#40. Areas of hope and concern – that state of media in Europe

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9 Jun 2023

What is the relationship between indicators like media competencies, media usage data, free speech protection, media accountability and the risks and opportunities for deliberative communications? Find out in this latest podcast episode, which coincides with the launch of a Mediadelcom e-book. The e-book explores the work of the Mediadelcom project and the state of media in Europe. In this episode team members explain their concerns and optimism when it comes to the media.

You can access the e-books (in EN and the national languages of the participating countries), which are available to the public, here.

Guests:
Tobias Eberwein, Senior Scientist & Research Group Leader. Austrian Academy of Sciences
Marcus Kreutler, Researcher, Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, Germany
Anna Kandyla, Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Greece.
Ragne Kõuts-Klemm, Associate Professor, in Sociology of Journalism, at University of Tartu in Estonia.
Ilva Skulte, Deputy Associate Professor, Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia
Al Matthews, Research Fellow, University of Tartu in Estonia.

This episode has been produced by Media Diversity Institute Global, the member of the Mediadelcom consortium. Hosted by Tanya Sakzewski.
Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Iaio from Audio Library Plus — Youtube & by JuliusH from Pixabay

#39. Deliberation: a key to regional media’s survival?

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#39. Deliberation: a key to regional media’s survival?

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21 May 2023

How is the media transforming the way journalists engage with their local communities? A newspaper, recently launched in Leicester in the UK, has been engaging and consulting its community from the start. Rhys Everquill, Editor of The Great Central Gazette, explains how deliberation and diversity is vital to success. He’s joined by Nick Carter, former editor of the Leicester Mercury, who describes the challenges facing regional journalism and the need to find a sustainable model to ensure its survival.

Guests:
Rhys Everquill, Editor, Great Central Gazette
Nick Carter, former editor, Leicester Mercury.

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
This episode has been produced by Media Diversity Institute Global, the member of the Mediadelcom consortium. Hosted by Tanya Sakzewski.
Music by Iaio from Audio Library Plus — Youtube

#38. Best practices substantiate the opportunities

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#38. Best practices substantiate the opportunities

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11 May 2023

We discuss good practices emerging when studying the opportunities for deliberative communication, especially regarding monitoring capability. Examples from Romania (2:48), Hungary (5:17), Austria (5:56) and Sweden (7:48).

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Twisterium from Pixabay

#37. Radical reform of the media

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#37. Radical reform of the media

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2 May 2023

What role can deliberative journalism play in reforming the media? The Journalism Manifesto, written by Barbie Zelizer, Pablo Boczkowski and Chris Anderson, argues that the profession is outdated, irrelevant to most and in desperate need of change. That change could be either reformist or revolutionary. Chris Anderson joins this episode to explain what’s needed and how the media in the US and UK in particular are struggling to cope with a new political reality.

Guest: Chris Anderson, co-author, The Journalism Manifesto

#36. Glance at the bibliographical database published

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#36. Glance at the bibliographical database published

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4 Apr 2023

The episode is having a closer look at the bibliography database, the most recent publication by Mediadelcom. Prof. Epp Lauk is telling what it is. Database in figures (at 7:10) and by topics (10:25). What are the gaps in the overall research? (12:48). How to use the database? (14:27).

In addition, we provide a follow-up to the news item in episode #23 about the Estonian case study (16:16).

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by NeutralProduction and Muzaproduction from Pixabay

#35. Adopting the Colorado model in Bulgaria?

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#35. Adopting the Colorado model in Bulgaria?

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30 Mar 2023

A project in Colorado, USA, is engaging a local community on important issues through deliberative communications and deliberative journalism. The aim is to facilitate better decision-making and strengthen democracy. Can that model be replicated in Europe? Dr. Lilia Raycheva, from the Bulgarian Mediadelcom team, explains the opportunities and challenges of implementing a similar project in her country. The podcast #32 on the Colorado deliberative communications project you can find here.

#34. Agent-oriented modelling used for scenario building regarding risks and opportunities

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#34. Agent-oriented modelling used for scenario building regarding risks and opportunities

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8 Mar 2023

In this episode, we shall look into the agent-oriented modelling. Mediadelcom is applying this methodology from the toolbox of computer sciences to build scenarios regarding the risks and opportunities for the media and wider, for deliberative communication.

Halliki Harro-Loit (EST) and John Alphonsus Matthews (EST) talk in more detail about the essence of the methodology, its applicability and expected outcomes.

Catch up also the episode on the fuzzy set approach (#9).

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by JuliusH from Pixabay

#33. NRK in Norway: From opponents’ fight to respectful listening and arguing

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#33. NRK in Norway: From opponents' fight to respectful listening and arguing

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2 Mar 2023

Norway’s public broadcaster NRK has changed its TV debate format replacing the usual fight between people representing opposing sides. With guests now listening and questioning each other in a respectful manner, is the show managing to combat polarization and attract both speakers and audiences? What lessons does this “experiment” have for other media wanting to adopt constructive or deliberative journalism? Gro Engen is the editor of the programme.

#32. Background story: Deliberative communication applied in Colorado, USA

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#32. Background story: Deliberative communication applied in Colorado, USA

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9 Feb 2023

How is a deliberative communications project reaching out to engage a local community on important issues in Colorado, USA, and how is it leading to better decision-making by policy makers? In this episode we find out about the project, including the role of a local newspaper that has embraced deliberative journalism. Martin Carcasson, Director of the Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University; Eric Larsen, Editor of the Coloradoan newspaper.

#31. Recapping Mediadelcom’s year 2022, with season’s greetings

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#31. Recapping Mediadelcom’s year 2022, with season's greetings

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15 Dec 2022

In this episode, we recap Mediadelcom’s year 2022. Country case studies are ready and accessible. Work goes on with comparative research. Several consortium members provide deliberations regards to the project’s advancement. Halliki Harro-Loit (EST), Marcus Kreutler (DEU), Lars Nord (SWE), Anna Kandyla (GRC) and Anda Rožukalne (LVA) share their view. Christmas & New Year greetings follow.

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by MaxKoMusic from free-stock-music.com, CC BY-SA 3.0
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – instrumental by Twin Musicom, CC BY 4.0; vocal quote by Pentatonix from Youtube

#30. Monitoring capability approach for dissemination. Recap of two recent conferences

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#30. Monitoring capability approach for dissemination. Recap of two recent conferences

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5 Dec 2022

We talk about recent conferences where Mediadelcom presented itself. First, the conference of ECREA – the European Communication Research and Education Association (Aarhus, DK). Halliki Harro-Loit (EE) and Tobias Eberwein (AT) ‘re-perform’ the opening presentation delivered in Aarhus. It is a kind of a concise recap of the activities of Mediadelcom performed so far. In the other moiety (at 16:48), we recall the conference in Gdansk (PL): the Polish Communication Association’s congress. Spoken by Michał Głowacki and Bogusława Dobek–Ostrowska (PL).

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Owl_Glance from Pixabay

#29. Prof. Daniel Hallin reflecting the draft country case studies at the consortium meeting in Sofia, BG

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#29. Prof. Daniel Hallin reflecting the draft country case studies at the consortium meeting in Sofia, BG

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27 Oct 2022

This episode provides a retrospect onto the Mediadelcom consortium meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria. The agenda, inter alia, included discussions with the Advisory Board. Professor Daniel Hallin (University of California, San Diego), co-author of the famous book Comparing Media Systems had thoroughly been reading the country case study reports and sheared his observations to the consortium in Sofia. One of his observations was about the GDPR. In many reports, it appears that it’s causing hindering effects to freedom of expression and access to public information.

Project coordinator Halliki Harro-Loit in brief tells about the meeting’s focuses. Regarding ‘best practices’, the episode provides a “teaser quote” by Ioana Avădani, RO, referring to a near future podcast episode on that topic.

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Musictown from Pixabay

#28. Observations in draft country case studies: ITALY

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#28. Observations in draft country case studies: ITALY

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6 Jul 2022

The last – but not least – episode in the series, in which the country teams deliberate upon the observations emerging in their draft country case studies. This episode presents the case of Italy. The narrative is composed by Sergio Splendore who has also involved experts who consolidate the story: professors Gianpietro Mazzoleni (University of Milan) and Augusto Valeriani (University of Bologna), as well as Isabella Splendore (the Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers).

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Vendredi from Audio Library Plus
Musical quote in the country logo: Brividi, Eurovision song contest entry 2022, composed by Alessandro Mahmoud, et al., performed by Andrea Monardo

#27. Observations in draft country case studies: CROATIA

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#27. Observations in draft country case studies: CROATIA

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29 Jun 2022

The Mediadelcom country teams carry on deliberating upon the observations emerging in their draft country case studies. We are closing in to the end of this series. This episode presents the case of Croatia. We have Zrinjka Peruško and Iva Nenadić from the Zagreb University (the Croatian team) present to tell the story upon all domains: legal (6:03), journalism (14:14), media usage and competencies (20:03).

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Vendredi from Audio Library Plus
Musical quote in the country logo: Himna slobodi, composed by Jakov Gotovac, performed by More Love Ensemble

#26. Observations in draft country case studies: BULGARIA

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#26. Observations in draft country case studies: BULGARIA

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23 Jun 2022

The Mediadelcom country teams carry on deliberating upon the observations emerging in their draft country case studies. In this episode, we present the case of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian team covers all four domains: legal (3:20, by Bissera Zankova) , journalism (6:55, by Nadezda Miteva), media usage (9:04, by Neli Velinova), and competencies (11:37, by Lora Metanova). Intro-outro by Lilia Raycheva.

Intro jingle by Zen Man from Pixabay
Music by Vendredi from Audio Library Plus
Musical quote in the country logo: entry on the Eurovision 2013 song contest Само Шампиони (instrumental karaoke version)