This project is co-funded by the European Union.
The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) is a scientific tool developed by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom to assess the potential weaknesses in national media systems that may hinder media pluralism. Based on 20 indicators, summarising 200 variables, it covers four areas: Fundamental Protection, Market Plurality, Political Independence, and Social Inclusiveness. The implementation also includes an additional section on the digital dimensions of media pluralism.
Every year, this research project leads to the publication of one general report assessing the health of the media ecosystem in Europe and candidate countries, as well as dedicated country reports (also available in the national language) for each Member State and candidate country analysed. Specifically, the MPM2024 covers 32 European countries (EU27 plus Albania, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey), with preliminary studies on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The MPM 2024 has confirmed the findings of the previous rounds of monitoring – showing that no country analysed is free from risks to media pluralism.
Prior to the 2023 implementation, the tool has been implemented in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, and 2016, and tested under two pilot projects co-funded by the European Union in 2014 and 2015. These two pilot-test implementations built on the prototype of the MPM that was designed in the 2009 Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism in the Member States – Towards a Risk-Based Approach carried out by KU Leuven, JIBS, CEU, Ernst & Young, and a team of national experts.
Explore the Report: https://cmpf.eui.eu/media-pluralism-monitor/