Vaclav Stetka
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Vaclav Stetka
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Media & political communication scholar, Loughborough University
New book: "The Illiberal Turn: Media in Polarized Societies" (Open Access, https://tinyurl.com/34p67pn2)

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IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 10d
📻 What is the future of public service media in an age of deepening polarization, disinformation, and eroding trust? In the latest IWMpost issue, @vstetka.bsky.social argues that its survival depends on its capacity to adapt to the digital era while resisting its harmful impacts.

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Vaclav Stetka @vstetka.bsky.social · 14d
Happy to have contributed to this issue, featuring several essays around the theme of Digital Transformations, including mine on the future of public service media in the digital age.
iwm.at IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 15d
🗞️ IWMpost 136 Out Now!

From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.

➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...

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IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 15d
🗞️ IWMpost 136 Out Now!

From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.

➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...

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Tim Gosling @tgoscee.bsky.social · Nov 5
Incoming #Czech gov't triggers alarm over public media plans with thx to @vstetka.bsky.social @marinaurbanikova.bsky.social
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Incoming Czech gov't triggers alarm over public media plans – DW – 11/05/2025
Czechia's populist ANO party won the most votes in the recent general election and seeks to form a government with two far-right parties. The coalition's plans for public media are causing particular ...
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Vaclav Stetka @vstetka.bsky.social · Oct 29
That's an interesting choice of the headline by @pewresearch.org , seeing the glass half-full rather than half-empty. It would be equally true to say that young Americans's trust in mainstream media has dropped so low that it almost matches their trust in social media.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · Oct 29
How Americans’ trust in information from news organizations and social media sites has changed over time
U.S. adults under 30 now trust information from social media almost as much as from national news outlets
Half of 18- to 29-year-olds say they have at least some trust in the information they get from social media sites.
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 29
Our new report provides a typology of news creators, based on analysis of 24 countries

The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics

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