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politico.eu
🚨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.bsky.social
❗️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.eu
#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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tgoscee.bsky.social
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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by Sabina Mihelj — Reposted by: Václav Štětka

sabinamihelj.bsky.social
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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vstetka.bsky.social
Thanks for your kind words, Katharina! 🙏

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vstetka.bsky.social
Very much enjoyed the panel on the rise of the illiberal public sphere at #IPSA2025, organised by the Political Communication section, as well as the panel on "destructive polarization" covened by @kathaesa.bsky.social - thanks for the opportunity to promote our work with @sabinamihelj.bsky.social!
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by Anne Schulz — Reposted by: Václav Štětka, Richard Fletcher, Jürgen Maier , and 7 more

reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
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vstetka.bsky.social
Thank you, Line!

by Václav Štětka — Reposted by: Sabina Mihelj

by Václav Štětka — Reposted by: Sabina Mihelj

vstetka.bsky.social
Truly honoured by this award for our book with @sabinamihelj.bsky.social🙏 Many thanks to APSA @apsaitp.bsky.social, as well as to almost 20k people who have accessed the book online so far! #illiberalism
polcomm.bsky.social
APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 5
🎉 Excited to share the APSA Technology & Politics Section Award winners! 🏆

📚 Best Book

The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies
by @sabinamihelj.bsky.social & @vstetka.bsky.social. You can access it, it is in open access!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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The Illiberal Public Sphere
This book uncovers the media's role in global illiberalism through cutting-edge analysis of recent developments in Eastern Europe.
link.springer.com
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by Václav Štětka — Reposted by: Stephen Hutchings, Sabina Mihelj

polcomm.bsky.social
🎉 Excited to share the APSA Technology & Politics Section Award winners! 🏆

📚 Best Book

The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies
by @sabinamihelj.bsky.social & @vstetka.bsky.social. You can access it, it is in open access!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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The Illiberal Public Sphere
This book uncovers the media's role in global illiberalism through cutting-edge analysis of recent developments in Eastern Europe.
link.springer.com
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by Timothy G. Ash — Reposted by: Václav Štětka

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indyeditorial.bsky.social
Hungary’s new ‘transparency’ bill targets independent media & civil society. This is authoritarianism, not accountability.

We stand with all journalists, NGOs & citizens defending democracy. The EU must act.

nezavisla.economia.cz/en/committee...

#PressFreedom #Hungary #EUvalues
credit: Mate Filler / Telex
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connectedtwplus.bsky.social
RSF this year for the first time called the global environment for press freedom ‘difficult.’ What does the future hold for press freedom in Taiwan and Asia?

🎙️ Aleksandra Bielakowska (@ketalaolan.bsky.social), Irene Jay Liu & Václav Štětka (@vstetka.bsky.social)

Watch here:
Has Press Freedom Reached a Low Point in 2025? Blame Social Media, AI and Budget Cuts | CONNECTED
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) this year for the first time called the global environment for press freedom ‘difficult.’ What does the future hold for press...
youtu.be
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by Václav Štětka — Reposted by: Sabina Mihelj

vstetka.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to talk about our book with @sabinamihelj.bsky.social to such an engaged audience. Many thanks to Marlene Laruelle and @jchrobie.bsky.social for having us!
illsp.bsky.social
Illiberalism Studies Program @illsp.bsky.social · Apr 3
If you missed yesterday's presentation by @vstetka.bsky.social and @sabinamihelj.bsky.social on their new book, The Illiberal Public Sphere, the full recording is now available on our YouTube!

youtu.be/ySHWGIbuB9U
The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies
YouTube video by Illiberalism Studies Program
youtu.be
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illsp.bsky.social
If you missed yesterday's presentation by @vstetka.bsky.social and @sabinamihelj.bsky.social on their new book, The Illiberal Public Sphere, the full recording is now available on our YouTube!

youtu.be/ySHWGIbuB9U
The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies
YouTube video by Illiberalism Studies Program
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