In an era marked by digital surveillance, citizens self-regulate their behaviour in the internet. A Cardiff University’s research project examined impacts, challenges and opportunities of Edward Snowden’s revelations. The project … Continued

The new publication “EU Referendum Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign” draws multiple analyses from academics on Brexit ten days after the election. The publication is edited by Daniel … Continued

What kind of online news consumption patterns do ‘legacy’ and ‘native’ news brands have and how do they differ? Ángel Arrese and Jürg Kaufmann of the University of Navarra studied … Continued

The news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) has become a more influential gatekeeper in political news in the Netherlands. A new article looking at the political coverage in print and online … Continued

Ruling elites in Turkey try to control the flow of information and to establish a relationship with digital intermediaries similar to their relationship with the mainstream media, states a new … Continued

Reporting on women politicians has focused on body and looks, in the last decades as well as in the early twentieth century. Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon University studies the … Continued

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) continues to treat objectivity as a balance between the largest political parties, write Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Mike Berry, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco, and Jonathan Cable, all of Cardiff … Continued

The audience perceive news stories that quote social media sources less credible than stories that are based on, for example, stake-outs, write Sanne Kruikemeier and Sophie Lecheler, both of the … Continued

Trust and distrust do not have a statistically significant effect on news consumption, write Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu, of University of Vienna, and Homero Gil de Zúñiga, of Universidad Diego Portales. The … Continued

Muslims tend to be negatively framed, while Islam is dominantly portrayed as a violent religion, shows a meta-analysis of articles looking at media representations of Muslims and Islam. Saifuddin Ahmed … Continued

Whether or not an online story has multimedia included, it does not strongly affect emotional reactions or immersion into the story. A new article by Hanna Pincus and Magdalena Wojcieszak … Continued

A new special section of the International Journal of Communication has been published. The section’s theme is “Building the BRICS: Media, Nation Branding and Global Citizenship”, focusing on media and … Continued

Drama in the campaign, economic implications and immigration issues were in the center of the United Kingdom’s EU referendum news reporting. The Loughborough University Centre for Research in Communication and … Continued

Comunicazione Politica – COMPOL, an Italian academic journal in Political Communication is calling for papers for a special issue about “Gender, politics and the media. Lessons learned and struggles for … Continued

Audiences follow major breaking news events through online video in an increasing trend. The new report written by Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Federica Cherubini and Nic Newman of Reuters Institute (RISJ) studies … Continued

The issue 60 of MedieKultur has been published. The new issue features six theme articles, four open sections articles and six reviews. The issue’s theme is “Researching Cross-Media Communication: Methodological … Continued

The Co-Edited Volume on “Ethnic Media in the Digital Era” is calling for manuscripts. [spoiler title=’Topics include, but are not limited to:’ collapse_link=’true’] Digital divides and ethnic media Digital diasporas … Continued

Travel journalists adopt some practices characteristic to bloggers, states a new study. Bryan Pirolli of Sorbonne University studied the professional identity of travel journalists. The article compares travel journalists’ opinions … Continued

Citizens have strong expectations that news media publish correct information and they have little tolerance for errors, states a new study by Michael Karlsson and Christer Clerwall of Karlstad University … Continued

Journalists show support to the idea of dialogue with their audience, but in reality neglect avoid taking part in the discussion, write Lisbeth Morlandstø and Birgit Røe Mathisen, borth of … Continued

Researching Citizen Media Workshop, hosted at the University of Manchester, is still accepting submissioms. The event is partially booked, but presentation slots are still available for PhD students and early … Continued

The audience is more likely to select balanced stories that are backed with numbers, rather than narrative stories that reinforce existing beliefs, write Carlos Brenes Peralta, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Yphtach Lelkes, … Continued

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Politicians who take concrete action and who respond to contemporary topics are considered more newsworthy than others, writes Debby Vos, of University of Antwerp. The author surveyed 73 Belgian journalists, … Continued

Arko Olesk, a PhD candidate at Tallinn University talks to us about the mediatization of science. He researched science communication of the research group behind the first Estonian satellite. He … Continued

Greenpeace was better able to get its message across to Dutch newspapers than nuclear energy companies, write Jelle Boumans and Rens Vliegenthart, both of University of Amsterdam, and Hajo Boomgaarden, … Continued

Graphical presentations of networks deploy at least five different “narrative readings”, write Liliana Bounegru, of University of Groningen, Tommaso Venturini, of King’s College London, Jonathan Gray, of University of Amsterdam, … Continued

A new edition of MediaSverige, a statistical overview of Sweden’s media is now available. This year’s MediaSverige is a simple presentation, consisting mainly of statistical tables and short introductions to … Continued

Traditional news values that define “newsworthiness” by and large also set the “shareworthiness” of news stories on social media, write Damian Trilling, of University of Amsterdam, Petro Tolochko, of University … Continued