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Editorial independence is the freedom of editors to make decisions without any interference from the owners of a publication.
Editorial independence is tested, for instance, if a newspaper runs articles that may be unpopular with its advertising clientele or critical of its ownership.
"The media has increasingly grown to rely on automated decision-making to produce and distribute news. This trend challenges our understanding of editorial independence ..."[1]
The German Wikipedia contains the following definitions of levels of analysis regarding media related legal frameworks:
Polity means constitution of communications.
Politics means input by political agents.
Policies means output of laws, treaties, decisions, authorities etc.[2]