Identifying an online comment coming from an expert can increase the credibility of a news article, a new study found. Ivanka Pjesivac of the University of Georgia, Nicholas Geidner of … Continued

The journal Hipertext.net is calling for article manuscripts for its upcoming thematic issue on “The Digital Future of Facts”. The journal is open access, and it accepts submissions in three … Continued

Journalism studies is lacking historical perspective, an essay by Matt Carlson, of Saint Louis University, and Seth C. Lewis, of University of Oregon, argues. They call for more “temporal reflexivity” … Continued

The Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) is calling for paper proposals for an upcoming, one-day conference on Muslim women in the media. The conference is organised by the … Continued

Most of Swedish cultural journalism observes its topics on a “transnational scale”, Anna Roosvall and Andreas Widholm, both of Stockholm University, write. The authors analysed a sample of over 2 … Continued

On the week 11/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Reporting the First World War in the Liminal Zone Written by Sara Prieto Published by Palgrave Macmillan 199 … Continued

Dividing a news story about a political scandal into several pieces will have a stronger effect than presenting all information at once, Christian von Sikorski and Johannes Knoll, both of … Continued

The Nova Science Publishers is calling for chapter proposals for an edited book on Twitter. The book covers a variety of Twitter related topics, including the practices and uses of … Continued

A workshop entitled “Hybrid journalism, celebrities and popular culture: rethinking newsworthiness” is calling for paper proposals. It will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the 28th and 29th of May … Continued

Changes in mainstream media and online journalism have also affected religious communities. For example, many Jewish ultra-Orthodox news websites have been launched over the past ten years. Oren Golan and … Continued