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CMDS Fellow Courtney Radsch Joins International Science Council’s Expert Panel

November 4, 2021

CMDS Fellow Courtney Radsch has joined the International Science Council’s Expert Panel of 12 researchers, commentators and scientists who have made a significant contribution to the discourse on scientific literacy.

Barata, Detrekői and Dragomir contribute to European Audiovisual Observatory Publication

CMDS Director Marius Dragomir and CMDS Fellows Joan Barata and Zsuzsa Detrekői contributed to a new publication of the European Audiovisual Observatory on national rules on video-sharing platforms. Dragomir collected the data on Romania, Barata on Spain and Detrekői on Hungary.

Mintal and Co-Authors Map Slovak Untrustworthy Website Networks

CMDS Fellow Jozef Mihal Mintal and co-authors Michal Kalman and Karol Fabián provide a first-of-its-kind mapping of Slovak untrustworthy website networks as well as a reliable open-source tool to uncover such networks in a paper presented at MISDOOM 2021.

The Future of Fact-checking: Thrivers and Strivers

As the fact-checking field is entering a new cycle, well-connected, media savvy fact-checking groups are likely to thrive. But many more others, especially those without a connection to a media outlet, are facing a turbulent future.

Marius Dragomir on Funding Models for Local Print Media in Council of Europe Debate on Ukraine

October 28, 2021

CMDS Director Marius Dragomir reported on possible funding models for local print media in a debate on Ukraine organized by the Council of Europe under the Joint Project “EU and Council of Europe working together to support freedom of media in Ukraine.”