Journalists and Media Accountability

Susanne Fengler (PhD, Free University Berlin) is professor of international journalism at TU Dortmund University and director of the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism. She is the director of the MediaAcT project. Tobias Eberwein (PhD, TU Dortmund University) is visiting professor at TU Dortmund University and acting academic director of the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism. He is the scientific coordinator of the MediaAcT project. Gianpietro Mazzoleni (PhD, University of Rome-La Sapienza) is full professor of political communication at the Università degli Studi di Milano. Colin Porlezza (PhD, Università della Svizzera italiana) is lecturer at the Department of Journalism at City University London. Stephan Russ-Mohl (PhD, University of Konstanz) is professor of journalism and media management at the Università della Svizzera italiana and director of the Lugano-based branch of the European Journalism Observatory.

Contents: Susanne Fengler/Tobias Eberwein/Tanja Leppik-Bork/Julia Lönnendonker/Judith Pies: Media Accountability - Basic Concepts and Theoretical Foundations – Susanne Fengler/Tobias Eberwein: Mapping Media Accountability - in Europe and Beyond – Heikki Heikkilä/Michał Głowacki/Michał Kuś/Judith Pies: Innovations in Media Accountability and Transparency – Tobias Eberwein/Susanne Fengler/Susan Philipp/Maryam Ille: Counting Media Accountability - the Concept and Methodology of the MediaAcT Survey – Epp Lauk/Halliki Harro-Loit/Jari Väliverronen: Media Accountability through the Eyes of Journalists: Feedback, Responsiveness, Interaction – Salvador Alsius/Ruth Rodríguez-Martínez/Marcel Mauri de los Rios: Little Impact? Journalists’ Perceptions of Traditional Instruments of Media Self-Regulation – Wayne Powell/Mike Jempson: More Accountability in the Digital Age? The Influence of New Technologies – Harmen Groenhart/Huub Evers: Media Accountability and Transparency - What Newsrooms (Could) Do – Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska/Michał Głowacki/Michał Kuś: Context Factors for Media Self-Regulation and Accountability – Gianpietro Mazzoleni/Sergio Splendore: ‘Cultures of Accountability’ - or Global Trends in Media Accountability? The Hallin and Mancini Model Revisited – Olivier Baisnée/Sandra Vera Zambrano: Realms of Influence on Media Accountability – Judith Pies: Media Accountability in Transition: Survey Results from Jordan and Tunisia – Susanne Fengler/Stephan Russ-Mohl: The (Behavioral) Economics of Media Accountability – Matthias Karmasin/Daniela Kraus/Andy Kaltenbrunner/Klaus Bichler: Media Ethics as Institutional Ethics - the Potential of Corporate Social Responsibility – Raluca-Nicoleta Radu/Daniela-Aurelia Popa: Media Accountability and Journalism Education – Susanne Fengler/Tobias Eberwein/Gianpietro Mazzoleni/Colin Porlezza/Stephan Russ-Mohl: Summary: Perspectives for Newsrooms, Policy-Makers and Journalism Educators.