I’m thrilled to be in Brussels this February 15/16th for a crucial Mediadelcom meeting. We’ll be diving into the future of media, the need for change, and how deliberative communication can strengthen our EU democracy.

This event marks the finale of the Mediadelcom project, a groundbreaking EU-funded study on media landscapes in Europe.

We’ll be presenting our new book «Monitoring Mediascapes: A Premise of Wisdom-Based EU Media Governance» – a project I’m honored to have co-edited!

The book «Monitoring Mediascapes: A Premise of Wisdom-Based EU Media Governance» explores the capabilities across 14 European countries to monitor media landscapes, focusing on the risks and opportunities arising from media developments for deliberative communication. It underscores the importance of quality journalism and media literacy in supporting democratic decision-making. The Mediadelcom project, which the book reports on, aims to identify configurations of risks and opportunities for deliberative communication, advocating for wisdom-based media governance. Through empirical analysis and theoretical exploration, the book presents a comprehensive view of the current state and challenges in monitoring media transformations, emphasizing the need for a robust system to assess and adapt to these changes for the advancement of deliberative democracy.

The contributors and their respective chapters include:

• Epp Lauk and Martín Oller Alonso: Introduction and overview of the capability of monitoring mediascapes in 14 European countries.
• Halliki Harro-Loit, Tobias Eberwein, and Lars Nord: Key concepts and basic variables in monitoring mediascapes.
• Martín Oller Alonso, Halliki Harro-Loit, and Epp Lauk: Mediadelcom’s approach and methodology.
• Epp Lauk, Martín Oller Alonso, Zrinjka Peruško, Tobias Eberwein, and Christian Oggolder: A diachronic perspective on the evolution of monitoring capabilities.
• Marcus Kreutler, Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, Michał Głowacki, Anna Kandyla, Jacek Mikucki, Gábor Polyák, Petra Szávai, and Ágnes Urbán: Monitoring legal regulation and media accountability systems.
• Lenka Waschková Císařová, Sergio Splendore, Martín Oller Alonso, Iveta Jansová, Jan Motal, Peter Berglez, Lars Nord, Christina Krakovsky, and Nadezhda Miteva: Journalism and the key to monitoring.
• Ragne Kõuts-Klemm, Lilia Raycheva, Iveta Jansová, Neli Velinova, and Mart Ots: Assessing media usage research from perspectives of access, trust, and news consumption.
• Slavomir Gálik, Norbert Vrabec, Ioana Avadani, Anda Rožukalne, Ilva Skulte, Alnis Stakle, Filip Trbojević, Peter Krajčovič, and Lora Metanova: Monitoring media user competencies.
• Halliki Harro-Loit: Risks to the capability of monitoring mediascapes across Europe.

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