In 2013 a garment factory The Rana Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh. 1134 people were killed, and around 2500 were injured making it the deadliest garment factory accident in history, writes … Continued

Recently published New Media & Society special section offers perspectives on mobilities, migration and new media. Throughout the entire migration process, information and communication technologies play a crucial role in the way migrants … Continued

News use over social networking sites (SNS) has been shown to have a significant and positive impact on individuals’ political and civic activities, writes Jihyang Choi, of Ewha Womans University. The article … Continued

Anders Olof Larsson, Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Bente Kalsnes, of University of Oslo and Christian Christensen, of University of Stockholm study Twitter use by public service broadcasters (PSBs) during national elections … Continued

In their new article Varda Wasserman and Ines Gabel, both of The Open University of Israel, explore how an ultra-Orthodox Jewish magazine Mishpacha (Family) enables the voicing of subversive views with the aim of transforming the … Continued

Journalism Research News has now been online for over a year and a half. Due to additional project funding for 2016 from the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, we have been able … Continued

Study by Jacob Groshek, of Boston University and Edson Tandoc, of Nanyang Technological University, analyzed Twitter activity around the Grand Jury decision in the death of Michael Brown in Missouri. The … Continued

The article applied the notion of hybridity to compare social media adoption by journalists in Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Three constructs of … Continued

Local and regional newspapers’ framing of flamingo conservation efforts on France’s southern coast has changed over the years, write Lisa Ernoul, of Aix-Marseille University, and Angela Wardell-Johnson, of Curtin University. … Continued

Media freedom, access to internet, and the availability of open government data counteract corruption, write Christopher Starke, of University of Münster, Teresa K. Naab, of University of Augsburg, and Helmut … Continued