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Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in February 2024 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
The study “The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage” by Caroline Murray, Anita Varma and Natalie Jomini Stroud from University of Texas at Austin … Continued
US News media has heeded the call to limit the mentions mass shooters’ names
The study “News media heeding call to reduce reporting names of mass shooters” by Thomas J. Hrach from The University of Memphis looked at whether the news media has heeded … Continued
Newspaper representations of populism in Spain and Italy
The study “What is populism anyway? Newspaper representations of populism in Spain and Italy between emptiness and political partisanship” by Carlo Berti, Arantxa Capdevila, and Carlota M. Moragas-Fernández, all from … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in January 2024 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
The work of news avoidance among news consumers and avoiders
The study “Avoiding News is Hard Work, or is it? A Closer Look at the Work of News Avoidance among Frequent and Infrequent Consumers of News” by Stephanie Edgerly from … Continued
Remedies for mob censorship in journalism
The study “Mob Censorship Revisited: Questions, Findings, and Challenges” by Silvio Waisbord from George Washington University looked at the issue of mob censorship and digital harassment against journalists by reviewing … Continued
Article: Epistemic Contests in Journalism
The study “Epistemic Contests in Journalism: Examining Struggles over Journalistic Ways of Knowing” by Matt Carlson from University of Minnesota proposed the concept of “epistemic contests” to analyze how various … Continued
Typology of Journalistic Collaboration
The study “New Guests Crashing the Party: A Typology of Journalistic Collaboration” by Patrick Walters from Washington and Lee University examined the variables when journalists collaborated with groups outside the … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in December 2023 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
English-Language Press in the Ottoman Empire
The study “Excavating the English-Language Press in the Ottoman Empire (1841–1923) Editors, State Actors, Readers” by Stéphanie Prévost from Université de Paris sought to investigate a phenomenon thought to be … Continued
The study “The Russia-Ukraine conflict as a discursive continuum: A comparative study of Business Today and New York Times using an extended corpus-based discourse-historical approach” by Yanting Sun from Shanghai … Continued
Impact of SLAPPs in journalism in Slovenia
The study “Silencing journalists in matters of public interest: Journalists and editors assessments of the impact of SLAPPs on journalism” by Tanja Kerševan and Melita Poler from University of Ljubljana … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in November 2023 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
Solutions journalism solving the local media crisis?
The study “Engaging Audiences With Local News: Can Solutions Journalism Be a Solution to Local Media Crisis?” by Noha Mellor from University of Sharjah and An Nguyen from Bournemouth University … Continued
Presenting the “Platform Press” View
The study “What a “Platform Press” View Has to Offer” by Mike Ananny from University of Southern California presented a novel way of looking at journalism: centering the focus on … Continued
Editing of reader’s letters in Late 19th-Century Finnish Press resembled was already modern
The study “ Selecting and Editing of Readers’ Letters in the Late 19th-Century Finnish Press” by Satu Sorvali from University of Turku looked at an under researched topic: reader’s letters … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in October 2023 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
AI in investigative journalism
The study “How (not to) Run an AI Project in Investigative Journalism” by Marina Fridman, Roy Krøvel, and Fabrizio Palumbo, all from Oslo Metropolitan University looked at the challenges and … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in September 2023 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
Coverage of the Yemeni Civil War in Saudi Arabia and Qatar
The study “Two Tales of One War: Understanding the Media Coverage of the Yemeni Civil War in Saudi Arabia and Qatar” by Talha Ismail Duman and Furkan Halit Yolcu from … Continued
Sourcing and symbolic annihilation in sexual assault allegation coverage
The study “ “Sluts and nuts”: influences on the symbolic annihilation of women sources in sexual assault allegation news coverage” by Danielle Deavours from Samford University utilized the symbolic annihilation … Continued
This summary article has been written by Edwin Nfor, our African research correspondent. Edwin is doing a PhD thesis on the Cameroon Anglophone crisis in the University of Jyväskylä. The … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in August 2023 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
Article: Day of Rage: Forensic journalism and the US Capitol riot
The study “Day of Rage: Forensic journalism and the US Capitol riot” by Kelly Gates from UC San Diego examined how elite press used forensic techniques to bolster journalistic authority … Continued
Sourcing, verifying, and mediating journalistic truth during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
The study “Sourcing Dis/Information: How Swedish and Ukrainian Journalists Source, Verify, and Mediate Journalistic Truth During the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict” by Nina Springer and Gunnar Nygren from University of Stockholm, and … Continued
Nationalistic media narratives in TV during the India-China border conflict
The study “Primetime Nationalism: Analysing Monologues on India’s Republic TV and Times Now During Indo-China Border Conflict” by Anilesh Kumar from Hong Kong Baptist University looked at the media narrative … Continued
Discursive sainthood of journalists killed in conflict work
The study “Saints and witnesses: Virtue and vocation in the memorialization of the Western conflict journalist” by Richard Stupart and Rob Sharp from University of Liverpool looked at the discursive … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in July 2023 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

































