Telecom and Media Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/telecom-and-media/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:54:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Telecom and Media Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/telecom-and-media/ 32 32 On the Rise (and Fall) of fake news hype https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/on-the-rise-and-fall-of-fake-news-hype/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-rise-and-fall-of-fake-news-hype https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/on-the-rise-and-fall-of-fake-news-hype/#respond Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:04:48 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-fake-news-hype/ For some years, they have been the undisputed queens of political talk shows, the master key used by most commentators to explain the whatever. There was no election in which they did not make their triumphal appearance: The «leave» won at Brexit? Fault of fake news! Trump becomes president? The same! True, fake news, a catch-all term referring to intentionally fabricated information characterized by politically charged content, suffered a first backlash in conjunction with the 2019 European elections, where the expected populist tide ultimately failed to come about. But with Joe Biden at the White House the miracle seems to have materialised: all of a sudden, fake news and their thaumaturgical role in influencing the vote vanished (or almost did).

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/on-the-rise-and-fall-of-fake-news-hype/feed/ 0 The EU Needs Property Rights In Spectrum https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-eu-needs-property-rights-in-spectrum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-eu-needs-property-rights-in-spectrum https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-eu-needs-property-rights-in-spectrum/#respond Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:49:21 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article-the-eu-needs-property-rights-in-spectrum/ The European Union has been hard at work attempting to harmonise national markets in an effort to build a competitive and innovative Digital Single Market by reducing the ability for…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-eu-needs-property-rights-in-spectrum/feed/ 0 Roam like at home! Or Not? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/roam-like-at-home-or-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roam-like-at-home-or-not https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/roam-like-at-home-or-not/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:15:32 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/roam-like-at-home-or-not/ The creation of a European Digital Single Market is moving forward, but the risk of regulatory capture is significant and it is undermining the success of the project. The reduction…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/roam-like-at-home-or-not/feed/ 0 The reform of the BBC https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-reform-of-the-bbc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-reform-of-the-bbc https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-reform-of-the-bbc/#respond Mon, 30 May 2016 08:22:46 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/the-reform-of-the-bbc/ The BBC Charter The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, is the oldest and largest broadcasting corporation in the world. It is funded (partially) by annual licence fees charged to all households…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-reform-of-the-bbc/feed/ 0 The debate over Net Neutrality https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-debate-over-net-neutrality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-debate-over-net-neutrality https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-debate-over-net-neutrality/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:51:20 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/the-debate-over-net-neutrality/ Net neutrality: what is the debate about? The Internet has probably been the fastest developing industry of the last two decades, leading it to become a necessary instrument in our…

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