“African Digital Media Review”, a Special Annual Issue of African Journalism Studies invites submissions of abstracts (maximum 300 words) for its fifth issue, whose focus is on ‘fake news, bots … Continued

Marko Ala-Fossi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Tampere talked to us about a recent report he has edited. The 356-page report, “The State of Media and Communications Policy and … Continued

The language of publication affects the narratives a journalistic interpretive community develops to position itself as a news authority, a new study argues. John C. Carpenter and Sujatha Sosale, of … Continued

The world around us is not naturally organized into categories for statistical analysis. For the purposes of data journalism, discrete, unique incidents, events, and people must be rendered as similar, … Continued

Practicing constructive journalism in the current conditions of St. Maarten “not only risks reflecting the status quo but also may play into the hands of the ones in power”, a … Continued

October 10-12 2018, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford will host the fourth International Journal of Press/Politics conference, focused on academic research on … Continued

We need to reconceptualize our expectations of citizens’ news use, state Brita Ytre-Arne and Hallvard Moe, of the University of Bergen, in a new article. The researchers identify gaps between … Continued

Framing of the stories plays only a limited role in driving exposure to climate change news, a new study finds. Lauren Feldman of Rutgers University and P. Sol Hart of … Continued

The organization of the VI International Conference on Online Journalism (#6COBCIBER) invites interested researchers to submit, until June 15, proposals for communications to be presented at the Conference. These should … Continued

The symposium “New research agendas for the study of sports media (re)presentation(s) of sportswomen and femininity” is calling for papers. The event will be held at the Faculty of Arts, … Continued

The media can both empower and marginalize lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in the society. Sanem Şahin of the University of Lincoln, studied the topic in North Cyprus, the … Continued

On the week 17/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Apostles of Certainty: Data Journalism and the Politics of Doubt By C.W. Anderson Published by Oxford University Press … Continued

The journal Cultura y Educación is calling for papers for its issue “Digital Literacy, Fake News and Education”. “A revolution is going on at the very moment you read these … Continued

The MeCCSA 2019 conference, themed “Continuity & Change – Media, Communications & Politics”, and held in 9 – 11 January 2019 at the University of Stirling, is calling for papers. … Continued

In a new research article Grant Hannis, of Massey University, examines a study module that introduces the basic concepts and practices of data journalism. The case study looks at a … Continued

The journal Popular Communication, with its special issue “Podcasting, the Popular, and the Public Sphere” is calling for papers. Articles in the issue will analyze elements of podcasting’s brief but … Continued

Growing numbers of people access information in other ways than by reading newspapers or accessing a news organization’s website. There’s been a shift towards so-called ‘distributed discovery’, where people find … Continued

Journalism in Israel has been a male-dominated profession. What have been the occupational and professional implications of more and more women entering into the profession? Einat Lachover and Dafna Lemish, … Continued

The workshop on Algorithmic Personalization & News (APEN 18), held in conjunction with the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 18). The workshop is held on 25 June … Continued

On 25-26 October 2018 the annual Moscow Readings conference will be held at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University. The topic of the conference this year is “Digital … Continued

If a country gets major media attention from other countries, does it also come up in people’s searches? Haewoon Kwak, Jisun An, Joni Salminen, Soon-Gyo Jung and Bernard J. Jansen, … Continued

What skills do data journalists need and possess? Where is data journalism being taught, and by who? a new study asks. Bahareh R. Heravi of University College Dublin, examined data … Continued

On the week 16/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Digital Dominance – The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple Edited by Martin Moore and Damian Tambini … Continued

The discourse surrounding the protection of the Great Barrier Reef has become increasingly business-oriented in Australian newspapers, Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, of Griffith University, and Claire Konkes, of University of Tasmania, write. … Continued

Glimpse, a double-blind peer reviewed journal published annually by the Society for Phenomenology and Media, invites papers for its Spring 2019 issue that will focus on the theme of global … Continued

The workshop “Media manipulation: ideologies of influence and political economies of intervention in a digital world” is calling for papers. The event will be held on 29 June 2018 at … Continued

People’s trust and mistrust in news media Turkey indicate a very polarised society and news media, a new report by Servet Yanatma of the University of Oxford, shows. The report … Continued

Previous research has argued that journalists involved in participatory projects have exercised too much control over the publication of user-generated content. Bill Reader of Ohio University, examined the Australian participatory … Continued

The special issue of African Journalism Studies titled “African Digital Media Review” is calling for papers. The issue broadly exploresthe impact of digital technologies on a range of social and … Continued

A well-established organizational culture and a working routine  are crucial for legacy media when adapting to rapid changes in the digital age, a new study states. Ke Li, of the … Continued