ARTICLE: Overconsuming soft news leads to cynicism
Are so-called soft news detrimental to journalism or even to society at whole? This is the question that a recently published article sets out to answer. The article was published … Continued
Journalists’ Perceptions of Ownership Change and its Impact on Journalistic Content and Work
ARTICLE: Overconsuming soft news leads to cynicism
Are so-called soft news detrimental to journalism or even to society at whole? This is the question that a recently published article sets out to answer. The article was published … Continued
ARTICLE: Blurred lines of INGO’s and freelancers
The distinction between an INGO (international non-governmental organization) and news organization is blurred by the use of freelancers, claims a new article by Kate Wright of University of Roehampton, published as an … Continued
PAPER: Changes in cultural journalism in Finnish newspapers
Maarit Jaakkola defends her doctoral dissertation today 23th June 2015 at University of Tampere. Her dissertation is titled The Contested Autonomy of Arts and Journalism. In her study, Jaakkola examines the changes in … Continued
REPORT: Online news ever more popular, only few willing to pay for it
The annual Digital News Report has just been published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report is based on a international online YouGov- This year’s key findings show for example … Continued
It’s Monday: News and events this week
Last week we wrote about MI2015 conference, about how immigration is framed in Western media, and how readers still trust news websited over social media. We also told you about a … Continued
CEECOM 2015: Biggest takeaways
The Central and East-European Communication and Media Conference 2015 (CEECOM2015) ends today, Sunday 14th June in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference was organized by University of Zagreb in cooperation with ECREA … Continued
ARTICLE: Local news, citizen sources, peace journalism and more
A new issue of International Journal of Communication has been published. We cherry-picked the articles written about European journalism or by European journalism scholars, paraphrased below. Manuel Goyanes of Carlos III University writes about … Continued
CEECOM2015: Digital transition in CEE region
The Central and EastEuropean Communication and Media Conference 2015 (CEECOM2015) will start off on Friday in Zagreb, Croatia. Conference is organized by ZagrebUniversity in cooperation with ECREA CEE Network and co-sponsored … Continued
PAPER: Freedom of speech changed in 1960’s Finland
The social and cultural shift of 1960’s and 1970’s had an impact in the freedom of speech in Finland, according to a recent PhD dissertation by Tuula Pere is defended today … Continued