Know the Power, Know the Media

Media and journalism are changing fast and so should the media research agenda. Power in the regulatory decision-making process, financing and public sphere: these issues should lead today's media research agenda. We at the Center for Media, Data and Society want to play a role in covering them. Read more about our future here.

Our Summer School 2017: Learn About Media Capture

The Center for Media, Data and Society's 2017 summer school, "Media Capture: The Relationship Between Power, Media Freedom and Advocacy" to be held at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary on 26 June to 7 July, 2017 will focus on the biggest challenge to media freedom and independent journalism today: the systemic political corruption in which private interests shape the decision-making process in state bodies and institutions. Read more about the application process here.

How Media in Austria and Hungary Covered the Refugee Crisis

The research initiated by CMDS and led by Vera Messing and Gabor Bernath investigates the media coverage in Hungary and Austria of three crucial events during the so called ‘refugee crisis’, which took place during summer-early autumn 2015, analysing how different media outlets framed events related to the refugee crisis; which actors were allowed to voice their experiences and opinions; and what visual and narrative representations shaped the coverage of the events. Read the report here.

Who is Doing Podcasting in Academia

Academic podcasting is a new form of content creation, a medium for content dispersion and part of a movement that seeks to expand intellectual engagement. Moreover, podcasting in academia has the potential to foster new communities of practice, to open academic knowledge and change the way research is imagined. CMDS has already piloted a podcasting workshop this year at CEU and as a broader project, it maps various podcasting models, looking first at good practices and successful examples of podcasts across three themes: geographic, historic and disciplinary.

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Apply to CEU School of Public Policy's Master's Programs

The School of Public Policy at Central European University is now accepting applications to their three master's programs in public policy, which also offer a media and communication track, and for the public policy track of the Political Science PhD Program. The application deadline is February 1.

About the Center for Media, Data and Society

The Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) is a research center for the study of media, communication, and information policy and its impact on society and practice. Founded in 2004 as the Center for Media and Communication Studies, CMDS is part of CEU’s School of Public Policy and serves as a focal point for an international network of acclaimed scholars, research institutions and activists. In support of promoting the values of an open society CMDS produces scholarly and practice-oriented research addressing academic, policy and civil society needs, coordinates course offerings at CEU, provides trainings and consulting services and organizes scholarly exchanges through workshops, lectures and conferences on current developments in the field.

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team and fellows

Marius Dragomir
Director of CMDS

Jenna Althoff
CMDS Fellow

Cameran Ashraf
Core Faculty Member at SPP

Attila Bátorfy
CMDS Fellow

Eva Bognar
Senior Program Officer & Researcher

Amy Brouillette
CMDS Fellow

Ian Cook
CMDS Fellow

Kate Coyer
Director of the Center's Civil Society and Technology Project

Dumitrita Holdis
Program Coordinator

Miklos Haraszti
CMDS Fellow

Jessie Labov
CMDS Fellow

Anna Orosz
Program Assistant for Outreach

Sejal Parmar
Core faculty member at CEU

Dean Starkman
CMDS Fellow

Sahana Udupa
Core Faculty Member at SPP

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