How should news media deal with actors who promote views deemed anti-democratic and violent? Media have the democratic role of informing the public of anti-democratic and violent forces, and at … Continued

What is the connection between media use and racial resentment? Angie Maxwell and Stephanie R. Schulte of the University of Arkansas studied racial resentment attitudes among white Millennial youth in … Continued

The position of “engagement editor” has become increasingly common in, and important to newsrooms – yet their task is inherently conflicted, Raul Ferrer-Conill, of Karlstad University, and Edson C. Tandoc … Continued

The European Communication Research and Education Association is calling for contribution proposals for an upcoming conference on media education. The conference, entitled “Trial & Error II: Innovation and trends between … Continued

National policies affect the way major broadcasters cover politically motivated violence, write Ying Roselyn Du, of Hong Kong Baptist University, and Lulu Li, of Chinese University of Hong Kong. The … Continued

On the week 8/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Journalism and the American Experience By Bruce J. Evensen Published by Routledge 404 pages Misunderstanding News Audiences – … Continued

Editors of a book invite submissions of chapter proposals. The idea of post-truth has become increasingly important in describing today’s political life, particularly (but not exclusively) – as applied to … Continued

Australian journalists tweet mostly with their inner circles, a new study finds. Folker Hanusch and Daniel Nölleke of the University of Vienna studied journalistic homophily within intra-journalistic networks. Homophily refers … Continued

Journalism is fundamentally different from other kinds of communicative genres and thus demands a specific scholarly area, a new research article argues. But what exactly is journalism studies? The article … Continued

Journal of Alternative and Community Media special issue “The “Other” Alternatives: Political Right-Wing Media On- and Offline” is calling for papers. This special issue of the Journal of Alternative and … Continued

Joshua Kavaloski of Drew University, studied Joe Sacco’s graphic novels as works of journalism and history. Joe Sacco’s visits to the West Bank and Gaza Strip eventually led to the … Continued

A growing competition for audiences and the proliferation of new sources, sometimes less credible, have changed how people read news. Are the concerns over news consumption specific to the medium … Continued

The conference “Rethinking Theories and Concepts of Mediated Communication” is calling for papers. The conference will be held in 13-14 September 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. It is cosponsored by the … Continued

The required skill sets for people working in journalism are continually expanding. At the same time, career prospects of journalism students exceed the usual meanings of “journalism” work. Deb Halpern … Continued

As many news organizations are already using computer algorithms to produce journalistic content, questions about how audiences view these stories arise. Anja Wölker and Thomas E. Powell of the University … Continued

The one-day symposium, entitled “Remembering what we have not lived: Approaches to Postmemory Analysis”, is calling for paper proposals. The event is organised and hosted by the Cantebury Christ University, … Continued

Many crowdfunding campaigns seek to secure funding for feminist journalism. The organisers of these campaigns envision themselves as parts of a larger societal movement, rather than producers of niche journalism, … Continued

The “Death and Celebrity” symposium is now accepting paper and panel abstracts. The symposium will be hosted by the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on the 6th of June 2018. … Continued

American newspapers’ front pages show more pictures of mass shooters than their victims, Nicole Smith Dahmen, of University of Oregon, writes. Dahmen studied the photographs on 3 821 front pages, … Continued

Few Americans are deeply invested in consuming so-called fake news, Jacob L. Nelson, of Northwestern University, and Harsh Taneja, of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, write. The authors analysed the browsing … Continued

The way news cover Islam and Muslims has the potential to increase or decrease the likelihood of Islamist radicalization, an experiment conducted at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich suggests. … Continued

Spanish newspapers emphasize different journalistic roles when dealing with different topics, María Luisa Humanes, of University Rey Juan Carlos, and Sergio Roses, of University of Málaga, write. The authors analysed … Continued

On the week 7/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Drones – Media Discourse and the Public Imagination By Kevin Howley Published by Peter Lang 284 pages Free … Continued

What do journalists imagine their audiences are like, and how does this affect their work? Julian Matthews of the University of Leicester, and Maiya Al Habsi of Al-Bayan College, studied … Continued

A new study by Subhayan Mukerjee and Sandra González-Bailón of the University of Pennsylvania, and Sílvia Majó-Vázquez of the University of Oxford (authors not in original order), created a novel … Continued

Olympic Games are inherently nationalized competitions. Despite their differences, both the US network NBC and Chinese CCTV prioritize gymnastics coverage during the Summer Olympics. Andrew Billings and Qingru Xu of … Continued

The volume of inaccurate or false information is too much to filter by designated fact-checkers, Gordon Pennycook and David G. Rand, both of Yale University, argue. Could the task, then, … Continued

The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) is holding its next conference in Switzerland between October and November this year. The conference will be preceded by a number of … Continued

Could a common problem help create a shared public space that spans different, affected countries? Giovanni Barbieri and Marco Mazzoni, both of University of Perugia, with Donatella Campus, of University … Continued

The special issue of the journal Global Media and China “Citizen Journalism in Asian Countries”. In the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the term ‘citizen … Continued