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

The journal Communication and Society is calling for papers. The theme of the issue is “Lusophone studies and Communication Sciences”. [spoiler title=’Papers on the following topics should be submitted:’ style=’default’ … Continued

The Prague Media Point conference “Media and technology: innovative journalism in a contested political space” is calling for papers. The conference will be held on 15-18 November in Prague. In … Continued

The new report by the U.S.-based organization The Women’s Media Center examined where women journalists of color are in legacy print, radio, TV and digital news. The industry studies on … Continued

Dutch newspapers present a more negative picture of the economy than what the situation actually is. Alyt Damstra and Mark Boukes, of the University of Amsterdam, studied the impact of … Continued

The Erasmus Research Centre of Media, Communication and Culture is calling for chapter proposals for an upcoming, edited book on “Vigilante Audiences”. The volume will be published online in an … Continued

Despite several attempts of formulating clear definitions, some of the key concepts in mass communication are still hazy, Kevin Ells, of Texas A&M University writes. Ells’s essay criticizes the incoherent … Continued

The International Symposium on Media Innovations 2018 is calling for paper proposals. The event will be hosted by the University of Oslo, in Norway, on the 31st of August and … Continued

Journalism historians often neglect conservative media critique, and this omission makes understanding the modern phenomenon of so-called “echo chambers” difficult, A. J. Bauer, of Ursinus College writes. Bauer’s recent essay … Continued

The Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Media series, edited by Mary Celeste Kearney, is calling for book proposals. The aim of this series is to publish original research in … Continued

The international workshop “Media Systems under Pressure: Recent Developments in Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe”, is calling for papers. The workshop is organized 18 May 2018 at the … Continued

The conference SACOMM 2018, held at the University of Johannesburg, on 12-14 September, is calling for papers. The conference is themed “Communication at a Crossroads”. This conference calls for presentations, … Continued

Three transnational news agencies have dominated the wholesales of news. As media ecosystems are changing, so is the role of the agencies. Ali Rafeeq and Shujun Jiang of the United … Continued

Western media coverage of Africa has long been a subject of controversy. US television news portray Nigeria mainly in a negative light, a new study by Oluseyi Adegbola and Sherice … Continued

The second Future Media conference is now calling for paper proposals. The event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the 15th and 16th of November 2018. The conference … Continued

A news story shared by someone with a different political ideology will appear more biased, than if same story was shared by someone with the same political affiliation. Tae Kyoung … Continued

The upcoming Prague Media Point conference is now calling for paper proposals. The 2018 event is entitled “Media and Technology: Innovative Journalism in a Contested Political Space” and it will … Continued

A conference entitled “African Women in the Media” is now accepting paper, panel and workshop proposals. The event will take place on the 21st and 22nd of June 2018, and … Continued

Is automated news recommendation a threat to content diversity, leading to audience getting trapped inside “filter bubbles”? Judith Möller, Damian Trilling and Natali Helberger, all of University of Amsterdam, with … Continued

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in March 2018 about journalism research. The list is updated a couple of times per week. … Continued

On the week 9/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Becoming the Story: War Correspondents since 9/11 Written by Lindsay Palmer Published by University of Illinois Press 224 … Continued

How do different subcultures interact with, and react to, mainstream journalism on Twitter? A team of American researchers investigated the matter through three American Twitter-spheres: “Black”, “Feminist” and “Asian-American Twitter”. … Continued

A book on contemporary cultural journalism and education thereof is being coordinated by Montserrat Jurado Martín, of University of Elche, and Beatriz Peña Acuña, of Universidad Católica de Murcia. They … Continued

The current information ecosystem has created a dire need for increased fact-checking, and researchers and practitioners alike are experimenting feverishly with automating the process. Lucas Graves, of University of Oxford, … Continued