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(Image: Pixabay CC0) - Research results show that news diversity in Flanders is decreasing. The cause, according to his research, is the concentration of media organisations in the Flemish news landscape. In recent years, Flemish newspapers belonging to the same media group have systematically shared more articles, reducing people's access to different sources and opinions. Hendrickx: "News media and journalists have a social obligation to inform citizens in a critical and diverse way. This allows them in turn to make well-considered decisions in the voting booth, for example. News diversity is thus linked to democracy. It is not yet a critical problem in Flanders, but vigilance is clearly still required." - Jonathan Hendrickx (VUB) spent four years studying the role and dominance of the two largest Flemish media companies, DPG Media and Mediahuis.
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