UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair at University of Gothenburg is organising in collaboration with University of Sheffield, University of Helsinki and University of Tampere a research conference on Safety of … Continued

PR influence on news coverage is affected by both the attributes of individual journalists and by journalistic work routines, write Magdalena Obermaier, of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Thomas Koch, of Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz and Claudia Riesmeyer, … Continued

Online editorial content seems to be near irrelevant for women’s magazines’, write Hanna-Kaisa Ellonen, of Lappeenranta University of Technology, Patrik Wikström, of Queensland University of Technology, and Anette Johansson, of … Continued

The eight national newspapers in the United Kingdom largely used a negative tone when writing about Jeremy Corbyn during his first week as the leader of the Labour party. The … Continued

The use of social media, even for non-political purposes, increases political deliberation, write Trevor Dieh and Homero Gil de Zúñiga, both of University of Vienna, and Brian Weeks, of University … Continued

Gender bias exists both in journalistic output and the professional realm of its production, write Paula Lobo, of Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Maria João Silveirinha, of University of Coimbra, Marisa … Continued

The audience reads different news stories online than in print, write Torbjörn von Krogh, of Mid Sweden University and Ulrika Andersson, of University of Gothenburg. The authors compared the results … Continued

Visibility bias does not effect (self-reported likeliness of) voting behaviour significantly, write Jakob-Moritz Eberl, Hajo G. Boomgaarden and Markus Wagner, all of University of Vienna. The authors studied the effects … Continued

The overall gender equality in news has not changed in the past five years, recent study results show. The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) published its 2015 results on Monday, … Continued

Corporate media tend to focus on solutions offered by the organization to address issues related to workforce aging, and avoid associations with problems regarding older workers’ employability, write Anne C. Kroon, … Continued

Newly published Ofcom report explores children’s media literacy. The report includes evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as detailed information … Continued

The prospective authors to the journal NORDICOM Review have experienced delays in getting responses to their manuscript submissions this year. The length of the delays could not be confirmed, but … Continued

Ethnographic journalism can be differentiated from other journalistic genres by three aspects, writes Anne Hermann, of University of Southern Denmark. Hermann interviewed a group of nine ethnographic journalists, who she … Continued

Traditional media, and broadcast media in particular, was most influential during the 2015 general elections in the United Kingdom, writes Colin Byrne, of the public relations company Weber Shandwick. The … Continued

News on mental illness in Irish newspapers tend to relay a single, biomedical discourse, writes Mary Farrelly, from the Dublin City University. Farrelly was recently awarded doctorate for her thesis … Continued

Newspaper industries in both Sweden and Norway are declining, recent statistics show. However, the Swedish newspaper industry has been able to break its fall by cutting losses and increasing subscription … Continued

Women as perpetrators of violence are often portrayed as strong agents with an antisocial will to hurt others, write Satu Venäläinen. The focus of her new article is on the ways in which … Continued

Specialized socialization could assist journalism education to innovate effectively, writes Jonathan Hewett, of City University London. His newly published article explores the obstacles to innovation in journalism education and his focus is … Continued

A brand new database for codes of media ethics was launched on Monday. Accountable Journalism includes more than 400 searchable codes that can be sorted by keywords, type of organization, topic, region, year created or … Continued

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is calling for proposals for its 2016 conference. The event is titled Memory, Commemoration and Communication: Looking Back, Looking Forward and … Continued

The 8th biennal RIPE conference is now accepting submission proposals. The RIPE@2016 event, to be held at the University of Antwerp, is themed around public service media and titled Public … Continued

The University of Le Havre’s Information-Communication department is calling for submissions for its 4th international conference. The event is titled Digital Media & Electronic Communication, and is to be held … Continued

British and Chinese state broadcasters (BBC and CCTV, respectively) depict Africa differently, writes Vivien Marsh of University of Westminster. The author compared the newscasts of BBC’s Focus on Africa and … Continued

Late parenting is represented in news discourse as a challenging concept in various ways, in contrast to ‘normative’ parenting, writes Virpi Ylänne, of Cardiff University. She analysed 90 UK newspaper articles on … Continued

Political news in Danish newspapers might have become less future-oriented over the 1997–2013 period, write Kenneth Reinecke Hansen of University of Southern Denmark. This is according to the significant decline in modal verbs … Continued

New issue of Communication Today is now published. Here are few examples of the new articles. Václav Moravec, Marína Urbániková, Jaromír Volek explore the degree of homogeneity among three generations (pretransitive, transitive … Continued

The Guardian’s data journalism branch Datablog produces journalism that mostly adheres to traditional journalistic norms, write Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University and Soo-Kwang Oh, of William Paterson … Continued

The composition of a person’s news diet affects the likelihoods of different types of protest, write Lorenzo Mosca, of Scuola Normale Superiore, and Mario Quaranta, of LUISS Guido Carli. The … Continued

Algorithmic journalism, or ‘robot journalism’, has reached a point of technical viability, writes Konstantin Nicholas Dörr, of University of Zurich. The author analyzed the contemporary state of the art, its … Continued

Immediacy is seen as one of the key values in journalism as people want to be informed about events and threats as soon as possible. This speed game has strengthened … Continued