About the ECM

The European Communication Monitor is the largest transnational study on strategic communication worldwide. It has been conducted annually since 2007 with more than 30,000 participating communication professionals.

Similiar surveys have been initiated in Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America. The Global Communication Monitor series covers more than 80 countries. More than 6,000 practitioners working in communication departments of companies, non-profits, governmental organisations and agencies are surveyed in each wave of the comparative study.

Living up to highest academic standards, this study is run by a network of leading research universities organised by the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) and the European Association of Communication Directors (EACD), supported by Cision and Fink & Fuchs.

Ansgar Zerfass, Prof. Dr., Leipzig University (GE) – Lead Researcher
Ralph Tench, Prof. Dr., Leeds Beckett University (UK)
Dejan Verčič, Prof. Dr., University of Ljubljana (SI)
Angeles Moreno, Prof. Dr., University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid (ES)
Alexander Buhmann, Assoc. Prof. Dr., BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo (NO)

National research collaborators and professors

Stefania Romenti, Milan (IT), Sonia Sebastiao, Lisbon (PT), Valerie Carayol, Bordeaux (FR), Sandrine Roginsky, Anne-Marie Cotton, Louvain / Ghent (BE), Kevin Hora, Dublin (IE), Jesper Falkheimer, Lund (SE), Finn Frandsen, Aarhus (DK), Oyvind Ihlen, Oslo (NO), Vilma Luoma-aho, Jyväskylä (FI), Waldemar Rydzak, Poznan (PL), Denisa Hejlova, Prague (CZ), Sabine Einwiller, Vienna (AT), Alexandra Craciun, Bucharest (RO), Milko Petrov, Sofia (BG), Ana Tkalac Verčič, Zagreb (CR), Danijela Lalic, Novi Sad (RS), Clio Kenterelidou, Thessaloniki (GR), Ayla Okay, Istanbul (TR), Marina Shilina, Moscow (RU), Christian Burgers, Amsterdam (NL), Mariana Sueldo, Vilnius (LT), Nino Coric, Mostar (BA)

Explore the ECM

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What is the European Communication Monitor about?
Interview with lead researcher Professor Ansgar Zerfass

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A quick overview of key results of the ECM 2018:
Fake news, information provision, work stress, job satisfaction

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