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

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EU rules on access to documents are “seriously outdated,” according to a report presented to the European Parliament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


Mapping structural conditions for journalism in Serbia

This MeCODEM working paper aims to systematically and comprehensively map the structural conditions relevant to journalism and conflict communication in Serbia

read more Serbia Media freedom Investigative journalism

Defining media freedom in international policy debates

Andrei Richter examines the transformation of notions of media freedom in post-war history

read more Access to information Media freedom
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