Job advertisements provide a rich source of information about how employers define “journalism”, write Sally Young and Andrea Carson. Their study focuses on analysing job advertisements of Australian media companies during the … Continued

New special issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics (IJPP) called Digital media, power, and democracy in election campaigns, is published now. IJPP is quarterly published, interdisciplinary journal that publishes research which analyzes … Continued

New article by Jonathan Bright explores the question why some news articles are shared more than others on social media. Results of the study show that editorial promotion of the article on … Continued

June issue on quarterly published British Journalism review is now available. The issue is called We made a monster: American media thrown into panic.  It provides a comprehensive collection of articles, … Continued

Contrary to studies on generic online content, a notable share of Germans is willing to pay for digital longform journalism, write Cornelia Wolf, of University of Leipzig, and Alexander Godulla, … Continued

Anti-fracking advocacy groups were most capable of getting their messages through to the British press, write Jordan Neil, Tiffany Schweickart, Tianduo Zhang and Spiro Kiousis, all four of University of … Continued

Newspapers’ affiliations with political parties are not inherently disasterous, write Vlaďka Kubíčková and Nico Carpentier, both of Charles University in Prague. The authors investigated the Národní listy, a Czechoslovakian nationalist … Continued

The Challenging Media Landscapes Conference 2016, titled “Access, Participation and the Mediatised World”, is now looking for paper and panel proposals. The event will be held in Manchester, United Kingdom, … Continued

The second International Geomedia Conference is now looking for paper and panel proposals. The event, titled this year as “Spaces of the In-Between”, will be held in Karlstad, Sweden, starting … Continued

Old media effects theories, based on simple unidirectional transmission models, are unable to explain modern media, writes Jane B. Singer, of City University London. The author reviews the histories of … Continued