Martin Scott
@martinscott2010.bsky.social
Professor of Media and Global Development. Researching press freedom, international news and media influence on aid. University of East Anglia.
Its out! Our new Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which ranks 30 countries on how actively they support #mediafreedom beyond their borders through diplomatic, funding and safety initiatives.
Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind...
Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...
Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind...
Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Its out! Our new Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which ranks 30 countries on how actively they support #mediafreedom beyond their borders through diplomatic, funding and safety initiatives.
Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind...
Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...
Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind...
Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...
On 24th October, we are launching a new #Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which evaluates and ranks countries based on their support for #mediafreedom globally.
It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends
lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m
It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends
lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On 24th October, we are launching a new #Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which evaluates and ranks countries based on their support for #mediafreedom globally.
It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends
lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m
It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends
lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m
"Frontex collected personal data for years through covert interrogations of migrants after their arrival in Europe that lacked basic legal guarantees"
Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights
elpais.com/internaciona...
Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights
elpais.com/internaciona...
July 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Frontex collected personal data for years through covert interrogations of migrants after their arrival in Europe that lacked basic legal guarantees"
Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights
elpais.com/internaciona...
Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights
elpais.com/internaciona...
*NEW ARTICLE*:
What do #journalists think of the international media freedom campaigns that aim to support them – like the #MediaFreedomCoalition - and how might their perspectives help us better understand the impacts of such initiatives?
We try to answer here... ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
What do #journalists think of the international media freedom campaigns that aim to support them – like the #MediaFreedomCoalition - and how might their perspectives help us better understand the impacts of such initiatives?
We try to answer here... ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
May 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
*NEW ARTICLE*:
What do #journalists think of the international media freedom campaigns that aim to support them – like the #MediaFreedomCoalition - and how might their perspectives help us better understand the impacts of such initiatives?
We try to answer here... ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
What do #journalists think of the international media freedom campaigns that aim to support them – like the #MediaFreedomCoalition - and how might their perspectives help us better understand the impacts of such initiatives?
We try to answer here... ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Just found out that our book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and Voice of America" has been shortlisted for the MeCCSA Monograph of the Year award. @newsprof1.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social
See here for all the shortlisted articles/books www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...
See here for all the shortlisted articles/books www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...
May 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Just found out that our book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and Voice of America" has been shortlisted for the MeCCSA Monograph of the Year award. @newsprof1.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social
See here for all the shortlisted articles/books www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...
See here for all the shortlisted articles/books www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...
We are looking for a Teaching Fellow in #GlobalDevelopment with a particular focus on #Media and #Communication
Deadline: 20th May 2025. Start Date: 1 Sept 2025 for 11 months
See here for more details about the role - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT311/t...
Please share with anyone who might be interested
Deadline: 20th May 2025. Start Date: 1 Sept 2025 for 11 months
See here for more details about the role - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT311/t...
Please share with anyone who might be interested
April 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
We are looking for a Teaching Fellow in #GlobalDevelopment with a particular focus on #Media and #Communication
Deadline: 20th May 2025. Start Date: 1 Sept 2025 for 11 months
See here for more details about the role - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT311/t...
Please share with anyone who might be interested
Deadline: 20th May 2025. Start Date: 1 Sept 2025 for 11 months
See here for more details about the role - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT311/t...
Please share with anyone who might be interested
I've got a new report out today - on international factual programming on UK TV in 2023-24.
Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily.
Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...
Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily.
Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...
April 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I've got a new report out today - on international factual programming on UK TV in 2023-24.
Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily.
Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...
Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily.
Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...
The Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) needs another reset, argues Prof. Can Yeginsu at the #MediaFreedomForum.
"Now is the time for action"
"Now is the time for action"
March 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) needs another reset, argues Prof. Can Yeginsu at the #MediaFreedomForum.
"Now is the time for action"
"Now is the time for action"
...and out of curiosity, I looked up how the use of the term 'cost of living crisis' has changed over time. It really exploded in 2022. Seems to be tailing off now. I wonder which 'crisis' will replace it.
January 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
...and out of curiosity, I looked up how the use of the term 'cost of living crisis' has changed over time. It really exploded in 2022. Seems to be tailing off now. I wonder which 'crisis' will replace it.
What ideological work does the term ‘cost of living crisis’ do? And what does MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis have to do with it?
Really enjoyed this new article from Isaac Hoff and
@catherinehapper.bsky.social
Great example of critical (media) sociology
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Really enjoyed this new article from Isaac Hoff and
@catherinehapper.bsky.social
Great example of critical (media) sociology
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What ideological work does the term ‘cost of living crisis’ do? And what does MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis have to do with it?
Really enjoyed this new article from Isaac Hoff and
@catherinehapper.bsky.social
Great example of critical (media) sociology
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Really enjoyed this new article from Isaac Hoff and
@catherinehapper.bsky.social
Great example of critical (media) sociology
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“Richly textured and narratively riveting"
A new review of our recent book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America" - from Matthew Conaty in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
@melbunce.bsky.social @newsprof1.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A new review of our recent book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America" - from Matthew Conaty in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
@melbunce.bsky.social @newsprof1.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
“Richly textured and narratively riveting"
A new review of our recent book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America" - from Matthew Conaty in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
@melbunce.bsky.social @newsprof1.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A new review of our recent book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America" - from Matthew Conaty in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
@melbunce.bsky.social @newsprof1.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I also argue that “The BBC World Service needs to be funded on the basis of values”.
My evidence is based on work I've done with @newsprof1.bsky.social + Mel Bunce.
It starts here at 14:23:35 – for 10 mins parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
My evidence is based on work I've done with @newsprof1.bsky.social + Mel Bunce.
It starts here at 14:23:35 – for 10 mins parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
November 20, 2024 at 10:26 AM
I also argue that “The BBC World Service needs to be funded on the basis of values”.
My evidence is based on work I've done with @newsprof1.bsky.social + Mel Bunce.
It starts here at 14:23:35 – for 10 mins parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
My evidence is based on work I've done with @newsprof1.bsky.social + Mel Bunce.
It starts here at 14:23:35 – for 10 mins parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
“More funding [for the BBC World Service] MUST come with guarantees of editorial independence’.
This was my main argument to the UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee when I gave evidence on Tuesday to their inquiry into the Future of the BBC World Service.
This was my main argument to the UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee when I gave evidence on Tuesday to their inquiry into the Future of the BBC World Service.
November 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
“More funding [for the BBC World Service] MUST come with guarantees of editorial independence’.
This was my main argument to the UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee when I gave evidence on Tuesday to their inquiry into the Future of the BBC World Service.
This was my main argument to the UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee when I gave evidence on Tuesday to their inquiry into the Future of the BBC World Service.
Just spent an excellent day at Trinity College, Cambridge, at a workshop on "Addressing Hate Speech: Sociolinguistics, Media and AI"
Learnt loads about the political economy of platforms from Prof Eugenia Siapera + the normalisation of hate speech from Prof Michal Krzyzanowski.
Learnt loads about the political economy of platforms from Prof Eugenia Siapera + the normalisation of hate speech from Prof Michal Krzyzanowski.
November 14, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Just spent an excellent day at Trinity College, Cambridge, at a workshop on "Addressing Hate Speech: Sociolinguistics, Media and AI"
Learnt loads about the political economy of platforms from Prof Eugenia Siapera + the normalisation of hate speech from Prof Michal Krzyzanowski.
Learnt loads about the political economy of platforms from Prof Eugenia Siapera + the normalisation of hate speech from Prof Michal Krzyzanowski.
A new report just out from @odi-global.bsky.social looking at Narratives and the Humanitarian response in Ukraine.
Part of their long-running HPG series on "Humanitarian Narratives".
media.odi.org/documents/Uk...
Part of their long-running HPG series on "Humanitarian Narratives".
media.odi.org/documents/Uk...
November 12, 2024 at 3:15 PM
A new report just out from @odi-global.bsky.social looking at Narratives and the Humanitarian response in Ukraine.
Part of their long-running HPG series on "Humanitarian Narratives".
media.odi.org/documents/Uk...
Part of their long-running HPG series on "Humanitarian Narratives".
media.odi.org/documents/Uk...
Some fun news...
I'm going to be giving oral evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee next week, for their new inquiry into "The future of the BBC World Service".
committees.parliament.uk/work/8597/th...
I'm going to be giving oral evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee next week, for their new inquiry into "The future of the BBC World Service".
committees.parliament.uk/work/8597/th...
November 12, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Some fun news...
I'm going to be giving oral evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee next week, for their new inquiry into "The future of the BBC World Service".
committees.parliament.uk/work/8597/th...
I'm going to be giving oral evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee next week, for their new inquiry into "The future of the BBC World Service".
committees.parliament.uk/work/8597/th...
The Introduction of our new book is now FREE to read online for 1 month (Oct 2024).
"It unfolds like a riveting detective story... [and] offers hard-won lessons for what it will take to secure the autonomy of international public media" (Prof Rodney Benson)
academic.oup.com/book/57598/c...
"It unfolds like a riveting detective story... [and] offers hard-won lessons for what it will take to secure the autonomy of international public media" (Prof Rodney Benson)
academic.oup.com/book/57598/c...
October 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The Introduction of our new book is now FREE to read online for 1 month (Oct 2024).
"It unfolds like a riveting detective story... [and] offers hard-won lessons for what it will take to secure the autonomy of international public media" (Prof Rodney Benson)
academic.oup.com/book/57598/c...
"It unfolds like a riveting detective story... [and] offers hard-won lessons for what it will take to secure the autonomy of international public media" (Prof Rodney Benson)
academic.oup.com/book/57598/c...
Our book "Humanitarian Journalists" just came out in Paperback + is just £15.99 from Routledge
In it, we document the unique reporting practices of an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises.
www.routledge.com/Humanitarian...
In it, we document the unique reporting practices of an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises.
www.routledge.com/Humanitarian...
October 4, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Our book "Humanitarian Journalists" just came out in Paperback + is just £15.99 from Routledge
In it, we document the unique reporting practices of an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises.
www.routledge.com/Humanitarian...
In it, we document the unique reporting practices of an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises.
www.routledge.com/Humanitarian...
Our new book about #Trump, #Internationalbroadcasting, and US democracy is now available from the US and the UK.
Its just £13.99 or $20.97 with this 30% discount code - ASFLYQ6 - if you buy it directly from OUP t.co/dogPWBZ0Ws
Its just £13.99 or $20.97 with this 30% discount code - ASFLYQ6 - if you buy it directly from OUP t.co/dogPWBZ0Ws
September 27, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Our new book about #Trump, #Internationalbroadcasting, and US democracy is now available from the US and the UK.
Its just £13.99 or $20.97 with this 30% discount code - ASFLYQ6 - if you buy it directly from OUP t.co/dogPWBZ0Ws
Its just £13.99 or $20.97 with this 30% discount code - ASFLYQ6 - if you buy it directly from OUP t.co/dogPWBZ0Ws