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ARTICLE: Official leaks receive more attention than citizens’ leaks

Leaks are important sources for journalism. Authors Víctor Sampedro, F Javier López-Ferrández and Álvaro Carretero, all from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, divided leaks first into two types: official ones (the Monedero Case and the Pujol Case) and those originating from citizens (the Falciani List). According to the authors, official leaks are carried out by elites … Continued

Tags: data, journalistic profession, leaks, sources, Spain
Published: 29 Mar 2018

ARTICLE: How journalists give think tanks their authority

The way journalists cite think tanks can help construct them as authoritative sources, Andrew Chadwick, of Loughborough University, writes with Declan McDowell-Naylor, Amy P. Smith and Ellen Watts, all three of Royal Holloway, University of London. The authors analysed the way British broadcasters referred to the think tank Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) prior to … Continued

Tags: representation, sources, United Kingdom
Published: 23 Mar 2018

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ARTICLE: Big news agencies do not necessarily dominate international news coverage

Three transnational news agencies have dominated the wholesales of news. As media ecosystems are changing, so is the role of the agencies. Ali Rafeeq and Shujun Jiang of the United Arab Emirates University, examine the influence of Associated Press (AP), Reuters, and Agence France-Presse (AFP), titled the ‘Big Three’, on three online newspapers. The news … Continued

Tags: foreign correspondence, media systems, sources
Published: 6 Mar 2018

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ARTICLE: The effect of format and source type on how people select news

A growing competition for audiences and the proliferation of new sources, sometimes less credible, have changed how people read news. Are the concerns over news consumption specific to the medium on which people get their news? ask George D.H. Pearson and Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick of the Ohio State University. The researchers looked for differing patterns of … Continued

Tags: audience, sources, United States
Published: 22 Feb 2018

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ARTICLE: New York Times relies increasingly on borrowed news

The American broadsheet New York Times has increased the use of “borrowed news” in its foreign reporting since 1966, write Daniel Riffe and Seoyeon Kim, both of University of North Carolina, with Meghan R. Sobel, of Regis University. The authors analysed the Times‘ foreign news through a sample of 100 constructed weeks, spread out over … Continued

Tags: foreign correspondence, sources
Published: 5 Feb 2018

ARTICLE: TV and search engines people’s first choices for political information

Where do people choose to get political information, and how much do they learn from it? Researchers analyzed data from a national sample of U.S. adults from 2011 and 2012, measuring for political knowledge of the respondents. Internet searches have come to rival television news as a source of political information, the authors state. 35% … Continued

Tags: political journalism, sources, United States
Published: 31 Jan 2018

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ARTICLE: How do journalists, NGO’s and government delegations interact?

United Nations’ climate change conferences gather delegations from governments and non-governmental organisations from around the world. These events are also keenly observed by a number of journalists, making the events interesting venues for researching journalist-source interaction. A team of researchers interviewed a total of 106 journalists, delegates and NGO representatives at three conferences, and supplemented … Continued

Tags: environmental journalism, journalistic profession, sources
Published: 29 Jan 2018

ARTICLE: How do NGOs influence and shape public discourses on conflict?

It has been claimed that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly visible in media discourses on armed conflict. But what types of NGOs, in what way and under what conditions? In their article Christoph O. Meyer, of King’s College London, Eric Sangar, of FNRS/University of Namur and Eva Michaels, of King’s College London, develop a … Continued

Tags: crisis journalism, foreign correspondence, sources
Published: 29 Sep 2017

ARTICLE: Chat apps bring journalists new possibilities, but also dilemmas

Mobile chat apps offer journalists new opportunities for interacting with sources, write Valerie Belair-Gagnon and Colin Agur, both of University of Minnesota, with Nicholas Frisch, of Yale University. The authors interviewed 34 foreign correspondents based in Hong Kong and China. The authors recognized two areas of chat app use, taking place either in open or … Continued

Tags: foreign correspondence, journalistic profession, sources
Published: 8 Sep 2017