A newly published case study delves into the world of hyperlocal journalism and local news blogs, and wonders if Internet increases the public scrunity and monitoring of local democracy. Published … Continued

  Journalists appreciate easy and quick information, writes Maisa Hopeakunnas in her newly published paper in the Finnish journal Informaatiotutkimus. In the article, Hopeakunnas notes that even though the Internet has changed the … Continued

The journal Journalism has just published a bunch of brand new article as online-first version on their website. In an article titled Digital watchdogs? Data reporting and the news media’s traditional ‘fourth … Continued

A new issue The International Journal of Press/Politics has just been published. The July issue of the journal has several articles on politics and journalism studies by European scholars. The first article, … Continued

European media and journalism researchers are heading to Montreal, Canada to IAMCR2015. The global conference’s theme this year seeks to explore the ambiguous relationship of communication towards hegemony and resistance. Hundreds … Continued

This year’s ECREA Summer School 2014 book has just been published. This year’s book is titled Journalism, Representation and the Public Sphere. The book is dedicated to the fundamental question of public … Continued

Shared Histories: Media Connections Between Britain and Ireland conference in Dublin, Ireland. This is the first day of the two-day event. Organized by Dublin City University, Aberystwyth University, Newspaper & … Continued

A new article by Mark O’Brien and Kevin Rafter of Dublin City University argues that the Irish newspaper Irish Independent adopted and incorporated elements of Daily Mail’s “New Journalism” more selectively than has been acknowledged … Continued

  Younger audience is more willing to pay for online news if they can combine content from different providers, claim Aske Kammer of University of Southern Denmark along with Morten Boeck, Jakob Vikær … Continued

A new journalism studies research project has will be launched in University of Groeningen in next November. The new study looks at the on-going change from traditional journalism production to … Continued

How do digital media innovators approach news, how do they operate and with what strategies, asks a new book by Lucy Küng of University of Oxford. The book, titled Innovators in Digital News, will … Continued

Are so-called soft news detrimental to journalism or even to society at whole? This is the question that a recently published article sets out to answer. The article was published … Continued

The distinction between an INGO (international non-governmental organization) and news organization is blurred by the use of freelancers, claims a new article by Kate Wright of University of Roehampton, published as an … Continued

Maarit Jaakkola defends her doctoral dissertation today 23th June 2015 at University of Tampere. Her dissertation is titled The Contested Autonomy of Arts and Journalism. In her study, Jaakkola examines the changes in … Continued

The annual Digital News Report has just been published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report is based on a international online YouGov- This year’s key findings show for example … Continued

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Last week we wrote about MI2015 conference, about how immigration is framed in Western media, and how readers still trust news websited over social media. We also told you about a … Continued

The Central and East-European Communication and Media Conference 2015 (CEECOM2015) ends today, Sunday 14th June in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference was organized by University of Zagreb in cooperation with ECREA … Continued

A new issue of International Journal of Communication has been published. We cherry-picked the articles written about European journalism or by European journalism scholars, paraphrased below. Manuel Goyanes of Carlos III University writes about … Continued

The Central and EastEuropean Communication and Media Conference 2015 (CEECOM2015) will start off on Friday in Zagreb, Croatia. Conference is organized by ZagrebUniversity in cooperation with ECREA CEE Network and co-sponsored … Continued

The social and cultural shift of 1960’s and 1970’s had an impact in the freedom of speech in Finland, according to a recent PhD dissertation by Tuula Pere is defended today … Continued

M.A. Mikko Mattlar defended his doctoral dissertation in Journalism at University of Jyväskylä on 10 June. His dissertation is titled ”Ei mitä hyvänsä rilutusta”. Populaarimusiikin tie legitiimiksi kulttuuriksi Helsingin Sanomissa 1950–1982. The study … Continued

The journal Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture is looking for submissions for a mixed-topic issues to be published in Spring and Summer 2016. Particular interests include, but are not limited … Continued

  A recently published Nordicom book Mediers känslä för kön focuses on new possibilities of feminist media research in Swedish. The book points out that media’s sense of gender changes in … Continued

  Political information read on news websites is more associated with higher trust, whereas social media sites are generally not trusted, suggests a new article written by Andrea Ceron of Università degli … Continued

A new special issue of the journal American Behavioral Scientist has been published. This issue, edited by Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud of University of Oslo, focuses of framing of immigrants and immigration in Western media. The … Continued

The fourth International Symposium on Media Innovations was held in Brussels last week. The event invited scholars and industry representatives to discuss how innovation matters in the media industry. We … Continued

  Crowdfunding has become a popular way to launch initiatives that would otherwise be hard to finance. During recent years different crowdfunding tools and platforms have shown significant success in … Continued

A new issue of British Journalism Review features an election special, focusing naturally on United Kingdom general election of 2015. The articles around this theme range from election spinning to the aid of … Continued

The twenty-first century has brought major challenges to local journalism. A new academic book from Reuters Institute for Journalism delves into the centre of these challenges, looking at its past, present … Continued