Three Publications Nominated for the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award 2025
Three outstanding scholarly publications have been shortlisted for the 2025 edition of the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award.
On April 7, 2025, the Selection Committee reviewed proposals submitted for the 8th edition of the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award, which honors significant academic contributions to media systems, policies, ethics, and public service media. Scholarly contributions published in 2024 and 2025 were submitted by members of the Leadership team of the International Association of Public Service Media Researchers (IAPMR), Editors, and Associate Editors of “Central European Journal of Communication” (CEJC), previous Award winners and the Selection Committee.
The Committee assessed submissions based on three interrelated criteria:
- 1) methodological correctness,
- 2) contribution to media knowledge,
- 3) impact on democratic society.
Based on this evaluation, the following works and authors have been nominated for the 2025 edition of the Award:
- Václav Štetka & Sabina Mihelj. (2024). The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Marius Dragomir. (2025). Media Capture Monitoring Report. Vienna, Austria: International Press Institute.
- Tales Tomaz. (2024). Media Ownership and Control in Europe: A Multidimensional Approach. European Journal of Communication, 39(5), 498–511. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231241270994
Established in 2018 by Małgorzata Semil-Jakubowicz and the Polish Communication Association, the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award commemorates the legacy of Dr. Karol Jakubowicz, a prominent scholar in media and democratic communication.
The winner of the 2025 Award will be announced on April 28 – marking the anniversary of Dr. Jakubowicz’s passing.
For more information, please visit the Polish Communication Association’s website.
Dagmara Sidyk-Furman and Michał Głowacki