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

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism have announced a new project called the News Integrity Initiative. News Integrity Initiative is a a global consortium focused on helping people make informed judgments about the news … Continued

Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu, of Universidad de La Laguna, Catherine M. Hooker, University of Vienna, and  Homero Gil de Zúñiga, of University of Vienna and Universidad Diego Portales. study the relationship between … Continued

Communication Methods and Measures invite submissions that further the understanding, development and application of computational methods in communication research. CFP is for a special issue that is to be published … Continued

Journal of Media Critiques is calling for papers for June issue. All articles related to any communication, media, information studies are welcome. Deadline for abstracts is on 1st June. Further … Continued

News sharing across different social media platforms is increasingly impacting on our news habits, write Bente Kalsnes, of Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, and Anders Olof Larsson, of Westerdals Oslo … Continued

We interviewed Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde, a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. She talked about … Continued

Different media frame conflict differently – and yet differently in different situations, write Guus Bartholomé, Sophie Lecheler and Claes de Vreese, all of University of Amsterdam. The authors developed a … Continued

Journalism Research News has opened a new job announcement page. Similar to our main goal, the job board focuses specifically on journalism research. Positions listed are academic in nature. More … Continued

New issue of The Journal of Mass Media Ethics has been published. There are some interesting articles for journalism enthusiasts as well. For example Ed Wasserman, of University of California, examines the … Continued

Factors other than athletic performance contribute to countries’ prominence in Olympic news, write Seong Choul Hong, of Kyonggi University, and Kyong-Soo Oh, of Institute for Public Media. The authors first … Continued

Australian journalists “lack understanding” of the risks posed to them and their sources by state-sanctioned surveillance, Benedetta Brevini, of University of Sydney, writes. The author reviews the trend in Australian … Continued

An upcoming issue of the journal Problemi dell’Informazione is calling for paper proposals. The issue, entitled “Icons and power. Politics of images in the digital era”, will be published in … Continued

Journalists covering parliamentary affairs in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have more professional than personal Twitter profiles, Folker Hanusch, of University of Vienna, writes. Hanusch analysed the … Continued