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ARTICLE: Toxic metaphor, dissent in media, and others

A new issue of the International Journal of Communication is out. The journal is published only once a year, and thus each issue makes for a voluminous read. Here’s a selection of articles related to European journalism research. Burak Doğu, of Izmir University of Economics, presents a comparison of online and mainstream media coverage of … Continued

Tags: audience, economic journalism, representation
Published: 2 Feb 2015

ARTICLE: News sites’ comment sections not civil enough

Comment section on news websites do not fulfill their normative goals, write Nina Springer, Christian Pfaffinger, both of Ludwig Maximiliam University of Munich, and Ines Engelmann, of University of Jena (names not in original order). They surveyed hundreds of Germans in relation to their motives for use and non-use of news website comment sections. According … Continued

Tags: audience, online journalism
Published: 27 Jan 2015

ARTICLE: Steady negativity sticks to the dilettantes

Repeated exposure to negatively framed news has a noticeable effect on the audience’s political views, write Sophie Lecheler, Andreas Schuck, both of Univeristy of Amsterdam, Mario Keer, of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, and Regula Hänggli, of University of Fribourg (names not in original order). The authors subjected research participants to news stories … Continued

Tags: audience, representation
Published: 26 Jan 2015

BOOK: Radio audience in a networked society

A new book in the Routledge series Studies in European communication research & education has been published. Titled Radio Audiences and Participation in the Age of Network Society the volume discusses the forms and extent of audience-producer interaction in modern radio. The book is edited by Tiziano Bonini, of IULM University of Milan, and Belén … Continued

Tags: audience, radio journalism
Published: 24 Jan 2015

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REPORT: Newspaper is the least relied-upon medium

Overall trust in the world is in decline, shows a recent study by public relations company Edelman. According to the annual report, trust in media is in decline in most of the surveyed countries. Especially the role of newspapers seems to be on the brink of insignificance: they are the primary source of information only … Continued

Tags: audience, media systems
Published: 20 Jan 2015

Media production promoting youth’s literacy – project announced

A new research project has been announced by the University of Tampere. It aims to improve youth’s multiliteracy, the capability to produce and understand various forms of messages, by having them produce public media displays. The project will be a concerted effort by researchers, journalists and pedagogues. Titled Syrjästä framille monilukutaidolla (“From fringes to the … Continued

Tags: audience
Published: 20 Jan 2015

ARTICLE: A plurality of mobile news consumption patterns

Mobile news are finding many niches in our daily lives, but they’re not about to eclipse traditional media, write Kristin Van Damme, Karel Verbrugge, Lieven De Marez, all of Ghent University, and Cédric Courtois, of Catholic University of Leuven (names not in original order). They reached their conclusion through a combination of a large-scale survey … Continued

Tags: audience, mobile journalism
Published: 15 Jan 2015

ARTICLE: In Sweden, print-only readers are old and few

Mobile media has become the most significant form of news young Swedes consume, write Oscar Westlund and Mathias Färdigh, both of University of Gothenburg. They combed through the results of 27 consecutive national surveys to see how the emergence of mobile media has changed media consumption patterns. They found that all age groups mainly used … Continued

Tags: audience, media systems, Sweden
Published: 15 Jan 2015

ARTICLE: Foreign news don’t always give audience what it wants

A recent study reveals how well foreign news output matches audience interest in terms of topics and countries written about. The study, spanning 12 countries across the globe, was conducted by Francis Lee, of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Knut de Swert, of University of Amsterdam, and Akiba Cohen, of Yezreel Valley College. Generally foreign … Continued

Tags: audience, foreign correspondence
Published: 14 Jan 2015

CFP: Baltic journalism in an increasingly insecure environment

Abstract submissions are now open for the conference “Interaction of media and politics in the Baltic states”. The event is to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on the 7th and 8th of May. One of the conference’s four subthemes is titled “Political and investigative journalism”, although all sections of the event border journalism scholarship in … Continued

Tags: audience, CFP, investigative journalism, media policy, political journalism
Published: 13 Jan 2015