The biggest truism about the use of sensationalism in news stories seems to be that it is a guarantee for success in terms of selling the stories to the public, … Continued

Journal of Media Critiques (JMC) is inviting submissions related to any communication, media, information studies. JMC is no longer a thematic journal. The magazine will have 2 regular issues in a year as … Continued

Many factors influence the volume of foreign news reported in different countries. The new study by Miki Tanikawa of Akita International University, Japan, takes a macro-level look at the issue. … Continued

The ICA Pre-Conference “Global Media and Human Rights” is calling for papers. The pre-conference will be held in Prague on 23 and 24 May 2018. “Media and communication studies, with … Continued

Relatively more political stories were being promoted after Rupert Murdoch took over the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), a study by Allison M. Archer, of the University of Richmond, and Joshua … Continued

Acquiring multiple sources for revenue is usually good for a business. Looking at independent online news services in the United States, a study by Brian L. Massey of East Carolina … Continued

The CSF Summer Seminar at Monte Verità, Switzerland titled “Media history from the margins” is calling for papers. The seminar is co-organized by the Universities of Lausanne and Luxembourg, and … Continued

The Ukraine conflict has been characterised by a discursive battle or “information war” that is seen in the drastically different narratives about the nature of the conflict, writes Mervi Pantti, … Continued

The conference “Cultures of Participation – Arts, Digital Media and Politics” is now accepting contribution proposals. The conference will take place between the 18th and 20th of April 2018 in … Continued

“It appears that journalism’s trustworthiness will more likely suffer than benefit from an increased use of UGC”, write Katherine M. Grosser and Florian Wintterlin, both of University of Münster, with … Continued

A one-day symposium on media clusters is calling for paper proposals. The event is entitled “Investigating Regional Creative Clusters” and it is hosted by the University of the West of … Continued

Freelance magazine journalists display strong professional confidence in dealing with ethical dilemmas in their work, Joy Jenkins, of University of Oxford, writes. Jenkins interviewed 14 American freelance journalists over the … Continued

On the week 45 the following publications have come to our attention: Data Journalism: Past, Present and Future Edited by John Mair,‎ Richard Lance Keeble,‎ Megan Lucero Published by Abramis … Continued

Studies regarding media and politics in Latin America usually presume that the press naturally protects the interests of common citizens against corruption and political abuses. A new study by Afonso … Continued

Most comparative research on media systems and journalistic cultures has focused on advanced democracies only. In a new study, researchers analyzed journalistic role performance doing a content analysis for a … Continued

When it comes to older persons, traditional news media is still the first chosen source of information. The study by Karin Ljuslinder and Anna Sofia Lundgren, both of Umeå Universitet, analyses the narratives … Continued

Editors of a book “Women in the Media: Who Creates the News?” call for book chapter proposals. The book wants to examine the position and experience of women in the … Continued

The ICA preconference “Making sense of Election reporting: new directions, new challenges?” is calling for papers. The conference will be held on 24 May 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic. The … Continued

There were geographic and time-related trends in consumption of fake news prior to the US presidential election. Adam Fourney, Miklos Z. Racz,  Gireeja Ranade, Markus Mobius and Eric Horvitz, all … Continued

Teresa Nozal Cantarero and Ana González-Neira, of The University of A Coruña, and Elena Valentini of Sapienza University of Rome, looked at 148 news applications from 20 newspapers in 10 … Continued

Media and Communication seeks abstracts for a thematic issue “Journalism and Social Media: Redistribution of Power?”. The issue focuses on questions of if and how the rise of social media … Continued

In contemporary high-choice media environments, people increasingly mix and combine their use of various news media into personal news repertoires, write Jesper Strömbäck, of University of Gothenburg, Kajsa Falasca, of Mid Sweden University, … Continued

Proposals are invited for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Media Literacy Education on the theme of Media Literacy and Fake News. The rise of so-called “fake … Continued

The journal Media & Communication is calling for article proposals for its upcoming thematic issue on “Media and minorities”. The issue will be edited by Leen d’Haenens and Willem Joris, … Continued

Jacob L. Nelson and Ryan F. Lei, both of Northwestern University, have analysed news readership data from over a million Americans. They wanted to measure whether desktop users differ from … Continued

An interdisciplinary conference entitled “What is universe?” is calling for contribution proposals. The event will be hosted by the University of Oregon in Portland, United States. The conference will take … Continued

Does media coverage change the way the audience views economy, or does coverage follow the public opinion? Daniel J. Hopkins, Eunji Kim and Soojong Kim, all of University of Pennsylvania, … Continued

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in November 2017 about journalism research. The list is updated a couple of times per week. … Continued

On the week 44 the following publications have come to our attention: Media Convergence and Deconvergence Edited by Sergio Sparviero, Corinna Peil & Gabriele Balbi Published by Palgrave Macmillan 341 … Continued

Do journalists and their audience agree on what journalism should be like? The question was investigated by Lars Willnat, of Syracuse University, with David H. Weaver and G. Cleveland Wilhoit, … Continued