A new report from the Engaging News Project did a large survey about news comment sections on 20 news websites. The report is written by Talia Stroud, Emily Van Duyn, … Continued

Previous research has characterized media organizations as institutions which portray Muslims in a quite monolithic way, argues Michael B Munnik of Cardiff University. In his new article, Munnik proposes that … Continued

Have traits of commercialization, such as conflict, personalization and scandals become more common in news? Maria Karidi of LMU Munich studied how characteristics of commercial media logic appear in German … Continued

What kind of values and topics in news predict audience interaction in social media? Victor García-Perdomo of the University of Texas at Austin, Ramón Salaverría of Universidad de Navarra, Danielle … Continued

Journalists working for United Kingdom’s Turkish language press feel like they are unable to fully practice their ideals, Sanem Şahin, of University of Lincoln, writes. Şahin interviewed 12 journalists and … Continued

A handful of factors affect which conflicts get covered and which become “stealth conflicts”, write Thomas Zerback and Johannes Holzleitner, both of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. The authors analysed over 23 … Continued

The less free a society is, the less likely journalists are to subscribe to the importance of detached and objective reporting, write Yigal Godler, of both Tel Aviv University and … Continued

Politically aligned newspapers’ coverage of the February 2016 Ankara bombing emphasizes the divisions within Turkey, Lyndon C. S. Way and Aysun Akan, both of Izmir University of Economics, write. The … Continued

The use of big data in journalism has many ethical pitfalls, which may cause an unfortunate backlash against the practice, write David Craig and Mohammad Yousuf, both of the University … 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