Dr Eileen Culloty is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) where she works on a number of institute projects including the JOLT European Training Network (H2020), PROVENANCE (H2020) and the Reuters Digital News Report. As part of the JOLT-ETN, she is co-supervisor of a PhD on ‘new journalism publics’ and a member of the project management team. Her research examines the digital public sphere with a specific focus on knowledge-driven media, digital citizenship and information literacy. She is a member of the BAI Media Literacy Network.
A new verification tool for images and video was launched at a meeting of the First Draft Network in Strasbourg on Monday. InVID is free plugin…
Writing in The Irish Times, Eileen Culloty considers the implications of Reuters Digital News Report 2017 findings on public willingness to pay for online news. If we take…
International research, published today by the Reuters Institute has found that Ireland has a higher trust in news media than the international average. The survey…
On June 22nd, DCU will hold a symposium on public funding of private media. The “advertising-for-journalism” model which has funded print and broadcast media since the…
In a recent New York Times article, Farhad Manjoo examines how Twitter “exacerbates groupthink” and aids “production and dissemination of propaganda and misinformation.” After last…
In a recent article for The Conversation, Professor Philip Seib outlines why “Mainstream media outlets are dropping the ball with terrorism coverage”. Professor Seib was in DCU last…
Noel Curran has been appointed director general of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the world’s leading alliance of public service media. Mr Curran is a former Director…
People are accessing video content in more ways than ever before due to the rapid growth of new devices to consume media and the rise…
Online misinformation and the wider post-truth culture of belief-driven knowledge are severely undermining the civic and democratic roles of journalism. Addressing this challenge calls for…
The HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) has commissioned a team led by FuJo Researcher, Dr Roddy Flynn to conduct a review of activities…