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

Journalistic investigations on tax havens are crucial but difficult and dangerous, writes Sidsel Dalen, a Norwegian freelance journalist and a Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism fellow. In her … Continued

Most journalists working for the Korean minority media in North America consider themselves as “authentic Koreans”, writes Sherry S Yu from Temple University. The author interviewed 35 first or second … Continued

A new issue of New Media and Society has been published. The issue is special section about Political Engagement. The section holds a bunch of articles on a diversity of topics related … Continued

Most citizens in western democracies have access to the news at their fingertips. The Internet has transformed the consumption of news, writes Shelley Boulianne, of MacEwan University. The study uses survey data of … Continued

New issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics has now been published. It in includes six articles from various themes and six book reviews. IJPP is a quarterly published, interdisciplinary journal for the analysis … Continued

Being a journalist covering conflict in the twenty-first century means working in a competitive field with many challenges, some of which involve engaging with social media platforms and eyewitnesses to events. writes … Continued

Pakistan’s media industry has experienced a rapid transition from government-controlled to commercial broadcasting, write Lawrence Pintak, of Washington State University, Brian J. Bowe, of Western Washington University, and Syed Javed Nazir, of Lahore University of … Continued

There is a significant trend indicating changes in engagement in terms of total news consumption time and diversity in news platforms, write Louisa Ha, Ying Xu, Liu Yang, Mohammad Abuljadail, Weiwei Jiang, of Bowling Green … Continued

Professional journalists still hold power in directing public attention, writes Nikki Usher, of George Washington University. In her recent article, Usher elaborates a model of how embryonic citizen journalism is … Continued

Newsrooms are not eager to adopt Google Glass and use it extensively, write John Mills, of University of Central Lancashire, with Eduardo Pellanda and André Pase, both of Pontifícia Universidade … Continued

The fourth annual conference of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) is now accepting papers. The event itself will be held on the 26th and 27th of October 2017 … Continued

Different newspapers can create vastly different news from the same source material, write Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt and Christian Baden, both of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The authors analysed the ways … Continued