On week 24 the following publications have come to our attention: Ad Wars: Digital Challenges for Ad-Financed News Media in the Nordic Countries Open access Written by Jonas Ohlsson & … Continued

ECREA Communication and the European Public Sphere TWG seminar is calling for papers. Seminar aims at presenting various perspectives on the European Public Sphere. The call states: “We will take … Continued

Journalists today often utilize social media borne information in their work, especially in breaking news situations. Verifying that information, however, can be tricky. An international team of researchers interviewed 22 … Continued

The framing of the flight MH370 mystery was different in the US, China and Malaysia, write Lindsey M. Bier, Sejin Park, and Michael J Palenchar, all of University of Southern … Continued

Two main political parties dominated news about the UK General Election, states a report from Loughborough University. Researchers from Loughborough University’s Centre for Research in Communication and Culture reported on … Continued

Since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the country’s media landscape has changed dramatically. Karen McIntyre, of Virginia Commonwealth University and Meghan Sobel, of Regis University used qualitative interviews to figure out … Continued

The Institute of Communication Ethics Annual Conference, organized in London, is calling for papers. “Sports content is a crucial aspect of many media organisations’ output. But while the ethical issues … Continued

A special issue of Digital Journalism is calling for papers. The issue wants to showcase research that focuses or is related to one of four aspects of online sourcing in … Continued

People who feel overloaded by news information are more willing to pay for news, write Sun Kyong Lee and Nathan J. Lindsey, both of University of Oklahoma, with Kyun Soo … Continued

It is problematic to apply Western-centric media system theories to contemporary neo-authoritarian Russia, in light of mechanisms used by the state to control the media and the country’s overall development, … Continued