How effective is media self-regulation? Results from a comparative survey of European journalists
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This article presents key results of a comparative journalists’ survey on media accountability, for which 1762 journalists in 14 countries had been interrogated online. The article explores how European journalists perceive the impact of old versus new media accountability instruments on professional journalistic standards – established instruments like press councils, ethics codes, ombudsmen and media criticism, but also more recent online instruments like newsroom blogs and criticism via social media. Thus, the study also adds empirical data to the current debate about the future of media self-regulation in Europe, ignited by the Leveson Inquiry in the United Kingdom as well as the European Commission’s High-Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism.
Authors: Susanne Fengler, Tobias Eberwein, Salvador Alsius, Olivier Baisnée, Klaus Bichler, Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Huub Evers, Michal Glowacki, Harmen Groenhart, Halliki Harro-Loit, Heikki Heikkilä, Mike Jempson, Matthias Karmasin, Epp Lauk, Julia Lönnendonker, Marcel Mauri, Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Judith Pies, Colin Porlezza, Wayne Powell, Raluca Radu, Ruth Rodriguez, Stephan Russ-Mohl, Laura Schneider-Mombaur, Sergio Splendore, Jari Väliverronen, Sandra Vera Zambrano
Institutions: TU Dortmund University, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Université de Toulouse, University of Wrocław, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, University of Tartu, Tampere University, University of Tampere, University of the West of England, University of Klagenfurt, University of Jyväskylä, University of Milan, University of Zurich, University of Bucharest, Università della Svizzera italiana
Language: English
Topic: Journalism and Media Studies
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
OpenAlex ID: W2134294977