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History of the Institute

The Institute was founded on 30 May 1950 by the then NWDR (Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation) and the University of Hamburg as a foundation legally responsible under civil law. A lot has happened since then

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Projekt International Study on News Usage

Reuters Institute Digital News Report

The annual international representative survey conducted by the Reuters Institute in Oxford examines news usage and reveals general trends and national characteristics of developments. The Leibniz Institute for Media Research is conducting the German part of the study.

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Projekt Study for Hamburg Senate and dpa

Use the News

In the "Use the News" project, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research is researching the news literacy of the population under the age of 30.

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