by Kirill Filimonov (Charles University) Discussions about the deficit – or, often portrayed more dramatically, crisis – of European democracy persist from various angles, from critique of populism to EU bureaucracy. These claims often rely on reductive definitions and assumptions that remain largely unexplored. Indeed, our understanding of democracy and media…

By Nuno Cintra Torres and Tatiana Chervyakova (Lusófona University) The recent and ongoing saga of the Global Media Group (GMG) is a strong indicator of the need to continue improving regulation of media ownership transparency. GMG has exposed loopholes in the legal framework regulating media ownership. An ambitious investment idea…

By Karolína Šimková (Charles University) Community media play a pivotal role in the democratic media landscape, serving as platforms that not only deliver content tailored for community members but also promote their engagement and participation (Carpentier, Doudaki, 2014). This key function underlines the importance of these media in promoting a…

by Jeffrey Wimmer The digital transformation is associated with major frictions (please see Carpentier/Wimmer, 2023, pp. 67ff) to which European legislation must respond. The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are two new sets of rules for the regulation of online platforms. They pursue two goals:…

by Beata Klimkiewicz (Jagiellonian University) The project of European Media Freedom Act (European Commission, 2022) reopened the debate about the role of PSM in the European Union. It’s Article 5 (1) postulates that public service media (PSM) are to “provide in an impartial manner a plurality of information and opinions…

speech by Renate Schroeder, Director, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), delivered at the kick-off-meeting of MeDeMAP, March 8-10, 2023, Vienna I can be short: the journalists’ perspective is precarious, dangerous with unprecedented challenges, but – and one could almost say against all odds – very alive. In the following, I…