Key Findings of State Media Monitor 2024 Published

State Media Monitor Quoted in Newsweek Story About Twitter’s Decision to Label NPR as State Media

In one of the latest decisions made by Twitter under Elon Musk’s rein, as of Tuesday night, National Public Radio (NPR) has been labeled as state-affiliated media. Such a development questions Twitter’s…

State Media Monitor Cited on ABC Radio

“There is a need for a new vision of public service media,” our Director Marius Dragomir told Australian public service radio ABC. The program, which featured Dragomir, Paul Thompson, chief executive and editor-…

State Media Monitor Presented at OSCE Roundtable

Our Director Marius Dragomir was one of the presenters at the Sixth Expert Roundtable of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, discussing the role of public service media in countering disinformation. He…

State Media Monitor in Greek Parliament

The Greek media report on the study that is the base of this database after it was cited by a member of the Greek Parliament, Giannis Ragousis (SYRIZA). Read the…

Public Media Alliance Cites State Media Monitor

Last month, the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS), published a study assessing the editorial independence of the world’s state media. Malta’s national broadcaster, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), was classified by the report’s authors…

State Media Monitor in The Shift

A new tool to assess the editorial independence of 546 state-administered media companies in 151 countries found that nearly 80% of the world’s state media lack editorial independence. The comparative…

Regional overviews

2024 For the third consecutive year, the state and public media landscape in Asia has remained largely unchanged. The region boasts a high level of diversity, yet change is limited for several reasons. Firstly, the region is home to numerous …

2024 The Eurasian region presents significant challenges for state-controlled media. Traditional media outlets, such as television and radio, are the dominant players in these countries, with extensive reach and a significant audience. Given their widespread popularity, these media outlets are …

2024 Europe leads the way in terms of editorial independence in state and public media. However, there has been a continued decline in the percentage of independent public and state media over the past year. The combined share of the …

Latin America and the Caribbean

2024 The state control model is the dominant paradigm throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, with over three-quarters of the 66 state and public media companies surveyed in the region falling under this category. The region is home to a …

State Media Monitor is a project of the Media and Journalism Research Center, a research institute that specializes in carrying out media research globally. This website features the most complete state and public media database ever built. Collection of data for the State Media Database has been carried out since 2004 under the supervision of Marius Dragomir, a journalist, media expert and scholar who is the center’s director. During this period, more than 600 researchers have participated in conducting research that has been used to create this database as part of various projects including Television Across Europe, Mapping Digital Media and the ongoing Media Influence Matrix. A consortium of experts led by the Media and Journalism Research Center carries out monitoring of the media outlets featured in the database. An updated Overview is published every year in September-October. For more information about the project and contacts, visit Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) website.

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)

The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is South Korea's national public broadcaster. Established in 1927, KBS oversees the operation of radio and television stations, as well as a network of 18 regional channels. Media assets Television: KBS 1TV, KBS 2TV, KBS …

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)

The Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), also known as the Cultural Broadcasting Corporation, is a prominent television and radio network in South Korea. It operates MBC TV channels, three radio stations, and numerous local broadcasters. Media assets Television: MBC TV Radio: …