Presentation given by CMPF Scientific Coordinator Elda Brogi at the CMPF conference Measuring Media Pluralism in Europe

1. Media Pluralism Monitor 2017 in EU28, FYRoM, Serbia
and Turkey
Key findings and future perspectives
#MPM2017 #MPM2020
MONITORING MEDIA PLURALISM IN EUROPE: BETWEEN OLD RISKS AND NEW THREATS
European University Institute / CMPF Albert Borschette Congress Centre, Brussels
Elda Brogi
Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom/EUI

3. Areas and Indicators
Political independence ofPolitical independence of
mediamedia

4. Basic protection
Assesses the essential conditions for a plural and democratic media system:
freedom of expression, access to information, protection of journalists, media
authority, reach of traditional media and access to the internet.

5. Basic protection

6. Basic protection

10. Market plurality
Focuses on transparency and concentration of media ownership (horizontal
and cross-media), commercial influence over newsroom and viability of the
media market.

11. Market Plurality

16. Political independence
Assesses the extent of the politicisation of the media system, media
organizations, newsrooms, media reporting and the PSM.

18. Social inclusiveness
Assesses the risk coming from the levels of access to media by minorities, local
and regional communities, women and people with disabilities; and media
literacy.

22. • The Monitor is:
– Comprehensive and balanced
– Verified and tested tool
• If implemented on a regular basis, the Monitor serves as an early warning
system for policy/regulatory adjustments or to raise awareness on freedom
of expression and media pluralism deterioration
• Provides data that can be useful to assess the level of compliance with EU
standards in the Accession process
• Provides useful data (or highlights a lack of data) for media policy
• Provides data (or highlights a lack of data) for comparative analysis and
studies
• It had an impact on the media policy of some countries
• -A “digital” monitor that keeps the same risk based approach inthe 4 areas.

23. Digital-related variables/risks encompassed by the MPM
 Freedom of expression online: filtering, monitoring, blocking or removing
online content in an arbitrary way by the State or ISPs
 Digital safety of journalists
 Net neutrality
 Internet access
 Market concentration of ISPs and ICPs
 Literacy and digital skills of users
 Role of online media in democratic electoral processes

24. Digital challenges to democracy
(and to the measurement of online pluralism)
Basic protection
•Regulation to tackle disinformation (and hate speech)-New
meaning of transparency-access-accountability
•Surveillance
•Data protection; big data and profiling
•Net neutrality

25. Digital challenges to democracy
(and to the measurement of online pluralism)
Market plurality
•-platform dominance
•-the attention economy
•Algorithms and AI
•-(in)dependence of news organisations business models
•(in)dependence of individual choices of a citizen-consumer,
considering opaque data collections and use, profiling,
microtargeting

26. Digital challenges to democracy
(and to the measurement of online pluralism)
Political independence
•Electoral campaigns in the online environment
•new meaning of fairness/equality
•transparency (es. of political ads)
•political disinformation
•Political bots

27. Digital challenges to democracy
(and to the measurement of online pluralism)
Social inclusiveness
•Filter bubbles/echo chambers
•Biased algorithms (discriminating gender; sexuality; ethnicity)
•Media (il)literacy
•…

28. Thank you.
Email: cmpf@eui.eu; elda.brogi@eui.eu
@CmpfEui @eldaelda