Trappel, Josef, Department of Communication Studies, University of Salzburg, Austria.
Tomaz, Tales. Department of Communication Studies, University of Salzburg, Austria.
Responsible organisation: Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (NORDICOM)
2022 (English)
Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
The Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) assesses the performance of leading news media in mature democracies with regard to the three core dimensions of democracy: freedom, equality, and control. After monitoring 10 countries in 2011, the MDM project expanded to cover the leading news media of 18 democracies in 2021.
In this book, the most salient results from the MDM were selected to undergo cross-country and longitudinal comparison, searching for patterns and tendencies across countries, with a particular focus on the influence of digitalisation. Some of the key results are the ubiquitousness of the news media’s financial crisis, increasing consumption gaps as younger generations prefer online platforms, and persisting gender inequalities, both in news content and in newsrooms. However, the volume also shows that the reach of news media remains high, the watchdog role and investigative journalism are increasingly relevant in daily practice, and that public service media, in general, continues to play a vital role for democracy. These results have implications for media policies, regulations, and practices to improve news quality and, ultimately, democracy worldwide.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages: Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2022. , p. 360
National Category: Media Studies
Research subject: Media
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-12325
DOI: 10.48335/9789188855589
ISBN: 978-91-88855-58-9 (electronic)
OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-12325
DiVA, id: diva2:1641194
Available from: 2022-03-01 Created: 2022-03-01 Last updated: 2022-03-08
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