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Coyer's Essay Featured in Harvard's Berkman Klein Center's Collection on Harmful Speech Online

August 17, 2017
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The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is in the third year of a research, policy analysis, and network building effort devoted to the study of harmful speech. The Center has recently published a collection of essays on harmful speech online that includes perspectives on and approaches to harmful speech online from a wide range of voices within the Berkman Klein Center community. The collection features Kate Coyer's essay "State Power and Extremism in Europe: The Uneasy Relationship Between Governments and Social Media Companies".

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We're Hiring - CMDS is Looking for a Coordinator

August 11, 2017
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The Center for Media Data and Society at Central European University invites applications for a coordinator position.

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CMDS Summer School: Studying and Fighting Media Capture

August 3, 2017
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What’s one of the biggest threats to media freedom today? Something that has over the past few years become a global phenomenon with dire consequences for independent journalism. No matter which continent we look at, we increasingly see media environments captured by the state or oligarchs who often do so to serve the ruling government’s interests or their own political agenda, contributing to a diminishing space for independent journalists and balanced news reporting.

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Davor Marko Joins CMDS as Non-Resident Fellow

July 12, 2017
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We're pleased to announce that Davor Marko has joined CMDS as non-resident fellow. Marko is also non-resident research fellow at the Analitika Center for Social Research and he has very recently attended our summer school on media capture as invited speaker, where he discussed the current state of public service media.

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CMDS Wins Google Funding to Develop Data Visualization Tool on Media Ownership

July 6, 2017
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With Google’s support, CMDS will be able to develop a visualization tool for tracking and analyzing media ownership in Hungary according to political ties, ideology and interest groups. The free-to-use, publicly available tool is designed for research and policy making purposes, but also for journalists and others interested in learning more about media ownership with the help of a user-friendly program. The tool is hoped to serve as a model for other countries.

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