Resilient Media EU

🎯 If you are interested in the role of #media in strengthening #democracy in the digital age, we would like to highlight two Horizon Europe projects exploring similar questions as #Diacomet:

🔵 @remedeu.bsky.social 👉 resilientmedia.eu
🔵 #MeDeMAP 👉 www.medemap.eu

Welcome to the News Citizen Lab Event Timing: October 20-21, 2025, 13:00-16.45 Event Address: Glasnevin Campus, DCU

If you're between 18 and 24 years old, we (@fujomedia.bsky.social and @remedeu.bsky.social) want you to come to our Citizen Lab to give your insights and views on how news works, or doesn't, for you.
Find out more and sign up here: forms.gle/yi9CTfsHrwSX...

2025 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen President von der Leyen delivered the first State of the Union Address of the 2024-2029 Commission. \n

#SOTEU2025: European Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu announced a new 'Media Resilience Programme' to support independent journalism and media literacy. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

#SOTEU25: We welcome @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu strong stance in support of media freedom. She announced the launch of a new "media resilience programme" which will support journalism and media literacy.

"A free press is a backbone of any democracy and we will support Europe’s press to remain free.”

⏰ One week left to send your application to attend this @ox.ac.uk workshop on the future of fact-checking!

More information 👇
resilientmedia.eu?p=1752

📢 New Special Issue out now in Medijske studije / Media Studies!

“New European Media and Platform Policy: Implications for the Political Economy of News” features cutting-edge research on fact-checking, AI, platform regulation, media ownership.

🔗 Read here: ojs.srce.hr/index.php/me...

Mercedes Medina insights on: Media Governance, Pluralism, and the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)

Can we still honestly consider that journalism should operate as a profit-based business?

@unav.edu professor Mercedes Medina reflected on the need for the media sector to seek profitability in other activities that allow journalism to remain a public-interest endeavour.

Read the full interview 👇

Workshop on the future of fact-checking, 27-28 November 2025, Oxford

We're pleased to announce this workshop on 'The Future of Fact-Checking in the Algorithmic Society'.

🗓️ 27-28 November 2025
📍 Exeter College @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

The event will discuss the fact-checking landscape and initiatives, including the threats & challenges.
More information 👇

📖 New publication in Media Studies: Special Issue on European Media & Platform Policy — fact-checking, AI in newsrooms, impartiality, regulation & ownership. Supported by ReMeD (Horizon Europe). 🔗 ojs.srce.hr/index.php/me...

Does It Still Make Sense to Talk About Journalistic Truth? 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, examin...

Does it still make sense to talk about journalistic truth?

As part of @remedeu.bsky.social, researcher Ana Arzumendi @unav.edu looked at the prevalence of truth in journalistic discourse, and in particular the crucial work of @echr.coe.int in interpreting freedom of expression cases.

Read more 👇

European regulatory frameworks relating to freedom of expression strongly influenced by historical and cultural contexts

How are social media regulated in Europe?

We talked to Researchers Anna Shavit and Kateřina Turková @charlesuni.cuni.cz who published a report last year mapping EU-wide and national legislations regarding hate speech, Artificial Intelligence #AI and #disinformation.

Read it here 👇 #ReMeD

New study explores European press councils’ practices in responding to new digital challenges A comprehensive new study by Blanquerna Roman Llull university shows significant challenges in defining media outlets and regulating emerging digital ...

A comprehensive new study by Blanquerna Roman Llull university shows significant challenges for press councils in defining media outlets and regulating emerging digital news formats in an era of declining public trust and changing information consumption habits. #PressCouncilsEU

Andreas Riedl: “Media actors in the periphery of journalism don’t just do journalism differently – they also contribute to redefining what journalism is”

Our researchers led by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social shed new light on the media actors in periphery of journalism, profoundly transforming the information sector. In this interview, @andreasriedl.bsky.social shares unique insights on their profiles and perceived influence of their roles. Read it here 👇

📢 New special issue out!

In this article, Mercedes Medina @unav.edu and @talestomaz.bsky.social explore how ownership, regulation, and digital transformation are impacting watchdog journalism.

Read here 👇
resilientmedia.eu?p=1625

Tales Tomaz: “More important than business models is the newsroom’s commitment to producing good journalism”

Prof. @talestomaz.bsky.social of the University of Salzburg unpacks how digital habits, tech shifts, and economic pressures are reshaping media across Europe. Read more from his ReMeD project insights 👇

Is that viral video just someone’s opinion — or a covert political ad?

With the second round of the Romanian presidential election just around the corner, political actors are increasingly turning to influencers to sway voters.

But the rules haven’t kept up. 🚨
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[New paper] Mastodon's rapid growth has exposed the decentralised, algorithm-free network to significant challenges. Charlotte Spencer-Smith & @talestomaz.bsky.social suggest paths for the platform to evolve, ensuring it remains true to its founding principles.

Read: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.1831

Just published!

#ReMeD contributed to this issue with a chapter on "Narratives Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic and War in Ukraine" as part of the "Disinformation in Central Europe" book @springernature.com.

Read more 👇
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

These newsrooms are trying to boost trust through transparency. Is it working? Editors in Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US are extremely open about corrections, standards and methodologies. In this piece they explain why.

Some newsrooms are extremely open about corrections, standards and methodologies as a way to restore trust. Is this approach working?

We spoke to editors at @bellingcat.com @civio.es @themarkup.org Aftonbladet and Tangle for this new piece
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-n...

Coping with Precarity: Journalists’ Strategies to Find Ease in a Professionally Vulnerable Situation In their day-to-day work, journalists have to compensate for economic system failures, which means that many of them work under precarious conditions. Worrying about the job and morally challenging...

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Nina Springer and Jana Rick explores how journalists’ #precarious working conditions affect them, their work routines, and their products. Available with OPEN ACCESS.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

International Journalism Festival 2025: what we learnt in Perugia about the future of news Here are a few highlights from the festival on journalism in exile, local news, reader revenue, news avoidance and AI and the future of news.

Did you miss the @journalismfestival.com this year? Do you want to catch up with the sessions you missed?

Read our piece on the festival, curated by our editorial team. With insights on AI, news avoidance, local news, press freedom and more #ijf25
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/interna...

screenshot of the title of the paper: Affordances-in-Practice: How Social Norm Dynamics in Climate Change Publics Are Shaped on Instagram and Twitter

Our paper on social norm affordances is out in Social Media + Society! @ikepicone.bsky.social @imuses.bsky.social & I analysed how the technological affordances of Instagram and Twitter shape the social norm dynamics of climate change publics. Proud of this one! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Meta’s ten-year war of attrition against journalism Mark Zuckerberg’s recent statements, in which he openly brands journalism and fact-checkers as “biased,” are just the culmination of a long war of attrition against journalism on Facebook. Reporters W...

Meta's strategy to marginalize professional information on its platforms has accelerated in recent years and directly threatens the public's fundamental right to access reliable information online. @rsf.org

All journalists are content creators: it’s time for us to embrace that While the crisis in the business of journalism only deepens, there is a growing opportunity to embrace a new path. And it's an exciting, innovative and lucrative one. Consumers are abandoning traditio...

No doubt an interesting discussion to follow at #ifj25 about content creators & how they are changing journalism. What steps do journalists need to take to get a piece of that pie? It's tomorrow at 17.00 with @noosphere.app
@marklittle.bsky.social @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @journalismfestival.com

Nyt nævn kan give advarsler til uansvarlige influenter Mediedanmark har fået et nyt nævn, der skal se til, at de etiske retningslinjer i branchen bliver overholdt.Influentnævnet, som det nye nævn hedder, skal nemlig håndhæve de opdaterede retningslinjer f...

#Denmark: Influencers can now register with the Influencer Board, which will enforce ethical guidelines approved by @djkommunikation.dk in January. Influencers can have their label removed if they repeatedly violate the 18-point guidelines. journalisten.dk/nyt-naevn-ka...

CfP Special Issue Inequality JMCQ_F | Resilient Media EU 📣 Call for submissions For a special issue in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly addressing social inequality through journalism, investigating the role journalism plays in maintaining, l...

📣 Call for submissions for a special issue in 'Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly' addressing social inequality through journalism. Deadline: September 1, 2025. @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

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Democracy, society and technology: some results from ReMeD’s mini-ethnographies with journalists, alternative & community media content producers, and citizens

New blog post #ReMeD👇

Key actors in the ‘hybrid media system’ (journalists, alternative & community media content) show a diversity of views and practices about democracy and democratic media.
Read more: resilientmedia.eu?p=1461

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#Voices2025: Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age (#ReMeD) @remedeu.bsky.social in #Zagreb: How to connect, engage with new audiences, including youth, in an innovative way? "If we can enter their world, they can listen to us, and embrace the stories!" W/ Vito Laterza. #media

Engaging new audiences: innovative journalism and new formats - Voices festival A debate on how the media can attract the next generation of news consumers and ensure the future of journalism.

Our ReMeD researcher Vito Laterza @uiagder.bsky.social is at #Voices Festival! Tmw Vito will moderate a debate on how the media can attract the next generation of news consumers. What resonates with young audiences? With @rtbf-info.be @belledejong.bsky.social @eurcorrespond.bsky.social