The Media for Democracy Monitor 2021 : How Leading News Media Survive Digital Transformation (Vol. 2)

To what extent do structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with requirements of contemporary democracies? Based on a root concept of democracy and several empirical indicators, the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) delivers a panorama of the news media’s performance regarding freedom,...

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Other Authors: Trappel, Josef, Tomaz, Tales
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gothenburg : Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 2021
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-12118
https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855428
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Summary:To what extent do structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with requirements of contemporary democracies? Based on a root concept of democracy and several empirical indicators, the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) delivers a panorama of the news media’s performance regarding freedom, equality, and control across several countries. In 2011, the MDM analysed 10 democracies. Ten years later, it covers 18 countries worldwide and pinpoints essential strengths and weaknesses during this decade of digitalisation. Around the globe, news are highly attractive to users, and the journalistic ethos of watchdogs and investigators is paramount. On the downside, journalistic job security eroded over time, and gender gaps both in content and employment patterns remain strikingly excessive in most countries. Volume two contains all countries analysed for the first time in 2021: Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Chile, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, and South Korea.