CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Zubascu, Vasile Florin |
|---|---|
| Title | Media Independence and Democracy: Influential Relations between Journalists, Politicians, Ownership, and Advertisers in Romania |
| Summary | The goal of this research is to identify the actors that have the most influence over Romanian journalists and under which conditions Romanian journalists are prone to be influenced by multiple heteronomous sources of power. Using data from European Media Systems Survey and Worlds of Journalism Study, this thesis seeks to identify the most influential actors in the Romanian news-media and the methods through which they influence and limit the independence of journalists. The results show that media owners and political parties (through politicians) are the most powerful actors when it comes to influencing the news media in general and political coverage in particular. Also, regardless of the type of professional conditions, and their declared ethical and professional values, most journalists are subject to blackmail, bribes, and different sorts of indirect limitations. |
| Supervisor | Popescu, Marina |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/zubascu_vasile-florin.pdf |
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