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{{Short description|Media think tank}}
{{infobox organization
| name = Media and Journalism Research Center
| size = 
| formation = 2004
| formerly = Center for Media, Data and Society (2014-2022)  
Center for Media and Communication Studies (2004-2014)
| type = [[Policy institute|Research center]]
| location = 
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = Marius Dragomir
| website = https://journalismresearch.org
}}

The '''Media and Journalism Research Center''' produces scholarly and practice-oriented research about journalism, media freedom, and internet policy.

== History and Network ==

The center was founded as the Center for Media and Communication Studies at [[Central European University]] (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary. It began in 2004, and was designed to serve as a focal point an international network{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} of acclaimed scholars and academic institutions, whose research ranges from media and communications policy, fundamental communications rights through media and civil society and new media and digital technology to media in transition. In September 2014 it was relaunched as the Center for Media, Data and Society<ref>{{cite web |title=Name change |url=http://cmds.ceu.hu/article/2014-10-06/center-adopts-new-name |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009225109/http://cmds.ceu.hu/article/2014-10-06/center-adopts-new-name |archive-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> to represent new interests in technology policy, and big data.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission of CMDS |url=http://cmds.ceu.hu/mission |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009083504/http://cmds.ceu.hu/mission |archive-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> Media expert, journalist and scholar Marius Dragomir led the center starting in September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marius Dragomir Appointed Director of the Center for Media, Data and Society {{!}} CMDS |url=http://cmds.ceu.edu/article/2016-07-01/marius-dragomir-appointed-director-center-media-data-and-society |access-date=2018-09-08 |website=cmds.ceu.edu |language=en}}</ref> Most of CMDS' projects are continued by the Media and Journalism Research Center, a research institute established by Marius Dragomir in  October 2022 that is independent of CEU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://journalismresearch.org/about/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=MJRC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Projects and Mission==
The center's research projects focused on identifying trends and challenges in the use of information technologies and advancing policy discussions about the regulation of data and media. The center had an annual summer school on activism and digital media that draws democracy advocates, media activists, and civil rights campaigners from around the world to discuss policy and strategy{{When|date=February 2024}}. Projects of CMDS included Creative Approaches to Living Cultural Archives,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://livingarchives.eu/#30 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228022532/http://livingarchives.eu/#30 |archive-date=2014-12-28 |access-date=2014-12-22}}</ref> Ranking Digital Rights,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranking Digital Rights - Funders and Partners |url=https://rankingdigitalrights.org/who/funders/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222081438/https://rankingdigitalrights.org/who/funders/ |archive-date=2014-12-22 |access-date=2014-12-22}}</ref> Strengthening Journalism in Europe,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://journalism.cmpf.eui.eu/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919175214/http://journalism.cmpf.eui.eu/ |archive-date=2019-09-19 |access-date=2022-06-29}}</ref> Research on Violent Online Political Extremism.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

The center was also known for its monitoring work on [[media policy]] in Central and Eastern Europe and Hungary in particular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/opinion/hungarys-crackdown-on-the-press.html?_r=0 |title=Hungary's Crackdown on the Press |work=New York Times |date=September 8, 2014 |access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> Since its launch in 2017, the Media Influence Matrix project designed by Marius Dragomir expanded to over 50 countries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=Project Summary - State Media Monitor |url=https://journalismresearch.org/2023/10/project-summary/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The center is also known for its research on media capture. Its last director, Marius Dragomir published studies that attempted to define<ref>{{Cite web|title=MDIF publishes report on media capture in Europe – MDIF|url=https://www.mdif.org/mdif-publishes-report-on-media-capture-in-europe/|access-date=2021-09-12|language=en-US}}</ref> and analyze<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Media Development|publisher=Peter Lang|year=2019|isbn=978-1-4331-5150-7|pages=93–104}}</ref> the media capture phenomenon.

=== State media monitor ===
{{See also|List of state media by country|List of public broadcasters by country}}
The State Media Monitor explores the nuances of different types of public and state media, including serving as a database that analyzes many outlets around the world based on factors like editorial independence, funding, and ownership/governance.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[[Berkman Center for Internet & Society]]
*[[Center for Global Communication Studies]] at [[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Oxford Internet Institute]]

==References==
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[[Category:Internet-related activism]]
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[[Category:2004 establishments in Hungary]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Democracy]]
[[Category:State media]]