Journalism does not only facilitate democracy, civic engamement and strenghten communities, as is often theorized. A new study by Johan Lindell, of Karlstad University, and Paola Sartoretto, of Stockholm University, … Continued

On week 17 the following publications have come to our attention: Broadcasting and National Imagination in Post-Communist Latvia. Defining the Nation, Defining Public Television Written by Jānis Juzefovičs Published by Intellect … Continued

Even in a saturated online media environment, active seeking for news is needed for learning about politics, write Homero Gil de Zúñiga, of the University of Vienna, Brian Weeks, of … Continued

This is a three-part call for: a conference, a special journal issue, and a book project “Algorithms, Automation, & News: Capabilities, cases, and consequences”. Algorithms and automation are increasingly implicated … Continued

The decision of whose opinions to give voice to is an especially consequential one in American politics, write Michael W. Wagner, of University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mike Gruszczynski, of Austin … Continued

In areas stigmatized with high levels of violence, crime, and poverty, negative news stories may be the only local news available, write Andrea Wenzel, Evelyn Moreno, Minhee Son and Breanna Morrison … Continued

News published online by public service broadcasters provide more diversity than news published by other types of news organisations, Edda Humprecht and Frank Esser, both of University of Zurich, write. … Continued

One source of changes in media landscape is large societal events, write Hongjun Lim, Choongho Chung, Jihee Kim, Juho Kim, Sue Moon and Meeyoung Cha, all of KAIST. Their conference … Continued

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in April 2017 about journalism research. The list is updated a couple of times per week. … Continued

Nikki Usher, Assistant Professor at The George Washington University, told us about her work. She has recently finished a book called ‘Interactive Journalism’ (find info about the book behind this … Continued