VIDEO: The transformation challenge for the media industry
Lucy Küng, Google Digital News Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talked to us about her new research report. She gave a keynote talk at the Median ja viestinnän … Continued
Educating Journalism Students on Gender in Challenging Times
VIDEO: The transformation challenge for the media industry
Lucy Küng, Google Digital News Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, talked to us about her new research report. She gave a keynote talk at the Median ja viestinnän … Continued
ARTICLE: Automation and the work of newsroom librarians
One of the first newsroom departments to encounter full-scale automation has been the newsroom library. Jan Lauren Boyles and Jared Meisinger, of Iowa State University, conducted in-depth interviews with 16 … Continued
On the weeks 18 and 19 of 2018 the following publications have come to our attention: A Handbook of Journalism – Media in the Information Age Edited by V. Eshwar … Continued
ARTICLE: Social media guidelines affect journalistic boundary-setting
Social media policies reveal some underlying assumptions about the role of new media within the traditional boundaries of the newsroom, a new study states. Andrew Duffy of Nanyang Technological University … Continued
ARTICLE: Interpretive journalism on government negotiations has risen significantly in Belgium
The amount of interpretive political journalism has risen steadily in Belgium over the years, a study finds. Karolin Soontjens of the University of Antwerp, studied newspaper coverage on coalition negotiations … Continued
ARTICLE: Impact is an ideologically and strategically driven aim for entrepreunial journalists
Studying entrepreunial journalists, constructive journalism and the concept of impact shows the complexity of conceptualising journalism. Andrea Wagemans, Tamara Witschge and Frank Harbers, all of the University of Groningen, analysed … Continued
ARTICLE: The US news system as “polarized liberal”
While many of the changes in United States’ media are discussed in relation to the 2016 election and Donald Trump’s presidency, “they are the symptoms of broader systemic dynamics that … Continued
How do people share and talk about news in private social media groups? ask Joëlle Swart and Marcel Broersma, of the University of Groningen, and Chris Peters, of Aalborg University … Continued
CFP | 18.6. | Gender, migration, and the media
The Commentary and Criticism section of Feminist Media Studies is calling for papers on the topic “Gender, Migration, and the Media”. [spoiler title=’Submissions may address topics such as:’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’]* … Continued
CFP | 27.7. | Fake news, bots and cyber-propaganda in Africa
“African Digital Media Review”, a Special Annual Issue of African Journalism Studies invites submissions of abstracts (maximum 300 words) for its fifth issue, whose focus is on ‘fake news, bots … Continued
VIDEO: The state of media and communications policy in Finland
Marko Ala-Fossi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Tampere talked to us about a recent report he has edited. The 356-page report, “The State of Media and Communications Policy and … Continued
ARTICLE: Using English greatly influenced Jakarta Post’s journalism
The language of publication affects the narratives a journalistic interpretive community develops to position itself as a news authority, a new study argues. John C. Carpenter and Sujatha Sosale, of … Continued
ARTICLE: Data journalism producing abstract categories
The world around us is not naturally organized into categories for statistical analysis. For the purposes of data journalism, discrete, unique incidents, events, and people must be rendered as similar, … Continued
ARTICLE: Constructive journalism in a Caribbean context
Practicing constructive journalism in the current conditions of St. Maarten “not only risks reflecting the status quo but also may play into the hands of the ones in power”, a … Continued
CFP | 15.6. | International Journal of Press/Politics conference
October 10-12 2018, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford will host the fourth International Journal of Press/Politics conference, focused on academic research on … Continued
ARTICLE: News users as ‘approximately informed’ and ‘occasionally monitorial’
We need to reconceptualize our expectations of citizens’ news use, state Brita Ytre-Arne and Hallvard Moe, of the University of Bergen, in a new article. The researchers identify gaps between … Continued
ARTICLE: Framing of climate change news has only limited effects to selective exposure
Framing of the stories plays only a limited role in driving exposure to climate change news, a new study finds. Lauren Feldman of Rutgers University and P. Sol Hart of … Continued
CFP | 15.6. | Online journalism conference #6COBCIBER
The organization of the VI International Conference on Online Journalism (#6COBCIBER) invites interested researchers to submit, until June 15, proposals for communications to be presented at the Conference. These should … Continued
CFP | 22.6. | Sports media and femininity
The symposium “New research agendas for the study of sports media (re)presentation(s) of sportswomen and femininity” is calling for papers. The event will be held at the Faculty of Arts, … Continued
ARTICLE: Media in North Cyprus excludes LGB people
The media can both empower and marginalize lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in the society. Sanem Şahin of the University of Lincoln, studied the topic in North Cyprus, the … Continued
On the week 17/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Apostles of Certainty: Data Journalism and the Politics of Doubt By C.W. Anderson Published by Oxford University Press … Continued
CFP | 30.5. | Digital literacy, fake news and education
The journal Cultura y Educación is calling for papers for its issue “Digital Literacy, Fake News and Education”. “A revolution is going on at the very moment you read these … Continued
The MeCCSA 2019 conference, themed “Continuity & Change – Media, Communications & Politics”, and held in 9 – 11 January 2019 at the University of Stirling, is calling for papers. … Continued
ARTICLE: Teaching the basics of data journalism
In a new research article Grant Hannis, of Massey University, examines a study module that introduces the basic concepts and practices of data journalism. The case study looks at a … Continued
CFP | 1.9. | Podcasting, the popular, and the public sphere
The journal Popular Communication, with its special issue “Podcasting, the Popular, and the Public Sphere” is calling for papers. Articles in the issue will analyze elements of podcasting’s brief but … Continued
ARTICLE: Folk theories help to explain how “news avoiders” get information
Growing numbers of people access information in other ways than by reading newspapers or accessing a news organization’s website. There’s been a shift towards so-called ‘distributed discovery’, where people find … Continued
ARTICLE: Status of women in Israeli journalism
Journalism in Israel has been a male-dominated profession. What have been the occupational and professional implications of more and more women entering into the profession? Einat Lachover and Dafna Lemish, … Continued
CFP | 30.4. | Algorithmic personalization and news
The workshop on Algorithmic Personalization & News (APEN 18), held in conjunction with the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 18). The workshop is held on 25 June … Continued
CFP | 15.8. | Conference on digital transformations of mass media
On 25-26 October 2018 the annual Moscow Readings conference will be held at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University. The topic of the conference this year is “Digital … Continued
PAPER: The relation between foreign news coverage and web search activity
If a country gets major media attention from other countries, does it also come up in people’s searches? Haewoon Kwak, Jisun An, Joni Salminen, Soon-Gyo Jung and Bernard J. Jansen, … Continued