Övervakning av mediemångfald i den digitala eran : tillämpning av media pluralism monitor i Europeiska unionen, Albanien, Montenegro, Republiken Nordmakedonien, Serbien & Turkiet under år 2022. Landsrapport : Sverige.

This report presents the results of the implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor for the year 2022 (MPM2023) in Sweden. The MPM is a holistic tool geared at assessing the risks to media pluralism in EU member states and selected candidate countries (32 European countries in total, including Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey). The MPM takes into account legal, political and economic variables that are relevant to analysing the levels of plurality of media systems in a democratic society. The Media Pluralism Monitor has been implemented, on a regular basis, by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, since 2013/2014.Den här rapporten presenterar resultaten från genomförandet av Media Pluralism Monitor för året 2022 (MPM2023) i Sverige. MPM är ett helhetsverktyg som syftar till att bedöma riskerna för mediemångfald i EU:s medlemsländer och utvalda kandidatländer (totalt 32 europeiska länder, inklusive Albanien, Montenegro, Nordmakedonien, Serbien och Turkiet). MPM tar hänsyn till juridiska, politiska och ekonomiska variabler som är relevanta för att analysera graden av mångfald inom mediessystem i demokratiska samhällen. Media Pluralism Monitor har regelbundet genomförts av Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom sedan 2013/2014.The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom is co-financed by the European Unio

Monitoring Media Pluralism in the Digital Era. Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia & Turkey in the year 2021. Landsrapport : Sverige

This report presents the results of the implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor for the year 2021 (MPM2022) in Sweden. The MPM is a holistic tool geared at assessing the risks to media pluralism in EU member states and selected candidate countries (32 European countries in total, including Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey). The MPM takes into account legal, political and economic variables that are relevant to analysing the levels of plurality of media systems in a democratic society. The Media Pluralism Monitor has been implemented, on a regular basis, by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, since 2013/2014.The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom is co-financed by the European Unio

Free Media and Quality of Government: The role of media in promoting quality of government institutions in the European Union

While the relationship between freedom of the media and corruption has been established, it is open whether media freedom also contributes to higher quality of government. The basic argument in this article is that previous research has been performed on media freedom and the access to public authority or at best, very specific parts of the way in which that authority is exercised, the relationship between freedom of the media and corruption. This leads to an extensive knowledge of free media’s role on the “input” side but less knowledge in terms of free media’s role on the “out-put” side of government performance. This study examines the relationship between media freedom and quality of government in the 27 member states of the European Union. Two different concepts and measurements of quality of government are utilized (one geared toward less red tape and business friendly environments and one geared toward public services and welfare systems). The results show that free media contributes to high levels of quality of government when defined as “good for business” but not when defined as “good for public services and welfare systems”. In order to create and improve quality of government provided to citizens through public services and welfare systems, this only occurs when media freedom and women’s abilities for political empowerment are increased simultaneously

Free, Accessible Media and Quality of Government

In contrary to what might be expected from the results of previous research conducted on media freedom, there is a variation in both perceived corruption and quality of government (QoG) among countries with free media. This paper suggests that there is a need for complementary and more precise measures of media system characteristics in order to understand the role of the media in the fight against corruption and in promoting QoG. The purpose of this study is therefore to develop and use alternative media system measures to empirically test the relationship between media sys-tem characteristics and QoG and in what way media system characteristics can explain variations in QoG across 36 European countries. The results show that media freedom is a basic condition that is essential for media to play any role in promoting QoG. However, the results of this study also imply that accessibility and citizens’ ability to obtain information delivered by the free media are at least as important

What’s the Use of a Free Media? The Role of Media in Curbing Corruption and Promoting Quality of Government.

Free media have traditionally been seen as vital to democratization and economic development. International actors, such as UN, the World Bank, the EU, Transparency International, the OECD and the research field in its entirety regard free media as one of the main means of curbing corruption. Numerous policy proposals and recommendations stress the importance of media freedom. Nevertheless, our knowledge of how effectively media actually perform to combat corruption is still limited – albeit growing. What’s the Use of a Free Media? presents three independent empirical studies that contribute to an understanding of this role, analyzing the media’s importance in curbing corruption and in promoting and generating high quality political institutions. The research design and robust empirical approach broaden the analytical scope of earlier studies and stressing the need to look beyond simple models of direct effects of media freedom. The dissertation problematizes and elaborates the specifications of both media freedom and quality of government, thereby helping to bridge the gap between theory and the equivalent empirical world