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Read more about event CMC once again contributed to the European Commission's 2021 Rule of Law Report
09.08.2021
CMC once again contributed to the European Commission's 2021 Rule of Law Report
As in 2020 and as a result of their work on the Media Pluralism Monitor, Josef Seethaler and Maren Beaufort also contributed to the European Commission's 2021 Rule of Law Report. A separate chapter of the report is dedicated to "MEDIA PLURALISM AND MEDIA FREEDOM".
Read more about event Media Pluralism Monitor 2021 / Austrian Country Report by Josef Seethaler & Maren Beaufort
21.07.2021
Media Pluralism Monitor 2021 / Austrian Country Report by Josef Seethaler & Maren Beaufort
The Media Pluralism Monitor 2021 (MPM2021) is a scientific and holistic effort to document the health of media ecosystems, detailing threats to media pluralism and freedom in European Union member states and some candidate countries.
Read more about event Mediensymposium 2021: Regulierung, Governance und Medienethik in der digitalen Gesellschaft
10.06.2021
Mediensymposium 2021: Regulierung, Governance und Medienethik in der digitalen Gesellschaft
Read more about event Call for Papers: under.docs-Tagung "Navigating Perceptions of (Non) Rational Spaces"
28.05.2021
Call for Papers: under.docs-Tagung "Navigating Perceptions of (Non) Rational Spaces"
Die von Studierenden organisierte Tagung (25.-27.11.2021) richtet sich an Wissenschaftler*innen von Bachelor- bis Praedoc-Niveau, die sich aus sozial- und geisteswissenschaftlicher Perspektive mit dem Themengebiet auseinandersetzen.
Read more about event 2021 ICA Preconference on "Media Performance and Social Inclusion"
27.05.2021
2021 ICA Preconference on "Media Performance and Social Inclusion"
CMC, in cooperation with the Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society at the University of Zurich, hosts a preconference on "Media Performance and Social Inclusion" at the 71st Annual ICA Conference.
Read more about event CMC Director Matthias Karmasin was elected a Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) - Congratulations!
21.05.2021
CMC Director Matthias Karmasin was elected a Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) - Congratulations!
Matthias Karmasin, who has been a Corresponding Member of the ÖAW /Division of Humanities and the Social Sciences since 2011, was elected to be a Full Member on May 14, 2021.
Read more about event "Science is not politics" - Matthias Karmasin on Science Communication
17.05.2021
"Science is not politics" - Matthias Karmasin on Science Communication
CMC Director Matthias Karmasin wrote about challanges for science communication and the media in the pandemic and beyond for the FWF Scilog
Read more about event Third wave of "Worlds of Journalism Study" has started
05.05.2021
Third wave of "Worlds of Journalism Study" has started
New project focuses on "Risk and Uncertainty in a Changing Mediascape" - researchers from more than 120 countries are involved
Read more about event "HyPRESS" in Forschungs-infrastruktur-Datenbank des BMBWF aufgenommen
19.04.2021
"HyPRESS" in Forschungs-infrastruktur-Datenbank des BMBWF aufgenommen
CMC-Plattform zur Entwicklung der österreichischen Presse ist kommunikationswissenschaftliche Forschungsinfrastruktur
Read more about event Safety of journalists in Austria / by Josef Seethaler
26.03.2021
Safety of journalists in Austria / by Josef Seethaler
Part of a Report of the European University Institute (EUI), Florence
Read more about event Matthias Karmasin invited as reviewer for Portuguese national funding agency FCT
22.02.2021
Matthias Karmasin invited as reviewer for Portuguese national funding agency FCT
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Read more about event Online-Tagung: Internet-Plattformen für Europa
18.01.2021
Online-Tagung: Internet-Plattformen für Europa
Große Internet-Plattformen wie Facebook, Amazon, YouTube und TikTok erlangen immer mehr wirtschaftliche Macht und Einfluss auf gesellschaftliche Kommunikation. Die interdisziplinäre Tagung "Internet-Plattformen für Europa“ geht deshalb der Frage nach, wie sich digitale Dominanz aktuell entwickelt und welche regulatorischen Reaktionen sich für Europa anbieten, um fairen Wettbewerb und digitale Souveränität sicherzustellen.
Read more about event Video available: Online-Tagung "Internet-Plattformen für Europa"
18.01.2021
Video available: Online-Tagung "Internet-Plattformen für Europa"
You can now watch presentations & discussions from the Jan 18 & 19, 2021 conference on internet platforms online! (German only)
Read more about event Online conference: Juridification of history between collective memory, historiography and politics of memory
18.12.2020
Online conference: Juridification of history between collective memory, historiography and politics of memory
In cooperation with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna (PAN), CMC supports the conference “Juridification of History – between Collective Memory, Historiography and Politics of Memory”.
Read more about event under.docs – Fachtagung zu Kommunikation
20.11.2020
under.docs – Fachtagung zu Kommunikation
Read more about event European Commission publishes "Rule of Law"-Report
27.10.2020
European Commission publishes "Rule of Law"-Report
In its first "Rule of Law"-Report, the Commission states that "Austria allocates relatively high levels of state advertising to media companies, and concerns were raised over potential political influence over such allocation, in the absence of rules on its fair distribution". CMC contributed to the report with its expertise.
Read more about event Austrian state honors - "Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse" for Matthias Karmasin
27.10.2020
Austrian state honors - "Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse" for Matthias Karmasin
CMC Director Matthias Karmasin has been awarded the Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1st Class. Congratulations!
Read more about event COVID-19: Austrian Media & Journalism in the pandemic
22.10.2020
COVID-19: Austrian Media & Journalism in the pandemic
As the Corona crisis permeates all areas of life, CMC researches Matthias Karmasin, Tobias Eberwein, Andy Kaltenbrunner, Andreas Riedl, and Josef Seethaler have reflected in various comments on the media´s role in the pandemic, current media politics, and the impact the crisis has on journalists and the Austrian media landscape at large.
Read more about event Online Workshop: Qualitätsdiskurs Community Medien
20.10.2020
Online Workshop: Qualitätsdiskurs Community Medien
Eine gemeinsamer Online-Workshop vom COMMIT, dem Verband Freier Rundfunk Österreich, der RTR und dem CMC zu Qualitätsentwicklung und -sicherung in Community Medien anhand der Erfahrungen aus der Schweiz. Anmeldung ab sofort möglich!
Read more about event Radio-Tipp: Die große Gereiztheit - Kommunikation in Zeiten Sozialer Medien
30.09.2020
Radio-Tipp: Die große Gereiztheit - Kommunikation in Zeiten Sozialer Medien
Diskussion mit CMCs Josef Seethaler, Golli Marboe (VsUM), Nadja Hahn (Ö1) & Ursula Maier-Rabler (Universität Salzburg) über Soziale Medien, politische Kommunikation uvm. auf "radio klassik Stephansdom"
Read more about event Media Performance and Democracy - Audience desire to participate
22.09.2020
Media Performance and Democracy - Audience desire to participate
A project of CMC´s "Media, Politics & Democracy" group looks into quality indicators of media in democratic societies and currently finds that media output in Austria often fails to contextualize facts in a meaninful way for audiences.
Read more about event Media Pluralism Monitor 2020 / by Josef Seethaler & Maren Beaufort
24.07.2020
Media Pluralism Monitor 2020 / by Josef Seethaler & Maren Beaufort
The Media Pluralism Monitor 2020 (MPM2020) is a scientific and holistic effort to document the health of media ecosystems, detailing threats to media pluralism and freedom in European Union member states and some candidate countries.
Read more about event "Public Value des Nichtkommerziellen Rundfunks"
21.07.2020
"Public Value des Nichtkommerziellen Rundfunks"
Neue Studie von Josef Seethaler (CMC) und Helmut Peissl (COMMIT), die sich den seit 1998 in Österreich zugelassenen Freien Radios widmet und diese insbesonders in Hinblick auf den Public Value, also gesellschaftlich relevanten Wert und Wirkung, untersucht.
Read more about event „Die Menschen möchten mehr politische Teilhabe“
07.07.2020
„Die Menschen möchten mehr politische Teilhabe“
Nichtkommerzieller Rundfunk deckt den Bedarf nach lokaler Information, Kommunikation und Community Building. Dass der Ausbau aus demokratiepolitischer Sicht wichtig ist, legt eine aktuelle Studie der ÖAW nahe.
Read more about event CMC´s Marion Kogler will "Pitch her Thesis" about the Climate Crisis as a topic of Austrian elections in 2019
16.06.2020
CMC´s Marion Kogler will "Pitch her Thesis" about the Climate Crisis as a topic of Austrian elections in 2019
"Who 'owns' the climate crisis? Issue competition and issue reframing in the 2019 Austrian election campaign." - as an Online Event at uniport/Universität Wien.
Read more about event Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World
12.06.2020
Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World
Update: Publication to accompany the ÖAW conference „Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World”, April 4&5, 2019 out now!
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Read more about event Presseclub Concordia Online Clubtalk - Forgó & Karmasin: Fake Law? Die Gewaltenteilung beim Corona Krisenmanagement
27.05.2020
Presseclub Concordia Online Clubtalk - Forgó & Karmasin: Fake Law? Die Gewaltenteilung beim Corona Krisenmanagement
Es gilt noch immer das Gesetz und nicht die Pressekonferenz. Doch wie ist es möglich, bei inzwischen 18 COVID-Gesetzen und zahllosen untergesetzlichen Normen den Überblick darüber zu behalten, was geltendes Recht ist, was dessen Auslegung und was „Spin“?
Read more about event COVID-19: Limited office presence at CMC
13.05.2020
COVID-19: Limited office presence at CMC
UPDATE: Step-by-step return to office operations
Read more about event "Trolls" or "warriors of faith"? - New publication
28.02.2020
"Trolls" or "warriors of faith"? - New publication
by CMC´s Tobias Eberwein on "Differentiating dysfunctional forms of media criticism in online comments"
Read more about event Out now: Der österreichische Journalismus-Report
19.02.2020
Out now: Der österreichische Journalismus-Report
Eine empirische Erhebung und eine repräsentative Befragung. Von Andy Kaltenbrunner, Renée Lugschitz, Matthias Karmasin, Sonja Luef, Daniela Kraus, 2020.

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News Archive

CMC once again contributed to the European Commission's 2021 Rule of Law Report

Media Pluralism Monitor 2021 / Austrian Country Report by Josef Seethaler & Maren Beaufort

Mediensymposium 2021: Regulierung, Governance und Medienethik in der digitalen Gesellschaft

Call for Papers: under.docs-Tagung "Navigating Perceptions of (Non) Rational Spaces"

2021 ICA Preconference on "Media Performance and Social Inclusion"

CMC Director Matthias Karmasin was elected a Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) - Congratulations!

"Science is not politics" - Matthias Karmasin on Science Communication

Third wave of "Worlds of Journalism Study" has started

"HyPRESS" in Forschungs-infrastruktur-Datenbank des BMBWF aufgenommen

Safety of journalists in Austria / by Josef Seethaler

Matthias Karmasin invited as reviewer for Portuguese national funding agency FCT

Online-Tagung: Internet-Plattformen für Europa

Video available: Online-Tagung "Internet-Plattformen für Europa"

Online conference: Juridification of history between collective memory, historiography and politics of memory

under.docs – Fachtagung zu Kommunikation

European Commission publishes "Rule of Law"-Report

Austrian state honors - "Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse" for Matthias Karmasin

COVID-19: Austrian Media & Journalism in the pandemic

Online Workshop: Qualitätsdiskurs Community Medien

Radio-Tipp: Die große Gereiztheit - Kommunikation in Zeiten Sozialer Medien

Media Performance and Democracy - Audience desire to participate

Media Pluralism Monitor 2020 / by Josef Seethaler & Maren Beaufort

"Public Value des Nichtkommerziellen Rundfunks"

„Die Menschen möchten mehr politische Teilhabe“

CMC´s Marion Kogler will "Pitch her Thesis" about the Climate Crisis as a topic of Austrian elections in 2019

Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World

Presseclub Concordia Online Clubtalk - Forgó & Karmasin: Fake Law? Die Gewaltenteilung beim Corona Krisenmanagement

COVID-19: Limited office presence at CMC

"Trolls" or "warriors of faith"? - New publication

Out now: Der österreichische Journalismus-Report

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