How are crime and legal issues covered in the media? A recent book in Finnish by Elina Noppari, Pentti Raittila and Pirita Männikkö of the University of Tampere studies the … Continued

Digital witnessing of conflicts breaks with the professional monopoly of the journalist and becomes a complex site of struggle, states Lilie Chouliaraki of London School of Economics and Political Science. … Continued

Abstracts are sought for The Media-Bridge-Cultures conference in Istanbul. Conference addresses transnational bridging functions of the media as connecting agents between cultures and countries. A special emphasis will be placed … Continued

How have managers at Finnish Broadcasting Company interpreted the dramatic changes in media environment during the last 40 years? A recent article by Päivi Maijanen of the Lappeenranta University of … Continued

Book reviews are called for the journal Central European Journal of Communication (CEJC), published by the Polish Communication Association. Book reviews of maximum 7000 characters should be delivered by September … Continued

Christine Isager of University of Copenhagen and Rob Alexander of Brock University are calling for chapters for an edited volume to be published in 2016. Their aim is to discover what “Gonzo” … Continued

We should examine journalism ethics from broader views than just looking at the principles of justice and harm, says a recent article by Steven Knowlton of Dublin City University and … Continued

In Negotiating politicians’ responsibilities in news interviews, conversation analysis was applied on 27 news interviews of Ministers from 1970s and 2000s. Three common forms of questionings were studied. The recent … Continued

In their newly published article Stefan Geiß of University of Mainz, Melanie Leidecker of University of Koblenz-Landau and Thomas Roessing of University of Mainz explore how news media trigger searches and edits in Wikipedia. Geiß, … Continued

A pilot study of postgraduate journalism students in Dublin and Amman compared professional outlooks and social characteristics of students in both contexts and examined institutional settings. The study finds that … Continued