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Manuel Puppis
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Professor of Media Structures & Governance at DCM, University of Fribourg. Vice-President Swiss Federal Media Commission.

Doing comparative research on media policy, platform governance, digitalization of the public sphere, Swiss media system. .. more

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Spark @sprk.so · 1d
Spark is now in open beta.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d
PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 2d
Auf meinem Blog gibts meine „Im Gespräch“-Premiere mit Marco Wanda zum Nachhören (52 min Ö1-Radioversion, 91 min OV im Podcast.)
Und zum Lesen - als vollständiges Transkript des ungekürzten Gesprächs - mit vielen erklärenden Links und etlichen Wanda-Videos als Bonus-Material:
„Ich bin nicht Marco Wanda“ › Blog von Armin Wolf
Seit Anfang 2026 darf ich einmal pro Monat Gastgeber der fabelhaften Ö1-Radioreihe "Im Gespräch" sein - einer Sendung, die einst Peter ...
www.arminwolf.at

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Monika Dommann @modomodo.bsky.social · 3d
Weggehen, um dann eines Tages so einen kritischen Text schreiben zu können

Wallis, Land des Schmerzes und der Schuld www.nzz.ch/schweiz/wall...
Tragödie von Crans-Montana: Der Schmerz und die Schuld des Wallis
Kein anderer Kanton der Schweiz erlebt derart viele Katastrophen wie das Wallis. Doch in kollektiver Trauer hat Einsicht wenig Platz. Das hat mit dem Grössenwahn der Bergler zu tun.
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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 5d
Mit einiger Verzögerung ist nun endlich das neue Dossier #Medienpolitik der @bpb.de online publiziert worden, inkl. eines Beitrages von mir zur Frage, was Medienpolitik im digitalen Zeitalter eigentlich ist.

www.bpb.de/themen/medie...
Medienpolitik | bpb.de
Die neuen technischen und inhaltlichen Entwicklungen der digitalen Medien sind eine Herausforderung für Medienmacher, Publikum und Politik. Das Dossier möchte Grundlagen zum Rundfunk- und Medienrecht ...
www.bpb.de

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 6d
If you thought 2025 was bad, buckle up.
rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”

Where’s Congress?

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”

Where’s Congress?

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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 7d
The majority of Americans can’t locate Venezuela on this map

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Silent in Flames @silentinflames.bsky.social · 7d
"The road to Nazi domination in 1933 was paved with people who told you not to overreact, like, the institutions will hold. Surely they can't come for, surely they can't do this"

@adriandaub.bsky.social in the final episode of the Project 1933 series in the @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social Podcast.

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Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · 8d
Throwback an all die Personen, die erklärten, dass die zweite Ära Donald Trumps ja quasi Business as usual werden. Und die sich geradezu lustig machten über jene, die mit größter Sorge auf diese Amtszeit blickten

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 8d
Learn to hold two thoughts in your heads peoples. It's not that hard. My army can be criminally incompetent and the americans just criminal. They're not mutually exclusive concepts.

Unless you're an idiot.

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 11d
"We don't have to be naive about the failures of elite journalism before the Ellisons bought CBS and installed the unqualified Weiss to recognize that this is no alternative to those failures but instead their logical result."

www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...

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۞ Heather B. ۞ @ruxiecat121.bsky.social · 13d
It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣
A meme Top half of the image is a still from Disney's The Three Musketeers, showing four Musketeers standing together. Bottom half of the image is Star Trek TNG's Captain Picard's face during the well-known "there are four lights" scene.

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 14d
That's enough LinkedIn for the rest of my life.
Dylan AnderDylan Ander • 2ndPremium • 2nd 3 exits. $5B+ in online revenue optimized. 12+ years in marketing. 1 book published.3 exits. $5B+ in online revenue optimized. 12+ years in marketing. 1 book published. Promoted by heatmapPromoted by heatmap Follow At 14, I was charging $250 a night to babysit. Everyone else was charging $50. Why’d parents pay me 5x more? Because I didn’t sell “babysitting.” I sold peace of mind. Here’s how 👇

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 16d
Ich mag die Rubrik "Vom Ombudsmann empfohlen".
karpi.bsky.social Karpi @karpi.bsky.social · 16d
Dann mach ich mir halt mein eigenes Netflix! Ich hab mir zu Weihnachten einen Traum erfüllt und eine eigene Streaming-Plattform gebastelt. Share and Enjoy. schweizer.film

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Karpi @karpi.bsky.social · 16d
Dann mach ich mir halt mein eigenes Netflix! Ich hab mir zu Weihnachten einen Traum erfüllt und eine eigene Streaming-Plattform gebastelt. Share and Enjoy. schweizer.film

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 18d
Der US-Präsident, der Medien auf zig Milliarden klagt, zusperren will, als „Volksfeinde“ denunziert und Journalistinnen als „Schweinchen“ beschimpft, geht mit Sanktionen gegen den „globalen Zensur-industriellen Komplex“ (aka EU) vor.
Es ist nur noch irre.
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 19d
When media policy meets military: Is Palantir a Swiss military technology company?

Great piece by @republik.ch, financially supported by @journafonds.bsky.social and globally distributed by Swissinfo, the SRG's international offer that government plans to defund.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
Why Palantir is becoming a risky bet for Switzerland
Zurich serves as a hub for US tech company Palantir’s business relations. The Swiss foreign ministry now has the company in its sights, because of its controversial role in Gaza.
www.swissinfo.ch

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 20d
The dismantling of a once reputable news organization in real time.
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20d
CBS under Bari Weiss is bowing to Trump.
Screenshot of a post on X (Twitter) by Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum). The text reads: “Here is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues in full:” with the X.com branding visible in the corner and a small profile photo of the author. Screenshot of the beginning of an email on a white background addressed to “News Team,”. The email apologizes for not reaching out earlier and states that the writer learned Bari Weiss spiked the story “INSIDE CECOT,” which was supposed to air that night. It says the story was screened five times and cleared by CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices, calls it factually correct, and argues that pulling it is a political rather than editorial decision. Screenshot of the middle portion of the email. It states that requests for responses or interviews were made to DHS, the White House, and the State Department, and that government silence should not function as a veto. It warns that allowing refusal to participate to spike stories gives the government a “kill switch” over reporting and would turn 60 Minutes from an investigative program into a “stenographer for the state.” Screenshot of the concluding portion of the email. It emphasizes a moral and professional obligation to sources who risked their lives, references CBS spiking the Jeffrey Wigand interview and the damage to credibility, and warns that failing to air the story after promoting it will be seen as corporate censorship. The email ends by stating concern for the future of the broadcast and is signed “Sharyn.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20d
CBS under Bari Weiss is bowing to Trump.
Screenshot of a post on X (Twitter) by Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum). The text reads: “Here is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues in full:” with the X.com branding visible in the corner and a small profile photo of the author. Screenshot of the beginning of an email on a white background addressed to “News Team,”. The email apologizes for not reaching out earlier and states that the writer learned Bari Weiss spiked the story “INSIDE CECOT,” which was supposed to air that night. It says the story was screened five times and cleared by CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices, calls it factually correct, and argues that pulling it is a political rather than editorial decision. Screenshot of the middle portion of the email. It states that requests for responses or interviews were made to DHS, the White House, and the State Department, and that government silence should not function as a veto. It warns that allowing refusal to participate to spike stories gives the government a “kill switch” over reporting and would turn 60 Minutes from an investigative program into a “stenographer for the state.” Screenshot of the concluding portion of the email. It emphasizes a moral and professional obligation to sources who risked their lives, references CBS spiking the Jeffrey Wigand interview and the damage to credibility, and warns that failing to air the story after promoting it will be seen as corporate censorship. The email ends by stating concern for the future of the broadcast and is signed “Sharyn.”

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 20d
Aber macht ruhig lustige bildchen mit ki, hihihi
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USA schalten altes AKW wieder an - für künstliche Intelligenz
Das Kraftwerk Three Mile Island steht für den schlimmsten Reaktorunfall in der US-Geschichte. Doch bald soll ein Teil des stillgelegten AKWs wieder hochgefahren werden. Der Grund: der Energiebedarf vo...
www.tagesschau.de

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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 23d
Die Vereinten Nationen haben sich am Mittwoch darauf verständigt, das Internet Governance Forum zur ständigen UN-Institution zu machen. Was auf dem Spiel stand, erklärt Sophia Longwe von Wikimedia Deutschland.

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Internet Governance: Ein Weihnachtswunder der internationalen Digitalpolitik
Die Vereinten Nationen haben sich am Mittwoch in New York darauf verständigt, das Internet Governance Forum zur ständigen UN-Institution zu machen. Was auf dem Spiel stand und warum die Ergebnisse aus...
netzpolitik.org

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Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut @bredowinstitut.bsky.social · 23d
🎧 Was wissen junge Menschen über den #TikTok-Algorithmus? Das hat eine qualitative #UseTheNews-Studie am HBI untersucht. Im aktuellen #BredowCast spricht Dr. Leonie Alatassi über die Ergebnisse und die algorithmischen Kompetenzen von 16- bis 24-Jährigen.

👉 leibniz-hbi.de/podcast/wie-...

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 24d
NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it

A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.

No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.

We can't let this happen. Share & take action

www.badinternetbills.com
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 25d
Breaking: Warner Bros. Discovery is officially rejecting Paramount’s buyout offer, calling it “illusory” and arguing that the existing plan to sell most of the media company to Netflix is a better deal for shareholders. Here's my full story: www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/m...
Warner Bros. Discovery advises shareholders to reject Paramount’s offer. But the battle isn’t over | CNN Business
Warner Bros. Discovery is officially rejecting Paramount’s buyout offer, calling it “illusory” and arguing that the existing plan to sell most of the media company to Netflix is a better deal for shar...
www.cnn.com

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 27d
Das hat jetzt nichts damit zu tun, dass der Initiativtext ein Onlineangebot ausschliesst.

Aber gut: Sportrechte machen 3% der Ausgaben aus. Mir der Initiative würde das Budget aber halbiert.

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 28d
Ein bisher kaum beachteter Aspekt der schädlichen #Halbierungsiniatitive: ein Onlineangebot über die Bereitstellung existierender Radio- und TV-Sendungen hinaus wäre der #SRG nicht mehr erlaubt (zumindest nicht finanziert aus der Medienabgabe).

www.tagesanzeiger.ch/srg-initiati...
Härtere Folgen als angenommen: Ein Ja zur SRG-Initiative wäre das Ende des heutigen Onlineangebots von SRF
Nimmt das Volk die Halbierungs­initiative an, müsste die SRG ihre heutigen News-Apps und ihre Social-Media-Aktivitäten wohl komplett einstellen.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 29d
vielleicht auch nicht irrelevant: Stellungnahme der UNESCO.

www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Age restrictions alone won't keep children safe online
Statement by UNICEF as countries move to introduce social media bans for children
www.unicef.org

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · 29d
Dass Haidt nicht berücksichtigt wird, hat einen einfachen Grund: Sein Buch ist zwar sehr populär, in der Wissenschaft aber hoch umstritten.

Hier ein Überblick, weshalb die meisten Forscher*innen seine Interpretation empirischer Daten bestreiten.

www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Is Jonathan Haidt right about smartphones?
In ‘The Anxious Generation’, Haidt makes the case that social media and smartphones have ‘rewired’ today’s teenagers, but his critics say the evidence tells us something very different - and that bann...
www.tes.com

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · Dec 12
I just wonder how they plan to collect a DNA sample...