Lithuania – (E9) Participation
Media in Lithuania offer a variety of ways for their audiences to take part in the public sphere.
Countries: Lithuania
Lithuania – (E8) Level of self-regulation (performance)
Sophisticated means of media self-regulation do exist in some newsrooms; there are also examples of organized self-criticism in some media.
Lithuania – (E7) Code of ethics at the national level (structure)
Lithuania has an institutionalized system of media self-regulation with two institutions established according to media law; in 2009, the Lithuanian Journalists Union established their own self-regulation institution.
Lithuania – (E6) Content monitoring instrument
Organized and regular media monitoring is performed by diverse organizations such as NGOs, media regulatory bodies, and higher education institutions; large-scale and regular media monitoring practices, however, are lacking.
Lithuania – (E5) Affordable public and private news media
All media are inexpensive and available at a low cost.
Lithuania – (E4) Minority / Alternative media
Media for national minorities exist only as niche media.
Lithuania – (E3) Diversity of formats
Different types of content are offered, but entertainment dominates in mainstream media.
Lithuania – (E2) Media ownership concentration regional (local) level
In general, regional concentration is fairly low in Lithuania; in most cases more than two competing news media outlets are available in each sector.
Lithuania – (E1) Media ownership concentration national level
Concentration is high in all sectors of media with national coverage (especially in television).
Lithuania – (F7) Procedures on news selection and news processing
Some news media have written documents (stylebooks) for news presentation; these instructions, however, are very general.
