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…
THE STATE OF COMMUNITY MEDIA IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
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…
DIGITAL SERVICES ACT AND DIGITAL MARKETS ACT: GOOD IN THEORY, BUT IN PRACTICE?
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:…
TOO MANY LIMITATIONS: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF RESTORING OF PARTICIPATORY AND PRO-DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF PSM IN POLAND?
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…
MAPPING MEDIA FOR FUTURE DEMOCRACIES – THE JOURNALISTS’ PERSPECTIVE
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…