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Research of March 2025

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in March 2025 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

PublishedTitleAuthor(s)Journal publisher
2025-03-02Call for papers for a special issue of the international communication gazette on theorizing the evolving media and communication landscape across South East AsiaBruce Mutsvairo and Indra PrawiraInternational Communication Gazette
2025-03-02The size of news brand repertoires and its relationship to news trust, news interest, and frequency of consumptionÁngel Arrese, Jürg Kaufmann-Argueta & Sven-Ove HorstJournal of Media Business Studies
2025-03-03What is news in a high-choice media environment? An adapted boundary framework for audience definitions of newsCaroline Fisher, Sora Park, and Terry Flew Media International Australia
2025-03-03Falling behind the adoption curve: Local journalism’s struggle for innovation in the AI transformationMaximilian Eder & Helle SjøvaagJournal of Media Business Studies
2025-03-03How (Gendered) Media Portrayals of Refugees Affect Attitudes Toward Immigration. The Moderating Role of Political IdeologyChristine E. Meltzer, Pablo Jost, Christian Schemer, Simon Kruschinski & Marcus MaurerPolitical Communication
2025-03-04Reinforcing Cycles? Empirical Reflections on the Relationship Between Media Cynicism and Political CynicismSangwon Lee, Jihyang Choi, S. Mo Jones-Jang, Dam Hee Kim & Kate KenskiMass Communication and Society
2025-03-04Employee mindfulness and creativity in the media industry: the roles of intrinsic motivation, cognitive flexibility, and supervisor supportFatma Halide Kivrak, Inmaculada Adarves-Yorno & Mahmut ArslanJournal of Media Business Studies
2025-03-04Navigating Connections and Disconnections: The (Re)making of Russian Exiled Journalism in the Digital AgeElena Rodina & Olga DovbyshJournalism Studies
2025-03-05AI in the Newsroom: Lessons from the Adoption of The Globe and Mail's SophiAlfred Hermida & Felix M. SimonJournalism Practice
2025-03-05‘Alienated young man’ with plans for ‘murderous vengeance’? Examining portrayals of misogynistic incel violence in the US news mediaLuise BendfeldtFeminist Media Studies
2025-03-05“Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: postnatal depression narratives, treatment and reception on BBC radio, 1946–1985Fabiola CreedFeminist Media Studies
2025-03-05Digital Journalism (Studies): An Agenda for the FutureOscar Westlund, Jan Lauren Boyles ,Lei Guo ,Magdalena Saldaña ,Ramón Salaverría, T. J. Thomson & Shangyuan WuDigital Journalism
2025-03-06Analyzing the impact of social media on the formation of public opinion and trust in information in contemporary journalism in KyrgyzstanLin Jiang, Aina T. Duishekeeva, Ruoxi Wang, Tongtong Liu & Fangxin HuReview of Communication
2025-03-07“Hacking and information disorder: the weaponization of leaking”Philip Di SalvoCritical Studies in Media Communication
2025-03-07Propaganda à la Russe: historical continuance and modern adaptationChang Zhang, Yong Jin &Ran SiCritical Studies in Media Communication
2025-03-07“It is Easier to Leave Death Threats than to Get Them Taken Down!” – Systematising Journalists’ Battles with Online MobsSigne IvaskDigital Journalism
2025-03-07Viewpoint Diversity, Balance, Deliberativeness: Assessing the Media Performance of Migration Coverage Multi-Dimensionally Based on Deliberative Democratic TheoriesMelanie Magin, Raphael Kösters, Olaf Jandura, Ralph Weiß, Birgit Stark, Linards Udris, Miriam Klein & Andreas A. RiedlMass Communication and Society
2025-03-07News Media Use and Crime Perceptions – The Dual Role of IdeologyDennis AnderssonMass Communication and Society
2025-03-10Election Promise Tracking: Extending the Shelf Life of Democracy in Digital Journalism Practice and ScholarshipLisa Waller & Lucy MoriesonJournalism Studies
2025-03-11Coping with Precarity: Journalists’ Strategies to Find Ease in a Professionally Vulnerable SituationNina Springer & Jana RickDigital Journalism
2025-03-11Scanning vs. Thorough Processing the News: Antecedents of First- and Second-Level Incidental Exposure and the Role of the Relevance AppraisalAndreas Nanz, Ruta Kaskeleviciute, Marlis Stubenvoll & Jörg MatthesDigital Journalism
2025-03-11Abortion Salience After the Roe v. Wade Leak: A Computational Content Analysis of Tweets by CNN, Fox News, and ABC NewsHuma Rasheed, Casey Randazzo, Melissa Dreier & Akeela CareemJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2025-03-11Collective deskilling, value displacement and newsroom de-professionalization under autocratizationStephanie ZQ Yang,
Francis LF Lee,
Hans TF Tse
Journalism
2025-03-11Beyond the big city: Rural journalists, role orientations and reimaginations of computational journalismJan Lauren Boyles,
Richard Mensah Adonu
Journalism
2025-03-11The impact of local culture on journalistic roles and practices: Evidence from the Pacific IslandsBirte Leonhardt,
Folker Hanusch,
Shailendra Singh
Journalism
2025-03-11Back to Normal? Journalistic Paradigm Repair on the Fall of Oppositional Media in Post-National Security Law Hong KongDennis Leung Ka-kuenJournalism Studies
2025-03-11The Positions of Data-Related Peripheral Actors in Journalism PracticeLaura AhvaInternational Journal of Communication
2025-03-11Toward a Theory of Surplus Blackness: Reception, Media Industries, and BlacknessAlfred L. Martin, Jr.International Journal of Communication
2025-03-11Intimacy in Podcast Journalism: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities in Daily News Podcasts and DocumentariesElvira García de Torres,
José M. Legorburu,
David Parra-Valcarce,
Concha Edo,
Lilly Escobar-Artola
Media and Communication
2025-03-12Examining op-ed columns in the Ethiopian media: A study of the public sphereBelew Anley Taglo,
Mulatu Alemayehu Moges
Journalism
2025-03-12Boundaries of data journalism in U.S. public radio newsroomsStan Jastrzebski,
Keren Henderson,
Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley,
Kevin Crowston
Journalism
2025-03-12Media Capture and Journalistic Role Conceptualizations Under Transitional Contexts: The Case of ZimbabweDanford Zirugo Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-03-12Political Deepfakes Are as Credible as Other Fake Media and (Sometimes) Real MediaSoubhik Barari, Christopher Lucas, and Kevin MungerThe Journal of Politics
2025-03-13Educators as news mediators: Educational inHila Lowenstein-Barkai, Hananel Rosenberg & Yaakov OphirJournal of Children and Media
2025-03-13The Political Court: Newspaper Coverage, Appointment Politics, and Public Support of the United States Supreme Court, 1980–2023Joshua Boston & Christopher N. KrewsonPolitical Communication
2025-03-14Journalists, Emotions, and the Introduction of Generative AI Chatbots: A Large-Scale Analysis of Tweets Before and After the Launch of ChatGPTSeth C. Lewis,
David M. Markowitz,
Jon Benedik A. Bunquin
Social Media + Society
2025-03-15Narratives and responsibility in media framings of the (1973–1985) Uruguayan dictatorship: a critical discourse analysisMariana Achugar, Natalia Uval, Betania Núñez, Amanda Muñoz, Julieta Núñez, José Gabriel Lagos & Facundo FrancoCritical Discourse Studies
2025-03-17The journalists’ exodus: Navigating the transition from Twitter to Mastodon and other alternative platformsYee Man Margaret Ng and Rik RayNew Media & Society
2025-03-17Citizen journalism: Revisiting the concept and developmentsSeong Jae Min,
Susana Salgado,
Bruce Mutsvairo
Journalism
2025-03-17Differentiated yet common sentiments: UK news coverage on the Biden–Xi summit meetingAngela Lewis and Hongyi LaiGlobal Media and China
2025-03-17Journalistic Interventionism: Types, Professional, and Normative ConceptionsDoron ShultzinerMass Communication and Society
2025-03-18The Ida B. Wells Effect: A Novel Computational Analysis of US Newspaper Lynching Coverage, 1805–1963Rob Wells, Kathy Roberts Forde, Sean Mussenden, Mohamed Salama & Sasha AllenJournalism Studies
2025-03-18Do we always cast our votes with accurate information? The mediating role of misperception in the relationship between partisan media use and retrospective votingJinwan Kim, Jaewan Lee & Yonghwan KimAsian Journal of Communication
2025-03-18Looking for gamers where they are: Norwegian broadcasting from television to TwitchTorill Elvira Mortensen,
Kristine Jørgensen
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2025-03-18Ten years of transformation: A comparative analysis of American news coverage on China during Xi’s initial and fifth US visitsXianwen Kuang,
Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman
Global Media and China
2025-03-18Newspaper Favorites? A Comparative Assessment of Political Parallelism Across Two DecadesErik de Vries and Gunnar Thesen The International Journal of Press/Politics
2025-03-18Media and Election Monitoring in Africa: Evolving Mechanisms for the 2016 and 2020 Elections in GhanaEmmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah & Bright Kwadwo OduroAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-03-19White nationalist fairytales: The Little Mermaid and neo-segregation in the Breitbart town squareHannah Smith & Casey Ryan KellyCommunication and Critical/Cultural Studies
2025-03-19Enhancing Environmental Justice Coverage in the Great Lakes Region through Community-Based Media ModelsMike Shriberg, Hannah Rieders, Madeline Rieders, Hira Ahmad, Francesca Levethan & Kausthubh SumanthJournalism Practice
2025-03-19Fighting Fire with Fire: Journalistic Investigations of Artificial Intelligence Using Artificial Intelligence TechniquesJoris VeerbeekJournalism Practice
2025-03-19Predictors of the Credibility of Social Media as a News Outlet: An Examination of the Influences of Social Media Contacts, Source Perceptions, and Media UseJiyoung ChaInternational Journal on Media Management
2025-03-20Digital Turn Without Digital Methods? Mapping the Journey of Journalism StudiesYangliu Fan, Jakob Ohme & Christoph NeubergerDigital Journalism
2025-03-20‘The road to the metaverse is not a straight one’: Social representations of virtual reality in the news mediaUlrika Olausson and Annika EngströmConvergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2025-03-20Parallel spheres: The shifting role of digitally engaged activist journalism after Egypt’s January 25 revolutionBrian J. Bowe,
Mariam F. Alkazemi,
Ezaddeen Almutairi,
Nadine El Sayed
Journalism
2025-03-20Broadcasting Solutions: A Textual Analysis of Philadelphia Local Television News Coverage of Remedies for Gun ViolenceJennifer Midberry and Patrick WaltersJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-03-20Parallel spheres: The shifting role of digitally engaged activist journalism after Egypt’s January 25 revolutionBrian J. Bowe,
Mariam F. Alkazemi,
Ezaddeen Almutairi,
Nadine El Sayed
Journalism
2025-03-20The affective circulation of the feminist movement via the hashtag #seAcabó and its portrayal in the traditional digital mediaSara Rebollo-Bueno & Sofía Otero-EscuderoFeminist Media Studies
2025-03-20Exploring the Influence of CEO Traits on Media Firm Innovation and PerformanceJohn OliverInternational Journal on Media Management
2025-03-20Rage Against the Elite: Relationships Between Rural Resentment, Anti-Elitist Attitudes, and Media UseBrittany Shaughnessy & Jay D. HmielowskiCommunication Studies
2025-03-21Bridging Inequality Gaps: Sustainable Journalism in the News Coverage of Education PoliciesMagdalena Saldaña, Valentina Proust, Cristian Cabalin & María Beatriz FernándezJournalism Practice
2025-03-21From alternative health media to vaccine misbeliefs: the roles of medical folk wisdom and institutional trustYuanyuan Wu &Ozan KuruAsian Journal of Communication
2025-03-22Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms—Introduction to the Special IssueEdda Humprecht,
Sebastián Valenzuela,
Frank Esser,
Edson Tandoc
The International Journal of Press/Politics
2025-03-24Claim Negations vs. Fact Affirmations: Evidence of the Content and Effects of Fact-Check HeadlinesFerre Wouters, Michaël Opgenhaffen, Michael Hameleers & Marina TulinJournalism Practice
2025-03-25Traditional Journalism Norms Revisited: Journalistic Reconceptualizations of ObjectivityCarolina Velloso Journal of Communication Inquiry
2025-03-25Media Cynicism, Media Skepticism and Automatic Media Trust: Explicating Their Connection with News Processing and ExposureYariv Tsfati and Aviv BarnoyCommunication Research
2025-03-25Balancing Intimacy and Trust in Audio JournalismMia LindgrenMedia and Communication
2025-03-25Intimacy and Professionalism: Dilemmas in the Practice of Chinese PodcastersHaiyan Wang, Zhengqing Yan, Jing MengMedia and Communication
2025-03-25Caring for others who look just like us: The representation of Ukrainian refugees on Dutch televisionAndrea MeuzelaarMedia, Culture & Society
2025-03-25Frames of conflict / conflict of frames: A frame analysis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Italian press and politicsSimone Papale,
Marco Solaroli
Media, War & Conflict
2025-03-25Brittany Higgins' story or the Brittany Higgins story? Journalism, politics and narrative rhetoricPaul DawsonMedia International Australia
2025-03-25Zimbabwean News Media’s Framing of Coal-Fired Power PlantsMthokozisi Phathisani NdhlovuAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-03-26Interconnecting Empires: Towards a global radio history of the Axis powers (1930–1939)Carolyn Birdsall & Simone DottoMedia History
2025-03-26Beyond time delays: how web scraping distorts measures of online news consumptionRoberto Ulloa, Frank Mangold, Felix Schmidt, Judith Gilsbach & Sebastian StierCommunication Methods and Measures
2025-03-26Buzz Across Borders: Analyzing the Global and Local Dynamics Shaping the ChatGPT Media Hype in ChinaBin Chen, Anfan Chen & Shuning LuDigital Journalism
2025-03-26Fine-grained extraction of geospatial and temporal information from Chinese historical newspapersShaodan Sun, Xugong QinDigital Scholarship in the Humanities
2025-03-26From Transition to Authoritarian Populism: Historical Contingencies of Media Instrumentalization in Central and Eastern EuropeFanni Toth,
Mojca Pajnik,
Lana Zdravković
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-03-27From Internet Meme to the Mainstream: Using Computer Vision to Track “Pepe the Frog” Across News PlatformsYibing Sun, Varsha Pendyala, Ruixue Lian, Haohang Xin, Puja Patel, Erik P. Bucy & Dhavan V. Shah Visual Communication Quarterly
2025-03-27Visual Constructs of Conflict and Solidarity: The Role of Visual Framing on Public Perceptions and Engagement Intentions with Social ProtestsLinqi Lu, Ran Tao, Hyerin Kwon, Jiwon Kang, Yinfan Zhou, Haohang Xin, JD Duncan & Douglas McLeod
Visual Communication Quarterly
2025-03-27The Voice of Visual Evidence: Performance Theory, the MacGyver Factor, and Photojournalistic AuthorityMary Angela BockVisual Communication Quarterly
2025-03-27Disruptive Media Event in a Divided Society: The Case of October 7 Atrocity Videos in IsraelChen Kertcher and Ornat TurinSocial Media + Society
2025-03-27Women of many “firsts”: novelty framing by news media of ethnic minority women politicians in Aotearoa New ZealandFlora Galy-Badenas, Priya Kurian & Rachel Simon-KumarFeminist Media Studies
2025-03-28Growing Government Secrecy: How and Why Information Access has Become Increasingly Restricted in the UKJingrong TongJournalism Practice
2025-03-28Welcome to the next decade of communication research and practiceTerence LeeCommunication Research and Practice
2025-03-28“It’s more of a mindset”: Journalism professionals’ perceptions and experiences of constructive journalismNatasha van Antwerpen and Liesbeth HermansJournalism
2025-03-28‘Zero Human Emotion’: AI Anchors and the Normative RepercussionsMuhammad Ali & Patrick FerrucciJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2025-03-28Influence of the Watchdog Role of Nigerian Journalists on Public Perception of President Buhari’s Anti-Corruption CrusadeSunday Uche Aja, Nnanyelugo Mark Okoro, Vincent Onyeaghanachi Odoh, Joseph Nwanja Chukwu, Mercy Ifeyinwa Obichili, Innocent Aja Ngene, Ngozi Eje Uduma, Chibuzor Cosmas Nwoga, Agatha Obiageri Orji-Egwu, Chika Thonia Ezeali
International Journal of Communication
2025-03-28Transmedia Edutainment for Sustainable Advocacy: How Narrative Engagement and Counterarguments Influence Generation Z’s Response to Sustainable Development MessagesAya Shata, Michelle Seelig, Nicholas Carcioppolo
International Journal of Communication
2025-03-28The “Star” Correspondent and Parachute Diplomacy: CNN’s Clarissa Ward in Myanmar and AfghanistanLisa Brooten, Syed Irfan Ashraf
International Journal of Communication
2025-03-28The Role of Policy Mixes in Enabling Journalism Innovation: A Transnational Study Across Five CountriesAnja Noster, Christopher Buschow, Andy Kaltenbrunner, Renée Lugschitz
International Journal of Communication
2025-03-28Partisan Media and Support for Radical Protest Tactics Across Ideological Lines
Melissa Santillana, Joseph J. Yoo, Thomas J. Johnson, Silvia DalBen Furtado

International Journal of Communication
2025-03-28Who Wants Impartial News? Investigating Determinants of Preferences for Impartiality in 40 CountriesCamila Mont'Alverne, Amy Ross A. Arguedas, Sumitra Badrinathan, Benjamin Toff, Richard Fletcher, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
International Journal of Communication
2025-03-28Relative Public Disconnection: Poverty and Media Use in the Media Welfare StateIvar Eimhjellen, Torgeir Uberg Nærland
International Journal of Communication
2025-03-29Empowerment Is Key? How Perceived Political and Critical Digital Media Literacy Explain Direct and Indirect Bystander Intervention in Online Hate SpeechMagdalena Obermaier,
Ursula Kristin Schmid,
Diana Rieger
Social Media + Society
2025-03-29Balancing Artificial Intelligence and Human Expertise: Ideal Fact-Checking Strategies for Hard and Soft NewsYunju Kim and Joonhwan Lee Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-03-29Is a Prophet Not Appreciated in His Land? A Multimodal Interaction Analysis of Netizens’ Stance-Taking on the “African of the Year 2021” ConferralSandra A. Mensah Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-03-29Promoting Integrity in the Face of Disruption: A Case for Expanding Communication TheoryColleen Connolly-Ahern,
J. Suzanne Horsley,
Shuning Lu,
Yan Qu,
Jordan Morehouse,
Virginia Harrison,
Chuqing Dong,
Hye Jin Yoon,
Yan Huang,
Dean Mundy,
Sandra Boone
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-03-30Digital Media Literacy in Africa: Towards a Research AgendaPriscilla Boshoff & Bimbo FafoworaAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-03-30Cynical or Critical Media Consumers? Exploring the Misinformation Literacy Needs of South African YouthDani Madrid-Morales & Herman WassermanAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-03-30Journalism and Ethical Praxis: A Thematic Analysis of Journalism Ethics Across Five European CountriesJohn Steel, Julie Firmstone, Martin Conboy, Carl Fox, Charlotte Elliott-Harvey, Jane Mulderrig, Joe Saunders & Paul WraggJournalism Practice
2025-03-31Public service media as critical media infrastructure for the digital eraGillian Doyle, Kenny Barr, and Raymond BoyleMedia, Culture & Society
2025-03-31Are News Media Biting Hard Enough? Public Watchdog Role Expectations and Performance Evaluations in the Era of Big Tech
Alexandra Schwinges, Toni G. L. A. van der Meer & Rens Vliegenthart
Digital Journalism
2025-03-31One Size Fits Some: How Journalistic Roles Shape the Adoption of Generative AILynge Asbjørn Møller, Hannes Cools & Morten SkovsgaardJournalism Practice
2025-03-31Black Journalists Matter: Predictors of Job Satisfaction in the Twenty-first CenturySharon Bramlett-Solomon, Mia Moody-Ramirez, Gheni Platenburg & Jayley JanssenJournalism Practice
2025-03-31Beyond Borders: Exploring the Roles and Values of Russian Journalists in ExileJenny Wiik & Elena JohanssonJournalism Studies
2025-03-31Public service media as critical media infrastructure for the digital eraGillian Doyle,
Kenny Barr,
Raymond Boyle
Media, Culture & Society