Horizon Europe · Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
Identifying user-focused solutions to support news media freedom
Call summary
From the official text, opening part
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Key data gaps affecting the news media sectors at European level are addressed and all relevant stakeholders dispose of an updated and comprehensive knowledge base. Users’ consumption patterns of news are identified (online and offline). News media organisations and journalists are equipped with better knowledge and tools to adapt to digital transformation, to reach new audiences and to ensure a more resilient public sphere, especially for news sectors that are of particular relevance for democracy. Scope: Free and independent news media are key tenets of our democracies as they keep citizens informed, facilitate civic engagement across all democratic processes, and keep under scrutiny those in power. At present, journalistic newsrooms are under severe economic pressure and they face increasing forms … more
Communication networks, media, information societyHuman sciences, including research and studiesInformation science (social aspects)JournalismMedia and socio-cultural communicationPolitical scienceSocial NetworksSocial issuesSocial sciences, interdisciplinarySocial studies of science and technologyAI-driven solutionsaudience measurement systemsdata-driven business modelseconomic resilienceinnovative business modelsinteroperable standards
Academics who may be relevant
By subject fit
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%80ERSEL KİRAZ
Shared topics: Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication
Overlapping papers: USER FACTOR IN SPREADING FAKE NEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA (2020) · Popular Culture, Social Media and The Politics Of Identity (2025)
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%77GÖKMEN HAKAN KARADAĞ
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Diverse Cultural and Social Studies · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: WHAT DOES PERISCOPE OFFER TO CITIZEN AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS? A SAMPLE STUDY FROM TURKEY (2017) · A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VERIFICATION/FACT-CHECKING ORGANIZATONS IN TURKEY: dogrulukpayi.com and teyit.org (2020)
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%77HAKKI AKGÜN
Shared topics: Diverse Cultural and Social Studies · Media Studies and Communication · Digital Marketing and Social Media
Overlapping papers: The Historical Transformation of the Religion–Politics Relationship in Türkiye Through the Prism of Its Media Representation During the 2023 Presidential Elections (2025) · Artificial Intelligence and Journalism Education in Higher Education: Digital Transformation in Undergraduate and Graduate Curricula in Türkiye (2025)
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%77YASMIN ABBAS ABDALLAH ALDAMEN
Shared topics: Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: Refugee Journalist Phenomenon as a Consequence of Migration and Refugee Crises: The Role of Social Media in Transferring Refugees’ Role from “Has Been Affected” to “Has Affected” (2023) · Can a Negative Representation of Refugees in Social Media Lead to Compassion Fatigue? An Analysis of the Perspectives of a Sample of Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Turkey (2023)
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%76ALPER ÇOLAK
Shared topics: Digital Marketing and Social Media
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%76BAHAR KAYIHAN
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Digital Games and Media
Overlapping papers: Environmental risk discourse in the digital risk society: A critical analysis of NewsGPT’s AI-generated news (2026) · Disaster Journalism Through a Political Economy Framework: An Analysis of the Turkish Press Coverage of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes (2024)
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%76ELİF HASANÇEBİ AYAZ
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: Changing Gatekeepers in the New Media Age: An Analysis of Internet Newspapers and Twitter (2024) · Comparison of News Presentation Differences in Traditional and Internet Newspapers (2023)
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%76ŞÜKRAN ÖZLEM ERKMEN
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: Worsening Safety Conditions for Women Journalists in Turkey's Alternative News Media (2022) · Worsening safety conditions for women journalists in Turkey’s alternative news media (2022)
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%75BERRİN KALSIN
Shared topics: Media Discourse and Social Analysis
Overlapping papers: Use Of New Media in the Local Press Comparative Analysis of Local Newspapers Websites In İzmir Adana and Bursa (2014) · Geçmişten Geleceğe İnternet Gazeteciliği Türkiye Örneği (2016)
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%75GİZEM MELEK
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: Three stories of one truth? Visual framing of AP, CNN & FOX news Instagram coverage of the 2020 US presidential candidates (2023) · Applicability of Need for Orientation Scales in Network Agenda-Setting: A Methodological Exploration (2025)
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%75SEFER KALAMAN
Shared topics: Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication
Overlapping papers: Using Artificial Intelligence Systems in News Verification: An Application on X (2024) · Sentiment Analysis of Youtube Video Comments Using Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Trump-Zelensky Meeting (2025)
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%75SEMRA DEMİRDİŞ
Shared topics: Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication
Overlapping papers: Networked Gatekeeping in ‘Twitter’ During a Crisis Event: A Case Study of #Taksim in Türkiye (2023) · An Analysis of Disinformation and Bot Accounts Under the Hashtag #Darbeyehayir (Nocoup) (2022)
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%75TURAN ULAŞ
Shared topics: Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Diverse Cultural and Social Studies · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
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%73CEREN SÖZERİ ÖZDAL
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: Echo Chambers, or “The Will of the People”: The Case of Alimony Contesters and Antifeminist Countermovement in Turkey (2023) · Türkiye’de Bağımsız Haber Dergiciliğinin Ekonomik Sorunları: Nokta Dergisi Örneği (2007)
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%73DUYGU DUMANLI KÜRKÇÜ
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Media Discourse and Social Analysis
Overlapping papers: Türkiye’de Ulusal ve Yerel Gazetelerin Twitter Kullanımı (2016) · HABER İÇERİKLERİNİN SUNUMUNDA PODCAST YAYINCILIĞI (2022)
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%73ENES BALOĞLU
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Overlapping papers: The Digitization of Harassment: How It Affects Turkish Female Journalists? (2025) · The target of digital hegemonic masculinity: male sports journalists on Twitter (2024)
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%72ATİKE SEVTAP DEMİR
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Youth Development and Social Support
Overlapping papers: Political Economy of Digital Platforms and Representation An Example of Representation of “News”, “Journalist” and “Journalism” in the Series of “Kuş Uçuşu/ As The Crow Flies (2026)
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%72BARIŞ ÇOBAN
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Media Discourse and Social Analysis
Overlapping papers: The User as Producer in Alternative Media? The Case of the Independent Communication Network (2012) · Counter-surveillance and alternative new media in Turkey (2018)
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%72ILGAR SEYIDOV
Shared topics: Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Digital Marketing and Social Media
Overlapping papers: On Conceptual and Methodological Deficiencies of Data Journalism-Related Studies in Turkey (2020) · Yeni Medya Gazeteciliğinde Haberlerin İnsta-değerliliği: İnstagram\u2019da Haber Değerini Anlamak (2020)
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%72LALE BARÇIN AKA
Shared topics: Digital Marketing and Social Media
Overlapping papers: The Importance Of Public Relations In The Post-Truth Era And The Strategies Followed (2024) · HOW POLITICAL LEADERS STAGE THEMSELVES ON TWITTER? PERSONAL BRANDING PRACTICES ON SOCIAL MEDIA (2024)
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%71AHMET SİNAV
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
Overlapping papers: The Relation Between Media Ownership Structure and Public Sphere in Digital Capitalist System: Research on Platform X (2025) · THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF LEAK-BASED INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE AND PRIVACY: A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM CITIZENFOUR (2026)
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%71FATMA KAMİLOĞLU
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: MEDYA VE RIZA ÜRETİMİ: COVID-19 AŞISI OLMAYAN KİTLE ÜZERİNDE BİR ALAN ARAŞTIRMASI (2024) · Effects of Social Media on Civil and Political Participation and a Field of Survey over on Facebook (2014)
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%71SERTAÇ KAYA
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Social Media and Politics · Gender Studies and Social Issues
Overlapping papers: Use of free labour in the media within the scope of citizen journalism: A case study of the main news bulletin on Show TV (2024) · An analysis of the role of gender in news assignment processes of media organizations in Türkiye (2026)
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%71YAĞMUR ÇENBERLİ
Shared topics: Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication
Overlapping papers: Incursion of Artificial Intelligence into News Production: Will AI Revive Journalism? (2025) · Türkiye’de Medya ve Demokrasi: Medyada Çoğulculuğu İzleme Raporu Üzerine Bir Analiz (2022)
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%71ÖMER VATANARTIRAN
Shared topics: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Media Discourse and Social Analysis
Overlapping papers: Goals and Practices in Corporate Sustainability Communication: Doğuş Otomotiv Case (2022) · Celebrity Social Media Accounts as Public Diplomacy Tools (2020)
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%70DENİZ KILIÇ
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Digital Marketing and Social Media
Overlapping papers: Privacy paradox on geotagging (2017) · Discovering banner blindness for different banner formats: An eye-tracking study (2023)
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%70EMİNE NAZLI AYTUNA
Shared topics: Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Diverse Cultural and Social Studies
Overlapping papers: Représentation des Nouvelles Technologies: La biotechnologie dans la presse Turque (2009) · Political persuasion and use of humor on social media: The case of Turkish Youth. (2021)
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%70ESRA BİLGİÇ
Shared topics: Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
Overlapping papers: How the Pandemic Shaped the Digital Skills of Journalists in Turkey (2026) · Turkish media coverage of children's relation to the digital world: From "moral panic" to the recognition of opportunities and rights (2024)
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%70MUSTAFA BÖYÜK
Shared topics: Social Media and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Digital Marketing and Social Media
Overlapping papers: USER DATA AND DIGITAL PRIVACY: PRIVACY POLICIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (2025) · Artificial Intelligence Journalism: An Enquiry within the Framework of News Values and Ethical Principles (2024)
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%70OKAN KARAKOCA
Shared topics: Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Media Discourse and Social Analysis
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