Prof. Dr. Birgit Stark
Professor of Communication and Media Convergence, Department of Journalism | JGU Mainz
Measuring opinion power and diversity on the Internet: Towards a new conception of regulating media concentration
What could control of media concentration that secures the functioning of a political public sphere in the age of digitalisation look like? This is the overarching question of the project.
Ensuring Diversity in the Age of Media Intermediaries: Models of measurement and normative standards
The working paper examines the influence of media intermediaries on opinion formation and discusses models of how diversity in public discourse can be ensured.