In recent years, the Leveson Inquiry in Great Britain, as well as the EU High-Level Group on
Media Freedom and Pluralism, have stirred heated debates about media accountability and …

Despite often being used interchangeably, the dominant equation of the rural with the
peripheral is not self-evident. In order to critically scrutinize the discursive node, the aim of …

This article aims to analyze the resilience of Baltic media systems in the global network
environment. Resilience is here defined as media systems' ability to survive despite the …

Leading scholars investigate media policies in Europe, inquiring into the regulatory
practices, policy tools and institutional features of media policy-making in 14 countries. The …

Have users challenged the power of incumbent media through interactivity, and, if so, to
what extent and to what end? The front pages and their linked features of online …

Recent studies on socio-spatial polarization and post-socialist spaces increasingly propose
the use of postcolonial theory. Following this proposal, the paper attempts to make the …

Those who consider democracy as a fundamental principle for society have to monitor
carefully the status of journalism. As we trust our elected politicians to represent us and our …

The aim of this paper is to analyse political activity in the mass media dis‑courses of states
with more democratic and more authoritative regimes respectively, so as to show a clear …

A paradigm shift in the European media and communications policy from public service
orientation towards market liberalization raises the question of effective mechanisms for …

Abstract [eng] This doctoral research aims to systematically explain the features and
dynamics of the holistic risk discourse in Lithuanian online news media in 2006-2014. In the …