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

Media Oligarchs go Shopping

RSF new report focuses on the impact of money’s "invisible prisons" on journalism, examining how oligarchs capture information across the world

read more Media ownership Media pluralism Turkey Russia Italy France Switzerland Media capture

Transparency in the Balkans and Moldova

A 2016 report by BIRN presents a mixed picture of transparency and accountability in the Balkans and Moldova

read more Access to information Albania Bosnia Herzegovina Kosovo North Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Western Balkans Serbia

Austerity, solidarity, and alternative media practices in Greece

An analysis of the ways evolving communication practices on social media have shaped the nature and character of solidarity and cooperative initiatives in Greece over the last few years

read more Greece Freedom of expression Media freedom Online news Online media

Making budgets attractive. Best practices from governments’ financial transparency portals

OpenBudgets.eu sheds light on the best practices and needs of governments providing open budget data, a crucial tool for financial transparency and journalistic investigation

read more Transparency Open data European policies and legislation Italy Spain Hungary Germany Netherlands

Journalists and media in Ukraine after Euromaidan

Reporters without Borders assessment of Ukrainian media landscape after Euromaidan revolution

read more Ukraine Media freedom Media ownership Censorship

Press freedom in 'post-democracy' Greece

Nine journalists were sanctioned by the Disciplinary Board of the Journalists’ Union of Athens following an investigation into the skewed coverage of the bailout referendum of July 2015. However, the issue is structural and involves the way mainstream media have been covering the financial crisis and austerity policy for several years

read more Greece Freedom of expression Media freedom Political pressure Ethics of journalism

News media repertoires and strategic narrative reception: A paradox of dis/belief in authoritarian Russia

In an article published on New Media & Society, Joanna Szostek examined the news media repertoires of a group of Russian university students, finding that, while they do not trust state media, they nonetheless internalised their strategic narrative

read more Russia Propaganda Online news Online media Trust in media

Freedom of expression and defamation (2016)

The Council of Europe has published a new study of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the special relation between freedom of expression and defamation

read more Freedom of expression Defamation and Libel European Court of Human Rights


Slovakia: Computer Assisted Content Analysis of the print press coverage of corruption

How did Slovakian newspapers select, cover and portray corruption-related issues? The research findings of ANTICORRP, a project funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme

read more Slovakia Censorship Fake news and disinformation Access to information Trust in media
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