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Censorship in the Soviet Military Press 1944-1945

The study “Censored: Examining the Standards, Personnel, and Censorship Technology in the Soviet Military Press, 1944–1945” by Alemzhan Arimov and Bereket Karibaev examined the system of military censorship in Soviet military press in 1944 and 1945 – the end stage of the Second World War. Although the Soviet military censorship system was significantly improved in … Continued

Tags: Antonov, censorship, Glavlit, history, military press, New Economic Policy, Second World War, Soviet Union
Published 13 Apr 2024

How RT and Sputnik seek to repair Russia’s image during the Ukraine war

The study “When the media goes to war: How Russian news media defend the country’s image during the conflict with Ukraine.” by Nhung Nguyen from University of Kansas, Pamela Peters from Western Illinois University, Hechen Ding, and Hong Tien Vu from University of Kansas looked at opinion columns in Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik and … Continued

Tags: conflict, image repair, invasion, legitimization, opinion columns, RT, Russia, Sputnik, Ukraine War
Published: 6 Apr 2024

Research of March 2024

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in March 2024 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

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Published: 2 Apr 2024

Themes in award-winning scholastic photojournalism

The study “Visual representations of community in scholastic photojournalism: A thematic analysis of award-winning photographs from the national scholastic press association’s photo of the year contest” by Leslie Klein from University of Georgia looked at the understudied aspect of photojournalism: student photojournalists. It did so by analyzing qualitatively 229 photographs from the National Scholastic Press … Continued

Tags: awards, citizenship, collaboration, connection, photo of the year, photography, photojournalism, school journalism, students
Published: 27 Mar 2024

Article: ‘Softballs’ for ‘Hardballs’: The congenial political interview on right-wing partisan TV news outlets

The study “‘Softballs’ for ‘Hardballs’: The congenial political interview on right-wing partisan TV news outlets” by Marianna Patrona from Hellenic Army Academy used a conversation-analytic approach to analyze political interviewing of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon in right-wing media. According to the author, the public watchdog role of the media is played out especially in … Continued

Tags: adversarial interviews, collaborative interviewing, Donald Trump, Fox News, GB news, interviews, Nigel Farage, political news, Sean Hannity, watch dog
Published: 16 Mar 2024

Article: (Pragmatic) collaboration for progress or threat to autonomy? African news discourses about Chinese technology in Nigeria and Ghana

This is a guest post by Edwin Nfor, a doctoral student in University of Jyväskylä. The study “(Pragmatic) collaboration for progress or threat to autonomy? African news discourses about Chinese technology in Nigeria and Ghana” by Dennis Nguyen , Bei Wang and Bruce Mutsvairo from the Utrecht University, The Netherlands studied the multifaceted portrayal of … Continued

Tags: Africa, autonomy, China, Chinese technology, collaboration, Ghana, media landscape, news discourses, Nigeria
Published: 5 Mar 2024

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Research of February 2024

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in February 2024 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

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Published: 1 Mar 2024

Article: The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage

The study “The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage” by Caroline Murray, Anita Varma and Natalie Jomini Stroud from University of Texas at Austin studied whether using person-centered language (such as “person with substance abuse disorder) rather than stigmatizing terms (such as “drug abuser”) improved trust towards journalism. Past … Continued

Tags: disability, homelessness, journalistic norms, journalistic profession, person-centered language, representation, respect, substance abuse, trust
Published: 23 Feb 2024

US News media has heeded the call to limit the mentions mass shooters’ names

The study “News media heeding call to reduce reporting names of mass shooters” by Thomas J. Hrach from The University of Memphis looked at whether the news media has heeded the demand to not report the names of mass shooters. The issue of reporting the names of mass shooters is contentious. On the one hand, … Continued

Tags: #NoNoteriety, censorship, contagion effect, crime, mass shooters, mass shootings, newspapers, reporting, responsible reporting
Published: 20 Feb 2024

Newspaper representations of populism in Spain and Italy

The study “What is populism anyway? Newspaper representations of populism in Spain and Italy between emptiness and political partisanship” by Carlo Berti, Arantxa Capdevila, and Carlota M. Moragas-Fernández, all from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, looked at the journalistic construction of populism within the polarized pluralist media system in South Europe. There are debates about what … Continued

Tags: El Pais, elDiario, Il Corriere della Sera, Il Fatto, Il Giornale, Italy, La Razon, newspapers, polarized pluralist media system, populism, Spain
Published: 13 Feb 2024

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