Monitoring media pluralism - An exercise in futility?

How to ensure a sustainable ecosystem for media in Europe that is financially viable and offers a plurality and diversity of content was at the centre of the debates at the 41st EPRA Meeting which took place in Berne on 14-16 May 2015. The second Plenary session on 15 May looked at recent and current initiatives aiming to monitor the level of pluralism in the media. After a keynote speech by Dr. Marie McGonagle, a panel composed of Elda Brogi from the Florence-based Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom and of Roger Loppacher i Crehuet, Chairman of the Catalan regulator CAC reported on issues of methodology and challenges of ongoing European and national projects to measure pluralism in the media. A final, full-length version of Dr. Marie McGonagle’s background paper, entitled “Monitoring Media Pluralism - an exercise in futility?” is now publicly available. http://epra.production.novelys.com/news_items/monitoring-media-pluralism-an-exercise-in-futility http://www.epra.org/attachments/berne-plenary-2-how-to-ensure-and-assess-media-pluralism-and-diversity-of-media-content-background-paper-full-version How to ensure and assess Media Pluralism and Diversity of Media Content