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MediaPowerMonitor is a Narrative Intelligence Repository (NIR), which tracks who shapes information, how it spreads, and where influence originates. Analysis draws on human and local expertise, capturing insights that AI alone cannot generate.
Proof Point
The Language Trap: How MEPs Tell Different Stories About Ukraine Depending on Who’s Listening
When European lawmakers switch languages on social media, they don’t just translate their messages; they change them. A new study analyzing over 80,000 posts about Ukraine reveals a troubling pattern: politicians say one thing in English to their Brussels colleagues and quite another when addressing voters back home. The gap is measurable and significant. Posts…
Scoreboards
Europe’s Parties Under the Microscope: A League Index Story
Across Europe’s shifting political landscape, League Index has been quietly charting the contours of party strength, influence, and direction, producing one of the most intriguing league tables in contemporary politics. Conceived as an independent rankings platform, the League Index evaluates political parties using a composite scoring system known as the DMI Index, a multidimensional metric designed to capture…
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AI Reality Check
ChatGPT Tells Users to Leave GoDaddy, Research Finds
Students from the MJRC Young Researchers Program have found that ChatGPT consistently advises users to leave the web-hosting company GoDaddy. In a series of tests carried out between September and October 2025, the students asked ChatGPT to compare GoDaddy with other major hosting providers, including Hostinger, Squarespace, Wix, and Google Cloud. In nearly all cases, the chatbot’s…
The Quiet Takeover: How AI Is Rewriting Newsrooms and Academics
One night in late 2024, a local reporter filed a modest feature about a town festival coming back after years of dormancy. He went home believing his draft would be edited in the morning. By sunrise, the story was live—tighter ledes, cleaner quotes, a few context paragraphs he didn’t write. The CMS, it turned out,…
From the MediaPowerMonitor Archive
The Mathematics of Crime: The Story of a Breathtaking Journalistic Investigation
Two intrepid journalists embarked on an investigation into the unjust conviction of a Czech man, only to uncover a deeply flawed justice system. In 2012, Czech journalist Magdalena Sodomkova found…
From Campus to the Headlines: How a Student Journalism Class Is Breaking Major Stories
Every year, a journalism class at a Vienna-based university unearths attention-grabbing stories. The idea of a practical journalism course dawned on Marius Dragomir while he was chatting with a student…
Big Tech Funding: A Band-Aid Solution for Journalism’s Struggles
New study exposes philanthrocapitalism’s failure to effectively back journalism in the Global South. In the fast-paced world of media innovation, the game-changing bond between news organizations and tech giants takes…
Big Tech and Journalism: Principles for Fair Compensation
“One remedy we do not have in the Global South is the break-up of Big Tech through antitrust or competition authority action,” Michael Markovitz, of the Gordon Institute of Business…
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