For journalistic purposes, Facebook is Norwegian journalists’ most important social media platform, write Anders Olof Larsson, of Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, and Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, of … Continued

An interdisciplinary conference on care is looking for paper proposals. The event itself, titled “Discourses of Care: Care in Media, Medicine and Society” will be held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, … Continued

The pressures of international politics leave Latvians struggling to counteract Russian media’s influence, writes Janis Chakars, of Gwynedd Mercy University. Chakars reviews Latvia’s relationship with foreign media both today and … Continued

News text is as important or even more important than photographs in influencing politicians’ public image, write Hajo Boomgaarden, of University of Vienna, Mark Boukes, of University of Amsterdam, and … Continued

A two day symposium on the so-called refugee crisis, titled “Transit Europe: Mobility, Communication and Governance”, is now accepting paper abstracts. The symposium will be held in Malmö, Sweden, on … Continued

Confidential sources have become more reluctant to leak information to journalists, writes Paul Lashmar of University of Sussex. Lashmar interviewed 12 experienced investigative reporters from the US, the UK, Canada, … Continued

Andy Dickinson, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and working at the Media Innovation Studio, talks to us about hyperlocal data journalism. We interviewed him at the … Continued

There are more new and interesting experiments in Indian journalism than in most other countries, write Arijit Sen and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. India has also the fastest levels of internet growth … Continued

The more people engage with journalists on Twitter, the less likely they are to report viewing the media as having an editorial bias, write Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Trevor Diehl and Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu. Focus of … Continued

Newly published study explores how Orlando Sentinel used emerging media technologies to engage with audience in covering two high-profile court trials. First is the case of Casey Anthony. She was accused, but in the … Continued

The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism Book is out now. Book is edited by Tamara Witschge, of University of Groningen, C. W. Anderson, of College of Staten Island, David Domingo, of … Continued

RISJ have published interim findings from a study that explores press coverage of the UK referendum campaign. Study shows that majority of press coverage in EU referendum campaign strongly favoured Brexit in first two … Continued

Elite women’s letters in the Times fuctioned as active and targeted public communications. A new study by Allison Cavanagh of the University of Leeds looks at what women’s letters to … Continued

What has news agency Reuters been like during the turn of the millennium in terms of quality control, news agency competition and news output? The new article by Michael Palmer … Continued

The one-day workshop “(Forced) Migration and Media” at the University of Leicester is calling for papers. The workshop is looking for applicants for who conduct research on how media and … Continued

We dive into the power of algorithms in the interview with Nicholas Diakopoulos of the University of Maryland. Diakopoulos explains why researching algorithms is important from a journalistic view and … Continued

The current social media environment provides unique opportunities for journalism that otherwise would not be available, writes Jayeon Lee. However, social media also poses various challenges to traditional journalism norms and … Continued

The competitive online news environment, opinionated story types and functioning of democracy as a topic predece the use of strategic game framing in political news. A new article by Desirée … Continued

The annual MeCCSA conference is looking for abstracts and panel proposals. Conference is held 11 – 13 January 2017 at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. This years … Continued

Gatekeeping theory and practices still hold during a crisis, however, a more nuanced understanding is needed, write Toni G.L.A. van der Meer, Piet Verhoeven, Johannes W.J. Beentjes, Rens Vliegenthart, all of University of Amsterdam. … Continued

Publishers consider hard news and opinion pieces as the most valuable news commodity, write Merja Myllylahti. Unfortunately that content is also most often locked behind a paywall. In her newly published … Continued

Local newspaper industry in Ireland has suffered a crisis falls during the last ten years. It has struggled to create sustainable business models for the digital era, explains Anthony Cawley … Continued

Especially nature, living environment and history are topics that audience would like to read more about, states a study by Irene Costera Meijer of the VU University of Amsterdam and … Continued

The Facebook group “Datajournalistik” has functioned as an important platform for Nordic datajournalists for developing their data journalism skills, states a new study by Ester Appelgren of Södertörn University. The … Continued

In our interview with Andrew Heaton of the University of Central Lancashire, we discussed drones, the research of Civic Drone Centre, engineering and current issues with using drones for civilian … Continued

The Journal Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture is calling papers for their special issue on the topic Suicide and media. [spoiler title=’Articles for this special issue are welcome relating … Continued

Greek news media offers a pluralist framing of asylum seekers, write Dimitra L. Milioni and Konstantinos Vadratsikas, both of Cyprus University of Technology. They analysed 125 news stories and their … Continued

The context of freedom of expression has shifted, states a new book edited by Ulla Carlsson of the University of Gothenburg. Freedon of Expression and Media in Transition looks at … Continued

Both Swedish and Latvian newspapers depicted their respective Occupy movements in a patronizing tone, write Anne Kaun and Iveta Jurkane-Hobein, both of Södertörn University. The authors compared Occupy-related news stories … Continued

The first issue of volume 7 of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture is published. The journal publishes interdisciplinary studies on media, communication and cultural studies. Some interesting articles of … Continued