Przejdź do wyszukiwarki/Go to searching Zamknij wyszukiwarkę
A- Decrease font sizeA+ Decrease font size Zmień kontrast

Central European Journal of Communication

Central European Journal of Communication

Scientific Journal of the Polish Communication Association

https://www.facebook.com/CEJCjournal

https://linkedin.com/company/cejcjournal

https://www.instagram.com/cejcjournal

You are here: Home > Browse Journal > Volume 18 No 1 (39) Special Issue 2025 > Quality of Journalism and Media Freedom in Europe: The fsQCA Approach

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: