This special issue of Media, War and Conflict is calling for papers. “Framing War & Conflict” aims to assess the strengths and weaknesses of framing as a method for analysing … Continued

Websites, mobile platforms and social media have challenged magazines’ conventionally high-quality fact-checking. Susan Currie Sivek, of Linfield College and Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, of Columbia College Chicago studied fact-checking practices applied to … Continued

Julian Ausserhofer and Michael Oppermann, both of University of Vienna, with Robert Gutounig, Sarah Matiasek and Eva Goldgruber, all of FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, have conducted a systematic … Continued

Collaboration between computer and communication scientists can be very fruitful in investigating social media, Mathias Verbeke, Bettina Berendt, Leen d’Haenens and Michaël Opgenhaffen, all of University of Leuven, write. The … Continued

The International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) Annual Conference 2017 titled “Media Sustainability, Value Creation and Public Policies” is calling for papers. The 2017 conference will focus on the implications … Continued

Historians have described UK’s press as being national during the Second World War. Tom O’Malley of Aberystwyth University questions the idea whether there was a national press in the UK … Continued

The New Directions in Media, Communication and Sociology (NDiMS) Conference 2017 invites PhD-students and early career researchers to submit an abstract for the NDiMS 2017, taking place at the University … Continued

Watching a comedy show laden with political satire informs the audience just as well as watching regular TV news, Amy B. Becker, of Loyola University Maryland, and Leticia Bode, of … Continued

People who are confident about their capability to seek information experienced less information overload, a new study finds. Josephine B. Schmitt, of the University of Cologne, Christina A. Debbelt, of … Continued

The journal Research & Development, which is housed at the Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla – Colombia) has an open call for papers for a special issue is open: “Politics, culture … Continued

Arjen van Dalen, Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark told us about his four-year research project that focuses on economic news. The research group studied, using content analysis … Continued

The reporting style of Ernie Pyle during WWII strongly influenced war reporting and journalism in the United States. A new article by Richard Fine of Virginia Commonwealth University looks at … Continued

On week 14 the following publications have come to our attention: Developing News: Global journalism and the coverage of “Third World” development Written by Jairo Lugo-Ocando and An Nguyen Published by … Continued

Research into journalism focuses too much on generalized “practices” and not enough on journalistic “performance” – in other words “journalists doing journalism”, David M. Ryfe, of University of Iowa, writes. … Continued

The international conference Bridges of Media Education 2017 is calling for papers. The event is organised on 15-16 September 2017 in Novi Sad, Serbia by the Department of Media Studies, Faculty … Continued

Thomas Hanitzsch, Professor of Communication at the LMU Munchen told us about his Worlds of Journalism project. Hanitzsch has studied journalistic cultures, the state of journalism and basic premises of … Continued

Enrollments in the undergraduate and master’s level journalism programs are declining, write  Melissa R. Gotlieb, Bryan McLaughlin and R. Glenn Cummins, all of Texas Tech University. This trend has continued for a … Continued

In the spring 2014 the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 dominated the news agenda across many countries. Di Cui, of Fudan University, and Fang Wu, of Shangai Jiao Tong University, … Continued

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University has published a report about the convergence between journalism and platform companies. The influence of social media platforms and technology companies … Continued

New Nordicom newsletter “Media Trends in the Nordic countries” has been published. The April issue reports on interesting media surveys, research results, media policy etc. issues in the Nordic countries. … Continued

Maja Šimunjak, lecturer at Middlesex University London, talked to us about her research into political journalism. Šimunjak tells about how researching political journalism in Central Eastern Europe differs from Western … Continued

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has published a new Digital News Report 2017. The authors are Annika Sehl and Alessio Cornia, both Research Fellows at the RISJ, … Continued

The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media (CISLM), part of the University of North Carolina’s School of Media and Journalism, has launched a supplementary report on so-called “news … Continued

Media startups can survive and even flourish in areas previously thought to be less-than-optimal, write Cindy J. Price Schultz, of University of Wyoming, and Myrtle Jones, of Rochester Institute of … Continued

Eurosceptic views do not dominate the Finnish public discourse, writes Juha Herkman, of University of Helsinki. Herkman gathered 971 news articles related to the so-called Euro crisis, published by four … Continued

On week 14 the following publications have come to our attention: Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse Written by Marie Shanahan Published by Routledge 150 pages Towards … Continued

Traditional news outlets maintain their central role on Twitter during news events, but they are also joined by some new actors, Walid Al-Saqaf and Christian Christensen, both of University of … Continued

Roddy Flynn, a lecturer at Dublin City University talked to us about his research into the relationship between media ownership and journalistic content. He tells about findings concerning a study … Continued

Chat apps have taken on a heightened significance in reporting political unrest, particularly in terms of audience/reporter distinctions, sourcing of information, and community formation, write Valerie Belair-Gagnon and Colin Agur, … Continued

The new issue of Communication & Society is now available. The current issue includes nine research articles in the field of communication and journalism. Anna Mateu and Martí Domínguez, of University of Valencia, study … Continued