Threats to press freedom and journalists’ safety: A comparative study of Greece, Slovakia, and Spain

Mária Žuffová, Lambrini Papadopoulou, Jaume Suau Martinez

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Resumen

Free journalism is indispensable for monitoring the actions of political representation, holding it accountable, exposing the misuse of power, and defending public interests. Fulfilling these roles assumes that journalists can do their job and pursue public-interest stories to the best of their abilities without fear of retaliation. In this chapter, building on the Media Pluralism Monitor data, we discuss the key issues of concern related to the journalists’ safety, focusing on the attacks in the offline and online environment and the political elite’s hostile criticism of the media. We analyse these issues in the context of Greece, Slovakia, and Spain, which share several common features regarding their media environment. Yet, these countries differ in risks to journalists’ safety. We find, however, that despite different risk levels, the safety of journalists has been deteriorating in all three countries over the years. These findings have important implications for policymakers.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaMedia Pluralism in the Digital Era
Subtítulo de la publicación alojadaLegal, Economic, Social, and Political Lessons Learnt from Europe
EditorialTaylor and Francis Ltd.
Páginas49-63
Número de páginas15
ISBN (versión digital)9781040110478
ISBN (versión impresa)9781032567617
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 ene 2024

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