Reports and papers

Analyses on specific aspects related to press and media freedom, performed and published by research centres, non-governmental organizations and public bodies

Better off without You? How the British Media Portrayed EU Citizens in Brexit News

A study published on The International Journal of Press/Politics found that EU citizens were generally not portrayed negatively in Brexit news, except in regional newspapers of England and Wales. It also suggests that news media presented the referendum as a vote against migrations in general and not about intra-EU migrations

read more United Kingdom EU Member States Local media

GLASNOST! Nine ways Facebook can make itself a better forum for free speech and democracy

The report analyses how Facebook has tackled specific issues concerning political information and political speech, and then suggests nine ways to make the platform a better forum for free speech and democracy

read more Social media Transparency Fact-checking Hate speech Fake news and disinformation Privacy

Now You See Me – Now You Don't: Journalists’ Experiences With Surveillance

This academic paper explores the experiences of journalists with surveillance, and their impact on journalists’ sense of freedom to fulfil their watchdog role

read more Safety of journalists Freedom of expression Surveillance

Romania’s press freedom fall

This short report by Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) describes the current situation in Romanian media as press freedom has sharply declined in recent years. The country ranked 44th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2018 World Press Freedom Index

read more Fake news and disinformation Investigative journalism Political pressure Media freedom Romania Safety of journalists Media ownership

De-Europeanization in the Balkans. Media freedom in post-Milošević Serbia

This article applies case study analysis to Serbian media freedom in order to verify whether the media sector is undergoing a process of de-Europeanization while the country is advancing toward EU accession

read more Serbia Media freedom Freedom of expression Censorship Media pluralism

Public Service Media in the context of disinformation and propaganda

This report explores the critical role of the Public Service Media (PSM) in counteracting the widespread phenomenon of information disorder, calling for a joint action among relevant actors and highlighting core novel “best practices” and activities undertaken by public service media organizations worldwide

read more Media freedom Public broadcasting Fake news and disinformation Media pluralism Journalism education Freedom of expression



Indicators on the Level of Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety in the Western Balkans - Comparative Analysis 2018

This comparative study aims at assessing the achievements in freedom of speech and journalists’ safety in five Western Balkans countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia)

read more Media freedom Freedom of expression Safety of journalists Bosnia Herzegovina Serbia Kosovo North Macedonia

Societal costs of “fake news” in the Digital Single Market

The report aims at exploring “the mechanisms of ‘fake news’ and their societal costs in the Digital Single Market”

read more Media freedom Media literacy Fake news and disinformation
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