Readers’ contributions posted below online news stories can serve to extend journalism, not just comment on it, writes James Morrison, of Robert Gordon University. The author analysed the reader comments … Continued

Independent research institutions, or so called think tanks, are increasing their influence on Danish, Swedish and Norwegian news, recent research points out. A special issue of the journal Politik focuses … Continued

Journalists hardly ever adopt the frames offered by their sources into their stories, write Christian Baden and Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, both of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The authors compared how … Continued

The 8th annual International Media Readings in Moscow conference is looking for paper abstract submissions. The event will take place on the 7th and 8th of November 2016. The conference … Continued

The headlines of science stories are often excessively emotive and exeggeratory, writes Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska, of Opole University. The author studied the headlines of 400 most-read stories published on the website … Continued

The possibility of being injured or killed in action is one of the most significant risks photojournalists experience, write Adrian Hadland, Paul Lambert, both of University of Stirling, and David … Continued

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has published a forecast of the digital media trends of 2016. Authored by the Institute’s own Nic Newman, the report covers developments … Continued

A new open access e-book on gender and media has been published by the University of Minho’s Communication and Society Research Centre. The book contains 11 chapters, many of which … Continued

The Swedish press used a more market-oriented, neoliberal discourse in covering an economic crisis in 2011 than in 1977, writes Diana Jacobsson, of Gothenburg University. The author compared the coverage … Continued

The media market concentration in many European countries is high enough to cause considerable risk to media plurality, a recent study reveals. The Media Pluralism Monitor project’s results from 2015 … Continued