblematic expression of civic resistance to … Continue reading
Posted by: January 24, 2014
Tagged with: Aganaktismenoi, Civic Culture, Greek media, Indignados, media, protests
Dec 20 2013
Framing the Indignant Citizens Movement
18 CommentsBy Christos Kostopoulos The current economic crisis that Europe is going through has produced a lot of social strife around the political handling of the crisis. In one of the most affected countries of the Eurozone, Greece, popular resistance to … Continue reading
Posted by: December 20, 2013
Tagged with: Aganaktismenoi, Civic Culture, Engagement, framing, Indignados, Indignant Citizens, media, Participation
Nov 27 2013
The Limits of the European Public Sphere
Comments Off on The Limits of the European Public SphereBy Francisco Seoane Pérez The proverbial distance between European Union institutions and European citizens has been attributed by political leaders and scholars alike to a ‘communications gap’, that is, to the way EU affairs are mediated by the news media, … Continue reading
Posted by: November 27, 2013
Tagged with: communications gap, Democracy, European identity, European Public Sphere, Euroscepticism, network ethnography, Press
Nov 19 2013
A Shrinking Brussels Press Corps Could Put Investigative EU Journalism at Risk
5 CommentsBy Sophie Lecheler Citizens rely on the news media for information about European politics. At the centre of the news media’s role in EU integration stands one group of journalists: Brussels correspondents. However, research shows that many correspondents experience both … Continue reading
Posted by: November 19, 2013
Tagged with: Brussels correspondents, EU journalism, investigative journalism, Journalism, media, Media Systems, Press