Editorial Media as Defenders of Democracies

Liberal democracies in the EU have steadily weakened over the past 10 to 15 years. To examine how Europe’s editorial media contribute to supporting democracies in these challenging times, Schibsted Media has created a unique report, presented here. In the report we explore whether the function of the media has evolved over the past 15 years and what the potential for the future may be. One conclusion is that the journalistic function requires a reinvention. To bring fresh insights to the debate on media’s role in democracy, we’ve analyzed data from four datasets that have not before been compared.