Democracy at stake: On the need of news media monitoring

Tales Tomaz; Josef Trappel

doi:10.48335/9789188855589-1

Democracy at stake: On the need of news media monitoring

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Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss why news media monitoring is needed and propose a theoretical and methodological framework to implement it, which underlies the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) research project. The framework is derived from normative theories of the roles of news media and journalism in liberal democracies. These are roles related to core dimensions of democracy, namely freedom, equality, and control, which reunite elements from liberal and republican theories. The context of this discussion is the increasing popular suspicion regarding liberal democracy and the crisis around news media as institutions. We conclude with a brief reflection on the results of the 2021 MDM research project, which identified some worrisome developments in news media performance but, overall, stability in the last decade, despite the disruption caused by digitalisation.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	Success and failure in news media performance
Untertitel	Comparative analysis in the Media for Democracy Monitor 2021
Redakteure/-innen	Josef Trappel, Tales Tomaz
Erscheinungsort	Gothenburg
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Nordicom
Seiten	11-31
ISBN (elektronisch)	978-91-88855-58-9
ISBN (Print)	978-91-88855-58-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855589-1
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - März 2022

Systematik der Wissenschaftszweige 2012

508 Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften

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MDM 2020: Media for Democracy Monitor, edition 2020
Trappel, J. (Projektleitung)
1/02/19 → 31/01/20
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Success and failure in news media performance: Comparative analysis in the media for democracy monitor 2021
Tomaz, T. (Herausgeber/in) & Trappel, J. (Herausgeber/in), März 2022, Gothenburg: Nordicom.
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Democracy at stake: On the need of news media monitoring

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