JRN - Liesbeth Hermans interview

VIDEO: What is constructive journalism?

Liesbeth Hermans, Professor of Constructive Journalism at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands, talked to us about her research paper presented at the NordMedia 2017 conference. She has done a theoretical study on constructive journalism, adding more academic background for the relatively new concept. Hermans is interested in the depolarizing effects of constructive … Continued

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Published: 30 Aug 2017

ARTICLE: Online news video consumption is growing modestly

The push of video from platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat has driven the production of videos upwards, writes Antonis Kalogeropoulos, of RISJ, University of Oxford. The author compared the prominence of online news video in Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States and explored the role of social media use in … Continued

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Published: 31 May 2017

ARTICLE: An algorithm makes news organizations to play by Facebook’s rules

In June 2014 Facebook’s announced an algorithm tweak that prioritized videos directly uploaded to the social media platform (native videos) over other posting formats, such as link and photo posts. Edson C Tandoc Jr, of Nanyang Technological University and Julian Maitra, of University of St. Gallen examine how news organizations responded to this algorithm tweak. Prior … Continued

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Published: 9 May 2017

ARTICLE: Low-quality news videos make the news organization seem less credible

Gina Masullo Chen, of University of Texas at Austin, Peter S. Chen, of University of Texas at Austin, Chen-Wei Chang, of Fudan University, and Zainul Abedin, of University of Southern Mississippi study what influence does news video quality have on college-age news consumers’ perceptions of the videos as well as their perceptions of the credibility and value … Continued

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Published: 9 May 2017
Newspapers in Japan and the role of personal contact - Kaori Hayashi interview

VIDEO: Newspapers in Japan and the role of personal contact

Kaori Hayashi, Professor of Media and Journalism Studies at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, talked to us about Japanese newspapers. Due to the ageing society and changing media use of younger generations, the readership of newspapers is on the decline. Still, newspapers have a lot of influence in the … Continued

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Published: 2 May 2017
Post-industrial journalism in metropolitan newsrooms - Nikki Usher interview

VIDEO: Post-industrial journalism in metropolitan newsrooms

Nikki Usher, Assistant Professor at The George Washington University, told us about her work. She has recently finished a book called ‘Interactive Journalism’ (find info about the book behind this link). Usher’s current work will focus on post-industrial journalism in newsrooms, looking at the connection of material and digital production. She is asking whether journalism … Continued

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Published: 25 Apr 2017
Economic news and learning – Arjen van Dalen interview

VIDEO: Economic news and learning

Arjen van Dalen, Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark told us about his four-year research project that focuses on economic news. The research group studied, using content analysis and a large survey following people’s understanding of news during one year, how people learn about and understand economic news. At the end of the … Continued

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Published: 18 Apr 2017
Worlds of journalism – Thomas Hanitzsch interview

VIDEO: Worlds of journalism

Thomas Hanitzsch, Professor of Communication at the LMU Munchen told us about his Worlds of Journalism project. Hanitzsch has studied journalistic cultures, the state of journalism and basic premises of newsrooms in 66 countries around the world. His future interests include continuing this vast project and also researching crisis reporting. The interview was filmed at … Continued

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Published: 13 Apr 2017
Political journalism in Central Eastern Europe – Maja Šimunjak interview

VIDEO: Political journalism in Central Eastern Europe

Maja Šimunjak, lecturer at Middlesex University London, talked to us about her research into political journalism. Šimunjak tells about how researching political journalism in Central Eastern Europe differs from Western countries. She also shares her future interests about broadening the research to better explain these differences. The interview was filmed at the ECREA 2016 conference … Continued

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Published: 11 Apr 2017