A symposium on European media cultures during the Cold War is looking for paper submissions. The event will take place in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, on the 30th of March and … Continued

Newspapers in the political right and left cover news differently, a study by Sangwon Lee and Jihyun Esther Paik, both of University of Wisconsin-Madison, confirms. The authors analysed the coverage … Continued

The global platforms in search engines, content aggregation and social media are challenging long-standing regulatory systems of media. How can media pluralism be studied and assessed in the age of … Continued

France 24’s coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack against the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine depicted Islam as a cause of the attack, write Eva Połońska-Kimunguyi, of London School of Economics … Continued

Reporting terrorism is riddled with pitfalls, warns Charlie Beckett, of London School of Economics. Beckett reviews the contemporary practices of making news on terrorism, and the issues thereof, in a … Continued

The Canadian Journal of Communication is seeking papers for its special issue on production of energy titled “Communicating Power: Energy, Canada and the Field(s) of Communication”. [spoiler title=’Read the full … Continued

Large parts of the Dutch society, both rich and poor, were reading newspapers already in the 17th century, writes Michiel van Groesen, of Leiden University. The author investigated works of … Continued

We interviewed Shin Mizukoshi, a Professor of Media Studies at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. He talks to us about the current media landscape … Continued

Turkish national newspapers chose their framing to protect their connected parties and to attack the opposing ones. An article by Uğur Cevdet Panayırcı of Istanbul Sehir University, Emre İşeri of … Continued

The Green Party of England and Wales has not been able to acquire issue ownership outside environmental issues in UK newspapers. A new research article by Ceri Hughes of the … Continued

Female White House press corps journalists question the US president Barack Obama more on economic issues than their male colleagues, writes Lindsey Meeks, of University of Oklahoma. Meeks analysed the … Continued

A new article by Joop W. Koopmans, of University of Groningen, looks at the way 18th century Dutch news digests positioned themselves in relation to other news products of the … 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

Both journalists and lay citizens see statements that affirm their beliefs as more objective and informative, writes Cornelia Mothes, of Ohio State University. Mothes analysed the results from a “quasi-experiment” … Continued

In terms of risks to public service media’s independence, European countries do not fit neatly in categorizations such as that of Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini (2004), writes Maja Šimunjak … Continued

The “Visualizing (in) the New Media” (ViNM) conference is now accepting paper abstracts. The event will take place in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, between the 8th and 10th of November 2017. The … Continued

Autonomy is a crucial component of journalistic work. How does it vary in different organisations and across countries? The article by Henrik Örnebring, Johan Lindell, Christer Clerwall and Michael Karlsson, … Continued

Providing the marginalized with citizen journalism training can result in personal empowerement, write Ann Luce, Daniel Jackson, and Einar Thorsen, all of Bournemouth University. The authors arranged training courses for … Continued

Investigative journalists regard themselves as having autonomy and high job satisfaction, even though there is a lot of pessimism about the state of their work and the future. Gerry Lanosga … Continued

Websites and readers of local newspapers are more likely to embrace commenting, while national papers prefer social media sharing, write Susanne M. Almgren, of Jönköping University, and Tobias Olsson, of … Continued

The heavily discussed issue of Britain’s 2016 referendum on leaving the EU also sprouted many analyses on the media coverage of the topic. Here are four reports that have been … Continued

UK press coverage of the EU membership referendum was dominated by articles in favor of leaving. A new report written by David Levy, Billur Aslan and Diego Bironzo and published … Continued

The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture is calling for papers. They are interested in papers that engage with all forms of censorship across East Asia and in cross-comparison papers … Continued

A new form of citizen journalism is emerging from “digital humanitarianism”, writes Wendy Norris, of University of Colorado Boulder. Norris investigated the operations of the volunteer-based Standby Task Force (SBTF) … Continued

A media training program titled “Citizen Health Journalism” had both positive and negative results. A new study by Stuart Davis of Texas A&M International University looks at an experiment from … Continued

Dutch news were important to both have and control to the English state in the late 17th century, writes Jason Peacey, of University College London. Peacey’s recent article looks at … Continued

The US media coverage of the spread of China’s Confucius Institutes across the United States is largley “uncritical”, write Emily T. Metzgar and Jing Su, both of Indiana University. The … Continued

The 40th anniversary conference of the International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) is now accepting paper abstracts and panel proposals. The conference will take place between the 10th and … Continued

Political TV advertisements affect newspaper coverage which in turns affects social media attention, write Yeojin Kim, of Central Conneticut State University, William J. Gonzenbach and Youngju Kim, both of University … Continued

The European Media Management Association (emma) is looking for paper proposals for its 2017 annual conference. The event will be held in Ghent, Belgium, on the 11th and 12th of … Continued