News
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Iztok Šori Re-elected as Director of the Peace Institute
Congratulations to Iztok Šori! We look forward to continuing our work together towards a more democratic, just and solidaristic society!
Feeling the crisis, building the alternative: Women journalists in nonprofit digital media
Majda Hrženjak’s article, published in Journalism, focuses on three analytically selected cases of women journalists who co-founded nonprofit digital media outlets.
We are celebrating 35 years of work!
We would be delighted to celebrate with you! We will mark 35 years of the Peace Institute with a full day of events taking place in two parts.
Affective Media Symposium: Transformations of Public Communication
The symposium demonstrated that the affective dimension is crucial to understanding contemporary transformations of media and journalism.
Media Ownership Database Now Openly Available through the Slovenian Social Science Data Archives (ADP)
It includes data on media outlets, publishing companies, and ownership chains that extend beyond the Slovenian media landscape into other national media systems.
How Do Citizens Understand Media Autonomy and Its Role in Democracy?
Brankica Petković and Mojca Pajnik published a scientific article in the international journal ESSACHESS – Journal for Communication Studies.
Projects
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ZAVEM – Advocacy for the Democratic Role of Media
The purpose of the project is to strengthen the monitoring of media policy and legislation and to increase the influence of civil society.
North Macedonia: EU Digital and Media Acquis Harmonisation and Digital Transformation Skills Development
The project is designed to continue and deepen reforms in the media sector in North Macedonia.
Affective Media: Transformations of Public Communication
The study examines the “affective turn” in the media which has marked a series of changes, ranging from the digitalisation of newsrooms and new forms of employment to the...
Mapping Media for Future Democracies
Establishing an up-to-date overview and understanding of the state of democracy in the European Union, its challenges, strengths and threats, and the roles and functions of media and journalism...
Our Media: A civil society action to generate media literacy and activism, counter polarization and promote dialogue
Increased media activism and participation of CSOs in policymaking.
Defending and strengthening the role of civil society and journalists in protecting democracy in Slovenia
Defending and strengthening the role of civil society and journalists in protecting democracy in Slovenia.
Publications
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Aricle / Feeling the crisis, building the alternative: Women journalists in nonprofit digital media through the lens of feminist epistemology and the affective turn
Majda Hrženjak’s article, published in Journalism, focuses on three analytically selected cases of women journalists who co-founded nonprofit digital media outlets.
Article / Affective governmentality and the emotional life of journalism across biographical transitions
The article by Mojca Pajnik, Maja Breznik, and Rok Smrdelj has been published in the international journal Journalism.
Article / Media oligarchs and the attention economy: ownership dynamics in Slovenia’s media system
A new study published in Communication & Society journal analyzes how Slovenia’s media landscape has transformed from 2010 to 2022.
Article / Media Instrumentalization from Transition to Authoritarian Populism
The study explores media instrumentalization in Central and Eastern Europe through the perceptions of journalists in Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia. Authors: Fanni Toth, Mojca Pajnik and Lana Zdravković.
Structural Masculinism and Women’s Media Ownership in the Context of Authoritarian Populism
An article co-authored by Marlene Radl, Burçe Çelik, Mojca Pajnik & Birgit Sauer on structural masculinism and women's media ownership in the context of authoritarian populism has been published...
Enhancing the hybrid media system model: The role of critical theory in media and communication research
The main contribution of the article is to show that critical theory strengthens the explanatory power of the current eclectic-empirical media models without fundamentally undermining their foundations.