If you are a news platform dealing with falling reader trust and outdated revenue streams — this project developed guidelines on new media business models that help recover the democratic value of information.
Strategies for Sustainable Media Business Models and Digital Content Trust
Imagine the news world as a giant conversation where everyone is shouting and no one knows who to trust. This work looks at how journalists and regular people interact with apps and social media to find the truth. It's like creating a new rulebook for the internet so that reliable information wins over fake news.
What needed solving
Media companies are struggling with eroding trust and outdated business models in a digital landscape filled with disinformation and complex new EU regulations.
What was built
A set of guidelines and policy recommendations to improve the relationship between citizens, media, and digital technologies.
Who needs this
Who can put this to work
If you are a consultancy dealing with the complexities of the Digital Services Act — this project developed policy recommendations that feed directly into the design and implementation of these EU regulations.
If you are a software provider dealing with the spread of disinformation during crises — this project developed an analysis of 8 key challenges, including the climate crisis and pandemic, to help identify obstacles in information production.
Quick answers
What is the cost or price for implementing these findings?
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or commercial costs are mentioned as this is a research project funded by a EUR 2,592,095 EU contribution.
Can this be scaled to an industrial level?
The project provides guidelines and policy recommendations for the media landscape, which can be applied across the digital media industry, though no industrial scaling tool was built.
What are the IP or licensing terms for the results?
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not provided; however, the results are intended to feed into EU-wide debates on the Digital Services Act.
How does this affect current digital regulations?
The results are designed to directly influence the implementation of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.
What is the timeline for the results?
The project period runs from 2023-03-01 to 2026-02-28.
Who built it
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 9 partners from 8 countries, with 8 universities and 1 other organization. There are 0 industry partners and 0 SMEs, indicating that the output is primarily theoretical and policy-oriented rather than commercially driven.
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