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CFP: Audiovisual media and interactivity

The International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (TVX 2017) is now looking for paper and workshop proposals. The event itself will take place between the 14th and 16th of June 2017 in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The conference is organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). According to the organisers, the … Continued

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Published: 10 Oct 2016
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ARTICLE: Audience attitudes towards immigrants change depending on which news they watch

Television news offered by public service broadcasters are different from those by commercial broadcasters – and they have different effects on their audiences, write Laura Jacobs, Cecil Meeusen, and Leen d’Haenens, all of University of Leuven. The authors analysed the contents of 1 630 news items broadcast by the Flemish public broadcaster VRT and the … Continued

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Published: 7 Oct 2016

ARTICLE: Newspaper was the people’s medium early on

Large parts of the Dutch society, both rich and poor, were reading newspapers already in the 17th century, writes Michiel van Groesen, of Leiden University. The author investigated works of art, diaries, and newspaper collections that illustrate the ways the early newspapers, corantos, were consumed. At the time, Dutch corantos were fairly inexpensive and even … Continued

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Published: 27 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: Like-minded statements seem more objective

Both journalists and lay citizens see statements that affirm their beliefs as more objective and informative, writes Cornelia Mothes, of Ohio State University. Mothes analysed the results from a “quasi-experiment” with 430 German journalists and 432 non-journalists. The experiment was carried out online. In it, the respondents were asked about their opinion on nuclear power … Continued

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Published: 23 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: Different news sites, different participation

Websites and readers of local newspapers are more likely to embrace commenting, while national papers prefer social media sharing, write Susanne M. Almgren, of Jönköping University, and Tobias Olsson, of Lund University. The authors analysed the interactive features and audience participation of 3 444 stories published on the websites of nine Swedish newspapers. The rural … Continued

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Published: 21 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: Changes in news engagement

There is a significant trend indicating changes in engagement in terms of total news consumption time and diversity in news platforms, write Louisa Ha, Ying Xu, Liu Yang, Mohammad Abuljadail, Weiwei Jiang, of Bowling Green State University, Chen Yang, of University of Houston–Victoria, Fang Wang of Bowling Green State University and Guangxi University, Xiao Hu, of Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd., and Itay Gabay, of University of Louisville. … Continued

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Published: 13 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: Readers prefer neutral recovery stories

Audience may be practicing a type of specific network gatekeeping via social platforms, write Gavin Adamson, of Ryerson University, Liam Donaldson, of  Ryerson University and Rob Whitley, of McGill University. The study explores the relationship between the content of news articles about mental illness and audience reading and sharing habits. In order to study these relationships researchers use web analytics from … Continued

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Published: 7 Sep 2016

PROJECT: Racism in the hybrid media environment

A new research project on representations and manifestations of racism in media has been launched. Entitled “Racisms and public communications in the hybrid media environment (HYBRA)”, the project is a collaborative effort between the University of Tampere, University of Helsinki, and Aalto University. The project begun on September 1st and will finish by the end … Continued

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Published: 2 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: The why and how of resisting censorship

Feelings of unease and confrontational attitude towards state controlled media are linked to increased searching of alternative online information, write Golnoosh Behrouzian, Erik C. Nisbet and Aysenur Dal of Ohio State University with Ali Çarkoğlu, of Koç University. The authors surveyed over 3 000 Turks, both in face-to-face interviews and online. The respondents were asked … Continued

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Published: 2 Sep 2016

CFP: Changing audiences, changing journalism

ECREA Journalism Studies Conference is looking for submissions to its next conference, held in Odense, Denmark, on the 23rd and 24th of March 2017. The conference is entitled “Changing audiences – Changing Journalism”. The conference is interested in the role of the audience in journalism. The organizers seek to deal with questions like “To what … Continued

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Published: 2 Sep 2016