Quality of Journalism and Media Freedom in Europe: The fsQCA Approach
Filip Trbojević
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Peter Berglez
Örebro University, Sweden
Dina Vozab
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Mart Ots
Jönköping University, Sweden
Zrinjka Peruško
University of Zagreb, Croatia
ABSTRACT: Media freedom is often seen as the main value against which the quality of media systems is judged. While the levels of media freedom in Europe are generally higher than the world average, there are yet significant variations in how certain European countries score on media freedom indices and scales. This paper uses comparative quantitative data and applies the fsQCA method to analyze how macro-, meso-, and micro-levels of journalism as a field relate to different levels of media freedom in Europe. The results suggest that media market structure, journalistic skills, and journalists adhering to the monitorial role of journalism constitute the “core” conditions for the implementation of media freedom.
Full text: https://journals.ptks.pl/cejc/article/view/686/pdf
DOI: 10.51480/1899-5101.18.1(39).686
KEYWORDS: democracy, Europe, fsQCA, Journalism, media freedom
AUTHORS:
- Filip Trbojević
ORCID: 0000-0003-0862-5411
University of Zagreb, Croatia - Peter Berglez
ORCID: 0000-0002-3607-7881
Örebro University, Sweden - Dina Vozab
ORCID: 0000-0001-8718-2553
University of Zagreb, Croatia - Mart Ots
ORCID: 0000-0002-0301-9765
Jönköping University, Sweden - Zrinjka Peruško
ORCID: 0000-0002-7990-0997
University of Zagreb, Croatia