Dive into mentored research and analysis on media, platforms, and communication power.
Publishing emerging scholars in media and cultural governance.
FEATURED INSIGHTS
Selected contributions that address key questions in media governance, platform power, and communication rights.
A Look Behind the Lens: Gender Disparities in Cinematography in EU-Funded Films
The sleeping giant, the European Film Industry: REBOOTing right questions and daring answers
Seeing the Disabled: Visually Impaired Bloggers on Chinese Short-Video Platforms
EXPLORE BY THEMES
Browse contributions across key areas of media and cultural governance.
Platform Governance and Regulatory Power
The ways platforms shape rules, responsibility, and accountability in digital communication systems.
Communication Rights and Democratic Inclusion
Access, participation, and rights in contemporary communication environments.
Digital Transformation and Governance
How digital technologies and AI reshape communication, and the ways they are governed.
Media Power, Ownership and Control
Who owns and controls media systems, and how this shapes public communication
Inequalities of Voice in Mediated Systems
Visibility, representation, and structural inequalities in media and platforms.
Policy Responses and Governance Effectiveness
Evaluating laws, policies, and regulatory frameworks in media and cultural governance.
PROJECTS FROM THE LAB
Contributions connected to ongoing research, teaching, and projects at the Media Governance & Industries Research Lab, University of Vienna.
LATEST CONTRIBUTIONS
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A Look Behind the Lens: Gender Disparities in Cinematography in EU-Funded Films
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Audience Views on European Film Competitiveness: Results from the SCREENING THE SCENE Conference Survey
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From the Advisory Board: Competition, Sovereignty and Cultural Futures in the Streaming Era
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The sleeping giant, the European Film Industry: REBOOTing right questions and daring answers
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Seeing the Disabled: Visually Impaired Bloggers on Chinese Short-Video Platforms
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My First International Conference: Enthusiasm, Exchange and New Perspectives
ABOUT
The blog publishes mentored contributions (opinions and analyses) from students and researchers working on global matters of media, communication, and cultural governance. The views are of the authors, and they preserve the copyright of their work. The blog furthermore provides insights into research concerning the work of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FREuDe (2019-2023) and of the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and Media Governance (2016-2019), as well as the Horizon Europe-funded research projects hosted at the Media Governance & Industries Lab, namely The REBOOT Project, GAMEHearts, ANIMA MUNDI and STREAMSCAPES. Currently, the blog is being curated by Oleksandra Gudkova and Simon Haslauer. Any views expressed in blog entries here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the lab.
EDITORIAL DIRECTION
This is the blog of the Media Governance & Industries Research Lab, anchored in the Department of Communications of the University of Vienna. The blog is headed by Prof. Katharine Sarikakis.
Katharine is Professor of Communication Science with specialisation in Media Governance, Media Organisation and Media Industries at the Department of Communication, University of Vienna. She leads the Media Governance and Industries Research Lab and was the Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, FREuDE, between 2019 and 2023. Katharine is currently leading four projects funded by Horizon Europe – The REBOOT Project, GAMEHearts, ANIMA MUNDI and STREAMSCAPES – and one project, EuroCivic, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.
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