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Vaclav Stetka
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Media & political communication scholar, Loughborough University
New book: "The Illiberal Turn: Media in Polarized Societies" (Open Access, https://tinyurl.com/34p67pn2)

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Tim Gosling @tgoscee.bsky.social · 22d
Incoming #Czech gov't triggers alarm over public media plans with thx to @vstetka.bsky.social @marinaurbanikova.bsky.social
www.dw.com/en/incoming-...
Incoming Czech gov't triggers alarm over public media plans – DW – 11/05/2025
Czechia's populist ANO party won the most votes in the recent general election and seeks to form a government with two far-right parties. The coalition's plans for public media are causing particular ...
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Vaclav Stetka @vstetka.bsky.social · 29d
That's an interesting choice of the headline by @pewresearch.org , seeing the glass half-full rather than half-empty. It would be equally true to say that young Americans's trust in mainstream media has dropped so low that it almost matches their trust in social media.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 29d
How Americans’ trust in information from news organizations and social media sites has changed over time
U.S. adults under 30 now trust information from social media almost as much as from national news outlets
Half of 18- to 29-year-olds say they have at least some trust in the information they get from social media sites.
www.pewresearch.org

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 29d
Our new report provides a typology of news creators, based on analysis of 24 countries

The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Nov 24
🚨BREAKING: Romania is on track to buck the global trend of a hard-right pivot as reformist candidate Elena Lasconi was forecast to beat nationalist George Simion to reach the final round of the country’s presidential election.
Romanian election: Reformist candidate on track to beat hard-right leader and reach presidential runoff
Liberal Elena Lasconi and center-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu are forecast to come out on top in the first round of the vote Sunday, early exit polls showed.
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🇱🇹 4fouls @4fouls.bsky.social · Nov 28
❗️Tbilisi, 🇬🇪 Georgia Now.

Spontaneous protests erupt in Tbilisi and across Georgia after the PM declares EU negotiations are "off the table until 2028."

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Dec 10
#4 Dreamer: Viktor Orbán

The Hungarian PM is taking his vision of illiberal democracy on the road, bankrolling ultraconservative outlets across the EU.

Now, he has his sights set on Donald Trump’s America.

Read his #POLITICO28 profile: www.politico.eu/list/politic...

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Tim Gosling @tgoscee.bsky.social · Feb 26
Battle Over #Czech Public Service Broadcaster: Another Rerun balkaninsight.com/2025/02/26/b... w insight from
@vstetka.bsky.social @marinaurbanikova.bsky.social

balkaninsight.com/2025/02/26/b...
Battle Over Czech Public Service Broadcaster: Another Rerun
The Czech government is looking to push through a license fee hike for public service broadcasters before the autumn election, when the populists are expected to return to power.
balkaninsight.com

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Sabina Mihelj @sabinamihelj.bsky.social · Jul 23
As democracy crumbles and authoritarianism gains ground around the world, digital media are increasingly being blamed for driving these developments. However, as I and @vstetka.bsky.social argue in a recent piece for Le Monde, the role of digital media in these developments is often exaggerated.

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Vaclav Stetka @vstetka.bsky.social · Jul 16
Thanks for your kind words, Katharina! 🙏