New study by W. Joe Watson, of Baker University, explores the influences on story selection at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). To conduct interviews the writer spent one week in at BBC … Continued

New study by Sei-Hill Kim, of University of South Carolina, and Matthew W. Telleen, of Elizabethtown College, examine how American news media have framed the question of who is responsible for causing and fixing the … Continued

A new article by Lea Hellmueller of Texas Tech University examines gatekeeping in a transnational context of journalism cultures from a theoretical point of view. Traditionally the research on journalism … Continued

There was an increasing flow of information from the USA to China about Beijing’s air pollution issues, states a new study. The article by Ran Duan and Bruno Takahashi of … Continued

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Blogging and citizen journalism have blurred the definition of who is a journalist from a legal perspective. A new article by Jane Johnston of the University of Queensland and Anne … Continued

Julia Lefkowitz is a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.  Currently she is writing a doctoral thesis on the concept of ‘tabloidization’ as a function of the … Continued

News fixers often face some trouble with foreign correspondents causing issues with reporting the events, giving credit and safety. Lindsay Palmer of University of Wisconsin–Madison interviewed 21 news fixers living … Continued

Journalism becomes more dependent on and more vulnerable to public attention targeted to itself. A new article by Risto Kunelius and Esa Reunanen of the University of Tampere studies the … Continued

The conference “Media in Muslim contexts: inventing and re-inventing identities” is calling for papers. The conference will be held 3 to 4 November in London. It is organised by The … Continued

Income loss was significant among Australian journalists who lost their jobs between 2012 and 2014, a new study states. The article was written by Lawrie Zion, Merryn Sherwood and Timothy … Continued

In an era marked by digital surveillance, citizens self-regulate their behaviour in the internet. A Cardiff University’s research project examined impacts, challenges and opportunities of Edward Snowden’s revelations. The project … Continued

The new publication “EU Referendum Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign” draws multiple analyses from academics on Brexit ten days after the election. The publication is edited by Daniel … Continued

What kind of online news consumption patterns do ‘legacy’ and ‘native’ news brands have and how do they differ? Ángel Arrese and Jürg Kaufmann of the University of Navarra studied … Continued

The news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) has become a more influential gatekeeper in political news in the Netherlands. A new article looking at the political coverage in print and online … Continued

Ruling elites in Turkey try to control the flow of information and to establish a relationship with digital intermediaries similar to their relationship with the mainstream media, states a new … Continued

Reporting on women politicians has focused on body and looks, in the last decades as well as in the early twentieth century. Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon University studies the … Continued

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) continues to treat objectivity as a balance between the largest political parties, write Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Mike Berry, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco, and Jonathan Cable, all of Cardiff … Continued

The audience perceive news stories that quote social media sources less credible than stories that are based on, for example, stake-outs, write Sanne Kruikemeier and Sophie Lecheler, both of the … Continued

Trust and distrust do not have a statistically significant effect on news consumption, write Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu, of University of Vienna, and Homero Gil de Zúñiga, of Universidad Diego Portales. The … Continued

Muslims tend to be negatively framed, while Islam is dominantly portrayed as a violent religion, shows a meta-analysis of articles looking at media representations of Muslims and Islam. Saifuddin Ahmed … Continued

Whether or not an online story has multimedia included, it does not strongly affect emotional reactions or immersion into the story. A new article by Hanna Pincus and Magdalena Wojcieszak … Continued

A new special section of the International Journal of Communication has been published. The section’s theme is “Building the BRICS: Media, Nation Branding and Global Citizenship”, focusing on media and … Continued

Drama in the campaign, economic implications and immigration issues were in the center of the United Kingdom’s EU referendum news reporting. The Loughborough University Centre for Research in Communication and … Continued

Comunicazione Politica – COMPOL, an Italian academic journal in Political Communication is calling for papers for a special issue about “Gender, politics and the media. Lessons learned and struggles for … Continued

Audiences follow major breaking news events through online video in an increasing trend. The new report written by Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Federica Cherubini and Nic Newman of Reuters Institute (RISJ) studies … Continued

The issue 60 of MedieKultur has been published. The new issue features six theme articles, four open sections articles and six reviews. The issue’s theme is “Researching Cross-Media Communication: Methodological … Continued

The Co-Edited Volume on “Ethnic Media in the Digital Era” is calling for manuscripts. [spoiler title=’Topics include, but are not limited to:’ collapse_link=’true’] Digital divides and ethnic media Digital diasporas … Continued

Travel journalists adopt some practices characteristic to bloggers, states a new study. Bryan Pirolli of Sorbonne University studied the professional identity of travel journalists. The article compares travel journalists’ opinions … Continued