New MeCoDEM working paper written by Judith Lohner, Sandra Banjac and Irene Neverla is published. The paper maps the role of journalistic actors in transitional societies when covering democratisation conflicts. The writers draw … Continued

The journalistic practice of “monologisation”, removing interview questions from the end product, can severely mislead readers, writes Lauri Haapanen of University of Helsinki. Haapanen compared the recordings of journalistic interviews … Continued

People who are neither professional journalists nor typical audience members participate in producing journalism for many different reasons, writes Laura Ahva, of University of Tampere. Ahva interviewed 69 actors associated … Continued

China’s attempt to exert soft power through a global English language news channel, CCTV News, is in vain, writes John Jirik, a Turkey-based independent researcher. Jirik worked for the channel … Continued

Changes to the digital media environment have been a new source of professional identity for digital journalists, write Patrick Ferrucci and Tim Vos. Their new article examines how American digital journalists … Continued

Journalists are are becoming more comfortable with online comments and often engage with commenters to foster deliberative discussions or quell incivility, writes Gina Masullo Chen and Paromita Pain. The study draws on interviews … Continued

Grub-Street Journal (1730–1737) was a weekly paper that satirized the conventions of London journalism. Its editor Richard Russel searched through publications for accounts of the same event and through satire … Continued

In their recently published study Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud, of Institute for Social Research and Tine Ustad Figenschou, of University of Oslo, study how editors in Norwegian media experience the ritual role of the media, … Continued

This new article examines the effect of website structure on readers attitudes and attention. The study is written by Karen McIntyre, of Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture and University of … Continued

ECREA has published a public statement regarding increased pressures on academics in Turkey after the failed military coup. Turkey’s Council of Higher Education have for example banned all academics from … Continued

When sports editors commit to hiring women, they find women who can move up within organizations and become leaders, write Pamela C. Laucella, of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Marie Hardin, of Penn State … Continued

Hundreds of journalists were covering the confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis in the summer of 2014. Ibrahim Hazboun, Yiftach Ron and Ifat Maoz explore the experiences and practices of Palestinian journalists working for … Continued

New LSE report called Journalistic representations of Jeremy Corbyn in the British press: From watchdog to attackdog by Bart Cammaerts, Brooks DeCillia, João Carlos Magalhães, Cesar Jimenez-Martinez, all of London School of Economics and Political Science, has been published. The … Continued

While film has become a dominant cultural form in cultural journalism, its prominence in the quality newspapers does not indicate an inclination towards the principals of popular culture, write Annemarie Kersten … Continued

What role does materiality play to the learning outcome of journalism students during periods of internship in newsrooms? ask Steen Steensen, of Oslo and Akershus University College. By combining sociomaterial perspectives … Continued

New article called Vice Media Inc.: Youth, lifestyle – and news by Henrik Bødker, of Aarhus University, explores the Vice News’ coverage of the events in Ferguson following the police shooting of Michael … Continued

New study by Henrik Örnebring, of Karlstad University and Claudia Mellado, of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, concentrates on cross-national comparative studies of journalists. The study analyzes how different journalistic skills are valued … Continued

What characterizes the professional role as a freelance journalist today? ask Birgit Røe Mathisen. Her newly published study investigates the professional role of freelance journalists in Norway and it is based on … Continued

Damian Trilling is an Assistant Professor for political communication and journalism at the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. Trilling is taking part in a ongoing research … Continued

In their recently published study Esa Reunanen and Kari Koljonen present a view of journalistic interventionism and how it’s linked in professional ethos of Finnish journalists. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with … Continued

New study by W. Joe Watson, of Baker University, explores the influences on story selection at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). To conduct interviews the writer spent one week in at BBC … Continued

New study by Sei-Hill Kim, of University of South Carolina, and Matthew W. Telleen, of Elizabethtown College, examine how American news media have framed the question of who is responsible for causing and fixing the … Continued

A new article by Lea Hellmueller of Texas Tech University examines gatekeeping in a transnational context of journalism cultures from a theoretical point of view. Traditionally the research on journalism … Continued

There was an increasing flow of information from the USA to China about Beijing’s air pollution issues, states a new study. The article by Ran Duan and Bruno Takahashi 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

Blogging and citizen journalism have blurred the definition of who is a journalist from a legal perspective. A new article by Jane Johnston of the University of Queensland and Anne … Continued

Julia Lefkowitz is a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.  Currently she is writing a doctoral thesis on the concept of ‘tabloidization’ as a function of the … Continued

News fixers often face some trouble with foreign correspondents causing issues with reporting the events, giving credit and safety. Lindsay Palmer of University of Wisconsin–Madison interviewed 21 news fixers living … Continued

Journalism becomes more dependent on and more vulnerable to public attention targeted to itself. A new article by Risto Kunelius and Esa Reunanen of the University of Tampere studies the … Continued

The conference “Media in Muslim contexts: inventing and re-inventing identities” is calling for papers. The conference will be held 3 to 4 November in London. It is organised by The … Continued