The first 100 days of the presidency of Donald Trump were covered more closely than those of any previous United States’ president, Thomas E. Patterson, of Harvard University, writes. A … Continued

Were it not for the logic of mainstream media, disinformation spreading and media manipulating “far right” groups would have remained in the margins, Alice Marwick and Rebecca Lewis, both of … Continued

Subin Paul, of University of Iowa, has investigated the attempts at paradigm repair at the Indian The Hindu newspaper. The paper came under heavy criticism in 2016 over its coverage … Continued

On week 23 the following publications have come to our attention: Science Journalism: An Introduction Written by Martin W Angler Published by Routledge 348 pages Under the title “Books of the … Continued

The topic of sexual violence is surrounded by a variety of social beliefs on the subject, writes Sandra Schwark, of Bielefeld University. The article investigates visual representations of sexual violence in … Continued

German and Austrian elite newspapers have become more tabloid-like since 1949, Melanie Magin, of University of Mainz, writes. Magin analysed the election coverage of seven papers from between 1949 and … Continued

Domestication as journalistic practice refers to the framing of a foreign news event within the perceived national or local context of the audience, write Eline Huiberts and Stijn Joye, of Ghent University. … Continued

The annual conference of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (2017 JERAA) is organised on 4-6 December, 2017. This years event is called The Second Coming of Journalism? Rebirth, … Continued

Content of news articles and comments dynamically shape the discussion value of news pieces online. Marc Ziegele, Mathias Weber, Oliver Quiring and Timo Breiner, all of Johannes Gutenberg University of … Continued

Journalism covering non-public affairs is more likely to successfully gather crowdfunding than public affairs journalism, Nicole Ladson and Angela M. Lee, both of University of Texas at Dallas, write. The … Continued

The growing Latino population in the US gets covered with negative stereotypes, a new study finds. Mingxiao Sui, of Louisiana State University and Newly Paul, of Appalachian State University, studied … Continued

A report by Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, examines the coverage of EU referendum. The report authored by Martin Moore and Gordon Ramsay, both of King’s College London, is based on … Continued

When Chilean journalism students approach graduation, their interest in working in journalism declines, write Claudia Mellado, of Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, and Andrés Scherman, of Diego Portales University. The … Continued

A conference on the safety of journalists covering conflict and sensitive issues is calling for paper proposals. The event will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2017 … Continued

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has published a report on news literacy initiatives around the world. Authored by Aralynn McMane and Wendy Tribaldos, the report lists … Continued

The European Journalism Training Association’s Teacher’s Conference (EJTA-2017) is calling for presentation proposals. The conference will take place in Moscow, Russia, on the 19th and 20th of October 2017. The … Continued

American adults’ views on the media are split sharply according to which major party they support, a recent Pew Research Center report states. The findings are based on a nation-wide … Continued

On week 22 the following publications have come to our attention: International Communication Strategies of Chinese Radio and TV Networks Written by Duan Peng Published by Springer 209 pages Photojournalism … Continued

A special issue of the #ISOJ Journal is now accepting paper submissions. The issue will be published in conjunction with the International Symposium on Online Journalism, in April 2018. Authors … Continued

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

An article by Epp Lauk, of University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and Halliki Harro-Loit, of University of Tartu (Estonia), examines journalistic cultures and professional autonomy in Bulgaria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Estonia, … Continued

Media coverage is vital to shaping people’s opinions on migration and the plight of refugees and asylum seekers, states EUROMED Migration IV report. In the study journalists from 17 countries … Continued

News internalizing affects political participation, but only indirectly via externalizing, write Jihyang Choia, of Ewha Womans University, Jae Kook Leeb, of Indiana University and Sungkyunkwan University, and Emily T. Metzgarc, of … Continued

The push of video from platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat has driven the production of videos upwards, writes Antonis Kalogeropoulos, of RISJ, University of Oxford. The author compared the … Continued

Peter Maurer, of  Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) studies how political journalists in France and Germany perceive political influence on their work and how country-specific institutional and cultural frameworks … Continued

Majority of newspapers in the United States are small-market newspapers. A new Tow Center for Digital Journalism report by Christopher Ali, of University of Virginia and Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon, focuses … Continued

News companies need to pay special attention to social media users’ ‘limited attention’ when forming their social media strategy, writes Chankyung Pak, of Michigan State University. News companies are using social media … Continued

The Academic Mindtrek Conference is open for paper, poster, workshop and demonstration proposals. The event will take place in Tampere, Finland, from the 20th to 21st September this year. [spoiler … Continued

Editors to an upcoming, special issue of the journal American Journalism are calling for paper proposals. The issue will be published in 2019 and it will commemorate the 1919 amendment … Continued

The working conditions of Romanian journalists reflect poorly on the quality of their work, Ioana Avădani, of Center for Independent Journalism, writes. Avădani’s recent article reviews Romanian journalists’ working environment … Continued