Afghan journalism is “captured”, or forced to work for non-journalistic interests, by a number of methods and actors, write Jeannine E. Relly and Margaret Zanger, both of University of Arizona. … Continued

Four times as many males as females appeared as experts on flagship television and radio news programmes in the United Kingdom as of the early 2010s, write Lis Howell and Jane … Continued

Media subsidies are not a neutral instrument, but rather a political tool for achieving certain policy objectives, writes Aske Kammer, of The IT University of Copenhagen. They also serve to … Continued

Experts’ texts about the future of journalism are fairly thin on actual predictions, write Wilson Lowrey and Zhou Shan, both of University of Alabama. The authors analysed a total of … Continued

What happens to trust in media when individuals are present at the site of the event, and can evaluate the reports based on their own experiences? Oren Livio and Jonathan … Continued

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School announced a call for research project proposals for spring 2017. The proposals should fall within four areas of inquiry: Computation, algorithms and automated … Continued

Marc Ziegele and Pablo B. Jost, both of Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, investigate the effects of a comment moderation strategy that recommends news outlets to respond publicly to uncivil … Continued

Journalists and journalism teachers frame narrative journalism as “a dangerous game” that is still necessary for journalism, writes Kobie van Krieken and José Sanders, both of Radboud University Nijmegen. The … Continued

In their new article Brett Hutchins, of Monash University and Raymond Boyle, of University of Glasgow, employed Barbie Zelizer’s concept of “community of practice” to emphasise the existence and significance of shared practices within … Continued

Both the Daily Mirror and the Sunday People used personal stories in their respective political campaigns, Jen Birks of the University of Nottingham. Birks analysed a total of 473 news … Continued

The new environment of war correspondents is characterised by instant messaging, borderless interaction and information warfare. Markus Ojala and Mervi Pantti of the University of Helsinki and Jarkko Kangas of … Continued

Users are more likely to report crass comments, if they are made aware of the community guidelines prior to reading comments on a news website, write Teresa K. Naab and … Continued

Digital editions differ from printed newspapers only little in terms of reader experience, write Peter C. Neijens, and Hilde A.M. Voorveld, both of University of Amsterdam. The authors had 90 … Continued

The International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (TVX 2017) is now looking for paper and workshop proposals. The event itself will take place between the 14th … 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 Tracing entanglements in media history conference, organised by the Entangled Media Histories (EMHIS) network is looking for paper submissions. The event will be held in Lund, Sweden, between the … Continued

An advertiser’s financial importance to a publication usually does not influence the way that advertiser’s press releases are treated, write Juliane Lischka, Julian Stressig, and Fabienne Bünzli, all of University … Continued

Two workshops related to the 18th Nordic Political Science Congress (NoPSA) are now looking for papers. The workshops are titled “Communicating politics in the digital age” and “Media Policy and … Continued

Television news offered by public service broadcasters are different from those by commercial broadcasters – and they have different effects on their audiences, write Laura Jacobs, Cecil Meeusen, and Leen … Continued

In 2013 a garment factory The Rana Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh. 1134 people were killed, and around 2500 were injured making it the deadliest garment factory accident in history, writes … Continued

Recently published New Media & Society special section offers perspectives on mobilities, migration and new media. Throughout the entire migration process, information and communication technologies play a crucial role in the way migrants … Continued

News use over social networking sites (SNS) has been shown to have a significant and positive impact on individuals’ political and civic activities, writes Jihyang Choi, of Ewha Womans University. The article … Continued

Anders Olof Larsson, Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Bente Kalsnes, of University of Oslo and Christian Christensen, of University of Stockholm study Twitter use by public service broadcasters (PSBs) during national elections … Continued

In their new article Varda Wasserman and Ines Gabel, both of The Open University of Israel, explore how an ultra-Orthodox Jewish magazine Mishpacha (Family) enables the voicing of subversive views with the aim of transforming the … Continued

Journalism Research News has now been online for over a year and a half. Due to additional project funding for 2016 from the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, we have been able … Continued

Study by Jacob Groshek, of Boston University and Edson Tandoc, of Nanyang Technological University, analyzed Twitter activity around the Grand Jury decision in the death of Michael Brown in Missouri. The … Continued

The article applied the notion of hybridity to compare social media adoption by journalists in Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Three constructs of … Continued

Local and regional newspapers’ framing of flamingo conservation efforts on France’s southern coast has changed over the years, write Lisa Ernoul, of Aix-Marseille University, and Angela Wardell-Johnson, of Curtin University. … Continued

Media freedom, access to internet, and the availability of open government data counteract corruption, write Christopher Starke, of University of Münster, Teresa K. Naab, of University of Augsburg, and Helmut … Continued

Text by Pauline Betche From 6 to 7 October 2016, media workers, experts and journalists meet in Leipzig, Germany, for this year’s European Media Freedom Conference. The European Centre for … Continued