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The majority of news stories on Media Studies in UK newspapers depict it as a “Mickey Mouse subject”, Lucy Bennett and Jenny Kidd, both of Cardiff University, write. The authors … Continued
CFP: Media education in a changing media world
The 3rd annual conference of the ECREA’s Journalism & Communication Education temporary working group is looking for contributions. The conference is entitled “Trial and Error: media education in a changing … Continued
ARTICLE: War veteran reactions to media’s condemnation
The sterilized image of war presented by media is disconnected from its gruesome reality, Katy Parry, of University of Leeds, writes. When the reality of war is brought to light … Continued
CFP: Journalism in a world of terrorism
The Linnæus University and Fojo: Media Institute will organise an international conference called Journalism in a world of terrorism. The conference takes place in Kalmar, Sweden 9-11 May 2017. Themes … Continued
The Future of Journalism 2017 conference invites submissions on all aspects of journalism. The event is hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) and it takes … Continued
REPORT: Challenges and opportunities for news media
We are moving towards an increasingly digital, mobile, and social media environment with more intense competition for attention, write Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Alessio Cornia and Antonis Kalogeropoulos. More and more … Continued
ARTICLE: Journalists criticize surveillance but help normalize it
The news coverage of governmental mass surveillance helps to normalize and justify it, write Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Lucy K. Bennett and Jonathan Cable, all of Cardiff University. The authors analysed samples … Continued
The Data Power 2017 conference is now accepting paper and session proposals. The conference will be hosted by the Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, on 22nd and 23rd of June … Continued
REPORT: US journalists bashed Trump and Clinton alike
The news coverage of the US 2016 presidential campaign was mostly negative throughout, regardless of which candidate the news was about, Thomas E. Patterson of the Harvard Kennedy School writes. … Continued
A conference on the journalistic representations of poverty, entitled “Reporting Poverty: Media Conference”, is looking for paper proposals. The one-day event will take place on May 5th 2017 in Liverpool, … Continued
REPORT: Fear of too many alerts holds back news apps
A large number of smartphone users have downloaded news apps and are interested in using them – yet only a minority of them use said applications, a recent Reuters Institute … Continued
ARTICLE: Journalists in the Global South prioritize different roles than Westerners
Journalists in developing African and Asian countries have different role conceptions from Western journalists, a multi-national team of researchers has discovered. The team surveyed 2598 journalists in Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, … Continued
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CFP: Challenges for environmental communication
The biennial conference of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) is looking for various submissions. The conference, entitled “Democracy, Borders and Public/Political Engagement: Challenges for Environmental Communication” will take place … Continued
ARTICLE: Banks featured most often in economic news
Banks, and to a lesser extent automobiles and components industry, enjoy a slightly privileged status in economic news, write Jeroen G. F. Jonkman, Damian Trilling, Piet Verhoeven and Rens Vliegenthart, … Continued
CFP: Journalism & Mass Communications conference
Global Science and Technology Forum’s 6th annual international conference on Journalism & Mass Communications (JMComm 2017) calls for papers. The conference will take place on 9th – 10th October 2017 … Continued
ARTICLE: New video tools for television news
New technologies and available infrastructure present new opportunities for live transmission of news, writes Frode Guribye, of University of Bergen. The study explores new video tools for television news and reports … Continued
Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 2017 conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research – IAMCR. The conference theme is Transforming Culture, … Continued
ARTICLE: Freelance journalists keep a straight face on Facebook
Freelance journalists use more serious profile pictures on their Facebook fan pages than employed journalists, write Serena Carpenter, Duygu Kanver and Rashad Timmons, all of Michigan State University. The authors … Continued
ARTICLE: Frames of climate change news travel across journalistic cultures
Issue frames of climate change conferences converge across countries, while narratives are more diverse and country-specific, a new study states. Authors of this cross-national paper are Julia Lück of the … Continued
CFP: Transnational journalism history
The second Transnational Journalism History conference is now accepting submissions. The event will take place on the 9th and 10th of June 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. The organisers welcome submissions … Continued
ARTICLE: Legacy media least willing to collaborate
Collaboration between different kinds of newsrooms already exists, but further networking is constrained by large, legacy media organisations’ reluctance to share their audiences, John A. Hatcher and Dana Thayer, both … Continued
ARTICLE: Governments outperform journalists in surveillance
Journalists are supposed to balance government surveillance with their own, but the power balance is against them, Anthony Mills and Katharine Sarikakis, both of University of Vienna, write. The authors … Continued
CFP: The recent history of provincial newspapers
A one-day conference entitled “Provincial Newspapers: Lessons from History” is looking for paper proposals. The conference will take place on the 8th of September 2017 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The … Continued
ARTICLE: Journalists use statistics often, but poorly
The way statistics are used in journalism is in most cases inadequate, write Stephen Cushion, Justin Lewis, and Robert Callaghan, all of Cardiff University. The authors analysed nearly seven thousands … Continued
CFP: Discourses of Europe and fear
An upcoming conference, entitled “Discourses of and on Europe. About old and new fears…” is now looking for paper proposals. The conference will take place in Turin, Italy, on the … Continued
ARTICLE: Print and broadcast journalists still don’t get along
Newspaper and television journalists continue to distrust each other, Vincent Filak, of University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, writes. Filak surveyed 191 US journalists over their thoughts on newsroom convergence, and compared those … Continued
ARTICLE: Journalism students need better statistics education
Journalism students would benefit from a statistics course specifically tailored for future journalists, Justin D. Martin, of Northwestern University in Qatar, argues. Martin surveyed all four-year journalism programs in the … Continued
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