People’s perceptions of local newspapers are shaped by both personal characteristics and social environments. Masahiro Yamamoto, of the University at Albany and, Seungahn Nah, of the University of Oregon, studied … Continued

Whether an exemplar used in a news article is similar or dissimilar to the audience affects the audience’s empathy and willingness to take political action. The result comes from a … Continued

Both proponents and detractors of newsgames “exaggerate” their impact, write Christoph Plewe, of Free University of Berlin, and Elfriede Fürsich, of University of Pittsburgh. They analysed three refugee or migration … Continued

The International Media Research Symposium: From Traditional to Digital (IMRS) is calling for papers. Organized by Ege University / Antalya AKEV University, the event will be held in İzmir, Turkey … Continued

The quality of automated news is competitive with human journalists for routine tasks, a new study states. Mario Haim, of LMU Munich, and Andreas Graefe, of Macromedia University, Germany, tested … Continued

Diversity of news content can be regarded as an indicator of the quality of reporting. In a new article, a group of researchers figured out what factors determine diversity of … Continued

Cultural journalists, such as book critics, reconcile with subjectivity in various ways, writes Phillipa Chong, of McMaster University, Canada. Chong interviewed 40 book reviewers who write for major American newspapers … Continued

The NordMedia 2017 conference will be held August 17-19, 2017, at the University of Tampere, Finland. The event already starts on the 16th with a pre-conference for doctoral students. The … Continued

The norm of transparency finds only “limited purchase” among German journalists, write Michael Koliska, of Georgetown University, and Kalyani Chadha, of University of Maryland. The authors interviewed 17 German journalists … Continued

Focus of political conversation on Twitter is on the national rather than the local level, write Jaigris Hodson, of Royal Roads University, Canada and April Lindgren, of Ryerson University, Canada. … Continued

The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies invites submissions of original research papers, abstracts for research in progress and proposals for panels on Literary Journalism for the IALJS annual convention … Continued

An upcoming special issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics is calling for paper proposals. The issue is themed around “populist communication”, dealing with topics such as the representation of … Continued

On week 32 the following publications have come to our attention: The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies Edited by John Flowerdew and John E Richardson Published by Routledge 638 … Continued

The conference “Media Ownership in Africa: Power, Games & Transition” is calling for papers. The conference is organised by the Africa Media Centre, Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University … Continued

Wealthy countries have a big influence in deciding how other countries perceive the world. Lei Guo, of Boston University, and Chris J. Vargo, of University of Colorado Boulder, studied global … Continued

In a new study, Jelle Boumans of the University of Amsterdam took a look on how press releases impact news content in the Netherlands. Boumans used automated content analysis on … Continued

The Journal of Communication and Media Research (JCMR) is accepting and processing full papers for its Volume 10 Number 1 issue which will be published in April 2018. The journal … Continued

The May 2018 issue of Media & Journalism, titled “New ethics, old problems. Contemporary challenges of journalism” , concerns the ethical and deontological challenges of contemporary journalism, and is calling for papers. … Continued

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in August 2017 about journalism research. The list is updated a couple of times per week. … Continued

The Journalism Research News staff will be taking a well-deserved summer break. Updates will be on hiatus beginning July 7th. Regular activities will resume in mid-August. During this break our … Continued

Mainstream newspapers in Finland, Japan and Korea have one thing in common: they all seem to under-utilize social media in their operation. The reasons, however, are different for each country, … Continued

On week 27 the following publications have come to our attention: Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries Edited by James Graham and Alessandro Gandini Published by University of Westminster Press … Continued

The annual conference of the Italian Association of Political Communication is calling for paper proposals. The conference is to take place in Rome, Italy, between the 14th and 16th of … Continued

A commonly cited truism is that smartphones are fracturing news reading into fast, intermittent spates of attention – so-called “snacking” or “grazing” on news. But is this really the case, … Continued

China is the largest Internet market in the world. How do Western news outlets operate there with their Chinese-language online editions? Hsiang Iris Chyi, of the University of Texas at … Continued

How do journalists decide which distant sources they can use, asks Florian Wintterlin, of University of Muenster. Wintterlin interviewed 12 German journalists, whose work often involves using distant sources, such … Continued

Twitter has become an important playground for the news media in Turkey.  Burak Doğu of the İzmir University of Economics, conducted a network analysis in Twitter to look at Turkey’s … Continued

The Society for Phenomenology and Media’s 20th Annual Conference “Global Media Literacy in the Digital Age” is calling for papers. The aim of this conference is to explore various dimensions … Continued

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in July 2017 about journalism research. The list is updated a couple of times per week. … Continued

How can algorithms help journalists judge the credibility of sources? Richard Fletcher, of the University of Oxford, Steve Schifferes, of City University London, and Neil Thurman, of Ludwig Maximilians University … Continued