Methodologies for Measuring Media Freedom. The Bulgarian Case (Comparative Analysis of the Methodologies Used by Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, CMPF, IREX, and AEJ-Bulgaria)

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  • Chief Assist. Prof. Dr Iliya Valkov Department of Media and Public Communications, Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure, UNWE image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37075/YB.2020.1.09

Keywords:

Freedom house, Reporters without borders, CMPF, IREX, Press freedom, Media freedom, Index, Methodology, Comparative analysis, Critical approach, AEJBulgaria
L82, O57, D72

Abstract

This article examines the methodologies used by global and national organizations specialized in the study of media freedom, namely US-based Freedom House and International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX); French-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF); Italian-based Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), which is funded by the European Commission, and the Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria). Employing a critical approach and a comparative analysis, this study outlines the approaches and tools used to measure freedom of the media, the social, political and economic factors that influence the results, and the Bulgarian perspective in the indices of these organizations.

References

Valkov, Iliya (2015). New Forms of Pressure: Rumours and Defamation Against Journalists. (2015 Annual Study on Freedom of Speech in Bulgaria). URL: http://new.aej-bulgaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/anketa-resultati-2015.pdf (accessed 22.07.2020)

Valkov, Iliya (2017). The Big Comeback of Political Pressure. (2017 Annual Study of Freedom of Speech in Bulgaria). URL: http://new.aej-bulgaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/golyamoto-zavrashtane.pdf (accessed 22.07.2020)

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Published

2020-09-28

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No. 1 (2020)

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Valkov, I. (2020). Methodologies for Measuring Media Freedom. The Bulgarian Case (Comparative Analysis of the Methodologies Used by Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, CMPF, IREX, and AEJ-Bulgaria). Yearbook of UNWE, 1, 139-165. https://doi.org/10.37075/YB.2020.1.09