Media & Communication: Research Guide

As Canada’s Online Harms Act is being debated, MPs may look to other countries, like Australia, for guidance on protecting youth from online harms.

IPI joins press freedom, freedom of expression, media, journalists and human rights organizations express solidarity towards journalists and media in Georgia. Faced with violence, threats, detentions, equipment destruction and seizure, journalists in Georgia are entering what is supposed to be a festive period with uncertainty and fear for their safety. Solidarity and support is needed […] The post Press freedom groups and newsrooms stand in solidarity with journalists and media in Georgia appeared first on ipi.media.

An expert on news consumption looks at how the popular new platform could shake up the industry.

Although these activities have been around for decades, there are signs that some are making a comeback.

The security situation in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to threaten safety of journalists while protests and post-election repression in Mozambique spilled to November See the factsheet below or download it here. In November 2023, IPI documented 14 violations and threats to press freedom in 9 countries in […] The post Africa Media Monitoring November 2024: Threats to press freedom in DRC and Mozambique appeared first on ipi.media.

Comparisons between our current era and the societal rot of the Gilded Age abound. But it might be more useful to explore how Americans escaped the crises of the late-19th century.

Political polarization and people not being exposed to other perspectives online are two major factors that contribute to Americans feeling exhausted with politics.

As trust in traditional media declines, populist influencers and journalistic ‘newsfluencers’ are gaining power.

Words of the year do not have to be new coinages, but may be existing words that seem to have become particularly apposite or resonant.

IPI joined partner organizations from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the SafeJournalists Network (SJN), in expressing serious concern over the revelations in Amnesty International’s forensic analysis, exposing the invasive use of spyware and other digital tools by Serbian intelligence services and police to hack journalists’ phones as part of a covert surveillance campaign. […] The post Urgent need for a swift and thorough investigation into intelligence and police invasive surveillance of journalists and sources appeared first on ipi.media.

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Under the News Media Assistance Program, media outlets are receiving a funding boost. Some money will flow to community broadcasting - but not enough.

As one workshop participant, a journalism educator, put it: ‘We’re still telling the same stories, it’s like a circle, and we don’t seem to be able to break free from it. Nothing seems to change.’

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