The Russian state-owned ITAR-TASS news agency echoes the tone of the official Kremlin narrative, Kohei Watanabe, of London School of Economics, writes. Watanabe algorithmically analysed over 87 000 ITAR-TASS news … Continued

On week 13 the following publications have come to our attention: The Media War on Black Male Youth in Urban Education Written by Darius Pier Published by Routledge 146 pages … Continued

Oliver Hahn, Professor of Journalism at the University of Passau talked to us about his work on international comparisons and cultural differences in journalism. He brings out interesting findings from … Continued

A workshop on hate speech in Korea, Japan, and France is calling for paper proposals. The workshop is part of a larger, comparative research project on the topic. It will … Continued

A study by Raul Ferrer-Conill, of Karlstad University, looks at the effects a gamified audience metrics system has on the journalists. The author interviewed 11 journalists and managers working for … Continued

The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) conference “Bridging Gaps: Where is the Critic in Television Journalism” is calling for papers. The conference will be held August 31 to … Continued

Israeli children’s news creators think no topic should be categorically excluded from the newscasts, Michal Alon-Tirosh, of Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, writes. Alon-Tirosh interviewed 15 professionals working with children’s … Continued

Trust towards the sharer of a link to a news article matters a lot on social media. A new study from the Media Insight Project, studied how US respondents decide … Continued

How could the journalistic representation of ethnic minorities be improved? Sheng Zou of Stanford University proposes a dialogical model representation, to evoke mutual understanding across differences. The author states that … Continued

A technology-focused news website Gizmodo ran two stories on Facebook in early May of 2016. They revealed, most notably, how Facebook’s Trending Topics stream was edited by a team of … Continued