News use over social networking sites (SNS) has been shown to have a significant and positive impact on individuals’ political and civic activities, writes Jihyang Choi, of Ewha Womans University. The article … Continued

Anders Olof Larsson, Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Bente Kalsnes, of University of Oslo and Christian Christensen, of University of Stockholm study Twitter use by public service broadcasters (PSBs) during national elections … Continued

In their new article Varda Wasserman and Ines Gabel, both of The Open University of Israel, explore how an ultra-Orthodox Jewish magazine Mishpacha (Family) enables the voicing of subversive views with the aim of transforming the … Continued

Journalism Research News has now been online for over a year and a half. Due to additional project funding for 2016 from the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, we have been able … Continued

Study by Jacob Groshek, of Boston University and Edson Tandoc, of Nanyang Technological University, analyzed Twitter activity around the Grand Jury decision in the death of Michael Brown in Missouri. The … Continued

The article applied the notion of hybridity to compare social media adoption by journalists in Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Three constructs of … Continued

Local and regional newspapers’ framing of flamingo conservation efforts on France’s southern coast has changed over the years, write Lisa Ernoul, of Aix-Marseille University, and Angela Wardell-Johnson, of Curtin University. … Continued

Media freedom, access to internet, and the availability of open government data counteract corruption, write Christopher Starke, of University of Münster, Teresa K. Naab, of University of Augsburg, and Helmut … Continued

Text by Pauline Betche From 6 to 7 October 2016, media workers, experts and journalists meet in Leipzig, Germany, for this year’s European Media Freedom Conference. The European Centre for … Continued

Out of all different objects of “online firestorms”, businesses get to present their side of the story most often, write Sabine Einwiller, of University of Vienna, with Benno Vierer and … Continued

Media companies’ performance can not be measured with the same yardstick as that of industrial companies’, write Reinhard E. Kunz, Johannes Siebert and Joschka Mütterlein, all of University of Bayreuth. … Continued

Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s … Continued

Large legacy news organisations are investing heavily in their online expansion, a new Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) report reveals. It is authored by Alessio Cornia, Annika … Continued

A symposium on European media cultures during the Cold War is looking for paper submissions. The event will take place in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, on the 30th of March and … Continued

Newspapers in the political right and left cover news differently, a study by Sangwon Lee and Jihyun Esther Paik, both of University of Wisconsin-Madison, confirms. The authors analysed the coverage … Continued

The global platforms in search engines, content aggregation and social media are challenging long-standing regulatory systems of media. How can media pluralism be studied and assessed in the age of … Continued

France 24’s coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack against the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine depicted Islam as a cause of the attack, write Eva Połońska-Kimunguyi, of London School of Economics … Continued

Reporting terrorism is riddled with pitfalls, warns Charlie Beckett, of London School of Economics. Beckett reviews the contemporary practices of making news on terrorism, and the issues thereof, in a … Continued

The Canadian Journal of Communication is seeking papers for its special issue on production of energy titled “Communicating Power: Energy, Canada and the Field(s) of Communication”. [spoiler title=’Read the full … Continued

Large parts of the Dutch society, both rich and poor, were reading newspapers already in the 17th century, writes Michiel van Groesen, of Leiden University. The author investigated works of … Continued

We interviewed Shin Mizukoshi, a Professor of Media Studies at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. He talks to us about the current media landscape … Continued

Turkish national newspapers chose their framing to protect their connected parties and to attack the opposing ones. An article by Uğur Cevdet Panayırcı of Istanbul Sehir University, Emre İşeri of … Continued

The Green Party of England and Wales has not been able to acquire issue ownership outside environmental issues in UK newspapers. A new research article by Ceri Hughes of the … Continued

Female White House press corps journalists question the US president Barack Obama more on economic issues than their male colleagues, writes Lindsey Meeks, of University of Oklahoma. Meeks analysed the … Continued

A new article by Joop W. Koopmans, of University of Groningen, looks at the way 18th century Dutch news digests positioned themselves in relation to other news products of the … Continued

Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s … Continued

Both journalists and lay citizens see statements that affirm their beliefs as more objective and informative, writes Cornelia Mothes, of Ohio State University. Mothes analysed the results from a “quasi-experiment” … Continued

In terms of risks to public service media’s independence, European countries do not fit neatly in categorizations such as that of Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini (2004), writes Maja Šimunjak … Continued

The “Visualizing (in) the New Media” (ViNM) conference is now accepting paper abstracts. The event will take place in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, between the 8th and 10th of November 2017. The … Continued

Autonomy is a crucial component of journalistic work. How does it vary in different organisations and across countries? The article by Henrik Örnebring, Johan Lindell, Christer Clerwall and Michael Karlsson, … Continued