The first issue of volume 7 of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture is published. The journal publishes interdisciplinary studies on media, communication and cultural studies. Some interesting articles of … Continued

The Association of Media Researchers in Denmark (SMiD) is calling for papers for their biennial meeting in 27-28 October 2016. The theme of the biennial meeting is “The Social in … Continued

Spanish media does not engage in proper, national debate over crucial food security issues, write Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, Olga Moreno Pérez, and Eladio Arnalte Alegre, all of Technical University of Madrid. … Continued

Portuguese newspapers by and large represent gender as a binary phenomenon, write Maria Manuel Rocha Baptista and Rita Ilse Pinto de Loureiro Himmel, both of Universidade de Aveiro. They analysed … Continued

A new report by Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism examines the state of journalism in the United Kingdom. The report is written by Neil Thurman and Jessica Kunert … Continued

Early modern diplomats were central to the history of news and the development of the public sphere. The article by Helmer Helmers of the University of Amsterdam studies public diplomacy … Continued

The mass media has two essential functions for political elites reaching towards their goals. The article by Peter Van Aelst and Stefaan Walgrave of the University of Antwerp dives into … Continued

Twitter messages, or tweets, blend both personal branding and organisational representation, write Lily Canter and Daniel Brookes, both of Sheffield Hallam University. The authors analysed a week’s worth of tweets … Continued

Both Indian and British journalists consider empathy a vital skill for journalists, writes Antje Glück, of University of Leeds. The author interviewed 21 British and 25 Indian journalists over their … Continued

Metaphors used in the British Journalism Review about journalism, by journalists, tend to be negative, write Martin Conboy and Minyao Tang, both of University of Sheffield. They investigated 16 BJR … Continued