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Project

Research on the impartiality of VRT news coverage

In the context of the agreement between public broadcaster and Flemish goverment, the VRT wishes to verify whether it fulfills its mandate to be impartial in providing news and current affairs. This is being investigated by a team of researchers led by Prof. Peter Van Aelst and Prof. Steve Paulussen from the University of Antwerp, in collaboration with Prof. Tim Raats and Prof. Ike Picone (Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In order to get a good idea of the impartiality of the VRT, we opt for a combination of methods to map the content, its production, and its perception by the public. In terms of content, we opt for a combination of a systematic analysis of television news reporting over time (2003-2019) with a case-based approach (2020). When examining three cases in more detail, we will not only zoom in on the content of the reports of the VRT and its competitors, but also conduct interviews with the journalists involved and a selection of the public.
Date:16 Nov 2020 →  16 Nov 2021
Keywords:NEWS, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
Disciplines:Journalism studies