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Stavros Papagianneas
- Jan 15, 2019
- 5 min
The EU Battle Against Fake News
According to the March 2018 Eurobarometer on fake news and online disinformation, 85% of the citizens in the EU perceive fake news as a problem in their country, 83% perceive it as a problem for democracy in general, and 73% are concerned about disinformation online during pre-election periods. Fake News is nothing new. It is just as old as humankind. In the Iliad, the Trojans fell for a fake horse. Procopius, a Byzantine historian of the 6th century AC, produced dubious info
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Stavros Papagianneas
- Oct 9, 2018
- 3 min
8 Great Podcasts on EU Affairs
Podcasts are growing in popularity so much so that the number of people listening to podcasts each month has doubled in the US over the past five years. Nevertheless, in Europe, they are still a relatively new phenomenon due to differences in media culture and technology use. Particularly popular among younger audiences and digital natives, podcasts are appropriate for long-form audio content such as interviews and debates focusing deeper into certain topics than radio progra
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Stavros Papagianneas
- Jul 28, 2017
- 5 min
Rebranding Europe: the book
In recent years the EU has spent a lot of time and money on communicating with its citizens, explaining its policies and its purpose. Nevertheless, this communication has been high on jargon and low on impact. Winston Churchill once said that the difference between poor management and leadership is communication. During the Second World War, the radio was one of the few media for disseminating messages directly to the public. With his charisma and outstanding communication sk
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Stavros Papagianneas
- Feb 20, 2015
- 4 min
8 strategic ways to communicate Europe
“Accuracy, Authenticity and Interest” was the slogan of Ivy Lee, one of the founding fathers of public relations, creator of the press release and pioneer in the field of crisis communications. Almost 100 years later, this slogan remains at the core of sustainable public relations. Though it takes long years to be built, an organizations’ reputation can be rapidly damaged. This can happen to any kind of organisations including a supranational union like the EU. In spite of
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