Little attention has been paid to investigate journalistic perceptions toward war versus peace journalism and specifically how to measure it quantitatively, write Rico Neumann of University of Washington and Shahira Fahmy of University … Continued

The United Kingdom’s public service broadcaster BBC skewed public discussion on the country’s financial deficit, writes Mike Berry, of Cardiff University. The author analyzed how the deficit was covered in … Continued

The use of remotely piloted aircrafts (RPA), commonly known as drones, in journalism should not be restricted before the fact, writes David Goldberg of both Queen Mary University of London … Continued

The editors working in custom publishing share many characteristics with journalists, writes Thomas Koch, of University of Mainz. Koch surveyd 197 German editors who worked in custom publishing, such as … Continued

In June 2012 a Turkish jet was hit by the Syrian army and in March 2014 a Syrian jet was hit by Turkish army. Metin Ersoy of Eastern Mediterranean University utilizes framing … Continued

How valenced reader comments affect recipients’ perception of scandalized individuals and the journalistic quality of online news? ask Christian von Sikorski of University of Vienna and Maria Hänelt of German Sport University Cologne. … Continued

New special issue of European Journal of Communication is out now. The issue is called Future priorities in European media and communication research and there is also some interesting texts concerning … Continued

Information activists and journalists differ from each other mainly by their understanding of the nature of knowledge, writes Nina Grønlykke Mollerup, of University of Roskilde. The author interviewed and observed … Continued

The journalists and readers of the newspaper The Guardian prefer different topics in human trafficking related news, write Maria Eirini Papadouka, Nicholas Evangelopoulos and Gabe Ignatow, all of University of … Continued

Newspapers veer towards using the visual frames offered by non-governmental organizations, rather than those of governmental spokespeople, write Antal Wozniak, Hartmut Wessler and Julia Lück, all of University of Mannheim. … Continued