Articles

“In the haze of highly polarized debates on the recently adopted EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM), its focus on the notion of fair remuneration has passed over rather quietly,” our Fellow, Giulia Priora writes in her article published JIPITEC.

Thomas on the Political Coverage Index and Its Application to Media Capture

November 12, 2019

Political Coverage Index was introduced to investigate whether the media fulfill their role as the fourth estate. In the article, CMDS Fellow Tobias Thomas and his co-authors present the result of the research on more than 10 million news items in German media.

Batorfy on Hungary’s Path Toward an Authoritarian Media System

September 19, 2019

CMDS Fellow Attila Bátorfy describes the transformation of the Hungarian media system by the government of Viktor Orbán and he argues that the Hungarian media system and its mixed features do not fit neatly into any existing media system theories.

Tobias Thomas on the Impact of Media Coverage on Voting Intentions

May 29, 2019

In their article “Can media drive the electorate? The impact of media coverage on voting intentions”, published in European Journal of Political Economy, CMDS Fellow Tobias Thomas and his co-authors investigate how media coverage affects political preferences.

Thomas on the Impact of Media Coverage on Immigration Worries

March 1, 2019

The study Media Coverage and Immigration Worries: Econometric Evidence co-authored by CMDS Fellow Tobias Thomas is published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (JEBO).

New Article on the Distance Bias in Natural Disaster Reporting Co-Authored by CMDS Fellow Tobias Thomas

November 8, 2018

In their latest article entitled "The distance bias in natural disaster reporting – empirical evidence for the United States" published in Applied Economics Letters, non-resident CMDS fellow Tobias Thomas and co-author Michael Berlemann demonstrate how disaster reporting is subject to a distance bias, e.g., the likelihood that a disaster is covered by the media depends on the distance between the country where the media are located and the country where the disasters occur.

Hungarian journalists’ practices on social media platforms in light of the concept of the “networked journalist”

August 10, 2018

In her latest article, origially published in Hungarian in the 2018 summer edition of Médiakutató and available in English at the link below, former resident CMDS fellow, Judit Barta analysed how Hungarian journalists use (or don't use) social media platforms, and what influences newsrooms' engagement with emerging digital technologies.

Content consumption patterns and user attitudes in the Facebook-dominated Hungarian digital media ecosystem

August 8, 2018

CMDS fellow Tamas Tofalvy's Hungarian study published in the 2018 spring edition of Médiakutató.

Walker on Public Diplomacy and the Decline of Liberal Democracy

July 16, 2018