Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics

Tobias Eberwein, Senior Scientist and Research Group Leader at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.Susanne Fengler, Professor for International Journalism at the Institute of Journalism, and Director of the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, TU Dortmund University.Matthias Karmasin, Professor at the Department of Media and Communications, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, and Director of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.

• Part I: Concepts and classifications of media accountability1 Theory and practice of media accountability in Europe: an introductory overviewTobias Eberwein, Susanne Fengler & Matthias Karmasin2 European models of journalism regulation: a comparative classificationJoão Miranda & Carlos Camponez3 The circular impact model: conceptualizing media accountabilityCaroline LindekampPart II: Political and societal challenges4 Media accountability in the era of fake news: journalistic boundary work and its problems in FinlandHeikki Heikkilä & Jari Väliverronen5 Media accountability instruments concerning immigration and the polarisation of trust in journalism in SwedenTorbjörn von Krogh & Göran Svensson6 Press repeat: media self-regulation in the United Kingdom after LevesonGordon Ramsay & Martin Moore7 Media accountability meets media polarisation: a case study from PolandMichał Głowacki & Michał KuśPart III: Economic and organisational challenges8 Selling short media accountability? The importance of addressing market-driven claims on media freedomAndrew T. Kenyon, Eva-Maria Svensson & Maria Edström9 Public value and shared value through the delivery of accountabilityKaisa Sorsa10 Strengthening media accountability through regulated self-regulation: the Swiss modelMirco Saner & Vinzenz Wyss11 Accountability and corporate social responsibility in the media industry: a topic of relevance?Isabell Koinig, Sandra Diehl, Franzisca Weder & Matthias KarmasinPart IV: Technological challenges12 Involvement of private and civil society actors in media regulation processes: a comparison of all European Union member statesDirk Arnold13 Emerging structures of control for algorithms on the Internet: distributed agency – distributed accountabilityFlorian Saurwein14 Ensuring accountability and transparency in networked journalism: a critical analysis of collaborations between whistle-blowing platforms and investigative journalismColin Porlezza & Philip Di SalvoPart V: Perspectives: rethinking the role of the audience15 Complaints handling mechanisms and online accountability in Western European PSBDolors Palau-Sampio16 A wheelbarrow full of frogs: how media organisations in the Netherlands are dealing with online public complaintsYael de Haan17 The battle over the living room: constructing an accountable popular cultureEfrat Daskal18 Examining media accountability in online media and the role of active audiences: the case of SpainJose A. García-Avilés19 Media criticism in an African journalistic culture: an inventory of media accountability practices in KenyaDavid Cheruiyot