When covering the topic of globalisation, Finland’s largest news daily Helsingin Sanomat legitimized only the pro-globalisation narrative of the debate, Lotta Lounasmeri, of University of Helsinki, writes. Lounasmeri analysed HS‘s … Continued

The biennial NordMedia conference, this time themed “Mediated Realities – Global Challenges” is now looking for paper and panel proposals. The conference will take place in Tampere, Finland, between 17th … Continued

Social media platforms are a valuable source for journalists seeking to report on jihadist extremists, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, of Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, writes. Larsen interviewed … Continued

A workshop entitled “The Future of Media Content: Interventions and Industries in the Internet Era” is looking for paper proposals. The workshop is arranged by two ECREA sections, “Communication Law … Continued

Michael Karlsson, a professor at Karlstad University, has studied what people think is good journalism. With his colleagues he has conducted focus group interviews with citizens. He shares the findings … 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 majority of news stories on Media Studies in UK newspapers depict it as a “Mickey Mouse subject”, Lucy Bennett and Jenny Kidd, both of Cardiff University, write. The authors … Continued

The 3rd annual conference of the ECREA’s Journalism & Communication Education temporary working group is looking for contributions. The conference is entitled “Trial and Error: media education in a changing … Continued

The sterilized image of war presented by media is disconnected from its gruesome reality, Katy Parry, of University of Leeds, writes. When the reality of war is brought to light … Continued

The Linnæus University and  Fojo: Media Institute will organise an international conference called Journalism in a world of terrorism. The conference takes place in Kalmar, Sweden 9-11 May 2017. Themes … Continued

The Future of Journalism 2017 conference invites submissions on all aspects of journalism. The event is hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) and it takes … Continued

We are moving towards an increasingly digital, mobile, and social media environment with more intense competition for attention, write Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Alessio Cornia and Antonis Kalogeropoulos. More and more … Continued

The news coverage of governmental mass surveillance helps to normalize and justify it, write Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Lucy K. Bennett and Jonathan Cable, all of Cardiff University. The authors analysed samples … Continued

The Data Power 2017 conference is now accepting paper and session proposals. The conference will be hosted by the Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, on 22nd and 23rd of June … Continued

The news coverage of the US 2016 presidential campaign was mostly negative throughout, regardless of which candidate the news was about, Thomas E. Patterson of the Harvard Kennedy School writes. … Continued

A conference on the journalistic representations of poverty, entitled “Reporting Poverty: Media Conference”, is looking for paper proposals. The one-day event will take place on May 5th 2017 in Liverpool, … Continued

A large number of smartphone users have downloaded news apps and are interested in using them – yet only a minority of them use said applications, a recent Reuters Institute … Continued

Journalists in developing African and Asian countries have different role conceptions from Western journalists, a multi-national team of researchers has discovered. The team surveyed 2598 journalists in Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, … 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 biennial conference of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) is looking for various submissions. The conference, entitled “Democracy, Borders and Public/Political Engagement: Challenges for Environmental Communication” will take place … Continued

Banks, and to a lesser extent automobiles and components industry, enjoy a slightly privileged status in economic news, write Jeroen G. F. Jonkman, Damian Trilling, Piet Verhoeven and Rens Vliegenthart, … Continued

Global Science and Technology Forum’s 6th annual international conference on Journalism & Mass Communications (JMComm 2017) calls for papers. The conference will take place on 9th – 10th October 2017 … Continued

New technologies and available infrastructure present new opportunities for live transmission of news, writes Frode Guribye, of University of Bergen. The study explores new video tools for television news and reports … Continued

Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 2017 conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research – IAMCR. The conference theme is Transforming Culture, … Continued

Freelance journalists use more serious profile pictures on their Facebook fan pages than employed journalists, write Serena Carpenter, Duygu Kanver and Rashad Timmons, all of Michigan State University. The authors … Continued

Issue frames of climate change conferences converge across countries, while narratives are more diverse and country-specific, a new study states. Authors of this cross-national paper are Julia Lück of the … Continued

The second Transnational Journalism History conference is now accepting submissions. The event will take place on the 9th and 10th of June 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. The organisers welcome submissions … Continued

Collaboration between different kinds of newsrooms already exists, but further networking is constrained by large, legacy media organisations’ reluctance to share their audiences, John A. Hatcher and Dana Thayer, both … Continued

Journalists are supposed to balance government surveillance with their own, but the power balance is against them, Anthony Mills and Katharine Sarikakis, both of University of Vienna, write. The authors … Continued

A one-day conference entitled “Provincial Newspapers: Lessons from History” is looking for paper proposals. The conference will take place on the 8th of September 2017 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The … Continued