Publications

The Social Dynamics of Open Data

September 14, 2018

The Social Dynamics of Open Data (edited by Francois van Schalkwyk, Stefaan Verhulst, Gustavo Magalhaes, Juan Pane & Johanna Walker) is a collection of peer reviewed papers presented at the 2nd Open Data Research Symposium (ODRS) held in Madrid, Spain, on 5 October 2016. Research is critical to developing a more rigorous and fine-combed analysis not only of why open data is valuable, but how it is valuable and under what specific conditions.

Public Service Media and Information Disorder

August 27, 2018

White paper by Minna Horowitz, co-organizer of the CMDS Public Media Speakers Series.

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

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

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

Public diplomacy has the unique power to inform and influence, to shape the way in which publics perceive and respond to their rights and responsibilities as citizens. However, in order to confront authoritarian tendencies, public diplomacy practitioners must change the operational paradigm.