Media technology and protest movements: a historical perspective – interview with Anne Kaun

VIDEO: Media technology and protest movements – a historical perspective

Anne Kaun, Associate Professor at Södertörn University told us about her research. She has investigated civic engagement, protest and media technologies, using historical and temporal perspectives. She also told about her current interests in algorithmic activism. Kaun gave a keynote talk at the Median ja viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät conference, in Jyväskylä, Finland, April 2018, where … Continued


The transformation challenge for the media industry – interview with Lucy Küng

VIDEO: The transformation challenge for the media industry

Lucy Küng, Google Digital News Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talked to us about her new research report. She gave a keynote talk at the Median ja viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät conference, in Jyväskylä, Finland, April 2018. For “Going Digital. A Roadmap for Organisational Transformation”, Küng studied several news organizations including The Washington Post, … Continued


The state of media and communications policy in Finland – interview with Marko Ala-Fossi

VIDEO: The state of media and communications policy in Finland

Marko Ala-Fossi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Tampere talked to us about a recent report he has edited. The 356-page report, “The State of Media and Communications Policy and How to Measure It”, was commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland. It examines the state of Finnish media and communications policy. … Continued


Journalism Research News video interviews

Journalism Research News video interviews

Here is a collection of all interviews we have done with researchers of journalism. Click the links to watch the video on YouTube. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel.


Reacting to accusations about migration reporting – Torbjörn von Krogh and Göran Svensson interview

VIDEO: Reacting to accusations about migration reporting

Torbjörn von Krogh and Göran Svensson, talked to us at NordMedia 2017 conference. They have been studying media trust, especially how media responds to accusations related to migration issues. The researchers also share their impressions from the conference and plans for the future. The interview was filmed at the NordMedia 2017 conference in Tampere. This … Continued


Mapping news consumption – Kim Schrøder interview

VIDEO: Mapping news consumption

Kim Schrøder, Professor of Communication at Roskilde University, talked to us about his research on how people use news media in their everyday life. Schrøder has studied this from two perspectives: with a quantitative “high-altitude” level and a qualitative ”ground-level” approach. His findings shed light on social media and the willingness to pay for news. … Continued


Chris Peters Journalism Research News interview

VIDEO: The new news consumer

Chris Peters, Associate Professor at the Aalborg University Copenhagen, talked to Journalism Research News about the research project “The New News Consumer”. He introduces findings from the studies: how people use closed social media for news, and about the reliance on regional news. Peters also talks about his current project with Kim Christian Schrøder, where … Continued


Roles, values and qualifications of journalism teachers – Nico Drok interview

VIDEO: Roles, values and qualifications of journalism teachers

Nico Drok, Professor of Media and Civil Society at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands, talked to us about his ongoing research project. Drok is researching the roles, values, and qualifications of future journalists, focusing on journalism teachers. He also talks about his current interests: the Worlds of Journalism study, media habits of … Continued


Data exchange in news apps – Aske Kammer interview

VIDEO: With whom do news apps share their data with?

Aske Kammer, Assistant Professor at IT University Copenhagen, told us about his research paper presented at NordMedia 2017. Kammer has investigated news applications for smartphones, and how data is exchanged between the apps and third-party actors, such as Facebook and Google. Preliminary findings show that news apps have many third-party actors who they exchange data … Continued