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Informational Autocrats - Academic Sources

The paper analyses the role of the media in establishing and maintaining modern-day authoritarian regimes. The authors offer a formal account of how such systems work, emphasising the importance of the gap in political knowledge between the “informed elite” and the general public as a key element of informational autocracy

Challenges to Media Freedom: A view from Europe - Academic Sources

Drawing on the findings of two projects awarded by the European Commission, the paper examines the sources of the threats hindering media freedom in Europe

Rethinking Hallin and Mancini Beyond the West: An Analysis of Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe - Academic Sources

This study aims to validate and extend Hallin and Mancini’s framework of comparison to media systems in Central and Eastern Europe

Communication, Power and Counter-power in the Network Society - Academic Sources

A landmark analysis by Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells on the relations between media and politics in the frame of new online communication systems