June special issue of International Communication Gazette is published. The issue is called Fulfilling the public service remit in the post-broadcasting era: Does the medium still matter? The magazine includes … Continued

For journalistic purposes, Facebook is Norwegian journalists’ most important social media platform, write Anders Olof Larsson, of Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, and Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, of … Continued

An interdisciplinary conference on care is looking for paper proposals. The event itself, titled “Discourses of Care: Care in Media, Medicine and Society” will be held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, … Continued

The pressures of international politics leave Latvians struggling to counteract Russian media’s influence, writes Janis Chakars, of Gwynedd Mercy University. Chakars reviews Latvia’s relationship with foreign media both today and … Continued

News text is as important or even more important than photographs in influencing politicians’ public image, write Hajo Boomgaarden, of University of Vienna, Mark Boukes, of University of Amsterdam, and … Continued

A two day symposium on the so-called refugee crisis, titled “Transit Europe: Mobility, Communication and Governance”, is now accepting paper abstracts. The symposium will be held in Malmö, Sweden, on … Continued

Confidential sources have become more reluctant to leak information to journalists, writes Paul Lashmar of University of Sussex. Lashmar interviewed 12 experienced investigative reporters from the US, the UK, Canada, … Continued

Andy Dickinson, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and working at the Media Innovation Studio, talks to us about hyperlocal data journalism. We interviewed him at the … Continued

There are more new and interesting experiments in Indian journalism than in most other countries, write Arijit Sen and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. India has also the fastest levels of internet growth … Continued

The more people engage with journalists on Twitter, the less likely they are to report viewing the media as having an editorial bias, write Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Trevor Diehl and Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu. Focus of … Continued