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Antisemitic narratives find ground in COVID-19 anti-vax conspiracy the...
Online hate always finds a way to influence people susceptible to conspiracy theories. We are aware that social media will not become free from hate even if all of these recommendations are taken into account. However, we believe that they can be a stepping stone into c...
Ethnic Minorities and Balkan Broadcasters Part 1: Serbia and Croatia
In this two part article series, Italians from Istria, Hungarians from Serbia, Albanians from Montenegro, Turks from Republic of North Macedonia, as well as television journalists from Serbia and Croatia talk about the importance of having TV programmes in their mother ...
Media Diversity Institute: A Year in Review
2021 has been an important year for journalism and a year that every journalist should be proud of. For the …
Structural Violence against Women in Montenegro
Two femicides that took place in less than a month in Montenegro testify to the fact that institutions do not believe women. In both cases, victims reported threats to their lives and both times the institutions failed to protect them.
NATION: Belgian Extreme-Right Movement Spreads Misinformation and Hate...
NATION is a Belgian extreme-right movement and party which raises concerns for its overtly xenophobic, anti-religious and Islamophobic content. While such content has been on their platform for some time, we flagged some particularly worrying articles in October.
The link between online antisemitic conspiracy ideologies and a plot t...
Anti-vaccine and antisemitic conspiracy ideologies online could lead people down the path of radicalisation. In the case of the conspiracists of Opération Azur, it also motivated actions which, if not stopped, could have had harmful physical consequences.
‘Women were trained not to complain about harassment’: Exploring t...
Female journalists often face gendered abuse online in response to their work. But how have changing cultural norms pushed female journalists to engage with their audiences online, and how does this harassment affect their jobs?
Media (Not) as a Mirroring, Media (Not) as a Creation!
Sometimes, the media follows the myth of the mirror, with the idea that the truth will be revealed by it, and other times it strives to have creative power and build sublime realities, where the truth comes as the final value.
The ‘Returned Adoptee’ Story Shows Why the Media Desperate...
A trauma-informed media response should go beyond the symptoms to the root cause, asking ‘What is causing such distress? Which needs are not being met?’.
Independent Journalism and the Creator Economy is Solving The Media...
Independent creation encourages independent thinking and people doing interesting work while curiosity is a worthwhile starting point. Since creators’ curiosities are diverse, this will naturally flow into their work.
When US Outlets Cover Black Shootings: An interview with Michael Gaski...
"I do not believe Black Lives Matter (BLM) has been understood by all journalists. I believe this is another story subject that is framed in part by who is reporting it. - Michael Gaskins
The MLADI Award in Serbia Recognises the Importance of Youth Activism ...
Although young people are often criticised for spending “too much” time on social media and online activism is often called clicktivism or pseudo-activism, online activism has managed to mobilise people in Serbia around certain goals and bring them out onto the stre...
