Impact of SLAPPs in journalism in Slovenia

The study “Silencing journalists in matters of public interest: Journalists and editors assessments of the impact of SLAPPs on journalism” by Tanja Kerševan and Melita Poler from University of Ljubljana investigated the issue of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) in an EU country, Slovenia. SLAPPs, also known as strategic litigation against public participation, are … Continued


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ARTICLE: Central and Eastern Europe has three types of media systems

Can the media system typology famously proposed by Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini (2004) be applied to Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries? This question was put to the test by a group of researchers based in Switzerland and Germany. They applied the framework to 11 CEE countries and conducted a series of statistical tests … Continued