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Research of April 2026

Research of April 2020

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in April 2026 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

PublishedTitleAuthor(s)Journal publisher
2026-04-01Airborne Coloniality Aerial Media and the Vertical Politics of Mediation and ViolenceBurçe Çelik &Sebastian James RoseMedia History
2026-04-01In the Networks We Trust? Broadcasters, Congress, and Control Over Television JournalismOscar Winberg Television & New Media
2026-04-01The Minimal Effects of Making Local News Free: Evidence from a Field ExperimentAndrew TrexlerThe Journal of Politics
2026-04-01Examining negativity and positivity bias in Pulitzer prize-winning news: a study across six subgenresYiming Xia, Changpeng HuanDigital Scholarship in the Humanities
2026-04-01Cultural Analytics and the Politics of Representation: Mapping the Jewish Presence in Egypt’s al-Risālah (1933–1953) Eid Mohamed , Said HassanDigital Scholarship in the Humanities
2026-04-01Reading the unreadable: creating a dataset of 19th century English newspapers using image-to-text language modelsJonathan BourneDigital Scholarship in the Humanities
2026-04-01Decoding AI discourse: contrastive analysis of media representations in German and Chinese contexts (2018–23) using machine learning techniquesKuanyong Qiu , Noah Bubenhofer , Timo HackelDigital Scholarship in the Humanities
2026-04-02Digital Resilience Within a Hypermediated PolycrisisMarc Esteve del Valle, Ansgard Heinrich, Anabel Quan-HaaseMedia and Communication
2026-04-02Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection PracticesSara Suárez-Gonzalo, Joel Peiruza-Parga, Mireia Fernández-ArdèvolMedia and Communication
2026-04-02Normative Commitments and Platform Logics: Understanding Journalism’s Adaptive Resilience Through Coverage of Democratic InnovationsPaschalia SpyridouMedia and Communication
2026-04-02Hypermediated Adolescence: Tactical Resilience Through and Against the Digital in Post-Pandemic ChinaDandan DongMedia and Communication
2026-04-02Targeted for Speaking Out: Gendered Disinformation and Digital Resilience in Bangladesh’s PolycrisisFarah Zahan Shuchy, Md. Azaher UddinMedia and Communication
2026-04-02Entrepreneurial Online Journalism in Indonesia: Revenue Strategies and Editorial Challenges in Small-Medium NewsroomsRoswita OktaviantiJournalism Practice
2026-04-02The growing non-commercial basis of U.S. journalism employment: evidence from one city, 2015–2025Matthew PowersCritical Studies in Media Communication
2026-04-02Language ideology and the cultural politics of multilingualism in Chinese state entertainment television: CCTV national TV host competitionHao XieSocial Semiotics
2026-04-02Entrepreneurial Online Journalism in Indonesia: Revenue Strategies and Editorial Challenges in Small-Medium NewsroomsRoswita OktaviantiJournalism Practice
2026-04-03Facing the truth: Audiences’ facial expressions and emotional responses to real or fake photos in the newsTara Marie Mortensen,
Carrie Jingyi Xiao,
Taylor Wen
Journalism
2026-04-03Optimizing empowerment and equality in media-based practice: A Longwe framework of media communicationJohn C Hayvon Media International Australia
2026-04-03Understanding children's media repertoire in the age of digital screensBellnine Jong-Gu Park,
Sora Park,
Jee Young Lee
Media International Australia
2026-04-03A Dangerous Concept in a Hostile Environment: Journalists’ Understandings of Populism in Italy and SpainCarlo Berti,
Carlota M. Moragas-Fernández,
Arantxa Capdevila
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-03Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and wars: How global news media frame actors, threats, and solutions in 19 countriesTaufiq Ahmad,
Rauf Arif,
Muhammad Ittefaq,
Seyeon Park
Media, War & Conflict
2026-04-03Public Shame, Gender, and Power: The Case of a U.S. Representative and Intimate Image AbuseJaime Loke,
Dustin Harp,
Ingrid Bachmann
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-04Almost Villains? A Mixed-Method Examination of White Audiences' Racial and Moral Categorization of Media CharactersSovannie Len & Steven KubitzaJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2026-04-04Re-sensing food culture in Singapore: Podcasting as practice-based researchYen Yen Woo,
Rosslyn Prosser,
Sheuo Hui Gan
Media International Australia
2026-04-04Scrolling through? Generational divides in media consumption and their impact on trust and polarizationSanne Kruikemeier,
Rens Vliegenthart
Media International Australia
2026-04-06Soft infrastructural visibility and the rhythms of queer media in Hong KongXavier I. C. ChanContinuum
2026-04-06Critical Feminist Editorial Praxis: My Tenure as the First Journal Editor of Color of Communication MonographsSrividya Ramasubramanian
Communication Monographs
2026-04-06Searching for belonging in exile: rohingya refugees, religion and media narrativesJannatul Ferdous & Emrah AtarContinuum
2026-04-07The role of the media in the process of young refugees’ integration and identity in the host country: An exploratory study of the Portuguese caseSandra Borges Tavares, Patrícia DiasFirst Monday
2026-04-07Morals, Money, and Power: The Limits and Obligations of an Ethic of Care in the U.S. Documentary Film IndustryChristine DelpJournal of Media Ethics
2026-04-07AI-Assisted Mapping of Political Orientation in Fact-Checked News: Evidence from South Korea2Hee Jay Kim & Chung Joo ChungJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2026-04-07EndnotesAmber Roessner & Kim MangunAmerican Journalism
2026-04-07Editor’s NoteLori Amber RoessnerAmerican Journalism
2026-04-07East German Press, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (SBB)Sheila B. LalwaniAmerican Journalism
2026-04-07Extra! Extra! Sing All About It: Portraying Newsies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Sheet MusicEric Freedman, Joshua S. Duchan, Julia Belden, Vladislava Sukhanovskaya & Finn HopkinsAmerican Journalism
2026-04-07Rebel in a Chinatown: The Legacy of Yellow Seeds and Its Eponymous Newspaper in Philadelphia’s ChinatownDarren ChanAmerican Journalism
2026-04-07Media History that Speaks Back in Moments of CrisisAmber Roessner, Rachel Grant, Erin Coyle,Kim Gallon, George Daniels & Bailey DickAmerican Journalism
2026-04-07Who engages with fact-checking? Identifying factors influencing exposure to and reading of multi-platform verificationBabette Hermans ,Cato Waeterloos ,Michaël Opgenhaffen & Peter Van AelstInformation, Communication & Society
2026-04-07Gore content and refigured ethicsEkkehard CoenenCrime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
2026-04-08Evaluating the potential and limits of trace-based interviews when studying news useConstanza Gajardo, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Patrícia Rossini, Camila Mont'Alverne & Tom NichollsInformation, Communication & Society
2026-04-08From the Streets to the Tweets. The Influence of Public Opinion Information on Journalists’ JudgmentsKathleen Beckers & Edina Strikovic
Journalism Practice
2026-04-08Virtual reality therapy for depression and anxiety treatment in China: an integrated assessment based on media richness theory and social cognitive theoryDifan Guo, Yahao Liu, Yupo Zhang & Jinghong XuAsian Journal of Communication
2026-04-09Coping as a competency: A typology of journalists and news creators work on platformsValérie Bélair-Gagnon,
Errol Salamon,
Monica Crawford
Journalism
2026-04-09Pan-national populism: Latino news influencer practices in the global economyHannah Artman Media, Culture & Society
2026-04-09Representation of Vulnerable Groups in Dutch Climate Crisis News: An Analysis of Mainstream NarrativesSergül Nguyen, Dennis Nguyen, Yijing WangMedia and Communication
2026-04-10Taking Care Online: Reconceptualising Professional Wellbeing for Social Media Engagement in JournalismDiana Bossio & Jonathon HutchinsonDigital Journalism
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2026-04-10Memeing the moniker: The stickiness of gang myths in Swedish news legacy media and TikTokMoa Eriksson Krutrök,
Jeffrey Mitchell
New Media & Society
2026-04-10A media-materialist method for interpreting generative AI imagesDaniel Binns Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2026-04-10A media-materialist method for interpreting generative AI imagesDaniel Binns Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2026-04-11The Promise and Risks of a Constructive Turn: A Response to “Constructive Research: Making Journalism Research Matter”Claire WardleJournalism Studies
2026-04-11Foreign media assistance as a toolbox for local journalists: Mapping the benefits and burdensRuth Moon,
Saad Zuberi
Journalism
2026-04-11Platforms, journalism and the amplification of terror: an ecological accountJames P. WalshInformation, Communication & Society
2026-04-11Understanding TV audiences in the multiplatform era: How televisual viewing modes shape content popularityRaul Lobanov,
Indrek Ibrus
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2026-04-12Broadening the Lens for Journalism Research: A Response to Constructive ResearchAndrea D. WenzelJournalism Studies
2026-04-12Journalists’ Perceptions of Ownership Change and its Impact on Journalistic Content and WorkVille J. E. Manninen & Lauri HaapanenJournalism Practice
2026-04-13Negotiating visibility and virtue: Religious conservative Turkish diasporic women and the moral politics of celebrity magazine televisionMiriam Berg International Communication Gazette
2026-04-13Does it matter who tells the story? Newspaper coverage of immigration across three Latin American countriesFernando Severino,
Sebastián Rivera
Journalism
2026-04-13Verification practices in public service media as a bulwark against misinformation: Evidence from the BBC and ARDRegina CazzamattaJournalism
2026-04-13Unveiling repetitive visual stages: Media narratives and school shooting coverage post-columbineTaylor SheridanJournalism
2026-04-13Between restoration and transformation in Pennsylvania’s nonprofit news ecosystemDavid Elliot Berman,
Aaron Hyzen,
Victor Pickard
Journalism
2026-04-13Representing Chinese Premier’s discourse in international English news media: The role of translation (re)consideredFeng Pan,
Tao Li
Journalism
2026-04-13“Misinformed” anxiety in the newsroom? The impact of presumed influence of misinformation, perception of journalism, and mental resilienceXudong Liu,
Edson C. Tandoc, Jr.,
Xigen Li,
Yanning Chen
Journalism
2026-04-13Cognitively verify, then trust: Association of the cognitive process for news verification with media trust in responding to perceived false informationJoseph J. Yoo Journalism
2026-04-13Journalism under the sun: How daylight shapes emotional expression in newsChangchun Xuan,
Jiaxin Li
Journalism
2026-04-13Trauma awareness and barriers: How journalism educators respond to teaching work-related trauma in journalism practiceLada Trifonova Price,
Olatunji Ogunyemi
Journalism
2026-04-13The AI Referee: How Online Interventions Shape Incivility and User Engagement in News DiscussionsGeorgia Kernell,
Seonhye Noh
Social Media + Society
2026-04-13Measuring Balance and Bias in Sports Journalism: Analysis of Fair and Consistent Australian Rules Football ReportingVictoria Fielding,
Matt Hart
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-13Unique Personalities in the Limelight? A Cross-National Analysis of Politicians’ Personality and Media Visibility during ElectionsAlon Zoizner,
Alessandro Nai,
Jürgen Maier
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-13Voto Latinx: Nativist Attitudes, Hispanic Identity, and the Influence of Hyper-Conservative MediaMelissa Santillana,
Joseph Michael Stepniewski,
Zhi Lin,
Thomas J. Johnson,
Daniel Barth
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-13Entertaining or Mis/Disinforming? Social Data Analysis of Audience Reception of Historical Accuracy and Creative License in the Netflix Series ‘Queen Cleopatra’ on YouTube. A Case StudyOmnya AbdelwahabJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2026-04-13SABC News Online (re)framing of xenophobia and migrants from 2019 to 2022Payidamoyo NyokaAfrican Journalism Studies
2026-04-13Reading news about China: how much do Chinese Australians trust the Australian media?Wanning SunCommunication Research and Practice
2026-04-14Political Speech, Scandals, and the News Media in JapanMatthew M. Carlson,
Yukio Maeda
The International Journal of Press/Politics
2026-04-14To print or not to print: Indian English newspapers and the ensnaring economic quandarySoumyadipta Banerjee & Avneesh Kumar
2026-04-14Red, Blue, and the Ballot: Examining the Influence of Partisan Media Use on Voter Fraud and Foreign Interference ConcernsMuhammad Ehab Rasul & Jay HmielowskiCommunication Studies
2026-04-14Local News Fact SheetPew-Knight InitiativePer Research
2026-04-14Media-Saturated and Morally Contested Teenage Lives: No Space or Time for Nonmedia Moments (and for Being Bored)?Marika LüdersInternational Journal of Communication
2026-04-15Mapping the relationship between journalistic discourse, tech industry layoffs, and artificial intelligenceAnne Herfurth,
Jessica Maddox
New Media & Society
2026-04-15Seeing into the air: Media practices of blind vloggers and the visual paradox of mediated visibilitySijing SongNew Media & Society
2026-04-15Authoritarian legalism and media capture in Burkina Faso: Militarized communication and the rise of “patriotic journalism”Anonymous,
Anonymous,
Anonymous
Media, War & Conflict
2026-04-16Show Them the Money: The Case for Capital Transparency in JournalismJacob L. Nelson & Seth C. LewisJournalism Studies
2026-04-16Bystanders and Reporters: Who Acts Against Illegal Online Content?Friederike Quint,
Yannis Theocharis,
Spyros Kosmidis,
Margaret E. Roberts
Social Media + Society
2026-04-16Workstations as places for shaping journalistic identityFábio Henrique Pereira,
Thales Lelo,
Gabriela Silva Meneses
Journalism
2026-04-16(In)visible bonds: Towards a dynamic conceptualisation of emotion in journalist- politician relationshipsMelanie Haberl,
Dominik Hokamp,
Marína Urbániková,
Lenka Waschková Císařová,
Folker Hanusch,
Sophie Lecheler
Journalism
2026-04-16Propaganda persuasion, critical learning, and social recreation: investigating relationships between media use, science knowledge, and attitudes in ChinaWeiying Shi, Fei Shen, Li Crystal Jiang & Yajie ChuChinese Journal of Communication
2026-04-16Workstations as places for shaping journalistic identityFábio Henrique Pereira,
Thales Lelo, Gabriela Silva Meneses
Journalism
2026-04-16Conflict, climate change and media: Special Issue IntroductionDebra Ramsay,
Martin Robson
Media, War & Conflict
2026-04-17Public interest journalism and privacy in the ECtHR case law: a critical appraisalAndrás KoltayJournal of Media Law
2026-04-19Ethics Across the Media Ecosystem: Native Advertising, Platform Power, and the Work of RepairYayu FengJournal of Media Ethics
2026-04-19Territorial disputes, and the changes of names: A framing study of the South China Sea’s news coverageMinos-Athanasios Karyotakis Media, War & Conflict
2026-04-20To Disclose or Not to Disclose: How AI Use Transparency Increases Trust in Fact-CheckingMyojung Chung, Jihyang Choi & S. Mo Jones-JangJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2026-04-20What types of news do Americans seek out or happen to come across?Benjamin ToffPew Research
2026-04-20Pushing and Pulling: How News Organizations Frame Push Notifications to Capture Audience AttentionJeremy Saks,
Ashley Hopkins
Electronic News
2026-04-20Representations of the Peace of Münster: News Genres and Communication Networks in Early Modern Spain (1647–1648)Eduardo ComerlatoMedia History
2026-04-20AI Governance in Journalism: A Risk Management Approach for Guidance on the Use of Generative AITina Lassiter & Silvia DalbenJournal of Media Ethics
2026-04-21International media coverage of the 2023 Gaza War: A hybrid methodological approach to cross-cultural visual analysisKareem El Damanhoury,
Ayse Lokmanoglu,
Virginia Massignan,
Faisal Saleh
Media, War & Conflict
2026-04-21The impact of journalism routines, practices and values on women experts’ media workSusan Fountaine Journalism
2026-04-21From Showers to Hurricanes: A Typology of Media StormsDror K. Markus, Effi Levi, Tamir Sheafer & Shaul R. ShenhavPolitical Communication
2026-04-21News audiences’ acceptance of generative artificial intelligence in journalism: a use case study across three domainsT. J. Thomson,
Ryan J. Thomas,
Hannes Cools,
Rachael Anderson,
Rebecca Venema,
Oscar Toohey,
Caroline Gardam,
Edina Strikovic,
Michelle Riedlinger,
Jean Burgess
Media International Australia
2026-04-21Feminist agency and the Nigerian press framing of women’s participation in the #EndSARS protestTordue Simon Targema & Fatima D. VakkaiFeminist Media Studies
2026-04-21Transoceanic News for the Overseas PossessionsNelson Fernando González MartínezMedia History
2026-04-22Framing the environment in children's newsErin HawleyMedia International Australia
2026-04-22“Good News is No News, Despite the Crisis”: Solutions Journalism, Crisis Periods, and Media EconomyLenka VochocováJournalism Practice
2026-04-22Contradictions of Care in the Rhetoric of US Broadcast Policy, 1920 to 1970William BoddyTelevision & New Media
2026-04-23A Bibliometric Analysis of Climate Journalism Research in English-Language PublicationsSinem Yeles KaramanJournalism Practice
2026-04-23Understanding Journalists’ Responses to Occupational Harassment and Intimidation through the Lens of Cognitive Appraisal TheoryIlmari Hiltunen, Reeta Pöyhtäri & Kaarina NikunenJournalism Studies
2026-04-24Newswork in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Insights from Zimbabwean NewsroomsPeter Chiridza,
Admire Mare
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-24From impartial commentator to emotional choirmaster – using the concept of liminality to theorize the departure from journalistic ‘norms’ during moments of national sporting euphoriaUlrik Wagner,
Michael Skey
Journalism
2026-04-24Deride and Conquer: Solidarity and Competition When Journalists are Challenged by Populist LeadersAyala PanievskyJournalism Studies
2026-04-24“In the midst of some crazy sitcom”: A case study of journalist union representatives’ work during disruptive changeUlrika HedmanJournalism
2026-04-25Geopolitical constraints on China’s soft power: A framing analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative coverage in Italian news mediaAlessandro D’Arma,
Xin Xin
Journalism
2026-04-25Erratum to “Flattening the News: Platformisation and the Erosion of Topical Diversity Across News Outlet Types”Steensen S, Kiberg H, Kalsnes B, et al. New Media & Society
2026-04-25Survival of the Thickest as discursive resistance: rewriting the fat narrative in mediaJasmine T. Austin, Bailey Thrasher, Amber Brown, Lilly Ezigbo-Dessesaure & Milena WilliamsCritical Studies in Media Communication
2026-04-26Communication Research Inequalities and the Prestige Dilemma: Negotiating International Recognition and Local Representation in Global South JournalsFrancisco Paulo Jamil Marques,
Manfred Asuman,
Meghan Sobel Cohen,
Brian Ekdale,
Abubakar Ibrahim
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-26Framing the fracture: Israeli media, peace journalism, and the intercommunal unrest of May 2021Alonit Berenson Media, War & Conflict
2026-04-26The Taboo of Environmental Journalism: Self-Censorship and Advertising Pressure in IndonesiaZainur Mahsir RamadhanJournalism Practice
2026-04-26Authenticity controversies: Witness media and generative AI imageryPhoebe Matich,
Michael Richardson,
Jean Burgess
Media, Culture & Society
2026-04-27Mitigating the News-Finds-Me Perception: Evaluating the intended (and unintended) effects of educational warnings on political learningEunchae Jang,
Mengqi Liao,
Chris Skurka,
Homero Gil de Zúñiga
New Media & Society
2026-04-28Fact-Checking Organizations in Mainland China: Characteristics, Verification Approaches, and PracticesLe CaoJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-28Balancing Automation and Accuracy: A Comparative Analysis of AI Integration in News ProductionMilad Jalalian EbrahimiJournalism Practice
2026-04-28Agenda-Setting Dynamics Between Local, National Media and Twitter in the Context of the Uvalde School ShootingYujin Heo & Sei-Hill KimMass Communication and Society
2026-04-28“They Check Facts” vs. “Claptrap!”: How the American Public Conceptualizes Fact-CheckingAlex Zhi Xiong Koo, Jisoo Kim, Mengzhe Feng, Stephanie Z. Q. Yang & Hernando RojasMass Communication and Society
2026-04-29Hybrid Platformism: Thailand’s Online Political Media Landscape
Alexandra Colombier Vanijaka, Duncan McCargoInternational Journal of Communication
2026-04-29#WheresTiffany: Redefining Racial Broadcast Norms With Tiffany Cross’ MSNBC RemovalRachel Grant,
Lisa D. Lenoir
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-29Participant, Observer, Intern, Producer: How 70 Years of Newsroom Ethnographies Approached “Participation” and the Epistemology of Participant–Observer OrientationsRyan N. Comfort,
Patrick Ferrucci
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026-04-29Prime time international news on Indian television: Frames, Valence, and Geopolitical visibilityNaveen Kumar,
Ashok Kumar,
Poonam Redhu,
Kuldeep Kumar
Journalism
2026-04-29Trauma and journalist’ safety: Coping strategies and post-traumatic stress symptoms in professionals covering international conflictsLeire Iturregui-Mardaras,
Annette Unda-Endemaño,
Pablo Castro-Abril,
Silvia Ubillos-Landa,
Joan Ramón Rodríguez-Amat,
María José Cantalapiedra-González
Journalism
2026-04-29The effectiveness of investigative journalism during the 2022 mass protests in Sri Lanka: A quantitative studyUsha A Priyanga Welhenage,
Bilal Mazhar,
Inam Ul Haq
Journalism
2026-04-29Beyond the Byline: Audience Expectations for AI Disclosure in News MediaJessica Zier & Nicholas DiakopoulosDigital Journalism
2026-04-29Translating the mythology of motherhood: a social semiotic analysis of pregnancy dress codes in contemporary advertising and magazine coversGeorge Damaskinidis & Sofia GirintliSocial Semiotics
2026-04-29Reviving the Balance Norm? Navigating Tensions Between Objectivity and Advocacy in Journalism on Climate SolutionsFloriane van Alphen, Christel van Eck, Hannes Cools ,Anke Wonneberger & Christian BurgersJournalism Studies
2026-04-29Reckoning with Reconstruction: The Limits and Horizons of US Journalism HistoryKathy Roberts Forde & Sid BedingfieldAmerican Journalism
2026-04-30Gains, Limits, and Side-Effects of Disinformation Interventions: Corrective Information and Self-Affirmation Assessed With Signal Detection TheoryLuisa Gehle,
Christian Schemer
Communication Research
2026-04-30“Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!” An Automated Analysis of Polarities of Mediated Truth Contestation in Austrian and Czech News MediaAlena Kluknavská,
Olga Eisele,
Petro Tolochko
The International Journal of Press/Politics
2026-04-30Making Room for Journalism: Cultivating Spaces to Sustain Practices, Camaraderie and Community Amidst RepressionGowhar Farooq The International Journal of Press/Politics
2026-04-30“Reliable and Cheap”?: Examining the adoption of the cloud by European news media companiesAgustin Ferrari BraunMedia, Culture & Society
2026-04-30Identifying and assessing gender bias in radio journalism in conflict-affected contexts: evidence from Burkina FasoEmma Heywood, Lassané Yaméogo, Vandana Sharma, Jennifer Scott, Sacha Meuter & Moumini NiaonéFeminist Media Studies