Francesca Di Renzo, of University of Sheffield, has studied the way two Spanish news outlets covered immigration at the Morocco-Spain border. The city of Melilla, especially, is a site where … Continued

Impartiality of news during political campaining should mean more than just balancing opposing sides. Stephen Cushion and Justin Lewis, of Cardiff University, studied how impartiality was editorially constructed and interpreted … Continued

Chinese and Anglo-American media represent Beijing’s smog problem very differently, write Ming Liu, of Sun Yat-sen University, and Chaoyuan Li, of Xi’an International Studies University. The authors algorithmically analysed 1 … Continued

People with low need for cognition (NFC) will feel more knowledgeable after reading an incomprehensible news article than after reading a comprehensible article, Mathias Weber and Christina Koehler, both of … Continued

The second Mediating the Real conference, entitled “Mediations in a post-truth era”, is calling for paper proposals. The conference will be hosted by the University of Otago in Dunedin, New … Continued

How are political leaders treated by newspapers, and how does that affect the leaders’ popularity? Daniel Stevens, of University of Exeter, and Barbara Allen, of Carleton College compared the United … Continued

When Americans are asked whether they trust “the news media”, an overwhelming majority will say they do not. However, when they are asked about the particular news sources they use … Continued

On week 25 the following publications have come to our attention: Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism Written by Maria Repnikova Published by Cambridge University Press 264 pages … Continued

How do our Facebook friends influence what news we read? Nicolas M. Anspach, of Temple University, studied how people select political news in social media. The author conducted a survey … Continued

Scholarship on journalism often includes the American cable channel Fox News, but in reality the channel’s output is best described as propaganda rather than journalism, Mitchell T. Bard, of Iona … Continued