The Mapping Media Freedom (MMF) project has launched its annual report in observance of the ongoing Media Freedom month. The project is run by the organisation Index on Censorship and … Continued

Online news about teenagers’ sexuality employ double standards according to race and gender, write Jennifer F. Chmielewski, Deborah L. Tolman, and Hunter Kincaid, all of City University of New York. … Continued

On week 10 the following publications have come to our attention: Global journalism and the coverage of “Third World” development Written by Jairo Lugo-Ocando and An Nguyen Published by Routledge … Continued

Conference entitled “Audiences2030: Imagining a future for audiences” is calling for paper proposals. The event will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 28th and 29th of September 2017. The … Continued

How do data journalists lay claim to the truth? Eddy Borges-Rey, of University of Stirling, investigated the “epistemology of data journalism” in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which he calls … Continued

What do citizens think of citizen journalism? Michael Karlsson and Christer Clerwall of Karlstad University and Lars Nord of Mid Sweden University used a survey and focus group interviews to … Continued

A conference entitled “Excavating Media: Devices, Processes, Apparatuses” is calling for paper proposals. The conference is hosted by the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK, on the 30th of June … Continued

We interviewed Elizabeth Stur of Mid Sweden University, Asta Cepaite of Lund University and Lottie Jangdal of Mid Sweden University about their new project on hyperlocal media in Sweden. They … Continued

The Canadian newspapers’ discourse on the use of Tasers changed after Robert Dziekanski died after the device was deployed against him, write Nicole Neverson, of Ryerson University, and Charles T. … Continued

On 22.7.2011 a terrorist attack killed 77 people in Norway, most of them youth on a summer camp on Utøya island. A total of 490 campers survived the massacre, many … Continued

A conference entitled “Mediating Cultural Work: Texts, Objects and Politics” is looking for paper and panel proposals. The conference is organised by the Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies, … Continued

New legal and technical developments have made British journalists more vulnerable to spying by the state, a recent report states. It is based on a meeting of 25 “investigative journalists, … Continued

Editors of an upcoming, edited book on conservative media are looking for chapter proposals. The book’s working title is “News on the Right: Studying Conservative News Cultures”, and it is … Continued

The way most US newspapers covered the aftermath of the killing of a Black man by a White police officer worked to hide systemic racism, Nicole Maurantonio, of University of … Continued

Amanda Williams, Maria Victoria Guglietti and Sally Haney, all of Mount Royal University, conducted a case study of how students in an undergraduate Canadian university’s journalism program are conceptualizing the … Continued

Journal Ethical Space is calling for papers for a special issue “How do you feel? Ethical challenges in media treatment and representation of vulnerable people”. Topics authors might want to consider, … Continued

Online news stories on election polls do not follow the transparency guidelines set by American Association of Public Opinion Research, a study on 32 American news outlets revealed. Jason Turcotte, … Continued

Financial journalists evaluate their colleagues based on their skill and success, not their personality, the results from a survey suggests. Hai L. Tran and Matthew W. Ragas, both of DePaul … Continued

The journal Sur le journalisme is looking for papers for its upcoming special issue on local journalism. The issue is entitled “Local News: sustainability, participation and community life” and it … Continued

The news agency Reuters’ coverage of the Ukrainian crisis closely followed the line of the Russian state-controlled ITAR-TASS news agency, an analysis by Kohei Watanabe, of London School of Economics, … Continued

Different US newspapers framed Mexican immigrants in dramatically different ways during the darkest years of the Great Depression, Melita Garza, of Texas Christian University, writes. Garza analysed the editorials of … Continued

On week 9 the following publications have come to our attention: Visual Media in Indonesia Written by Edwin Jurriëns Published by Routledge 248 pages Media in China: Constructing National Resistance … Continued

The Communication History section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) is calling for paper and panel proposals for its upcoming workshop entitled “Our group first! Historical perspectives … Continued

On 24th of April 2015 Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner publicly announced his gender transition into Caitlyn Jenner. The announcement was shortly followed by a reality television show focusing on … Continued

Presenting numerical data in tables or graphs will help TV news audience recall the information, a study on American college students shows. Ivanka Pjesivac, of University of Georgia, with Nicholas … Continued

As political conflicts are defined and, indeed, often enacted in the media, images are powerful carriers of meaning, influencing what we know and how we feel about a conflict, write … Continued

In their new article Mary Lynn Young, of University of British Columbia, Alfred Hermida, of University of British Columbia, and Johanna Fulda examine the quality of Canadian finalists and winners in … Continued

22nd International Conference on Information Technology and Journalism is now calling for papers. The conference theme is “Big data – Small world”. The event is supported by the IPSA RC10 … Continued

Fay Anderson, of Monash University, examines Australian news photographers’ and picture editors’ experiences when covering hazardous assignments and the physical and psychological costs. The interviews revealed that PTSD and trauma-related symptoms … Continued

Prague Media Point Conference, subtitled this year as “Media in the Post-Truth World: The New Marketplace of (Dis)information”, is now accepting paper abstracts. The event takes place in Prague on … Continued