Publications

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): CASAROSA, Federica, VIZZONI, Lavinia

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 541-554

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: This paper examines the risks and drawbacks associated with the vulnerability concept through the lens of a specific case, currently pending before the Court of Justice. Minors have always been [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): DRENHAUS, Mark

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 435-457

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: This paper analyses the causes for algorithmic discrimination, identifying what challenges arise from the specificities of the functioning of algorithms, to then explore possible approaches to resolving them. Besides already [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): NENADIC, Iva, STOJČIĆ, Nebojša, JOHN, Romana

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 257-277

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: The very mechanism that promises to safeguard journalism’s future also undermines its accessibility, fragmenting the public into informational haves and have-nots. In this paper, we examine the paradox of paywalls [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): CANAVESIO, Eliana

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 191-216

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: Digital finance has expanded financial access globally, yet women’s participation remains systematically underrepresented in the data that shape financial systems. This paper conceptualises data inequality as a structural form of [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): TOMASELLO, Federico

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 128-151

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: The rise of the digital economy has created an unprecedented concentration of economic power in the hands of few oligopolists controlling big data infrastructures. Despite the pivotal role that user-generated [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): PARCU, Pier Luigi

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 9-46

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: This paper compares the first industrial revolution with today’s digital transformation, showing—through long-run UK–US composite indicators—that the digital era is producing a faster decline in labour shares and a sharper [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): GIANNASI, Giulia

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 3-7

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: Professor Helsper delivered the keynote speech at the scientific conference ‘Understanding and addressing digital inequalities.’ In this interview, she reflects on the systemic nature of inequality, the hidden ways technology [...]

Type: Contribution to book

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): CARLINI, Roberta, DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle, MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia, MAZZONI, Leonardo

Citation: Danielle BORGES, Roberta CARLINI, Leonardo MAZZONI and Natalia MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ (eds), Understanding and addressing digital inequalities, Florence : European University Institute, 2026, pp. 1-2

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Type: Book

Year of Publication: 2026

Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2026

Series/Report no.: [Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF)], [Centre for a Digital Society]

Abstract: In November 2025, the European University Institute hosted a scientific conference on “Understanding and addressing digital inequalities”, gathering scholars from different disciplines to analyse and discuss the multidimensional impact of [...]

Type: Technical Report

Year of Publication: 2026

Author(s): DE SWERT, Knut, SCHUCK, Andreas, BOUKES, Mark

Series/Report no.: EUI, RSC, Research Project Report, Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), 2026, Country Reports

Abstract: This report presents the results of the implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the Netherlands for the year 2025 (MPM2026). The MPM is a holistic tool aimed at assessing [...]