Journalists’ Perceptions of Ownership Change and its Impact on Journalistic Content and Work
ARTICLE: Harassment of female journalists receives attention only when validated by men
How does feminist discourse penetrate the mainstream media in a “post-feminist” era? Dunja Antunovic, of Bradley University, investigated the question through a case study of the #MoreThanMean campaign. #MoreThanMean was … Continued
ARTICLE: The connection between immigration news and real-world developments
How do news about immigration relate to real-life developments? University of Amsterdam researchers Laura Jacobs, Alyt Damstra, Mark Boukes and Knut De Swert did a longitudinal study from 1999 to … Continued
ARTICLE: Combining investigative journalism with stand-up comedy can improve public engagement
“Dirty Little Secrets” was a project from 2015 bringing together New Jersey news organizations, comedians, two universities, and a national investigative journalism organization CIR. The project turned investigative news material … Continued
CFP | 30.5. | Sociocultural frontiers of journalism in Brazil and in Francophone space
The 1st Brazil-France-Francophone Belgium Journalism Research Conference titled “The Sociocultural Frontiers of Journalism in Brazil and in Francophone space”, is calling for proposals. The conference will be held 12-13 November … Continued
CFP | 1.6. | Communication in the digital age (CIDA) symposium
The international symposium on “Communication in The Digital Age” (CIDA) will be held in Mersin, Turkey, on 18-19 October 2018. The symposium is calling for papers on different topics concerning … Continued
ARTICLE: People navigate news on social media based on ‘generalised scepticism’
As news are read more often via social media, the selection of what news people see is based increasingly on algorithms, instead of editorial selection. Richard Fletcher and Rasmus Kleis … Continued
ARTICLE: Politically active people in Taiwan still read print newspapers
Tien-Tsung Lee of the University of Kansas, and Yuki Fujioka of Georgia State University analyzed data from the Taiwan Communication Survey (TCS) from 2013, looking at which news and information … Continued
CFP | 15.4. | Strategic management in the media industries
The Journal of Media Business Studies special issue on “Strategic Management in the Media (Creative) Industries” is calling for papers. The aim of the special issue on Strategic Management in … Continued
CFP | 15.4. | Communication trends in the digitalised world
The 3rd International Media Studies Symposium themed “Communication Trends in the Digitalised World”. The symposium is held on 1-3 November 2018 at Akdeniz University in Turkey. They welcome submissions from … Continued
ARTICLE: Professionals create impressive photojournalism, but struggle to maintain their position
What happened to photojournalism when a newspaper laid off its entire photography staff? Tara M. Mortensen of the University of South Carolina, and Peter J. Gade of the University of … Continued
