What can and cannot be calculated is not merely a technical question, it is also a deeply social, cultural, political and economic one, writes Taina Bucher, of University of Copenhagen, Denmark. … Continued

The anchors of BBC’s daily radio news show Today sometimes violate their own editorial rules on impartiality, write Philip Mitchell, of University of South Wales, and James Stewart, of Cardiff … Continued

Journalists are decreasing their efforts to engage with their audience on Facebook, writes Anders Olof Larsson, of Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology. Larsson algorithmically captured the activities … Continued

The working conditions of foreign correspondents is not changing quite as much as is thought, write Michael Brüggemann, of University of Zurich, Guido Keel, of Zurich University of Applied Sciences, … Continued

Financial newspapers have historically had more freedom of speech than other forms of journalism, writes Ángel Arrese of University of Navarra. According to Arrese, this relative freedom has allowed the … Continued

The Reuters Institute is launching its new Digital News Project with a set of technology and industry predictions for 2016. Digital News Project is an international research project examining cross-national developments … Continued

Turkish weekly journal Servet-i Fünun (Wealth of the Sciences) began publishing in 1891 and attracted contributions from the best Turkish writers until closing down in 1944. At the time weekly journals were a platform … Continued

“Slow journalism” as a concept should be allowed certain fuzziness, writes Erik Neveu, of Rennes Institute of Political Studies. The author departs his argument from Megan Le Masurier‘s article on … Continued

The people who consume more news about science are more trustful of it, even if said news told about misconduct in science, writes Ulrika Andersson of University of Gothenburg. The … Continued

Media has covered the contemporary flux of people in a multitude of ways, but much of the coverage is irresponsible in its sensationalist and even downright xenophobic stance. The evaluation … Continued

The second conference of ECREA’s temporary working group Journalism & Communication Education is looking for submissions. The 2016 conference’s title is “Higher communication education – serving or innovating the profession?” … Continued

The annual conference of Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies is looking for submissions to its 2016 event. The conference is titled “Representing Peace and Conflict”. It … Continued

The perpetuation of stereotypes of China and the Chinese in Western media is the result of many reasons, writes Jeanne Boden, of KU Leuven. The author sketches out the history … Continued

Danish journalists make few factual errors, but they are perceived as being politically biased, writes Mark Blach-Ørsten of Roskilde University. Sources of Danish news stories were asked to evaluate whether … Continued

The Nordic data journalism conference NODA16 is still accepting submissions. The organizers have decided to postpone the deadline for abstract submissions to the 15th of January. The original deadline was … Continued

In his newly published article Robin Vandevoordt, of University of Antwerp, builds bridge between practice-based studies of war reporting and general sociological studies of journalism as a profession. The key questions are … Continued

A new issue of Nordicom’s newsletter European Media Policy is out now. The newsletter includes news about policy developments at the European level, and in addition, some international news. The news … Continued

The viewing of distressing user generated content (UGC) can cause journalists to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), write Sam Dubberley, Elizabeth Griffin and Haluk Mert Bal, all of the … Continued

The journal Javnost – The Public has published a special issue themed “Journalism in Crisis?”. It contains six diverse articles on the topic, out of which two represent European scholarship. … Continued

Despite talk about the American decline, the United States has retained its place as the most prominent country in news, write Menahem Blondheim, of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Elad … Continued

Objectivity is an ill-conceived benchmark for journalism, argue Daniëlle Raeijmaekers and Pieter Maeseele, both of University of Antwerp. According to the authors, the objectivity requirement is limiting and detrimental to … Continued

The journal Journalism has published a batch of online first articles on China. The articles are related to both the ways China is depicted by Western media and the way … Continued

International Journal on Media Managements new special issue called Social media, the digital revolution, and the business of media is out now. It is  is devoted to better understanding the challenges associated … Continued

The newest issue of bi-monthly European Journal of Communication is published now. The magazine is interested in communication research and theory in all its diversity, and seeks to reflect and encourage … Continued

The European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) report on media integration has been published. The Integration Media Production Strategies (IMPS) project visited nine public service broadcasters in eight countries to research practices … Continued

The journal NORDICOM Review is calling for submissions to its upcoming special issue on minorities in media work. The issue will be looking at, for example, how many minority members … Continued

Increased action research would benefit both the scholars and practitioners of digital journalism, writes Stephanie Grubenmann of University of St.Gallen. The author uses an interventive action study, performed at a … Continued

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has published the outlines of its strategy for the next three years. The document, named Vision2020, identifies four challenges European public service broadcasters are currently … Continued

In 2014 when professional football player Thomas Hitzlsperger  announced that he is gay, media response was overwhelming. Christiana Schallhorn and Anne Hempel conducted a qualitative content analysis of three newspapers … Continued

ECREA and Charles University in Prague are calling for proposals in all fields of communication and media studies. The conference is to be held in Prague 9 – 12 November 2016 … Continued