Journalism Research News will be taking a holiday break from 23.12.2016 to 9.1.2017. During the break JRN staff will be unavailable to reply your messages, but we will get back … 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

Individuals with more cultural capital are not necessarily “snobbish” but rather “omnipotent” in their news consumption, write Jonas Ohlsson and Sofia Arkhede, both of University of Gothenburg, with Johan Lindell, … Continued

The total number of local UK newspapers is going down, with a net loss of 17 papers over 2015 and 2016, Jasper Cox writes in the media-focused newspaper Press Gazette. … Continued

The current codes of ethics do not address sponsored content sufficiently, a new study states. The article by Pasi Ikonen and Vilma Luoma-aho of the University of Jyväskylä and Shannon … Continued

New article by Jesper Falkheimer, Mark Blach-Ørsten, Mads Kæmsgaard Eberholst and Veselinka Möllerström investigates the news content and news routines of Danish and Swedish news media covering the Öresund region. Öresund bridge connects Denmark … Continued

At least 48 journalists have been killed in the line of duty during 2016 and the deaths of at least 27 more journalists are still under investigation, tells Committee to Protect Journalists … Continued

Audience attention has fairly little effect on what the journalists position as a news website’s leading story, Rodrigo Zamith, of University of Massachusetts, writes. Zamith captured the home pages of … Continued

A new edited book on war correspondence is looking for chapter proposals. The book’s title will be “Reporting from the Wars 1850 – 2015: The origins and evolution of the … Continued

The relationship between journalists and politicians is one of both conflict and co-operation, which reflects the complexity of establishing linkages to and boundaries within political life, write Igor Vobič, of … Continued