The September 2015 issue of Britsh Journalism Review is out. The magazine contains engaging views on British journalism, from views on recent events to book reviews to diverse articles. The … Continued

The Free Daily Press in Europe 1995-2015 conference aims to promote a debate on the free daily newspaper that has been circulating in cities for the past 20 years. Here … Continued

Annual MeCCSA Conference is calling for abstracts, panel proposals and posters. The theme of this years MeCCSA is ‘Communities’. Possible themes are: Communities in the digital age Communities and the commons … Continued

The fifth biennial conference The Future of Journalism will start off on Thursday. The two-day event is hosted by the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) at … Continued

What is Media 2016: What is Media? Experience-Exploration-Emergence -conference is calling for papers. The event will feature keynote speakers, roundtables, paper presentations, and special events, in an attempt to answer questions about the … Continued

The 1st International Conference in Scandalogy is calling for papers on the current state of research on the social phenomenon of scandals. The aim of this conference is to foster … Continued

The International Conference on Media and Memory is calling for papers on the topic Covering the communist past: media transformation and memory in Albania. The conference is held in Tirana … Continued

It can be argued that competition in Finland’s autonomous Åland has lead to decreasing differentation among local media. A research by Carl-Gustav Lindén of the University of Helsinki studies newspaper … Continued

There has been a deep controversy in Europe with respect to media policies, new technologies and public service media. A study by David Fernández-Quijada, Montse Bonet, Roberto Suárez Candel and … Continued

Special issue of Digital Journalism and Journalism Practice is looking for papers about sports journalism. “Despite a notable increase in the academic scrutiny of sports journalism in recent years it … Continued

Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls’ Media Culture, Volume 2 is calling for papers. Part of Mediated Youth book series, the second volume of Mediated Girlhoods will feature new research … Continued

The Journalism Studies Resource Centre brings together three Routledge journals – Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, and Digital Journalism. The website houses additional information and resources, such as article collections, virtual special issues … Continued

Media-based critic has played and still plays an important role informing, reflecting on and shaping public debates, claims Paul Rixon. But are the newspaper-based TV critics facing their end? If so, what … Continued

A special issue of Ethical Space is calling for papers on not-for-profit journalism and alternatively funded media. Submissions on community radio and television, newspapers, magazines, websites, social networks, mobile applications, open … Continued

For most people living in western countries, disasters are distant suffering as they mainly affect cultural or ethnic others. Thus news media have an important emotional role in covering of … Continued

ECPR’s Standing Group on the EU is calling for papers for its 8th Pan-European Conference on the European Union, specifically for the panel Euroscepticism and Media (section Euroscepticism and the … Continued

Participation plays an important role in contemporary journalistic discourse. New article by Eric Carlsson and Bo Nilsson explores the different meanings of participation in community news media and public service media in northern Sweden. … Continued

The conference 5th Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) is looking for papers. Papers that have a critical-analytical perspective, deal with contemporary social, scientific, political, economic, or professional … Continued

What kind of unique skills does management of media companies require? A new book Managing Media Firms and Industries: What’s So Special About Media Management? is edited by Gregory F. … Continued

International Journal on Media Management is calling for papers for its special issue on Big Data and Media Management. The issue looks for research that employs big data to address … Continued

Convergence is calling for papers for a special issue that aims to develop the conceptualisation and analysis of contemporary crossmedia use and users in order to study the implications for users … Continued

News startups have taken on a notable role in the journalism industry. These new organizations are often backed by large investors, venture capital, and technology entrepreneurs. A newly published study by … Continued

How are crime and legal issues covered in the media? A recent book in Finnish by Elina Noppari, Pentti Raittila and Pirita Männikkö of the University of Tampere studies the … Continued

Digital witnessing of conflicts breaks with the professional monopoly of the journalist and becomes a complex site of struggle, states Lilie Chouliaraki of London School of Economics and Political Science. … Continued

Abstracts are sought for The Media-Bridge-Cultures conference in Istanbul. Conference addresses transnational bridging functions of the media as connecting agents between cultures and countries. A special emphasis will be placed … Continued

How have managers at Finnish Broadcasting Company interpreted the dramatic changes in media environment during the last 40 years? A recent article by Päivi Maijanen of the Lappeenranta University of … Continued

Book reviews are called for the journal Central European Journal of Communication (CEJC), published by the Polish Communication Association. Book reviews of maximum 7000 characters should be delivered by September … Continued

Christine Isager of University of Copenhagen and Rob Alexander of Brock University are calling for chapters for an edited volume to be published in 2016. Their aim is to discover what “Gonzo” … Continued

We should examine journalism ethics from broader views than just looking at the principles of justice and harm, says a recent article by Steven Knowlton of Dublin City University and … Continued

In Negotiating politicians’ responsibilities in news interviews, conversation analysis was applied on 27 news interviews of Ministers from 1970s and 2000s. Three common forms of questionings were studied. The recent … Continued