Vienna, September 19, 2016. When the 193 member states of the United Nations meet in New York today for their first refugee summit, they will have already missed an opportunity to prepare the world for the challenges of migration. Media coverage of the fate of refugees from war zones around the world has been a prominent media issue since 2014, triggering fears and xenophobia in the target countries, according to long-term analysis by the Media Tenor International Institute.

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This is more negative than Toyota during the “self acceleration scandal” (2010), and as negative as BP during the oil spill (2010). Volkswagen’s scandal has left a significant impact on the industry’s perception and gives competitors like Tesla an strong leverage to communicate on new technologies.

Media Tenor International has done a scientific content analysis of international TV news in the U.S., the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria and other countr...

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New York, August 26, 2016. In many ways Donald Trump is currently running against himself for president as Clinton struggles to gain traction. Yet Trump faces increasing hostility in the media tone, according to new research from Media Tenor International.

“Both of the major party candidates continue to face high levels of media skepticism,” says Roland Schatz, founder and CEO of Media Tenor. “Clinton’s image shows key risk factors related to trust and personality due to the...

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Zurich, August 24, 2016. Journalists in the U.K. and in Germany have come under attack for sexist language when reporting about female athletes in Rio. While depreciating remarks clearly should have no place in journalism, there are more profound problems: Women remain under-represented in Olympic sports news. The share of female athletes in the news is only 38% compared to a share of 45% of all athletes competing in Rio. This shows the latest analysis of the Media Tenor International insti...

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Zurich, August 16, 2016. The Olympic Games have started but the image of the IOC has not turned positive. Doping-related topics have prevailed in the coverage on international TV news in the run-up to the games and still make up for a significant part of overall reporting. This is the result of an international TV news analysis conducted by Media Tenor International regarding the period of January 1 - August 11, 2016.

“In comparison to the London Games in 2012 doping has been cast...

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