The latest calls for papers and news regarding public service media and communications research.

Call for papers are placed in order of upcoming deadlines. Conference dates can also be found in our events section.

Research funds and other opportunities can also be found via our Grants & Opportunities page.

media freedom

State Media Monitor 2023: A Bleak Reading

The spectre of a series of intensifying conflicts presents an alarming peril to democratic societies, ahead of a crucial election year.


Facebook on smartphone

Report: Making Big Tech Pay for the News They Use

New research assesses how policy makers and legislators are looking to rebalance the power dynamic between big tech and news providers.


BBC

New study reveals how audiences undervalue the BBC

A new report provides evidence of how British audiences underestimate the value they get from the UK’s largest public service media organisation and…


broadcasting fee form for ARD and ZDF

Funding Democracy: Public Media and Democratic Health in 33 Countries

Funding Democracy: A new report provides evidence of a positive correlation between well-funded public media and healthy democracies.


journalists

Report: Impact of Covid-19 on media in Southeast Asia

A research report into the key impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the media across Southeast Asia, and a draft Media Recovery Plan.


JNI News

News of the nation: The transformation of national broadcasting

Read our report for the Judith Neilson Institute on the changing role of national broadcasters and public media in Asia.


research management

Beyond survival?

New Research: People management strategies for the development and growth of PSBs in the fragmented digital media landscape