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

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

Slovakia: Human 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


Openness, Transparency and the Right of Access to Documents in the EU

EU rules on access to documents are “seriously outdated,” according to a report presented to the European Parliament

read more Access to information Privacy EU Member States

Media (In)dependence in Bulgaria: Risks and Trends

A report by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) about political influences on Bulgarian media

read more Bulgaria Media ownership Media pluralism

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