"This report presents findings from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS3), conducted between 2021 and 2025. In this iteration, we focused on journalists’ perceptions of risk and uncertainty in their profession and sought to identify key factors that shape how journalists navigate
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journalism’s changing environment. These risks and uncertainties arise from four partially overlapping domains: politics, economy, technology, and news consumption. Accordingly, the WJS3 questionnaire addressed journalists’ safety, editorial freedom, professional roles, news influences, and labor conditions. Our survey confirms that journalism is under pressure. Journalists worldwide are often undercompensated, and more than one-third engage in secondary employment. Economic pressures on news organizations have intensified in most countries. Nearly half of journalists have been targeted with hate speech, while psychological, physical, and digital threats are more prevalent in the Global South than in the Global North. More than 300 researchers from 75 countries participated in WJS3. This report provides a concise overview of key global findings. Subsequent publications will analyze specific topics in greater depth; please visit worldsofjournalism.org for more information." (Foreword, page 4)
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"Dieser Band behandelt in sechs Abschnitten Grundlagen, Probleme, Ursachen und Folgen von Markt- und Unternehmensstrukturen in der Unterhaltungsindustrie. Wissenschaftler und Praktiker aus Großbritannien, Schweden, der Schweiz und Deutschland beschäftigen sich mit dem Produktionssektor in Großbri
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tannien, mit den Grundlagen der Programmplanung und Produktplatzierung, mit Rezeption und Marketing sowie der Zukunft der Fernsehindustrie. Schwerpunkte des Bandes bilden darüber hinaus die Organisation und das Management von Beschaffung, Produktion und Distribution in der Unterhaltungsindustrie. Schließlich werden auch die Fragen von Innovation und Imitation in der Unterhaltungsproduktion thematisiert." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. The responses of some populist leaders have received much publ
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ic attention, as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. But how widespread are those particular reactions? How much variation is there? What explains the variation that does exist? This volume considers these questions through critical analysis of countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, by leading experts with deep knowledge of their respective cases. Some chapters focus on populist parties, others on charismatic populist leaders. Some countries examined are democracies, others autocracies. Some populists are left-wing, others right-wing. Some populists are in government, others in opposition. This variation allows for a panoramic consideration of factors that systematically influence or mediate populist responses to the pandemic. The book thus makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the intersection between two of the most pressing social and political challenges of our time. The book will be of interest to all those researching populism, extremism, and political parties, and those more broadly interested in political science, public policy, sociology, communications, and economics." (Publisher description)
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"The COVID-19 pandemic has reorganized existing methods of exchange, turning comparatively marginal technologies into the new normal. Multipoint videoconferencing in particular has become a favored means for web-based forms of remote communication and collaboration without physical copresence. Takin
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g the recent mainstreaming of videoconferencing as its point of departure, this anthology examines the complex mediality of this new form of social interaction. Connecting theoretical reflection with material case studies, the contributors question practices, politics and aesthetics of videoconferencing and the specific meanings it acquires in different historical, cultural and social contexts." (Publisher description)
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"Because refugees face barriers to making a livelihood online, aid organisations and private enterprises support them by building bridges across digital divides, connectivity problems or skill gaps. They thereby become intermediaries and brokers that facilitate connections between refugees and onlin
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e income opportunities, which often lack decent working conditions and adequate protections. Because digital livelihood initiatives lack the power to reshape these conditions and the value of work in the internet economy, they fail to become mediators with a transformative impact. The result is that the internet economy reshapes livelihoods provision far more than aid can reshape its disempowering effects, despite successes in driving forward refugees’ digital inclusion. Based on more than three years of research including interviews, field visits and surveys, this article foregrounds the current risks that result from the inclusion of refugees into precarious forms of online gig work. To ensure a decent future of work for refugees in the internet economy, the current push for digital livelihoods will require an equally strong push for stronger protections, inclusive regulations and rights." (Abstract)
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"The aim of this report is to illustrate, on the basis of online hate speech examples from six countries - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain -, patterns of cyber hate against four communities. The topics that will be subs
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equently analysed are: antisemitism, antiziganism, homophobia and anti-Muslim hatred. Each section will follow a similar pattern by first offering a definition of the central terms, analysing the context and transnational trends and then highlighting country-specific aspects. The label "country specific" should not imply that those aspects are in any way country exclusive. However, they show different emphasis and peculiarities in the participating countries. This transnational analysis is complemented by national reports de-tailing the information and cases provided by the participating organisations." (Introduction, page 8)
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"In 2008, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) proposed some guidelines to radio broadcasters designed to activate the recovery of younger listeners. They did this after observing that radio’s penetration among the youngest sectors was in decline. According to this report, the key to halting this
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decrease was to join forces with the Internet, since the latter accounted for the main lack of interest in radio among this particular demographic, especially as far as music radio was concerned. The main focus of the guidelines was therefore on the online environment. What was recommended was that attention should be paid to website development and promotion with particular emphasis on the issue of interactivity. However, taking these steps might not in itself be enough to halt young people’s loss of interest in radio. Understanding and interpreting this disaffection also requires the use of methodological research tools—including the study of quantitative data provided by audience measurement companies, organisations that analyze the listening habits and expectations of young people. In this chapter, the methodological tools designed to address this communicative issue will be examined in some depth. The findings confirm that a new approach is needed for the study of radio audiences." (Abstract)
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"This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab world is going through an unprecedented period of turmoil and upheaval. The book provides unique and m
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ultifocal perspectives on how new forms of communication remain at the centre of historical transformations in the region. The key focus of this book is not to ascertain the extent to which new communication technologies have generated the Arab spring or led to its aftermaths, but instead question how we can better understand many types of articulations between communication technologies, on the one hand, and forms of resistance, collective action, and modes of expression that have contributed to the recent uprisings and continue to shape the social and political upheavals in the region on the other. The book presents original perspectives and rigorous analysis by specialists and academics from around the world that will certainly enrich the debate around major issues raised by recent historical events." (Publisher description)
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"Der jüngste MDG-Trendmonitor (2010) weist nach, dass das Internet – als typisches Pullmedium – auch von Katholiken sehr stark entlang der subjektiven Interessen genutzt wird. Außerdem bestätigt sich die schon in früheren Untersuchungen erhobene „Mehr-und-Mehr-Regel: Wer generell viele Med
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ienangebote nutzt, um sich über kirchliche und religiöse Themen zu informieren, nutzt auch häufiger das Internet – als zusätzliches, ergänzendes Angebot. Wer umgekehrt über andere Medien von der Kirche kaum oder gar nicht angesprochen wird, lässt sich auch über das Internet kaum erreichen“ (ebd., Seite 183; vgl. MDG 2003, Seite 317). Schließlich handelt es sich um ein wichtiges Medium für kirchliche Binnenkommunikation, denn „kirchliche Internetangebote werden stark überdurchschnittlich häufig von den eigenen haupt- und ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeitern genutzt“ (MDG 2010b, Seite 187). Allerdings ist die Ausrichtung dieser jüngsten Untersuchung zur religiösen Kommunikation in Bezug auf Internetangebote ausschließlich auf die informative Nutzung ausgerichtet. Kommunikationsfunktionen wurden nicht untersucht – womit die spezifische Kommunikationsfunktion von Web 2.0-Angeboten in dieser Untersuchung zwangsläufig ausgeblendet bleibt. Dies ist jedoch mit Blick auf die Anlage der Untersuchung, die „Erkenntnisse zur Situation von Kirche und Glaube sowie zur Nutzung medialer und personaler Informations- und Kommunikationsangebote der Kirche im Überblick“ generieren will (MDG 2010a), ein zwangsläufiges Problem, da es bislang kein offizielles Angebot der katholischen Kirche in den Sozialen Netzwerken gibt." (Seite 18)
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"While the technical capacity for worldwide television broadcasting has existed at least since 1967, when the live program Our World was beamed to thirty-one countries (Parks, 2003), the cultural challenges facing transnational television exchanges have proved more formidable. Even within a single n
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ation, cultural trends and audience tastes are fickle and unpredictable, making television programs risky commercial ventures. The added cultural differences that those programs face when they cross national, ethnic, and linguistic boundaries make it even more difficult to predict the potential popularity of any single television program. Nevertheless, international syndication markets have become more and more important for funding television production around the world over the past two decades (Havens 2006). Consequently, the global television business has developed a variety of strategies to deal with the risks posed by worldwide cultural differences. Central to these strategies are the relationships, reputations, and brand identities that get expressed and renewed at the global television sales fairs." (Abstract)
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"Die Transformation des wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesens von der Gutenberg-Galaxie in den Cyberspace verlangt allen Beteiligten eine Neudefinition ihrer Rolle in dem System ab. Bei den anstehenden Veränderungen ist eine Fülle technischer, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Gegebenheiten zu berÃ
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¼cksichtigen. In der Definition ihrer neuen Rolle sind alle aufeinander angewiesen. In den nachfolgenden Kapiteln werden die Chancen und Risiken der möglichen Entwicklungspfade aus den unterschiedlichen Perspektiven der Akteure beleuchtet. Dieses Handbuch will damit einen Beitrag zur Bewältigung der Herausforderung leisten. Es ist in fünf Kapitel gegliedert: Nach einer Erläuterung des Begriffs und des Ursprungs von Open Access in Kapitel 1 stellen sich in Kapitel 2 drei innovative Publikationsmodelle vor. Das Kapitel 3 beschäftigt sich mit den Fragen, die die Umsetzung von Open Access aufwirft: Welche Herausforderungen stellen sich bei der Archivierung im Netz? Wie wird Qualität sichergestellt, wenn das traditionelle Begutachtungsverfahren an Bedeutung verliert? Wer trägt die Kosten des Publikationsprozesses, wenn der Zugang für den Nutzer kostenlos ist? In welcher Weise wird das Urheberrecht durch Open Access berührt? Wie verändert Open Access die Struktur der Wissenschaftskommunikation? Das Kapitel 4 präsentiert Stellungnahmen von Institutionen, die Open Access aus ihrer Sicht bewerten, und Kapitel 5 gibt einen Überblick zu den internationalen Aktivitäten." (Einleitung, Seite 16)
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"At a stay in Afghanistan in May 2006 my father-in-law Mohammed Faried Parvanta in a laborious effort acquired Persian lists of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations from the Ministry of Information and Youth. These lists give an excellent quantitative overview on the current lands
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cape of mass media in the country and I soon came to the conclusion that they are a source in itself, documenting a status which will have already changed considerably at the moment this article appears. My wish to publish them was limited by the question of how to make them accessible in a useful way. While speaking about it to my friend Eckart Schiewek who is since nine years a member of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan (UNSMA) he mentioned another list that had been produced in February 2001 by UNSMA under his direction and thus reflects the media situation in the time of the Taliban (a time where very little is known about the publishing landscape). Eckart’s generosity to freely use the 2001 list made it clear that both lists should be published thus giving a comparison which to my knowledge hasn’t been tried yet. I decided to create a certain frame for the data in providing a short historical overview and adding some comments at certain points in the lists although I am in no way qualified for a critical historical study of the situation of Afghan mass media or periodicals. Instead this small article intends to make these two valuable lists available to the interested specialists. Despite my few comments both of the lists are basically reproduced as they were. I quickly gave up initial thoughts to translate the Persian lists because of the sheer size of these lists." (Preliminary remarks)
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"The news media report global conflicts related to religion. New expressions of religiosity and spirituality appear in popular media culture. The relationship between media and the sacred has become an inevitable topic. This book offers new and fresh perspectives on the media, the sacred and religio
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n. It has a Nordic voice. This means that it focuses on empirical data collected from the Nordic countries. Most of the authors are from the Nordic region, critical views from other corners of the world are brought in as well. This book creates a platform for a genuinely multidimensional and crossdisciplinary discussion on the subject of the media, the sacred and religion in the context of (post)modern media." (Back cover)
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"Globalisierung ist in aller Munde. Zunehmend wird dabei deutlich, dass Globalisierung in weiten Teilen auch eine Globalisierung der Medien und durch die Medien bedeutet. Das wirft viele Fragen auf: Welche Herausforderung stellt die Globalisierung für Medienpolitik, Medienökonomie und Medienwirtsc
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haft dar? Welchen Stellenwert hat Globalisierung der Medien für Gesellschaft, Kultur und Alltag und Identität der Menschen? Ausgehend von solchen Fragen will der Band in eine differenzierte Auseinandersetzung mit der Globalisierung der Medien einführen. Dazu werden nicht nur verschiedene theoretische Ansätze differenziert diskutiert, sondern auch in eine auf Globalisierungsfragen fokussierte Beschäftigung mit Medienökonomie, Medienpolitik und Medienkultur eingeführt. Daneben werden die für eine Auseinandersetzung mit Globalisierung zentralen empirischen Zugänge im Bereich der Kommunikator-, Produkt-, Rezeptions- bzw. Aneignungsforschung vorgestellt. Abschließend wird anhand von drei Fallbeispielen die Komplexität und Widersprüchlichkeit von medialer Globalisierung nachvollziehbar dargestellt. Insgesamt zielt der Band "Globalisierung der Medien" so darauf ab, differenziert in eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Globalisierung der Medienkommunikation einzuführen. Gerade die Verzahnung von theoretischen Darstellungen, Problemfeldern, Methoden und Beispielen soll es dabei ermöglichen, strukturiert und nachvollziehbar den komplexen Gegenstand zu erfassen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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