British and Chinese state broadcasters (BBC and CCTV, respectively) depict Africa differently, writes Vivien Marsh of University of Westminster. The author compared the newscasts of BBC’s Focus on Africa and … Continued

Late parenting is represented in news discourse as a challenging concept in various ways, in contrast to ‘normative’ parenting, writes Virpi Ylänne, of Cardiff University. She analysed 90 UK newspaper articles on … Continued

Political news in Danish newspapers might have become less future-oriented over the 1997–2013 period, write Kenneth Reinecke Hansen of University of Southern Denmark. This is according to the significant decline in modal verbs … Continued

New issue of Communication Today is now published. Here are few examples of the new articles. Václav Moravec, Marína Urbániková, Jaromír Volek explore the degree of homogeneity among three generations (pretransitive, transitive … Continued

The Guardian’s data journalism branch Datablog produces journalism that mostly adheres to traditional journalistic norms, write Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University and Soo-Kwang Oh, of William Paterson … Continued

The composition of a person’s news diet affects the likelihoods of different types of protest, write Lorenzo Mosca, of Scuola Normale Superiore, and Mario Quaranta, of LUISS Guido Carli. The … Continued

Algorithmic journalism, or ‘robot journalism’, has reached a point of technical viability, writes Konstantin Nicholas Dörr, of University of Zurich. The author analyzed the contemporary state of the art, its … Continued

Immediacy is seen as one of the key values in journalism as people want to be informed about events and threats as soon as possible. This speed game has strengthened … Continued

Various new possibilities and challenges are generated by digital and social media and large available data-sets for conducting research focused on ever-developing online news ecosystems, write Niina Sormanen, Jukka Rohila, … Continued

Data journalism education often fails to properly address issues related to ethics, accountability and transparency, write Sergio Splendore, of University of Milan, Philip Di Salvo, of University of Lugano, Tobias … Continued