Belgium

Name: Media Landscapes
Address: Oranjeplein 106, Maastricht, 6224KV, NL
Telephone: +31 43 325 40 30

Belgium is a country with a highly complex political structure and is divided into three different language communities. The largest region, in the northern, Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, is Flanders, with approximately 6.5 million inhabitants. Some 4.5 million French-speaking Belgians live in Wallonia.

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7

Press freedom ranking
87.9 %

Internet penetration
19

Peace index ranking
Radio

Most trusted medium
30

Net trust index
Constitutional monarchy

Government type

References

d'Haenens, L., Antopine, F. & Saeys, F. (2009). Belgium: two communities with diverging views on how to manage media diversity, The International Communication Gazette, 71(1-2): 51-66.
Evens, T. (2014). If you won’t pay them, buy them! Merger mania in distribution and content markets, International Journal of Digital Television, 5(3): 261-265.
Evens, T. & Paulussen, S. (2012). Local radio policies in Europe: policy options and recommendations for a sustainable sector. Media, Culture & Society, 34(1), 113-122.
Raeymaeckers, K. & Heinderyckx, F. (2017, in press). Belgium: Instruments of Media Accountability divided along language lines. In: S. Fengler et al. (Eds.), European Handbook of Media Accountability, Farnham, Surray: Ashgate.
Steunpunt Media (2015). Meer van hetzelfde? Een longitudinaal onderzoek naar de gelijkenis van het nieuws in de Vlaamse kranten (1983-2013) [22 December 2015].

Belgium

7

87.9 %

19

Radio

30

Constitutional monarchy

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