“The echo chamber is overstated”, declares a new research article, questioning fears of partisan segregation of people’s news sources. Elizabeth Dubois of the University of Ottawa, and Grant Blank of … Continued

Gender pay gap and discrimation remain as issues in the European media sector, but there are also new problems, such inequality within digital media platforms. New study looks at the … Continued

The journal Northern Lights, Volume 17, 2019 – Theme issue on: “Disrupting media infrastructures: Transforming media industries and public spheres”, is calling for papers. Northern Lights calls for papers exploring how … Continued

African-American broadcast journalists still feel pressure to downplay their natural features in order to fit in the newsroom, Indira S. Somani and Natalie Hopkinson, both of Howard University, write. The … Continued

Martina Topić, of Leeds Beckett University and Niamh Kirk, of Dublin City University, are calling for chapter proposals for an edited book they are preparing. The working title of the … Continued

United Nations’ climate change conferences gather delegations from governments and non-governmental organisations from around the world. These events are also keenly observed by a number of journalists, making the events … Continued

On week 4/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Global Teamwork: The rise of collaboration in investigative journalism Edited by Richard Sambrook Published by The Reuters Institute for … Continued

How does Russia’s state-controlled and state-affiliated media frame the country’s role in the world? Robert S. Hinck, of Monmouth College, with Randolph Kluver and Skye Cooley, both of Oklahoma State … Continued

The journal Cultura y Educación is calling for manuscript submissions for its upcoming special issue on “Digital literacy, fake news and education”. The issue relates to the European Literacy Network … Continued

News articles on biomedical studies have since the year 2000 used more hyperbolic headlines and more frequently omitted replication statements, a team of University of Bordeaux researchers found. Estelle Dumas-Mallet, … Continued

Feminist Media Studies Research Group at the University of East Anglia invites proposals for an international symposium on Gender, Media and the Middle East. The symposium is intended to bring … Continued

Investigative journalists have a played an important role in exposing corruption around the world. Ester Pollack of Stockholm University and Sigurd Allern of the University of Oslo, studied the work … Continued

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has published a new open access book on collaboration in investigative journalism. The book is edited by Richard Sambrook, of Oxford University, … Continued

A conference entitled “Gender Differentiation in Media Industries” is now accepting paper proposals. The event will be hosted by the Peace Institute at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the … Continued

According to a report published in 2017, radio is the most reliable news source in Spain and radio journalists have considerable social influence to a lot of listeners. Sometimes radio … Continued

What are the benefits of collaborative journalism projects? Jennifer E. Moore and John A. Hatcher, both of University of Minnesota, report on a storytelling project carried out in and around … Continued

Much research on the crisis of journalism has been done in the Anglo-American context. Less is known about alternative media systems. Shangyuan Wu of Nanyang Technological University, examined Singapore and … Continued

Social media is an important tool for journalists in their work. Does the use change depending on the age of the journalist? Petter Bae Brandtzaeg of Sintef Digital and Marían … Continued

The Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies is now accepting paper proposals for its upcoming conference, entitled “Technoscience from below”. The event will take place between the 14th and … Continued

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Edmund W. J. Lee and Shirley S. Ho, both of Nanyang Technological University, studied the question through an experiment with 445 Singaporean … Continued

On week 3/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: They Came to Toil: Newspaper Representations of Mexicans and Immigrants in the Great Depression Written by Melita M. Garza … Continued

Do journalists produce journalism that matches their ideals and their self-reported work practices? Patric Raemy and Daniel Beck, both of University of Fribourg, with Lea Hellmueller, of University of Houston, … Continued

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is now accepting paper submissions for its 2018 annual conference. The event will take place in Washington, DC, United States, … Continued

Using social media for political information does not actually help the audience learn anything about politics, Adam Shehata and Jesper Strömbäck, both of University of Gothenburg, write. The authors analysed … Continued

Do the news portray a distorted world image when reporting menace? ask Toni G. L. A. van der Meer, Anne C. Kroon, Piet Verhoeven and Jeroen Jonkman, all of the … Continued

The Finnish Conference of Media and Communication Research, to be held in Jyväskylä on 27–28 April, 2018, is calling for papers. The theme of the conference is “Media and Hope”. … Continued

“The growth of mobile journalism represents the development of lifestyle journalism norms, such as content driven by the audience, within even traditional journalism”, write Gregory Perreault of Appalachian State University, … Continued

Journalistic practice should be seen as open-ended and performative, rather than fixed and routine, a new study states. Aare Värk and Eneli Kindsiko of the University of Tartu studied on-the-job … Continued

Many previous studies on journalism have overlooked journalism as a gendered institution, argue Iiris Ruoho and Sinikka Torkkola of the University of Tampere, in a new study. The gendered institution … Continued

​The Global Communication Association and Rey Juan Carlos University invites you to submit your abstracts for the 13th annual convention to be held in Madrid, Spain, on May 17-20, 2018. … Continued