A study by Spencer Barnes, of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, investigated how different motion graphic structures affect user experience. Barnes conducted an experiment with 82 US college … Continued

Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s … Continued

The “Bridges of media education” conference is calling for paper proposals. The conference will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia, on the 15th and 16th of September 2017. Papers accepted … Continued

Quantity alone is not sufficient for measuring gender parity in media, Anne O’Brien, of Maynooth University, and Jane Suiter, of Dublin City University, write. The authors analysed how women were … Continued

An article by Will Mari, of Northwest University, explores the early adoption of telephones into newsrooms. Mari recounts the telephone’s story through a wide sample of (mostly US) journalistic trade … Continued

Laura Ahva, Research Fellow at the University of Tampere talked to us about her research. She talked about her action research based project “Conciliatory Journalism”. Ahva is also interested in … Continued

An IMMAA (International Media Management Academic Association) conference is calling for paper and panel proposals. The event is entitled “Media Sustainability, Value Creation and Public Policies” and it will take … Continued

American college publications are less coupled with their audiences than what actual US newspapers are, David Bockino, of Elon University, writes. Bockino surveyed 231 US college newspaper advisers over how … Continued

The Radio Research 2017 conference is now looking for paper submissions. The conference is organised by the European Communication Research and Education Association’s Radio Research section. It will take place … Continued

American, British and Cuban news agencies presented their audiences with notably different visual messages regarding Pope Francis’s visit to Cuba, write T. J. Thomson and Margaret Duffy from the University … Continued

The coverage of the Eastern Ukraine conflict varied considerably depending on different countries’ news. Nataliya Roman of the University of North Florida, Wayne Wanta of the University of Florida and … Continued

New article by Arne H. Krumsvik, of University of Oslo and Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, looks at the strategic priority of approaches towards user involvement in digital news media and how … Continued

Journal of Media Practice has published a new double issue. The issue covers themes such as engaged ethnography, immersive journalism, collaborative documentary and participatory film-making. The issue contains nine articles … Continued

Journalists in Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, and Serbia embrace values particular to “transitional journalism”, data gleaned from the Worlds of Journalism study suggests. The argument is made by Kenneth Andresen, of … Continued

A conference entitled “Visualizing (in) the New Media” is looking for presentations and posters. The event will take place between the 8th and 10th of November 2017 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. … Continued

Viewing political native advertisements decreases the audience’s trust in political news, a study by Magnus Hoem Iversen and Erik Knudsen, both of University of Bergen, proves. The authors had 733 … Continued

Anglophone journalists by and large under-appreciate the contributions and lives of local fixers, Lindsay Palmer, of University of Wisconsin-Madison, writes. Palmer analysed 189 fixer-related articles from six journalism trade publications … Continued

The Serbian open access scientific journal, Communication and Media has published a special issue called “Revisiting classic communication theories”. The issue contains 5 articles from scholars. They are accessible through … Continued

The Marmara Journal of Communication is calling for papers. The journal’s 27th issue is defined as “The Media and Violence”. Articles and reviews are welcomed from topics such as representation … Continued

On week 4 only the following publication has come to our attention: Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research Edited by Sebastian Kubitschko & Anne Kaun Published by Palgrave Macmillan … Continued

The Nordic Data Journalism conference 2017 starts on Friday 27 January in Odense, Denmark. The main event focuses on focuses on the practical side of data journalism. There is also … Continued

A new report from the Engaging News Project did a large survey about news comment sections on 20 news websites. The report is written by Talia Stroud, Emily Van Duyn, … Continued

Previous research has characterized media organizations as institutions which portray Muslims in a quite monolithic way, argues Michael B Munnik of Cardiff University. In his new article, Munnik proposes that … Continued

Have traits of commercialization, such as conflict, personalization and scandals become more common in news? Maria Karidi of LMU Munich studied how characteristics of commercial media logic appear in German … Continued

What kind of values and topics in news predict audience interaction in social media? Victor García-Perdomo of the University of Texas at Austin, Ramón Salaverría of Universidad de Navarra, Danielle … Continued

Journalists working for United Kingdom’s Turkish language press feel like they are unable to fully practice their ideals, Sanem Şahin, of University of Lincoln, writes. Şahin interviewed 12 journalists and … Continued

A handful of factors affect which conflicts get covered and which become “stealth conflicts”, write Thomas Zerback and Johannes Holzleitner, both of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. The authors analysed over 23 … Continued

The less free a society is, the less likely journalists are to subscribe to the importance of detached and objective reporting, write Yigal Godler, of both Tel Aviv University and … Continued

Politically aligned newspapers’ coverage of the February 2016 Ankara bombing emphasizes the divisions within Turkey, Lyndon C. S. Way and Aysun Akan, both of Izmir University of Economics, write. The … Continued

The use of big data in journalism has many ethical pitfalls, which may cause an unfortunate backlash against the practice, write David Craig and Mohammad Yousuf, both of the University … Continued