We are please to announce the publication of the special issue: “New European Media and Platform Policy: Implications for the Political Economy of News”, in Medijske studije / Media Studies: Vol. 16 No. 31 (2025). https://ojs.srce.hr/index.php/medijske-studije/issue/view/1467
Call for Participation and submission of papers We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming Workshop ‘The Future of Fact-Checking in the Algorithmic Society’, which will be held on 27-28 November 2025 at Exeter College, Oxford. Overview In light of recent political developments—particularly in the United States, where major technology companies…
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new issue of Journal of Media Ethics, 40(2–3), 102–119. A significant issue that has received considerable attention is the prevalence of truth in journalistic discourse. This study examines the ambivalence of academic reflection on this subject, examining the vision of classical authors from journalism theory and related…
In March 2024, ReMeD published a report mapping EU-wide and national legislations regarding hate speech, Artificial Intelligence and disinformation. In this interview, the lead authors Anna Shavit and Kateřina Turková, researchers at Charles University (CZ), look back at the main findings and give an overview of the existing regulatory frameworks for social media platforms. What…
ReMeD researchers led by LMU Munich shed new light on the media actors in the periphery of journalism who are profoundly transforming the information sector. In this interview, Andreas Riedl, Research Associate at the Department of Media and Communication at LMU Munich, shares unique insights on their profiles, values and perceived influence of their roles…
As media boundaries blur in the digital age, Prof. Tales Tomaz of the University of Salzburg offers sharp insight into the forces transforming journalism today. As part of the ReMeD project, a major academic research carried out by eight European universities on media and technology, he explores how shifting audience habits, digital tools and economic…
Getting close to key actors As part of ReMeD, we carried out mini-ethnographies with 17 professional journalists, 15 alternative & community media content producers (alt/com producers from now onwards), and 16 citizens involved in the production, distribution and/or consumption of media across eight European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Spain and United…
More than 150 academics, journalists, and representatives of European and Czech media organisations met up at Charles University in Prague (and online) on February 10th and 11th for the ReMeD conference on “Regulation and accountability in a hybrid media system”. The two-day event had some lively discussions on the major challenges facing journalism today, based…
In February 2025, the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University will host a conference titled “Regulation and Accountability in a Hybrid Media System: Content Creators, Algorithmic Plurality, and Online Platforms.” This conference is organized within the framework of the ReMeD project, coordinated by doc. Němcová Tejkalová at Charles University. For this conference, ReMeD thematically collaborates with…
As new players gain ground alongside professional journalists in the news industry, UNESCO published a global study entitled ‘Behind The Screens: Insights from Digital Content Creators’. The report provides interesting insights on the way digital content creators consider their work, and highlights their vulnerability to mis- and disinformation. Who are these “influencers”? In her report,…