Switzerland – (E10) Rules and practices on internal pluralism
Media organizations strive for pluralism. Their mission statements guarantee that different views and perspectives are being reported. The given circumstances restrain pluralism.
Indicators: Equality / Interest mediation
Switzerland – (E9) Participation
Leading Swiss news media hesitate to engage people to participate in the news process.
Switzerland – (E8) Level of self-regulation (performance)
Editorial statutes and other internal newsroom rules exist, but are not used consistently in daily practice.
Switzerland – (E7) Code of ethics at the national level (structure)
Although a code of ethics exists, it has limited effect in daily business.
Switzerland – (E6) Content monitoring instrument
Efforts to monitor news media on a regular basis in Switzerland are institutionalized, but are still at an early, emerging stage.
Switerzland – (E5) Affordable public and private news media
Switzerland is one of the richest countries worldwide and its mass media are relatively cheap.
Switzerland – (E4) Minority / Alternative media
(Swiss) linguistic minorities are well equipped with mass media in Switzerland. The public broadcaster SRG SSR guarantees that all official languages and cultures are covered with information. There are no special media for immigrants. Alternative media products exist.
Switzerland – (E3) Diversity of formats
The Swiss news media landscape is still rich in news formats. In the newspapers, the traditional media sections have been eliminated more and more in the past years. This trend is alarming. The diversity suffers.
Switzerland – (E2) Media ownership concentration regional (local) level
There is strong concentration of newspapers at the regional level. There is hardly any competition. Only in the Italian-speaking part and in the greater area of Zurich does more than one independent publishing house compete.
Switzerland – (E1) Media ownership concentration national level
On the national level three big publishing houses dominate the print media sector. The public broadcaster SRG SSR dominates the electronic sector in all three language regions in Switzerland.
