How do cultural-level sense-making processes work in a highly conflictual case? Christian Baden and Yossi David, both of The Hebrew University Jerusalem, studied media coverage on Israeli president Reuven Rivlin’s … Continued

Mobile journalism practices have provided new skills to and have also been time-consuming for journalists, Indian reporters state in a new study. Anoop Kumar and M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef, both … Continued

Politicians’ discomfort with journalism may be based on the hostile media phenomenon (HMP), write Jörg Matthes, of University of Vienna, Peter Maurer, of Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Florian … Continued

Here is a collection of all interviews we have done with researchers of journalism. Click the links to watch the video on YouTube. You can also subscribe to our YouTube … Continued

Chilean television news provide more civic and watchdog journalism than newspapers do, write Daniel C. Hallin, of University of California San Diego, and Claudia Mellado, of Pontifical Catholic University of … Continued

A conference entitled “Cut the bullshit! Conference on Communication, Populism and Electoral choice in the new media environment” is now accepting paper proposals. The event will take place in Cadenabbia, … Continued

Curd Benjamin Knüpfer, of George Washington University, proposes a new model for analysing so-called “echo chambers”. To be more specific, Knüpfer moves away from the term “echo chamber”, suggesting it … Continued

On the week 43 the following publications have come to our attention: Social Media in Emergent Brazil Written by Juliano Spyer Published by University College London Press 240 pages Open … Continued

Andrea Grisold and Hendrik Theine, both of Vienna University of Economics and Business, have reviewed the extant research on reporting economic inequality. Their meta-analysis suggests the number of stories is … Continued

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is calling for paper and panel proposals for its upcoming, annual conference. The event will be hosted by the University of … Continued

News discourse depicts photojournalists as mere “support staff” for reporters, write Mary Angela Bock, Kyser Lough and Deepa Fadnis, all of University of Texas at Austin. The authors used discourse … Continued

Here at JRN we write and publish news regarding journalism research. Our geographical scope is the whole world, as long as the research is written in English. Our service is … Continued

Torbjörn von Krogh and Göran Svensson, talked to us at NordMedia 2017 conference. They have been studying media trust, especially how media responds to accusations related to migration issues. The … Continued

50 Years in Agenda Setting Research: Past and Future Perspectives Conference is now accepting paper proposals. The event is organised by the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University … Continued

The third Transnational Journalism History conference is now accepting submissions.This year’s conference will be June 1-2, 2018, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at Concordia University. The conference is sponsored jointly by the … Continued

  Because Olympianism represents universal ideals, since its inception it has been a source of appropriation by strategic actors, writes Limin Liang, of City University of Hong Kong. The article studies … Continued

In recent years, major news outlets have started to use the techniques and rhetoric of “immersive journalism”, writes Ana Luisa Sánchez Laws, of Volda University College, Norway. Immersive journalism builds on … Continued

Y Roselyn Du, of Hong Kong Baptist University, has analysed the coverage of the so-called Arab Spring in Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese newspapers. The author gathered a sample of … Continued

The journal Anthropologica is calling for article submissions for its upcoming special issue. The issue is themed “Media, culture and social change: From an anthropological interdisciplinary perspective” and it is … Continued

Readers find news stories written by “robot journalists” less credible than stories by human authors, T. Franklin Waddell, of University of Florida, writes. Waddell conducted two online experiments with a … Continued

Yi Mou, of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Fuyuan Shen, of Pennsylvania State University, studied whether the effects of health information change according to its supposed source. They had 190 … Continued

On the week 42 the following publications have come to our attention: Young People and the Future of News Written by Lynn Schofield Clark and Regina Marchi Published by Cambridge … Continued

Singaporean journalists have “internalised” the use of online audience metrics, but still largely reject direct audience feedback, write Andrew Duffy, Rich Ling, and Edson C. Tandoc Jr., all of Nanyang … Continued

What should newsrooms take into account when looking to relocate or remodel their office? An American Press Institute report, authored by Dana Coester, recounts the experiences of select US newsrooms … Continued

Most of daily data journalism is fairly simple compared to the persistent ideals of data journalism, Florian Stalph, of University of Passau, writes. Stalph analysed a random sample of 244 … Continued

The international symposium, “Changing the rules of the game? An interdisciplinary symposium examining the relationship between sport and media” is calling for papers. The conference will be held at May … Continued

Typically, maps about migration in news frame migrants as faceless masses. The article by Paul C. Adams, of the University of Texas at Austin, looks at unusual maps found from … Continued

Fuyuan Shen and Lee Ahern of Pennsylvania State University, and Jiangxue Han of Appalachian State University, studied how individuals’ environmental orientations moderate how people perceive environmental news. The researchers did … Continued

By liking, sharing, tweeting, or retweeting, social media have provided users with many tools to share news content with their peers, write Veronika Karnowski, of LMU Munich, Larissa Leonhard, of … Continued

The emergence of data-driven journalism (DDJ) can be understood as journalism’s response to the datafication of society, write Wiebke Loosen, of Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media Research, Julius Reimer, of Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media … Continued