Center for the study of Global Journalism and Communication is a collaborative initiative with the following partners: Agder University (Norway), Aristotle University (Greece), University of Pristina (Kosovo), Beder University (Albania), University of Vienna (Austria), Zeitgeist Institute (Brazil), European Society for Education and Communication. Collaboration is based on individual membership, not institutional.
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While globalization is neither a new nor an easily defined societal dynamic, its impact on journalism and communication is fast becoming a key point of contention in journalism education as well as journalism education. The purpose behind GjC is to explore the broader cultural and societal aspects of social change that comes with globalization, contextualizing journalism as a social institution within that framework. Our particular mission is to explore the twin forces of globalization and digitalization of society and the impacts of it on civic culture and journalism as a social institution.
GjC primarily operates online, providing lectures, videos, podcasts and education materials based on collaborative research and resource sharing. For more information, please check in here.
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Center for the study of Global Journalism and Communication is a collaborative initiative from Agder University (Norway), Aristotle University (Greece), University of Pristina (Kosovo), Beder University (Albania), and the University of Vienna (Austria). Collaboration is based on individual membership, not institutional. For further information and contact, please check here.
While globalization is neither a new nor an easily defined societal dynamic, its impact on journalism and communication is fast becoming a key point of contention in journalism education as well as journalism education. The purpose behind GjC is to explore the broader cultural and societal aspects of social change that comes with globalization, contextualizing journalism as a social institution within that framework.
GjC primarily operates online, providing lectures, videos, podcasts and education materials based on collaborative research and resource sharing. For more information, please check in here.
GjC project updates
PRESS FREEDOM WEBINAR #3 APRIL 8TH 2022; Manfe/Jaadan
Dr. Michael Manfe: Free Speech and Taking Care — Dr. Razan Jaadan, Public Opinion — the Orient and the Occident ••: In this third Press Freedom Webinar Professor April 8th 2022, Dr. Michael Manfe from the University of Linz takes us through the topic Free Speech and Taking Care. Dr. Razan Jaadan, freelandce writer located in Dubai, presents reflections…
PRESS FREEDOM WEBINAR #2 April 1st 2022; Dr. Alexandre Le Voci Sayad
Media Literacy Watch this webinar video where Dr. Alexandre Le Voci Sayad from the Brazilian UNESCO MIL Alliance talks about media literacy, followed by a 60+ minute discussion, moderated by Professor Thomas Bauer, from the University of Vienna.This is the second of four webinars on Press Freedom, staged in the spring of 2022.
Webinar video April 22nd 2022; Dr. Kenneth Andresen on Troubled Pasts
Competing and conflicting narratives, media and armed conflicts: From Balkans to Ukraine This video concludes the Press Freedom webinar series from the spring of 2022; a collaboration between a number of university institutions tor raise the issue of contemporary challenges to Press Freedom in the world today. Professor Kenneth Andresen reflects on the role of narrative and collective memories in…
Swedish daily Aftonbladet finds people spend longer on articles with AI-generated summaries
Sweden’s biggest daily news outlet has discovered it can use generative AI tools to boost time spent on its articles, especially with younger audiences. Aftonbladet began experimenting with ChatGPT in its newsroom at the start of the year with the goal of creating a tool to help it test out what generative AI could do.
Introducing the ‘How To Fix Climate Journalism’ Essay Series
A new essay series from alumni of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network around the world offers advice on how to produce better climate coverage—wherever you are. When the Oxford Climate Journalism Network officially began in January 2022, we had very few definitive answers to offer journalists when they asked what would make climate journalism “work.”
Sources and drivers of news media criticism
The news media, as an institution, are integral to much of politics and public life. With this role often comes public criticism. Journalists do not always get the story right and sometimes omit important voices and points of view. // In our survey, we asked how often people are exposed to criticism of the news media, and, in this chapter, we examine differences in who sees criticism, as well as differences across markets. We also look at the sources of criticism people say they are exposed to and on what platforms they come across it.
Lucy Martirosyan
Open Democracy, March 22nd 2023
Hungary’s ‘perfect propaganda machine’ attacks women
New report highlights gendered disinformation online and calls for women-centred reform of social media platforms. // The study, entitled ‘A Perfect Propaganda Machine’, investigates how Orbán’s far-right Fidesz party uses social media to silence and undermine political opponents, especially women, through disinformation campaigns, online harassment and doxxing.
By Marigo Farr
Nieman Reports, May 9th 2023
Tow Center for Digital Journalism: May 3 was World Press Freedom Day, and it came at a time when the environment may be tougher than ever for journalists. With the rise of authoritarian regimes, and reactionary responses to the booming information sharing of the digital age, legal attacks on journalists around the globe are mounting.
Most popular news sources in the UK: Tiktok overtakes BBC Radio 1 and Channel 5
Tiktok was the fastest-growing source of news in the UK for the second year in a row, according to Ofcom’s annual news consumption report. One in ten people aged over 16 (10%) said they used the video app for news in 2023, placing it ahead of BBC Radio 1 (8%) and Channel 5 (8%) for the first time, and on a par with The Guardian (10%).
GjC ROUNDTABLE 2023
PLEASE CONSIDER joining in for our GjC ROUNDTABLE, September 26-28, 2023. At the ROUNDTABLE ´23 we will be discussing ways and means of extending the GjC collaboration to accommodate for joint PhD courses in Journalism, Communication and Social Change.