Mis- and disinformation in elections, fuelled and exacerbated by social networks, is not a new phenomenon. Public service media are often credited as an antidote. Is this deserved? And does it mean societies are now better prepared and equipped to deal with ‘fake news’? By Minna Horowitz, Docent / Researcher at the University of Helsinki, and Marius…Continue readingIt’s about trust: Public service media and disinformation
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APMR congratulates Ewa Nowak-Teter on winning the 2024 Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award. Her book “Opinia publiczna online” (Eng. Public Opinion Online; Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, 2023) convinced the selection committee with its comprehensive and multidimensional coverage of public opinion in both the non-virtual and virtual spheres. Ewa Nowak-Teter is a political scientist and professor at the Institute of…Continue readingMedia and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award 2024
A four-country study explores why young audiences flock to streaming services, but are much less attracted to PSM By Jeanette Steemers, Professor of Culture, Media & Creative Industries & Andrea Esser, Emerita Professor of Media and Globalization at King’s College London Research Insight presented by the Public Media Alliance (PMA)in partnership with IAPMR Across our…Continue readingSwitching off: Young audiences, streaming and public media
With Facebook shutting down its news tab, what does that mean for laws that are trying to persuade it to fund public interest journalism? By Fiona Martin, Associate Professor in Online Media, University of Sydney Research Insight presented by the Public Media Alliance (PMA)in partnership with IAPMR When Australia introduced its ‘world first’ ‘News Media Bargaining…Continue readingThe future of bargaining codes
The new RIPE@2021 “Public Service Media’s Contribution to Society“, edited by Manuel Puppis and Christopher Ali was published by the longtime partner NORDICOM. Please read the abstract for full details: Public Service Media (PSM) across Europe and beyond are increasingly under pressure, with both their role in a digital environment and their funding widely scrutinised.…Continue readingRIPE@2021 Book published
We already know the winners of this year’s Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award! The book “Datafication of Public Opinion and the Public Sphere: How Extraction Replaced Expression of Opinion” (2022), by Prof. Slavko Splichal (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) was awarded this edition’s award. The Selection Committee evaluated all of the submitted publications according to three interwoven…Continue readingMedia and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award 2023
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PSM Research and Resources
In case you missed it, remember that you can find the latest research on Public Service Media (reports, papers, books, policy briefs…) on the website of the Public Media Alliance (PMA). This knowledge hub is possible thanks to the collaboration among PMA, IAPMR and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC), that jointly curate the most relevant resources…Continue readingPSM Research and Resources