News and Research articles on MediaDespite the European effort to solve the problem of press financing through copyright reform, some media outlets among other in Hungary, take their destiny in their own hands.
The "Enabling act” passed by the Hungarian parliament on 30 March 2020 empowered the Hungarian government with uncontrolled opportunity to rule by decrees. The act also amended the criminal code. The new rules are suitable to limit free and critical reporting about governmental measures.
This special issue brings together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the 2017 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference in Tartu, Estonia.
This paper analyses the selection, dissemination, and framing of media messages in day-to-day politics topic communities on Twitter
This paper is part of Australian internet policy, a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Angela Daly and Julian Thomas. Part I: The Data Retention Act In April 2015, the Australian government passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act, which requires Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecommunications providers to store information about their subscribers’ online activity for a period of two years. The data retention rules apply to metadata – loosely defined as information that is not the 'content' of a communication. Generally, service providers must keep identifying information about their subscribers, including billing …
Referring to the television set, reseachers Kristina Irion and Natali Helberger argue that the CIA targeting of "our trusted friend in the living room" is yet another wake up call to European policymakers on privacy and confidentiality.
The author provides an overview of the legal and cultural discourse surrounding pornography in the European Union member state of Bulgaria, in times of 'new digital realities'.
Two months after military coup attempt in Turkey shocked the world, senior internet researchers Melih Kırlıdoğ and Mustafa Akgül find counter-intuitive evidence on the role the internet played.
Speaking of 'disruption of journalism' when talking about big data leaks is "so 2010", finds researcher Stefan Baack. Every major leak since the Afghan war logs has followed the same pattern.
Personalised news websites can have serious implications for democracy, but little is known about the extent and effects of personalisation.
After more than 50 years, the issue of treason has returned with a bang onto Germany's public agenda. The Netzpolitik.org affair might go down in history as a turning point.
The French parliament has just decided to set up a Commission du numérique (Committee on digital affairs). This could change the course of European internet policy.
Bloggers' and online journalists’ experiences of defamation and privacy law suggest that new approaches to legal policy are needed in a digital media environment. This paper by Judith Townend draws on empirical research to analyse chilling effects in the UK.