Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Ephemerides

Minor’s right to privacy balanced against a broadcaster’s freedom of expression. The case of IVŢ vs Romania

Sinziana-Maria JURAU — 2023-12-18

This case study discusses the recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of I.V.Ţ. v. Romania 01.03.2022 (application no. 35582/15). The ECtHR assessed the Romanian’s State fulfillment of its obligation to protect the right to private life of minors as guaranteed by article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and how the national courts balanced the right to privacy against media’s right to freedom expression as stipulated by article 10 ECHR.

The Submarine Case. A study on Danish journalistic ethics regards media representation of crime and criminality

André KALLEHAVE GRENDSLEV — 2023-12-18

The Danish media landscape, renowned for its commitment to ethical journalism, faces challenges when covering sensational crimes, often leading to breaches of established ethical codes. This research paper investigates the dynamics of sensationalism in crime reporting within Denmark, focusing on the ethical codes that are most susceptible to violations. Using the ‘Submarine Case’ as a case study, the paper explores how media coverage of sensational crimes can lead to ethical code breaches, with a specific emphasis on codes related to court reporting, family circumstances, and public interest.

Buildings as images. A case study on the Medieval local mall

Feline Athene MANSCH — 2023-12-18

This essay explores the pervasive visual culture of postmodernity, emphasizing the continuous need for decoding and interpreting a multitude of images that surround individuals daily. In this context, the study focuses on the Vivo! shopping mall in Cluj-Napoca, examining it as a visual text within the framework of Marc Augé’s theory of non-places and Rem Koolhaas’ critique of contemporary architecture in “Junkspace.” While postmodernism has diversified visual experiences, it paradoxically contributes to architectural uniformity. The essay delves into the dichotomy of shopping malls as non-places, oscillating between private and public, and analyzes their significance in urban landscapes, particularly addressing the exhaustion associated with these seemingly mundane structures.

The interference between new media and traditional media. Assessing the impact of new tools on conventional media content

Maria MOIŞ — 2023-12-18

The media industry has been disrupted by technological developments. In journalism, competition has emerged between traditional media such as television or radio and new media. It’s natural that people spend more time on these new platforms and journalists have to adapt to secure their profession. The theoretical objective is to assess how the basic function of agenda setting by journalists has changed in the new information ecosystem. Empirically, the paper aims to show how the content of news magazines in the media in Romania has changed over time with the expansion of new media. The paper examines the content of TV news bulletins according to the source of the images used. A content analysis to explain the current situation compared to 10 years ago, when the new media did not know such an amplitude. By analysing a series of 77 news programmes, 862 news items, the article assesses the audience’s participation in the production of news, but also the public institutions that use technology to impose their own messages. The results suggest that in 2021 the share of news with downloaded content (not the work of journalists) has increased 12-fold compared to the same period analysed ten years ago. This raises questions about who sets the agenda and what the identity of the traditional journalist is in the face of technological advances.