http://mediaact.eu/ Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe en Custom PHP Script News/Media http://www.mediaact.eu/fileadmin/images/logos/mediaact_logo_klein_grau_gruen.jpg http://www.mediaact.eu/ Copyright 2012: Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, Dortmund University of Technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:57:15 +0100 http://www.mediaact.eu/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45&cHash=2bbdcf6d369415731cdb9fe1113a8fc1 http://www.mediaact.eu/34.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45 Digitization of media and the resulting convergence of print, broadcasting and telecommunications have altered the media landscape significantly. The traditional mass media is thus confronted with a variety of new online competitors like social media sites or other user generated content. Under the headline "Media Accountability - Potentials and Pitfalls in the Era of Web 2.0" journalists, academics and media experts will discuss these developements in a public conference in the city of Lugano, Switzerland, on January 27/28, 2012. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0100 http://www.mediaact.eu/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=43&cHash=f60fcfa8c7a1b04d995793bd4f08fa28 http://www.mediaact.eu/34.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=43 A government-appointed inquiry team under the Lord Justice Leveson is to spend at least one year looking into UK press ethics and regulation following scandalous revelations about illicit phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World. The affair has been kept in the spotlight by investigative journalist Nick Davies and his colleagues at The Guardian. To date 11 people, including News International executives, journalists and their associates have been arrested as part of a criminal investigation into the scandal. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:06:00 +0200 http://www.mediaact.eu/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=42&cHash=d03e705573208859cd187cbd96ba0c7b http://www.mediaact.eu/34.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=42 In addition to the publication of MediaAcT's national reports concerning innovative forms of media accountability, the research consortium conducted several online interviews with media experts and practitioners. Some excerpts from these interviews are now available on the MediaAcT website. Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini and Ognian Zlatev talked about the role of the Internet as a tool for supporting accountability and transparency in contemporary media structures at the last MediaAcT workshop in Wroclaw, Poland. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:13:00 +0200 http://www.mediaact.eu/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=71f28196420ab0514503bcda07fdb8cc http://www.mediaact.eu/34.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41 The Call for Papers for the upcoming international MediaAcT conference at the University of Lugano has been published. The call, edited by the Swiss team members Colin Porlezza and Stephan Russ-Mohl, is entitled "Media Accountability - Possibilities and Pitfalls in the Era of Web 2.0". It encourages submissions, both theoretical and empirical, focusing on media accountability, in particular with regard to new online technologies such as social media and innovative web-based accountability processes. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:13:00 +0200 http://www.mediaact.eu/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40&cHash=041843d76d825c8d739e436a0e7d1759 http://www.mediaact.eu/34.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40 Almost six months have passed since the former Tunisian president Ben Ali left his position and country after one month of street demonstrations with 300 dead and 700 injured people. Since then, much has been said and written about the role of the Internet, particularly the web 2.0, in initializing and supporting the uprising against one of the toughest dictatorships in the Arab World. But only little do we know about how the revolution has affected the media landscape in Tunisia. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:06:00 +0200