IAPMRMichael Pakvis is a Teaching Assistant and PhD student at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. He holds Master’s degrees in Journalism and Media in Europe from VUB and in Globalisation and Development Studies from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Michael’s doctoral research focuses on a hotly debated topic that has been at the forefront of political discussions…Continue readingMichael Pakvis
Gislene Nogueira Lima is a PhD student in the Postgraduate Programme in Communication Sciences at the School of Communication and Arts at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She has a degree in journalism from the Casper Líbero Foundation and a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Brasília. Before joining academia, Gislene worked as…Continue readingGislene Nogueira Lima
Klára Smejkal is a junior researcher and a PhD candidate at the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. In her doctoral research, she focuses on Public Service Media and their audiences, on trust in media, and the link between Public Service Media use, populist attitudes, and political polarization. Can you tell us…Continue readingKlára Smejkal
Helen Jay is a doctoral student in the Media and Communications department at the University of Westminster. Her research project is focused on whether the ‘public service’ intervention in UK broadcasting policy can inform contemporary policy on digital platforms. Prior to her PhD, Helen was Head of Policy and Corporate Affairs at Channel 4, where…Continue readingHelen Jay
Fiona Fehlman is a Research Associate at the Institute of Applied Media Studies at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). She recently obtained a Ph.D. in media studies with her work on the legitimacy of public service media within young audiences in Switzerland. Her thesis is part of the research project ‘Public Service Media’: Audience Acceptance…Continue readingFiona Fehlmann
Eleonora Maria Mazzoli has a background in media management and economics, governance, media and digital policy. Holding a BA from Bocconi University in Management and Economics for Arts Cultural and Communication, a RMA from Utrecht University in Media and Performance Studies, she is currently based in the UK, as ESRC-funded PhD researcher at the Media…Continue readingEleonora Mazzoli
Dominik Speck is Research Assistant at the Institut für Journalistik of the Technische Universität Dortmund, where he is developing his PhD on the topic of transparency of public service media organizations in four European countries. He is also a former Visiting Researcher at the Media Intelligence Service of the European Broadcasting Union. Dominik was awarded…Continue readingDominik Speck
