Russia’s Double Standard on Dealing with “Fake” News - Legal Resources

The supremacy of the state’s version of events is a vital national interest in Russia. The legislation targets not only those news deemed to be "false" or biased, but also historical narratives. 

King’s College London’s Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power - Stakeholders

Based in the Policy Institute at King’s College London, the King’s College London’s Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power  explores how news provision, political communication, public discourse, civic engagement and media power are changing in the digital age. It does this through rigorous empirical research, and communication of the findings of this research to inform relevant academic and public policy debates and civic society responses, in order to help promote diversity, fairness, transparency and accountability in media and communication.

The Centre has developed from the foundations of the Media Standards Trust, an independent think tank that has been conducting research on issues of media and public policy since 2006, and has been based at the Policy Institute at King’s since September 2013.

The Centre is advised by a range of senior figures from the media and civil society. 

Fighting Putin and the Kremlin’s grip in neo-authoritarian Russia - Academic Sources

An article on the issues faced by liberal journalists in Russia and their coping strategies

Consolidation of broadcasting groups across Europe Monday 15 May 2017 - Infographic

of the eleven major pan-European groups according to Mavise data. These visuzilizations have been developed by Italian datajournalist Lelio Simi as part of the preparatory work for the panel "Visualizing media ... Media_ownership Media_pluralism Council of Europe Member States Data_journalism

Media manipulation and disinformation online - Reports

The report “Media manipulation and disinformation online” explores how Internet subcultures and radicalised groups, including far-right activists in the United States, exploit web opportunities to influence the mainstream media agenda

Freedom House's Freedom of the Press Report 2017 - Reports

The latest report by Freedom House portrays a grim outlook for media freedom and media workers across continents and political systems, with the US leading by (negative) example and the EU failing to enforce democratic standards, including with prospective Member States

Censorship and self-censorship in Croatia - Wikipedia Item

The Wikipedia article Media of Croatia has been expanded and updated with information on censorship and self-censorship . This is part of the series on "Censorship and self-censorship in Europe" and will be followed by other country-specific items

Censorship, soft censorship and self-censorship in Macedonia - Wikipedia Item

The Wikipedia article Media of the Republic of Macedonia has been expanded and updated with a new section on censorship, self-censorship and soft-censorship . This is part of the series on "Censorship and self-censorship in Europe" and will be followed by other country-specific items

Censorship and self-censorship in Albania - Wikipedia Item

The Wikipedia article Media of Albania has been expanded with a new section on Censorship and self-censorship . This is part of the series on "Censorship and self-censorship in Europe" and will be followed by other country-specific items

Censorship, self-censorship and soft-censorship in Montenegro - Wikipedia Item

The Wikipedia article Media of Montenegro has been expanded and updated with information on censorship, self-censorship and soft-censorship . This is part of the series on "Censorship and self-censorship in Europe" and will be followed by other country-specific items