The journal Funes is calling for article proposals for its upcoming special issue, themed “The representation of death in modern society”. The issue is scheduled for publication in July 2018. … Continued

When news and social media turn their attention to someone, they start to forget others. S Mo Jang, of University of South Carolina, and Yong Jin Park, of Howard University, … Continued

The 9th Nordic Work Life Conference is now accepting paper proposals. The Section 3 of the event is dedicated to changes in journalists’ work life and is entitled “Journalists’ Working … Continued

The status of journalistic privilege “took a significant step forward” in 2011, Edward L. Carter, of Brigham Young University, writes. Carter reviews the status of journalistic privilege before and after … Continued

On the week 41 the following publications have come to our attention: Negotiating Journalism: Core Values and Cultural Diversities Edited by Elsebeth Frey, Mofizur Rhaman and Hamida El Bour Published … Continued

John Price, of University of Sunderland, has surveyed the subscribers of the online investigative journalism co-operative, The Ferret. Price wanted to find out who the subscribers are and what makes … Continued

How do journalists use document sharing in presenting their work, ask Niv Mor, of University of Haifa, and Zvi Reich, of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. They studied the case … Continued

The journal Versus is calling for article proposals for its upcoming thematic issue entitled “Fake news, misinformation/disinformation, post-truth”. The journal is specialized, as per its full title, in “semiotics and … Continued

Kim Schrøder, Professor of Communication at Roskilde University, talked to us about his research on how people use news media in their everyday life. Schrøder has studied this from two … Continued

What is the state of media freedom in Indonesia, a rarely studied country in communication research? Mala Ekayanti and Hao Xiaoming, both of Nanyang Technological University, studied how the political … Continued