Humanities - Media

Colin Porlezza will take part in the Journalistic Role Performance Project

Media - Campus

Prof. Colin Porlezza, Professor of Digital Journalism at the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), will serve as PI (Principal Investigator) for Switzerland within the Journalistic Role Performance Project (JRP ), one of the world's largest comparative research projects in the field of journalism studies.

Politics - Media - Dec 17, 2024

Can AI influence election outcomes?

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be a weapon of mass disinformation, but a recent report has demonstrated that its impact thus far has been limited.

Media - Innovation - Oct 21, 2024

SRG is not crowding out private news media

Media - Innovation

People who use SRG news also consume commuter, tabloid, and subscription media more frequently than those who do not. Furthermore, the use of SRG news does not detrimentally affect people's willingness to pay for online news. These are the findings of the Yearbook Quality of the Media 2024 published by the University of Zurich's Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society (fög).

Media - History - Aug 22, 2024

Radiophonic cultures: how radio shapes sound and society

Media - History

The cultural significance of radio is the subject of the research project "Radiophonic Cultures", the second volume of which was recently published. In an interview, media scientist Professor Ute Holl explains the cultural and social forms that radio has produced, and why it remains an essential medium in the digital world.

Media - Pedagogy - Dec 5, 2024

The JAMES study: exploring the relationship between youth and media in Switzerland

Media - Pedagogy

Since 2010, the Institute of Media and Journalism ( IMeG ) at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) has been responsible for the Swiss Italian-speaking region within the national JAMES study ( Jugend, Aktivitäten, Medien - Erhebung Schweiz ).

Media - Politics - Sep 6, 2024

The journalism crisis: can we manage without journalists?

Tamedia, the owner of the newspapers 24 heures , Tribune de Genève , and Le Matin dimanche , has announced significant job cuts. Welfare plans and cost-cutting measures are increasing in the media industry, both in Switzerland and abroad.

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