Media and Journalism Research Center

We are delighted to announce the arrival of our Spring Newsletter. Within this edition, you will discover a wealth of information including our latest projects, the contributions of our experts, and exciting opportunities for You to be a part of! 📩 Read, subscribe, share & enjoy! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d_S9GiM9

We're delighted to announce that Marius Dragomir, our Director, has been quoted in a new article in The Atlantic. The piece, authored by Zack Beauchamp delves into the intricate relationship between Hungary's Viktor Orbán and former U.S. President Donald Trump, exploring the broader ramifications of their alliance. A highly recommended insightful analysis. #MediaResearch #Journalism #GlobalPolitics #TheAtlantic #Trump #Hungary, #US Check the article below! https://lnkd.in/dV9jGcPs 4o

A great weekend to everyone and we hope you'll enjoy our weekly recap!

I am excited to share a Call for Papers for a new Forum in Critical Studies in Media Communication, which I am co-editing with Dr. Marc Owen Jones, (PhD). See below details for inquiries and submissions. We look forward to hearing from you in due course! Emma Critical Studies in Media Communication FORUM:   'A Century of Propaganda Studies: From pen and sword to surveillant smartphone.'   Editors Emma L. Briant, Ph.D., Monash University, Australia Marc O. Jones, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Qatar   This Forum marks what has been, arguably, a century since the birth of modern #Propaganda Studies: the flurry of scholarship that followed as a reaction to the rise of fascist and Stalinist propaganda use in Europe at a time of developing mass media. Propaganda is the deliberate use of organized communications to influence an audience or audiences to achieve political, or other, goals of a propagandist. Among propaganda’s features, the powerful political interests it often serves, and their often self-interested purposes, remain a constant: spreading ideologies or shifting behaviors to advance the ambitions of governments, corporations, political ideologues, authoritarians, fascists, imperialists, and even democrats, across every continent. However, contemporary propaganda and its global contexts have also seen rapid transformation during this century. Firstly, the industries, technologies, techniques and media used have progressed at an accelerating pace, from radio and TV to today’s AI generative media, social media and data-driven microtargeting. Secondly, there has been transformation in propaganda’s sociotechnical, geopolitical and economic and even individual contexts - with important trends for example in the political economy, globalization, professionalization, datafication, personalization and commercialization of propaganda. Together these trends have also shaped newer debates over lexicon (with synonyms including ‘fake news’ and ‘disinformation’ rising and falling in popularity) and advancing theory shifting priorities in the academic field. Propaganda Studies has also evolved from a field dominated by white, Anglo-American and male scholars of security producing its dominant perspectives, toward one that is growing increasingly diverse in its scholars, ideas, and focus - and in terms of region, positionality and epistemology. We thus envisioned this CSMC Forum to consider what we have learned from this century of propaganda’s scholarship and practice, and indeed what we still need to learn. This Forum therefore asks ‘whither Propaganda Studies?’ as we hurtle toward its future.   Full Information and Submission Guidelines see: https://lnkd.in/gsME8DGr  Deadline: Friday, December 13, 2024 #disinformation #fakenews #propaganda #infoops #infowar #media #AI #Campaigns #polcomm

Latest from our expert, Robert Nemeth in the newest Journalism Funders Forum newsletter, featuring Damian Radcliffe & Willem Lenders!

For our French-speaking followers: we just spotted a really good article about the Hungarian media in @LesEchos that cites our expert Robert Nemeth. Full article (paywall, in French) in the link. #hungary #orban #media #journalism https://lnkd.in/d5B7EvUP

Happy Friday everyone and thanks for reading us! Have a great weekend!

🌐 Global Project Oasis is about to go public, and I'm excited for everyone to learn about this amazing initiative we've been working on for over a year. On July 30, we'll present the results and insights from the first stage of our work, along with our new platform, lead by SembraMedia and empowered by the Google News Initiative. This global directory compiles media directories featuring profiles of over 3,000 organizations, collected and analyzed by SembraMedia, in partnership with Associação de Jornalismo Digital - Ajor in Brazil and LION: Local Independent Online News Publishers in the US and Canada. We're also grateful for the invaluable support provided during the project's development by the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), IMS (International Media Support), Media and Journalism Research Center, and the European Journalism Centre (EJC). We'll also present a report on the findings and lessons learned through this process, which is a fascinating read for anyone interested in independent and impactful media organizations. You can attend the launch event in person or via streaming if you're not in Buenos Aires - If you want to learn about this dynamic ecosystem of independent digital native media, you can't miss it. ✒ Register here: https://bit.ly/3RNLzQb

We're excited to announce the expansion of State Media Monitor to cover more of Africa! As part of the 2024 update (coming soon in autumn!), State Media Monitor welcomes three new West African countries: Cape Verde, Mali, and Sierra Leone. This expansion brings the total number of monitored nations in Sub-Saharan Africa to 41. Stay tuned for further insights and analysis of the evolving media landscape across the continent! https://lnkd.in/dhVqZaN7

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