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

Annika Bergström and Maria Jervelycke Belfrage of the University of Gothenburg, examined young people’s news-gathering on social media in Sweden, using a combination of representative survey data (respondents aged 16 … Continued

The Observatory for the Study of News Media Innovation in the Digital Era (OI^2) Conference “From Passive Audience to Active Citizen” is calling for papers. The event will bring together … Continued

Many Taiwanese female journalists have to deal with gendered online harassment and incivility in their work. Paromita Pain and Victoria Chen of the University of Texas at Austin, interviewed 25 … Continued

The abstract deadline for the conference “Condition of Contradiction” has been extended from January 8th. The new deadline is January 25th. The conference will take place in Madrid, Spain, on … Continued

Here is an almost comprehensive list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers about journalism research, published between April and December of 2017. The bolded titles link to … Continued

What makes news seem credible on social media? Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University, researched the question through an experiment with 82 Singaporean university students. The participants each … Continued

The journal Quaderns del CAC, published by the Catalonian Audiovisual Council, is calling for article submissions for its upcoming thematic section on fake news. The section is entitled “Fake news, … Continued

Female television journalists adhere to more strict norms of beauty than their male colleagues, a team of researchers writes. Mary Angela Bock, Lourdes Miriam Cueva Chacón, Heloisa Aruth Sturm and … Continued

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has again published its predictions for the new year. The report, authored by Nic Newman, is based on a survey of … Continued

On weeks 52/2017, 1/2018 and 2/2018 the following publications have come to our attention: Media Logic(s) Revisited: Modelling the Interplay between Media Institutions, Media Technology and Societal Change Edited by … Continued

A conference entitled “Media Representations of Islam and Muslims” is now accepting paper proposals. The event will take place at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, in Paris, France, on the … Continued

Do political journalists stand apart in how they perceive their job and its requirements? Jari Väliverronen, of University of Tampere, studied Finnish political journalists by analysing survey data gathered originally … Continued

International Communication Association preconference “Media, Gender and Sexuality in Europe” is calling for papers. “Media are gendered and sexualized while gender and sexuality are heavily mediated. Gender and sexuality figure … Continued

What is it like to work in a digital newsroom nowadays? Nicole S. Cohen of the University of Toronto Mississauga, interviewed 12 digital journalists in Canada and United States during … Continued

Hyperlocal news websites rely on their readers to share their news stories in social media. But who shares hyperlocal news and which channels do they use, ask Piotr S. Bobkowski … Continued

The 11th Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference – CEECOM 2018 is calling for papers. Conference will be held 30 May to 1 June in Szeged, Hungary with … Continued

When reporting the 2014 Gaza War, Israeli newspapers’ narrative closely followed the official line presented by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Oren Livio and Shani Cohen-Yechezkely, both of University of Haifa, … Continued

South Africa has experienced radical social transformations since the end of White minority rule (apartheid) in 1994. The media have played an important role in framing issues of race and … Continued

Czech peer reviewed journal Media Studies, journal for critical media inquiry, accepts texts in English for the issue spring 2018. The journal is indexed by ERIH PLUS, EBSCO and C.E.E.O.L. … Continued

The international journal “Mediatization Studies” is announcing a call for papers for the new issue (Vol. 3. Autumn 2018). We are expecting papers that apply mediatization approach in its multiple … Continued

How do people’s political ideology affect perceptions of news media brand personality? Danny D. E. Kim of the University of Pennsylvania, analysed 588 survey responses in the US across the … Continued

Corruption is an often-used word in news reporting carrying an underlying assumption that its meaning is universal. When described in the media, the metaphors used about it both illuminate and … Continued

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