The press credentials issued by US police departments were and still are mainly a tool to control the departments’ publicity, write Mary Angela Bock, Melissa Suran, and Laura Marina Boria … Continued

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Online news sites do not use transparency, background information, or participation promoting features as much as they could, write Edda Humprecht and Frank Esser, both of University of Zurich. The … Continued

Instead of pining over the “good old days”, news organisations should adapt to the modern media landscape and continue to support democracy in new ways, Anders Hofseth, a journalist at … Continued

Vox pops are omnipresent in today’s television news, write Kathleen Beckers, of University of Antwerp. Vox pop interviews are used to represent the general public in the news. The study aims … Continued

With the rise of the Internet, the technological possibilities for journalists to create transparency in news reporting have increased, write Edda Humprecht and Frank Esser, both of University of Zürich. … Continued

Audience may be practicing a type of specific network gatekeeping via social platforms, write Gavin Adamson, of Ryerson University, Liam Donaldson, of  Ryerson University and Rob Whitley, of McGill University. The study explores the relationship … Continued

Are citizen journalists adequately trained for the production of “newsworthy” stories? ask Michal Kus, of University of Wroclaw Tobias Eberwein, of Alpen Adria University, Colin Porlezza, of University of Zürich, and Sergio Splendore, of University … Continued

Terror attacks force democratic societies to mobilize, reinforce and rethink core values, including media freedom and freedom of speech, write Tine Ustad Figenschou, of University of Oslo and Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud, of Centre … Continued

The power to set and drive a news agenda is not stable within media, but instead changes hands over time, write S Mo Jang, of University of South Carolina, Yong … Continued

Citizen journalists of the Syria-based Damascus Bureau are practicing what could be described as connective journalism, Yousuf Mohammad from the University of Oklahoma and Maureen Taylor from the University of … Continued

Reciprocal relationships between the audiences and journalists are a crucial component of hyperlocal journalism, write Dave Harte and Jerome Turner, both of Birmingham City University, with Andy Williams, of Cardiff … Continued

The British BBC and the Chinese CCTV use different presentation strategies in their television news, writes Debing Feng, of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics. Feng analysed the structure of … 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

A new research project on representations and manifestations of racism in media has been launched. Entitled “Racisms and public communications in the hybrid media environment (HYBRA)”, the project is a … Continued

Feelings of unease and confrontational attitude towards state controlled media are linked to increased searching of alternative online information, write Golnoosh Behrouzian, Erik C. Nisbet and Aysenur Dal of Ohio … Continued

ECREA Journalism Studies Conference is looking for submissions to its next conference, held in Odense, Denmark, on the 23rd and 24th of March 2017. The conference is entitled “Changing audiences … Continued

Independently owned news outlets present a wider variety of viewpoints than outlets that are under corporate ownership, write Deana Rohlinger and Jennifer Proffitt from the Florida State University. The authors … Continued

Mobile news are becoming more and more common. This has wider consequences regarding news consumption than what is usually acknowledged, states a new report by Johanna Dunaway of Texas A&M … Continued

The 12th Dubrovnik Media Days Conference is now looking for paper abstracts on the news coverage of terrorism. The event will be hosted by the University of Dubrovnik in Dubrovnik, … Continued

American journalists writing from China changed their views of the country several times, write Yunya Song, of Baptist University of Hong Kong, and Chin-Chuan Lee, of Hong Kong City University. … Continued

What explains the different development of online news startups in different locations? The new study by Matthew Powers of the University of Washington and Sandra Vera Zambrano of Universidad Iberoamericana … Continued

The Philippines is consistently ranked as among the most dangerous countries for journalists, writes Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University. The newly published study explores what journalists in the … Continued

Newspaper coverage of transgender identity and individuals is very limited, a new study finds. Thomas Billard of the University of Southern California studied 200 articles from 13 daily newspapers in … Continued

The journal Feminist Media Studies invites authors to send papers on the topic “Feminism, media and care”. “The gendered dynamics of care have long been, and continue to be, a … Continued

Government-owned television has always been used for the interest of repressive regimes in Egypt, where the boundary between public service broadcasting (PSB) and state television has been blurry, write Rasha A. … Continued

The Chilean newspaper El Mercurio used foreign news to display the country’s socialist government in a negative light, write Francisco Javier Alvear, of Universidad de Chile, and Jairo Lugo-Ocando of … Continued

The Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (NORDICOM) has published an edited anthology on journalism education in the Nordic countries. It features 20 chapters on, for example, the … Continued

The audience imposed journalistic criteria upon the website Gawker, thus recognizing it as a journalistic actor, write Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University, and Joy Jenkins, of University … Continued

The way news depict older workers changes the way potential employers assess them, a study by Anne C. Kroon, Martine van Selm, Claartje ter Hoeven, and Rens Vliegenthart, from the … Continued