Based on the theoretical framework, especially McQuail’s four roles of the media in democracy (monitorial, facilitative, radical and collaborative), the Monitor’s project team developed a set of dimensions and indicators to measure the performance and contribution of leading news media to contemporary democracies:
These three dimensions (freedom / information, equality / forum and control / watchdog) were operationalised through 26 indicators, and for each of them the national research team was requested to grade the performance of their country’s media by assigning from 0 to 3 points.
The indicators within this dimension include:
The indicators within this dimension include:
The indicators within this dimension include:
The Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) is a research project from The Euromedia Research Group. This is a network of researchers that collects and exchanges information that help to describe and analyse developments in media structure and policy in Europe.
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