The 9th International Central and East European Media Conference (CEECOM) begun yesterday (June 16th). The event is now in full swing in Tartu, Estonia, and can be followed online through … Continued

Journalists direct user conversations on websites according to their journalistic standards, write Emmanuel Marty, of Nice Sophia Antipolis University, Nathalie Pignard-Cheynel, of University of Lorraine, and Brigitte Sebbah, of Paris … Continued

Paul Bradshaw, course leader in Online Journalism at the Birmingham City University told JRN about his research into source protection in local news organisations. In the UK, many local outlets … Continued

The special issue of International Journal on Media Management is calling for papers on the topic “Funding and Media Management in the Convergence Era”. The special issue aims to showcase research that examines the … Continued

Occupational professionalism is increasingly becoming subsumed under organizational professionalism, states a new book “Newsworkers: a comparative European perspective” by Henrik Örnebring. The book examines the transformation of newswork comparing and … Continued

Newspapers generated an estimated US$ 168 billion in circulation and advertising revenue in 2015. Ninety billion dollars (53 percent) came from print and digital circulation, while $ 78 billion came … Continued

Publishers around the world are facing unprecedented disruption to their business models and formats, states the Digital News Report 2016. The report is published by Reuters Institute for the Study … Continued

What transforms the texts from self-narration to journalism is a matter of direction, writes Cecilia Aare, of Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences. Aare presents a model for analyzing the interplay … Continued

New study by Antti Laine, of University of Jyväskylä, examines gender representation in Finnish and Swedish tabloids’ sports coverage during Athens 2004 summer and Turin 2006 winter Olympics. The study is … Continued

New article by Priscilla Ringrose examines the French media coverage of so called ‘granny’ au pairing. Researcher identified three key frames: au pairing as glamorous tourism, as reinvention of family, and as a … Continued

A special issue of the journal Javnost: The Public has been published. The issue is entitled “Normative Encounters in European Media Policy” and it is guest edited by Hannu Nieminen, … Continued

The Academic Mindtrek Conference is still open for paper, poster, workshop and demonstration proposals. The event will take place in Tampere, Finland, from the 17th to the 19th of October … Continued

Professor Astrid Gynnild of the University of Bergen talked to us about the possbilities of using drones in journalism. We also discussed the importance of learning about drones, legislative issues … Continued

Job advertisements provide a rich source of information about how employers define “journalism”, write Sally Young and Andrea Carson. Their study focuses on analysing job advertisements of Australian media companies during the … Continued

New special issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics (IJPP) called Digital media, power, and democracy in election campaigns, is published now. IJPP is quarterly published, interdisciplinary journal that publishes research which analyzes … Continued

New article by Jonathan Bright explores the question why some news articles are shared more than others on social media. Results of the study show that editorial promotion of the article on … Continued

June issue on quarterly published British Journalism review is now available. The issue is called We made a monster: American media thrown into panic.  It provides a comprehensive collection of articles, … Continued

Contrary to studies on generic online content, a notable share of Germans is willing to pay for digital longform journalism, write Cornelia Wolf, of University of Leipzig, and Alexander Godulla, … Continued

Anti-fracking advocacy groups were most capable of getting their messages through to the British press, write Jordan Neil, Tiffany Schweickart, Tianduo Zhang and Spiro Kiousis, all four of University of … Continued

Newspapers’ affiliations with political parties are not inherently disasterous, write Vlaďka Kubíčková and Nico Carpentier, both of Charles University in Prague. The authors investigated the Národní listy, a Czechoslovakian nationalist … Continued

The Challenging Media Landscapes Conference 2016, titled “Access, Participation and the Mediatised World”, is now looking for paper and panel proposals. The event will be held in Manchester, United Kingdom, … Continued

The second International Geomedia Conference is now looking for paper and panel proposals. The event, titled this year as “Spaces of the In-Between”, will be held in Karlstad, Sweden, starting … Continued

Old media effects theories, based on simple unidirectional transmission models, are unable to explain modern media, writes Jane B. Singer, of City University London. The author reviews the histories of … Continued

The next Nordic Data Journalism Conference (NODA2017) is looking for paper proposals. The conference will combine both academic and practical content and is open to both scholars and practitioners. The … Continued

Paul Bradshaw, the course leader in Online Journalism at the Birmingham City University talks about the cultural shift in journalism fueled by different data-related movements. He also talks about power … Continued

Nordicom Review 1/2016 is out now. Issue includes nine stimulating articles and four book reviews in the field of media and communication. Some interesting articles of the issue include a study … Continued

Twitter have been widely adopted in newsrooms over the last number of years and it has become an integral part of the journalist toolkit, write Bahareh Rahmanzadeh Heravia and Natalie Harrowerb. … Continued

Vox pop in the news are becoming one of the most dominant voices in television news, write Kathleen Beckers, Stefaan Walgrave and Hilde Van den Bulck. A vox pop can … Continued

June special issue of International Communication Gazette is published. The issue is called Fulfilling the public service remit in the post-broadcasting era: Does the medium still matter? The magazine includes … Continued

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