The people who consume more news about science are more trustful of it, even if said news told about misconduct in science, writes Ulrika Andersson of University of Gothenburg. The … Continued

Media has covered the contemporary flux of people in a multitude of ways, but much of the coverage is irresponsible in its sensationalist and even downright xenophobic stance. The evaluation … Continued

The second conference of ECREA’s temporary working group Journalism & Communication Education is looking for submissions. The 2016 conference’s title is “Higher communication education – serving or innovating the profession?” … Continued

The annual conference of Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies is looking for submissions to its 2016 event. The conference is titled “Representing Peace and Conflict”. It … Continued

The perpetuation of stereotypes of China and the Chinese in Western media is the result of many reasons, writes Jeanne Boden, of KU Leuven. The author sketches out the history … Continued

Danish journalists make few factual errors, but they are perceived as being politically biased, writes Mark Blach-Ørsten of Roskilde University. Sources of Danish news stories were asked to evaluate whether … Continued

The Nordic data journalism conference NODA16 is still accepting submissions. The organizers have decided to postpone the deadline for abstract submissions to the 15th of January. The original deadline was … Continued

In his newly published article Robin Vandevoordt, of University of Antwerp, builds bridge between practice-based studies of war reporting and general sociological studies of journalism as a profession. The key questions are … Continued

A new issue of Nordicom’s newsletter European Media Policy is out now. The newsletter includes news about policy developments at the European level, and in addition, some international news. The news … Continued

The viewing of distressing user generated content (UGC) can cause journalists to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), write Sam Dubberley, Elizabeth Griffin and Haluk Mert Bal, all of the … Continued