Abstract
The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), part of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy, is designed to identify potential risks for media pluralism in the EU Member States. After an initial study in 2009 and two pilot test implementations in 2014 and 2015, the European Parliament decided to support further European-wide studies, which have been carried out since 2016. According to President-elect Ursula von der Leyen, the Media Pluralism Monitor should be used "to identify risks to plurality in the media sector", and to "propose cross-border projects to support independent and diverse journalistic activities”.
Since 2014, CMC is the Austrian partner of MPM. The Austrian study is led by Josef Seethaler.
Full reports:
Financing
Cooperation Partners
European University Institute, Florence – Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) (Project Coordinator)
Panel of Experts (the composition of the panel changes as a result of changes in CMPF's requirements):
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Berka (†), University of Salzburg (2015-2020)
Dr. Ilse Brandner-Radinger, Former Chair of the Viewers' and Listeners' Council [Publikumsrat], ORF (2017-2018)
Dr. Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, "Der Standard"/IPI (2015-2017)
Josef Gruber, Verband der Regionalmedien (VRM) [Association of Regional Media] (2021-)
Mag. Dieter Henrich, Verband der Regionalmedien Österreichs (2015-2020)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Holoubek, Institute for Austrian and European Public Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2021-)
Dr. Daniela Kraus, Presseclub Concordia (2015-)
Dr. Maximilian Schubert, Internet Service Providers Austria (ISPA) (2020)
Dr. Helga Schwarzwald, Association of Austrian Community Broadcasters (2015)
PD Dr. Christian Steininger, University of Vienna (2015-2018)
Daniela Zimmer, Chamber of Labour/Viewers' and Listeners' Council [Publikumsrat], ORF (since 2019)
In the Media
European Federation of Journalists and European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) on "Media, Freedom of Speech, and Democracy in the EU and Beyond"
Publications and Lectures
Books and Monographs
Books and Monographs
Articles and Book Chapters
Articles and Book Chapters
- . (2021). Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia & Turkey in the year 2020. Country Report: Austria. In C. M. P. F. Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Ed.), Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania, and Turkey in the years 2018-2019. Country Report: Austria. Florence: European University Institute. Retrieved from https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/71937/austria_results_mpm_2021_cmpf.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- . (2021). Safety of journalists in Austria. In M. Žuffová & R. Carlini, (Eds.), Safety of journalists in Europe: Threats and best practices to tackle them (EUI Working Paper RSC 2021/43) (pp. 23-30). Florence: European University Institute. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70637
- . (2019). Recent developments on freedom and pluralism of media in Austria. In A. Giannakopoulos (Ed.), Media, Freedom of Speech, and Democracy in the EU and Beyond (pp. 116-130). Tel Aviv: S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies, Tel Aviv University. Retrieved from https://dacenter.tau.ac.il/sites/abraham.tau.ac.il/files/Media%2C%20Freedom%20of%20Speech%20Text_0.pdf
- . (2018). Monitoring media pluralism in Europe: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2017 in the European Union, FYROM, Serbia & Turkey. Country report: Austria. In C. M. P. F. Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Ed.), Monitoring media pluralism in Europe: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2017 in the European Union, FYROM, Serbia & Turkey. Country report: Austria. Florence: European University Institute. doi:10.2870/06449
- . (2018). Informations- und Meinungsfreiheit: Medienpolitische Grundlagen und Herausforderungen [Freedom of information and speech in Austria: Fundamentals of and challenges to media policy]. In H. Koziol (Ed.), Tatsachenmitteilungen und Werturteile: Freiheit und Verantwortung (pp. 13-26). Wien: Sramek.
- . (2017). Media Pluralism Monitor 2016: Monitoring risks for media pluralism in the EU and beyond. Country report: Austria. In C. M. P. F. Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Ed.), Media Pluralism Monitor 2016: Monitoring risks for media pluralism in the EU and beyond. Country report: Austria. Florence: European University Institute. doi:10.2870/182241
- . (2017). Transformation des Rundfunkjournalismus? Von Programmaufträgen, Rollenzuschreibungen und neuen Formaten [Broadcasting journalism in transformation: Programming mandates, social roles, and new media formats]. In S. Kirchhoff, Prandner, D., Renger, R., Götzenbrucker, G., & Aichberger, I. (Eds.), Was bleibt vom Wandel? Journalismus zwischen ökonomischen Zwängen und gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung (pp. 47-72). Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi:10.5771/9783845274539
- . (2016). Media pluralism in Austria. In Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) (Ed.), A test implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2015. Florence: European University Institute. Retrieved from https://cmpf.eui.eu/mpm-2015/austria-2015
Lectures
Lectures
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31/01/2020
, Florence
Seethaler, Josef Beaufort, Maren
Country Report Austria
Media Pluralism Monitor 2020: Final Conference at the European University Institute -
19/11/2018
, Tel Aviv
Seethaler, Josef Beaufort, Maren
Recent developments on freedom and pluralism of media in Austria
"Media, Freedom of Speech, and Democracy: Contemporary Conflicts and Tensions in the EU and Beyond: Conference of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies, Tel Aviv Univ. in coop. with The Austrian Society for European Politics -
09/05/2017
, Athens
Beaufort, Maren Seethaler, Josef
Community medias` "added value": The case of Austria
Communication and Mass Media -
21/04/2016
, Wien
Beaufort, Maren
Demokratie, Medienpluralismus und die Rolle des nicht-kommerziellen privaten Rundfunks [Democracy, media pluralism, and the role of community media]
REM-Workshop – Der nicht-kommerzielle private Rundfunk
Popular Publications
Popular Publications
- . (2020). Wissenschafter Beaufort und Seethaler befürchten "Fortschreibung bisheriger Medienpolitik" 2021 [Befragung durch Harald Fidler und Daniela Yeoh]. Derstandard.at. Retrieved from https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000122801503/wissenschafter-beaufort-und-seethaler-befuerchten-fortschreibung-der-bisherigen-medienpolitik-2021
- . (2019). Österreich und diese Kleinigkeit namens Informationsfreiheit. Derstandard.at. Retrieved from https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000097014042/oesterreich-und-diese-kleinigkeit-namens-informationsfreiheit
- . (2017). "Hohe Gefahr bei Kontrolle der Politik über die Medien" (online unter dem Titel: "Es fehlt jede Form der Medienpolitik"). Interview. Der Standard. Retrieved from http://derstandard.at/2000052871597/Hohe-Gefahr-bei-Kontrolle-der-Politik-ueber-Medien
Popular Talks
Popular Talks
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15/02/2017
, Linz
Beaufort, Maren
Public Value im nicht-kommerziellen Rundfunk [Community media and public value]
Workshop "Public Value & Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im nicht-kommerziellen Rundfunk"