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Research of September 2026

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

PublishedTitleAuthor(s)Journal
2026-09-01Behind the scenes of live courtroom broadcasting: journalistic role enactment in Indonesian televisionAan Widodo, Wa Ode Sitti Nurhaliza, Syahrul HidayantoCommunication Research and Practice
2026-09-02Algorithms and ABCs: Associations between US parents’ educational media motivations and content quality on YouTubeMaycee McClure Heidi M. Weeks, Alexandria Schaller, Madalynn Woods, Rachel Barr, Sarah M. Coyne, Heather Kirkorian, Jenny RadeskyJournal of Children and Media
2026-09-02The meaning of ‘normal’ – children’s negotiation of (normal) masculinity, femininity, and LGBTQ media representations in FlandersThalia Van Wichelen, Sander De Ridder, Alexander DhoestJournal of Children and Media
2026-09-02Editorial: Automating Trust: AI, Misinformation, and the Future of Algorithmic Fact-CheckingDonghee ShinJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2026-09-03Investigating Conditional Macro-Level Media Effects Over a Long-Term: How Crisis Periods Moderate the Effects of Suicide Coverage on Suicide Rate Change (1861–2007)Christina Viehmann, Stefan Geiß, Manina Biermayer, Oliver Quiring, Florian ArendtCommunication Research
2026-09-03Beyond Amplifiers and Watchdogs: Rethinking Institutional Science Communication–Journalism Relations in Hybrid Media EcosystemsMarina Joubert, Lars Guenther, Brian Lin, Luisa Massarani, Pampa Garcia Molina, Nora BärMedia and Communication
2026-09-04Digitalization of Ukrainian military media beyond the martial law in the country: Technological advances and new possibilitiesYurii Bondar, Ihor Somko, Viktor Nabrusko, Oleksandr ChekmyshevMedia, War & Conflict
2026-09-07How Platform Affordances Shape Expression Effects: Comment Length and Audience in Political News EngagementJinping Wang, Hai LiangJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2026-09-08From Mainstream News to Prediction Markets: Dual Pathways of Information Seeking During an Anticipatory Security CrisisVered Elishar, Dana Weimann‐Saks, Yaron ArielSocial Science Quarterly
2026-09-08“Too late.... You already wasted your life crying racism... ”: Interrogating digital news audiences’ legitimation and heroization of white masculine violenceDennis Ekwemnachukwu OkekeThe Communication Review
2026-09-08Digital narratives of legitimacy : President Mnangagwa’s Instagram discourse in Zimbabwe’s fragmented media landscapeNana Kwame Osei Fordjour, Cleophas Taurai MuneriThe Communication Review
2026-09-09Grotesque anthropocene: disfigured environments across mediaSakshi SemwalSocial Semiotics
2026-09-09From Detection to Counterspeech: Auditing AI Moderation and Fact-Checking Practices in Ethiopia’s Multilingual Online SphereEndalkachew H. ChalaMedia and Communication
2026-09-10Romanticism Versus Security: Clashes Between a Free Press and National Necessity During the American Civil WarMiles Randall, Hanisha BesantJournal of Communication Inquiry
2026-09-10Diffusion, Logics, and Boundaries: How Journalists in Marginalized Media Markets Negotiate AI in NewsroomsDren Gërguri, Jennifer Sorrells. Gheorghe Anghel, Maximiliano Frías, Antonia Matei, Ramadan Çipuri, Stela Lechpammer, Emel Arık, Irena Lovrenčič DržaničMedia and Communication
2026-09-10Giving AI a Body: Representations of Social Robots in Latin American MediaIliana Ferrer, Leonor Balbuena, Oscar Mario Miranda-Villanueva, Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-SantosMedia and Communication
2026-09-14Do Your Own Research: What Skepticism of Expertise Means for the News Media in the U.S.Ariel Hasell, Sedona ChinnPolitical Communication
2026-09-15Resisting the Boys’ Club: Tactical Agency, Gendered Performances, and Professional Survival in Czech Political JournalismIveta Jansová, Marína Urbániková, Lenka Waschková CísařováMedia and Communication
2026-09-17Digital peace journalism in East Asia: Navigating conflict reporting in a hybrid media landscapeChang Sup Park, Hae Won ParkGlobal Media and Communication
2026-09-18“When I first started in the markets”: Expertise, relatability and advice in stories by YouTube’s finance in fluencersYlva BiriDiscourse & Communication
2026-09-19Understanding online attention spikes related to states and non-state groups: A convergence of second-level agenda setting and proto-state media theoriesCarol Winkler, Virginia Massignan, Vithika Salomi, Kareem El Damanhoury, Katherine Kountz, Sonny Patel, Mor YachinThe Communication Review
2026-09-21Fractured lenses: A framing analysis of Sudan’s civil war in Pan-Arab mediaOussama Badad, Omar KouiyacheMedia, War & Conflict
2026-09-22Political Actors and Their Media Practices: Analyzing the Role of Media Participation in Democratic Backsliding and ResilienceDaniel Kreiss, Kate WrightPolitical Communication
2026-09-23Thirty years of running together: mothers who run with strollers in Runner’s World magazine 1993–2022Clarissa Carden, Kayla MildrenContinuum
2026-09-23Framing the Ukrainian refugee crisis: A cross-country media analysis during the early Russia-Ukraine conflictGizem Melek, Kübra Geysi, Zeynep Nur SarıGlobal Media and Communication
2026-09-24Toward Open Governance in Research Software for Communication and Media Research: Principles, Dimensions, and PracticesFlorian Hohmann, Andreas Hepp, Karsten D. WolfMedia and Communication
2026-09-25Guidance over guidelines? Unpacking the uses and concerns of generative AI in communication scienceJustin Chun-ting Ho, Hannes Cools, Joanna Strycharz ,A. Marthe Möller, Zeph M. C. van Berlo ,Sjoerd Stolwijk ,Damian Trilling & Theo AraujoInformation, Communication & Society
2026-09-25Democratic Media Performance and Democratization: A Global Longitudinal PerspectiveFlorian ArendtCommunication Research
2026-09-28Gendered representations of women in France’s pension reform debates (2013–23): dynamic topic modelling analysis of newspaper discourse—Digital Scholarship in the Humanities - Ahead of print
2026-09-29Inclusion and distance: embedded messages in Finnish magazinescapeUllamaija KivikuruInternational Journal of Magazine Studies
2026-09-29Discovering magazines: the scholarly meanderings of an accidental magazine scholarRebecca JohinkeInternational Journal of Magazine Studies
2026-09-29Magazine-ification: a problem or a solution to journalism?Carla Rodrigues Cardoso, Ana Figueiras, Ilo AlexandreInternational Journal of Magazine Studies
2026-09-29Health magazines in Portugal: publishing trends from 1993 to 2025Hernani OliveiraInternational Journal of Magazine Studies
2026-09-29How do we feel about facts: emotionalism in newsmagazine coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s deathAnna Bečková RagasováInternational Journal of Magazine Studies
2026-09-29Covering Covid-19: multimodal metaphors on magazine and journal coversDamla YıldırımInternational Journal of Magazine Studies
2026-09-29The missing sounds and voices of Asian American independent media: Chinese cable television (CCTV, 1975–1983)Klavier Jie-Ying WangContinuum
2026-09-29Building the Relay: Gates, Labor, and IP Governance in China’s Transmedia Platform EconomyJune Wang, Peiyu ZhouGlobal Media and China
2026-09-29Media Use for Strong and Weak Ties: A Configural Examination of Personal Media System and Well-BeingCeciley X. Zhang, Ronald E. RiceCommunication Research
2026-09-29Constructing Cultural Memory Through Commemorative Journalism: Memory Assemblages in The Oklahoman's Route 66 CoverageChang Sup Park, Subrata RoyJournal of Communication Inquiry
2026-09-29Algorithmic Silences: Postcolonial Blind Spots in Dutch AI Media DiscourseJessy de Cooker, Adája Unlandt, Jessie van WijkMedia and Communication
2026-09-30Watchdog Science Journalism: How Retraction Watch Fosters Accountability in ScienceDeclan FahyMedia and Communication
2026-09-30 Journalism as Science’s Watchdog: The Vibrancy and Vulnerability of an Increasingly Diverse Ecosystem Alice Fleerackers and An NguyenMedia and Communication