Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in April 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
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Emotionalizing news topics and the effect of constructive television journalism
The study “The Impact of Constructive Television Journalism on the Audience: Results from an Online Study” by Roman Rusch and Erk Simon of West German Broadcasting Kim Otto of University … Continued
Visual journalists’ perceptions on impact of images
A new study “The Power of Images? Visual Journalists’ Assessment of the Impact of Imagery” by Nicole Smith Dahmen, Kaitlin C. Miller and Brent Walth, all of University of Oregon, … Continued
How media outlets and Internet companies fight deepfakes
The new article “Fighting Deepfakes: Media and Internet Giants’ Converging and Diverging Strategies Against Hi-Tech Misinformation” by Ángel Vizoso, Martín Vaz-Álvarez, and Xosé López-García, all of University of Santiago de … Continued
Construction of ‘the people’ on a Finnish right-wing alternative media website
New article “Who are you, the people” by Salla Tuomola of University of Tampere investigates a well-known Finnish right-wing populist website MV-lehti (“MV” being the initials of an expression in … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in March 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
A Lefebvrian analysis of news audiences’ media day
In a new study “The Media Day, Revisited: Rhythm, Place and Hyperlocal Information Environments” Henrik Örnebring and Erika Hellekant Rowe of Karlstad University combined Henri Lefebvre’s concepts of rhythmanalysis and … Continued
Emotions in Euromyths news stories
New study by Imke Henkel “Euphoric defiance: the role of positive emotions in the British Eurosceptic discourse” analysed a sample of texts from a larger corpus of 334 Euromyths news … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in February 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Investigative journalism as relational skills and epistemic resources
New study “Inventive Factfinders: Investigative Journalism as Professional Self-representation, Marker of Identity and Boundary Work” by Fredrik Bjerknes of University of Bergen is situated in the context of the annual … Continued
Reader attention and credibility through labels
Does the label of a news story affect its credibility? New study “What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility” by Cynthia Peacock of University of … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in January 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Dimensions of media attention apparatus and terrorist acts
A new study “The Attention Apparatus: Conditions and Affordances of News Reporting in Hybrid Media Events of Terrorist Violence” by Niina Uusitalo and Katja Valaskivi from University of Tampere conceptualizes … Continued
Examining journalistic metaphors: colouring and anchoring
Storytelling is a central feature of journalism, where stories are combined with numbers. New study “Re-imagining the quantitative-qualitative relationship through colouring and anchoring” by Brendan T Lawson of University of … Continued
Ghanaian female journalists’ work-life balance
New article “Multiskilled in Many Ways: Ghanaian Female Journalists Between Job and Home” by Kodwo Jonas Anson Boateng of University of Jyväskylä and Epp Lauk Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas investigates … Continued
Whistleblowing platforms, accountability and transparency
The new study “The Accountability and Transparency of Whistleblowing Platforms Issues of Networked Journalism and Contested Boundaries” by Colin Porlezza of City, University of London and Philip di Salvo of … Continued
Pre-established ideas shape journalists’ news selection and framing practices
The article “Maintenance of News Frames: How US, British and Russian News Made Sense of Unfolding Events in the Syrian Chemical Weapons Crisis” by Christian Baden of Hebrew University of … Continued
Voice-profiling and the future of journalism
How will bio-assessment of individuals affect journalism? The new article “Journalism and the Voice Intelligence Industry” by Joseph Turow of University of Pennsylvania considers how the news people receive are … Continued
Developments of citizen journalism in Africa
Citizen journalism in the Global South is the topic of the new article “Is citizen journalism dead? An examination of recent developments in the field” by Bruce Mutsvairo of Auburn … Continued
Do Facebook users curate their news feed?
As known from many studies on the issue, algorithms in social media shape what kind of news are users exposed to. The new study “Taming the News Feed on Facebook: … Continued
Best practices for journalists as inclusive media educators
How can journalists foster audience participation and journalism literacy? The new article “Journalists as Media Educators: Journalistic Media Education as Inclusive Boundary Work.” by Maarit Jaakkola of University of Gothenburg … Continued
Hate Speech and the First Amendment in journalism
Should hate speech have room in public discourse in the U.S., where protections for permissible speech are broad and only immediate and clear threats fall outside the first amendment? New … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in December 2020 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Framing conflict events in Pakistan
In a weak democracy like Pakistan, coverage of military, conflict events is highly reliant on military sources that are less accountable to the general public than they are in strong … Continued
How people make sense of incidental news
A new study by Manuel Goyanes of University Carlos III de Madrid and Marton Demeter of National University of Public Service, Budapest, contributes to the ongoing research on incidental news … Continued
How trade journals frame the use of robots
Will robots and AI take our jobs, or will they usher in an unprecedented era of prosperity, productivity, and connectedness? If trade journals are to be believed, the latter. New … Continued
New modern identity for Turkish women in Turkish press 1934-1937
The new article by Esra Ercan Bilgiç of Istanbul Bilgi University used critical discourse analysis to study the framing of women in newspapers during a period, 1934-1937, in the Kemalist … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in November 2020 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
US Election of 2016, whistleblowing, rumors, and ‘truth markets’
New study by Stephen E. Marmura, of St. Francis Xavier University, examines media fragmentation, political polarization and the rising mistrust toward public institutions. The 2016 Wikileaks/Russiagate scandal is a significant … Continued
News sharing on apps is more about social ties than spreading the news
New research by Antonis Kalegoropoulos of the University of Liverpool compared news sharing habits of mobile messaging application users in four countries: US, UK, Germany, and Brazil. Employing comparative and … Continued

































