As news are read more often via social media, the selection of what news people see is based increasingly on algorithms, instead of editorial selection. Richard Fletcher and Rasmus Kleis … Continued

Tien-Tsung Lee of the University of Kansas, and Yuki Fujioka of Georgia State University analyzed data from the Taiwan Communication Survey (TCS) from 2013, looking at which news and information … Continued

The Journal of Media Business Studies special issue on “Strategic Management in the Media (Creative) Industries” is calling for papers. The aim of the special issue on Strategic Management in … Continued

The 3rd International Media Studies Symposium themed “Communication Trends in the Digitalised World”. The symposium is held on 1-3 November 2018 at Akdeniz University in Turkey. They welcome submissions from … Continued

What happened to photojournalism when a newspaper laid off its entire photography staff? Tara M. Mortensen of the University of South Carolina, and Peter J. Gade of the University of … Continued

Identifying an online comment coming from an expert can increase the credibility of a news article, a new study found. Ivanka Pjesivac of the University of Georgia, Nicholas Geidner of … Continued

The journal Hipertext.net is calling for article manuscripts for its upcoming thematic issue on “The Digital Future of Facts”. The journal is open access, and it accepts submissions in three … Continued

Journalism studies is lacking historical perspective, an essay by Matt Carlson, of Saint Louis University, and Seth C. Lewis, of University of Oregon, argues. They call for more “temporal reflexivity” … Continued

The Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) is calling for paper proposals for an upcoming, one-day conference on Muslim women in the media. The conference is organised by the … Continued

Most of Swedish cultural journalism observes its topics on a “transnational scale”, Anna Roosvall and Andreas Widholm, both of Stockholm University, write. The authors analysed a sample of over 2 … Continued

On the week 11/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Reporting the First World War in the Liminal Zone Written by Sara Prieto Published by Palgrave Macmillan 199 … Continued

Dividing a news story about a political scandal into several pieces will have a stronger effect than presenting all information at once, Christian von Sikorski and Johannes Knoll, both of … Continued

The Nova Science Publishers is calling for chapter proposals for an edited book on Twitter. The book covers a variety of Twitter related topics, including the practices and uses of … Continued

A workshop entitled “Hybrid journalism, celebrities and popular culture: rethinking newsworthiness” is calling for paper proposals. It will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the 28th and 29th of May … Continued

Changes in mainstream media and online journalism have also affected religious communities. For example, many Jewish ultra-Orthodox news websites have been launched over the past ten years. Oren Golan and … Continued

The conference “Contemporary Developments on Media, Culture and Society: Argentina and Latin America” is calling for papers. The conference, organized by The Center for the Study of Media and Society in Argentina … Continued

The magazine Index on Censorship has since 1972 provided a platform for identifying, highlighting and challenging censorship and abuses against freedom of expression. It has been one of the most … Continued

The 5th Europe-China Dialogue: Media and Communication Studies Summer School (held in Brussels, Belgium. 9.-18.7.2018), is calling for participants. The program is open to the full variety of academic work … Continued

Could algorithms produce libelous news content? Seth C. Lewis of the University of Oregon, Amy Kristin Sanders of Northwestern University in Qatar, and Casey Carmody of the University of Minnesota, … Continued

The way different actors are framed in news stories is an important part of news literacy, a team of Northwestern University researchers posits. Analysing each story carefully enough to detect … Continued

The journal Recherches en Communication is calling papers for its thematic issue “Journalism and Experientiality”. The issue will explore the interplay between journalism and experience in narrative and literary forms … Continued

The camp evictions and repatriation of Romanian Roma migrants from France that began in 2010 and still continue have been widely criticized. Petre Breazu and David Machin, of Örebro University, … Continued

The relationship between online commenters and journalists has been a tricky one. News organizations are struggling with how to allow for audience autonomy while still holding on to power and … Continued

Independent and strong enough public service broadcasters are often seen as a defence against overly commercialized or state-captured media. The BBC has been praised as a global standard bearer in … Continued

What are the contributing factors that cause audience members to perceive the media to be biased? Jakob-Moritz Eberl, of University of Vienna, surveyed over 1 600 Austrians to investigate the … Continued

A workshop on “Hate speech as political communication: Global uses and abuses” is calling for paper proposals. The workshop will be hosted by the University of London on the 31st … Continued

Local journalists want their work to have an “impact”, but they are unsure whether they should mention the impact to their audience, Elia Powers, of Towson University, writes. Powers interviewed … Continued

On the week 10/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Press Freedom as an International Human Right Written by Wiebke Lamer Published by Palgrave Pivot 158 pages International … Continued

Most major American news sources ended up citing Twitter accounts connected to the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA), a research conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals. A team of … Continued

News organisations have been trying to measure their audiences for many decades – long before the internet and measuring instruments based on it proliferated, writes Rodrigo Zamith, of University of … Continued