Once dominated by print, radio and television, the Nigerian media landscape is now experiencing a disruption by digital platforms
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122
Press freedom ranking
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50.2 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Federal Presidential Republic
Government type
Television is the most used and trusted media in the Philippines. Around 81 percent of the population watch television.
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134
Press freedom ranking
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-
-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
The media landscape in Sudan reflects an extremely restrictive environment coupled with a lack of institutional support.
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174
Press freedom ranking
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28.5 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
Mobile telephones were introduced in 2002. Today, 19 million people are using mobile phones out of a population of approximately 32 million.
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118
Press freedom ranking
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15.7 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Presidential Islamic Republic
Government type
Television is a major agenda setter within the Italian public sphere. The audiences are higher than those in many other countries...
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86.7 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Since the liberalisation of airwaves in 1992, the number of private radios increased exponentially, confirming radio as the most popular med
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112
Press freedom ranking
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63.4 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Semi-presidential Republic
Government type
Syria cannot be considered any longer a unitary context. What is true in one area of the country does not necessarily apply to the others...
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177
Press freedom ranking
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31.9 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Traditionally, the most trusted source of information has been radio broadcast, in recent years closely followed by television...
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85.2 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Despite the conflict and violence the country has seen, radio stations have grown in number since the state collapsed
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167
Press freedom ranking
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7.9 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Federal Presidential Republic
Government type
In the past decade, Mexico has become one of the riskiest and deadliest countries where to practice journalism, excluding those at war.
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147
Press freedom ranking
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65.3 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Federal Presidential Republic
Government type
Pakistan’s is a multi-linguistic media landscape with clear urban-rural disparities.
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139
Press freedom ranking
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22.2 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Federal Presidential Republic
Government type
Radio broadcasting in Russia is developing with a comparatively good business dynamic.
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148
Press freedom ranking
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76.4 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Semi-Presidential Republic
Government type
Press, radio and TV markets are affected by a growing concentration in which main media outlets are held by fewer companies
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86.8 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Semi-Presidential Republic
Government type
Print media with national and regional circulation have traditionally been those of superior influence and credibility in the country.
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130
Press freedom ranking
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63.2 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
Egypt features a media landscape which have witnessed many changes and challenges since the January 25 revolution in 2011.
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161
Press freedom ranking
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49.5 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
Two years of war have changed the Yemeni media landscape for worst in terms of publications, independence, freedom of the media...
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167
Press freedom ranking
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24.6 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
The Dutch media are going digital at a rapid pace. This is shown by the growth of digital users, with more than 90% of the population...
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94.8 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Constitutional monarchy
Government type
Belgium is a country with a highly complex political structure and is divided into three different language communities...
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87.9 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Constitutional monarchy
Government type
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4.1%
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Semi-presidential Republic
Government type
In Myanmar, Facebook "is" the Internet. It enjoys supremacy over all other forms of social media
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131
Press freedom ranking
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33.4 %
Internet penetration
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-
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Parliamentary Republic
Government type
The written press has endured a deep crisis throughout the last years, with loss of readers and advertising...
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72.4 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Radio has remained very popular in the UK and audience numbers have not declined in the same way as other platforms.
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94.8 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Government type
Over the last 30 years, regional press monopolies have been established in almost all regions...
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89.4 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
The German-speaking media market is comprised of about 100 M people, characterised by a long and deeply-rooted tradition of the press...
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89.6 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
In Finland, the whole commercial media industry employs about 22,000 people and its turnover is €4.6bn...
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92.5 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Hungarian viewers have a choice of over 130 nationwide free or subscription channels and a total of 390 local and regional channels...
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80.5 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
In recent years, the Lebanese media landscape has been facing one of its deepest crisis since the formal end of the civil war...
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100
Press freedom ranking
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76.1 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Today, all media outlets are facing their most difficult times ever, but newspapers and magazines are suffering the most...
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69.1 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Radio is one of the most popular media in Indonesia and is broadcasted everywhere in the country
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124
Press freedom ranking
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53.7 %
Internet penetration
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-
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Presidential Republic
Government type
Radio is the most largely consumed and trusted media in South Sudan. In Juba city alone, 66 percent of the population have access to radio.
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139
Press freedom ranking
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16.8%
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
Unlike other media, television has not lost the leadership in being one of the most influential channels to shape Guatemalans’ opinions.
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116
Press freedom ranking
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34.5 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
Television is by far the most popular type of media in Serbia.Today, there are more than 200 TV stations
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67.1 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Parliamentary Republic
Government type
Print, radio and TV have not invested on acquiring an Internet presence and suffer as a result from a chronic lack of visibility.
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145
Press freedom ranking
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5.3%
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
The Armenian print media are in a dire economic state. Newspaper printing is an exceedingly losing business
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72.4%
Internet penetration
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-
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Parliamentary democracy
Government type
Higher education in journalism is consolidated in Iraq, but it has remained largely disconnected from global developments since the 1970s...
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160
Press freedom ranking
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36.2 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Political parties exist in Iran But they do not play an effective role in the political arena, for this reason the media, particularly
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164
Press freedom ranking
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70.0 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Azerbaijani media are influenced by the political processes in the country and separated in pro-government and pro-opposition media
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168
Press freedom ranking
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79.0%
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
The journalism profession offers free access to all people including those who do not have a university education in journalism.
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154
Press freedom ranking
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11.7 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Semi-presidential Republic
Government type
The Ukrainian media market had to be developed from scratch since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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101
Press freedom ranking
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93.0 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Semi-presidential Republic
Government type
The media landscape painted in Spain in the early 1990s survives to a great extent today and, with it, its wide ideological range...
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87.1 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Constitutional monarchy
Government type
Freedom of the press was observed in between 1918 and 1934 and since the Latvian independence drive (Atmoda) in the late 1980s...
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85.6 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
The Burundian media landscape is dominated by radio, even if in 2015 the most popular ones were destroyed.
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159
Press freedom ranking
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5.3%
Internet penetration
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-
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Presidential Republic
Government type
Television is the most important medium in the country. It is the most widespread and the one that receives the most from advertisers.
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50.3%
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
The United States media system has entered a period of intense change: the number of channels, and thus of competitors, is multiplying
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95.6%
Internet penetration
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-
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Constitutional Federal Republic
Government type
Starting from 1990 the audiovisual system underwent a process of adaptation to new neoliberal regulations in telecommunications.
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181
Press freedom ranking
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32.5 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Presidential Republic
Government type
Bangladesh is one of the countries where Internet is growing at a good pace.
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147
Press freedom ranking
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48.4 %
Internet penetration
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-
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Parliamentary Republic
Government type
Nepal’s newspapers have a history of over a hundred years but the first private commercial daily newspaper began publishing in 1993.
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100
Press freedom ranking
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54.7 %
Internet penetration
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-
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Federal Presidential Republic
Government type
The Georgian media landscape reflects the transitional nature of the Georgian democratic system
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52.9 %
Internet penetration
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-
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-
Unitary semi-presidential republic
Government type
Sweden has traditionally been more of a newspaper than television country. Today, it is a very digital country...
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92.9 %
Internet penetration
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Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Constitutional monarchy
Government type
The media landscape is characterized by two dominating groups: the public service broadcaster ORF and largest newspaper "Kronenzeitung"...
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84.6 %
Internet penetration
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-
Radio
Most trusted medium
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-
Gaddafi’s regime nationalised all publishing and press organisations, no private press was allowed to operate in Libya for over 25 years
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162
Press freedom ranking
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58.7 %
Internet penetration
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-
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In transition
Government type
The number of daily copies printed is decreasing along with sales, which have dropped by more than half as of 2019.
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114
Press freedom ranking
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30.6%
Internet penetration
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-
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Presidential Republic
Government type
Radio was established in the mid-1920s. In 1933, four private local radio companies were merged into a national, state-owned company...
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99.6 %
Internet penetration
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-
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Constitutional monarchy
Government type
TV has traditionally been one of the main telecommunication media and it is still the most used.
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143
Press freedom ranking
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53.1 %
Internet penetration
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-
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Federal presidential republic
Government type
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