IAPMRKlára 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
Michał Głowacki is an Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He has conducted research projects funded by the European Commission, the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, the Swedish Institute, the Research Council of Norway, Poland’s National Science Center, the National Agency for Academic Exchange and the Polish-American Fulbright Commission. Michał was the…Continue readingMichał Głowacki
While we await our meeting in Lisbon, join us in the forthcoming webinar “From value to contributions: Rethinking the societal role of public service media” based on the edited volume Public Service Media’s Contribution to Society: RIPE@2021, published Open Access by Nordicom in June 2023. Participating in the webinar will be the book editors, Manuel Puppis and Christopher Ali,…Continue readingFrom value to contributions: Rethinking the societal role of public service media
The forthcoming RIPE@2024 Conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 16th to the 18th of May, 2024. The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Nova University (Lisbon, Portugal), Porto University (Porto, Portugal) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago, Spain) join forces to organize next year’s conference in partnership with Rádio e Televisão de Portugal…Continue readingJoin us in Lisbon!
Help us to better serve our PSM community! At the International Association of Public Media Researchers we want to collect your views, suggestions and expertise in order to build a stronger network. That is why we are kindly asking you to become a member of the IAPMR for free by filling this form. It won’t take more than a…Continue readingDo you want to become a member of the IAPMR?
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
Gillian Doyle is Professor of Media Economics at the School of Culture & Creative Arts of the University of Glasgow. With a background on Economics, Gillian Doyle worked as a media equities analyst and as a financial journalist before setting up the UK’s first Masters programme in the area of media management and economics. Her…Continue readingGillian Doyle
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
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
A new European public service media initiative, ActNow!, is currently taking shape, advocating for an Internet for the Public Good and an European Digital Public Sphere. As an umbrella coalition of the willing and already existing projects and initiatives, it aims to promote policy activities, digital infrastructure projects and cooperation with civil society. A core…Continue readingAct Now!
In a general context where trust is a valuable asset that is increasingly easy to lose, scholars and practitioners are becoming more interested in one of the key concepts of media studies: media trust. How can a media outlet become trustworthy for its audience? Which factors can lead both to its reinforcement and to its…Continue readingTrust and media
