ECM 2022
The 2022 survey explores diversity and inclusion, empathic leadership, CommTech, consulting in communications, strategic issues and characteristics of excellent communication departments. The European Communication Monitor 2022 is based on responses from 1,672 communication professionals in 43 countries. Detailed analyses are available [...]
ECM 2021
The 2021 survey explores CommTech and digital infrastructure, video-conferencing for stakeholder communications, future roles for communication professionals, strategic issues, and characteristics of excellent communication departments. The European Communication Monitor 2021 is based on responses from 2,664 communication professionals in 46 countries. [...]
ECM 2020
The 2020 survey explores ethical challenges and resources, cyber security and communications, gender equality in the profession, strategic issues and communication channels, as well as the status quo and future requirements for competency development. The European Communication Monitor 2020 is based [...]
Trust in Communicators Study 2019
The Trust in Communicators study 2019 (#TiCS19) combines results of the European Communication Monitor 2019 from Germany, Italy and the UK regarding trust in different communicators and organisational advocates with a representative poll in the same three countries. Moreover, the research [...]
ECM 2019
The 2019 survey explores trust in the PR profession, public trust in different organisational advocates, challenges of building trust and transparency, the most important strategic issues for the profession, Artificial Intelligence in communications, as well as content creation and distribution. The [...]
Free download: new article on hypermodernity and PR
Public Relations Review, the most renowned academic journal in our field, has just published a new article based on data from the European Communication Monitor project. The peer-reviewed text authored by Piet Verhoeven and colleagues is titled "Public relations and the [...]
Research team presented ECM18 results in Berlin
This year's European Communication Monitor (ECM) was launched and discussed during the European Communication Summit 2018 on June 13 in Berlin. ECM research team members Piet Verhoeven, Angeles Moreno and Dejan Vercic highlighted and reflected findings of the ECM18. Main topics covered [...]
ECM 2018
Besides key trends like fake news, the ECM 2018 survey explores communications’ contributions to organisational success as well as the work environment for communication professionals in Europe. Work engagement and stress, job satisfaction and its drivers as well as the status [...]
Key insights of the 2018 survey
Study validates fake news as an indefinite challenge for organisations and society This year's European Communication Monitor was launched and discussed during the European Communication Summit 2018 on June 13 in Berlin. This year’s edition of the largest survey of the communications [...]
Upcoming presentations of ECM insights
There are plenty of chances to get exclusive insights into findings of the European Communication Monitor and its affiliated global surveys in the spring of 2018. The research team will present at major professional and academic conferences throughout Europe. We are [...]