Journalists’ Perceptions of Ownership Change and its Impact on Journalistic Content and Work
ARTICLE: News agency ANP greatly influences online news in the Netherlands
The news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) has become a more influential gatekeeper in political news in the Netherlands. A new article looking at the political coverage in print and online … Continued
ARTICLE: Control of information and digital censorship in Turkey
Ruling elites in Turkey try to control the flow of information and to establish a relationship with digital intermediaries similar to their relationship with the mainstream media, states a new … Continued
ARTICLE: Suffragettes, present-day women politicians and appearance
Reporting on women politicians has focused on body and looks, in the last decades as well as in the early twentieth century. Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon University studies the … Continued
Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s … Continued
ARTICLE: BBC does not offer a plurality of views
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) continues to treat objectivity as a balance between the largest political parties, write Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Mike Berry, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco, and Jonathan Cable, all of Cardiff … Continued
ARTICLE: Social media sources discredit political news
The audience perceive news stories that quote social media sources less credible than stories that are based on, for example, stake-outs, write Sanne Kruikemeier and Sophie Lecheler, both of the … Continued
ARTICLE: Trust not needed for news consumption
Trust and distrust do not have a statistically significant effect on news consumption, write Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu, of University of Vienna, and Homero Gil de Zúñiga, of Universidad Diego Portales. The … Continued
