What is the role of journalism in social innovation? asks Taneli Heikka, of University of Jyväskylä. The doctoral thesis analyzes four cases of journalism-related social innovation in the USA and Finland. … Continued

Qatar Airways, whose parent company is the government of Qatar, has offered generous sponsorship of Sky News’ weather reports over the last decade, write Tal Samuel-Azran and Inbal Assaf, of Sammy … Continued

Sensitivity of news is expected to influence news framing significantly, write Xianwen Kuang and Rining Wei, both of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. The authors choose two sensitive political issues with different geographic relevance … Continued

Based on a quantitative content analysis, Ulrika Hedman, of University of Gothenburg, examines Swedish journalists’ Twitter account presentations. The focus of the analysis is on how the technological affordances of Twitter shape … Continued

A symposium on fashion and non-fiction media is calling for submission proposals. The event is entitled “Sewing Reality: Fashion in Non-fiction Media” and it will be hosted by University of … Continued

Social media users are more likely to click on and share news stories if they are accompanied by positive images, a team of researchers found. The team had 60 American … Continued

A special issue of the Journal of Alternative and Community Media is calling for article proposals. The issue is entitled “Ethnic Minority Media: Between Hegemony and Resistance” and it will … Continued

Australian newspapers portray asylum seekers either as “victims requiring management” or as a “threat requiring military intervention”. Researchers from the Australian Deakin University, Kehla Lippi, Fiona H. McKay and Hayley … Continued

An upcoming symposium on amateur video and journalism is looking for submission proposals. The event will be held in Edmonton, Canada, on the 25th and 26th of May 2018. The … Continued

The two American cable networks CNN and FOX are ideologically more similar than they are usually assumed, Perry Parks, of Michigan State University, writes. Parks analysed the coverage of one … Continued