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

The Association of Media Researchers in Denmark (SMiD) is calling for papers for their biennial meeting in 27-28 October 2016. The theme of the biennial meeting is “The Social in … Continued

Spanish media does not engage in proper, national debate over crucial food security issues, write Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, Olga Moreno Pérez, and Eladio Arnalte Alegre, all of Technical University of Madrid. … Continued

Portuguese newspapers by and large represent gender as a binary phenomenon, write Maria Manuel Rocha Baptista and Rita Ilse Pinto de Loureiro Himmel, both of Universidade de Aveiro. They analysed … Continued

A new report by Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism examines the state of journalism in the United Kingdom. The report is written by Neil Thurman and Jessica Kunert … Continued

Early modern diplomats were central to the history of news and the development of the public sphere. The article by Helmer Helmers of the University of Amsterdam studies public diplomacy … Continued

The mass media has two essential functions for political elites reaching towards their goals. The article by Peter Van Aelst and Stefaan Walgrave of the University of Antwerp dives into … Continued

Twitter messages, or tweets, blend both personal branding and organisational representation, write Lily Canter and Daniel Brookes, both of Sheffield Hallam University. The authors analysed a week’s worth of tweets … Continued

Both Indian and British journalists consider empathy a vital skill for journalists, writes Antje Glück, of University of Leeds. The author interviewed 21 British and 25 Indian journalists over their … Continued

Metaphors used in the British Journalism Review about journalism, by journalists, tend to be negative, write Martin Conboy and Minyao Tang, both of University of Sheffield. They investigated 16 BJR … Continued

Serbians believe the level of corruption in news media is on a high level, writes Ivanka Pjesivac, of University of Georgia. A representative sample of 544 Serbians were surveyed over … Continued

Our interview with Eddy Borges-Rey deals with the relation between data journalism and civic data literacy. Motivations for and findings from research are offered along with describing current data journalism … Continued

In the social media age, individual journalists have become more visible than ever, write Cara Brems, Martina Temmerman, Todd Graham and Marcel Broersma. In their new article the focus is on journalists … Continued

New issue of Journal of Media Ethics is published. All articles in the issue stress ethics of news production. It also includes “cases and commentaries” section as well as a bunch of … Continued

Research has revealed that the news media in Europe tend to frame ethnic minorities in mostly negative terms. David Abadi, Leen d’Haenens, Keith Roe and Joyce Koeman, all of University of Leuven, study the media coverage … Continued

New issue of International Journal of Communication is now published. Four of the articles are especially interesting for those who are into journalism. Sasha Costanza-Chock and Pablo Rey Mazón write about PageOneX, an open source software … Continued

A conference on novel takes on mass media concepts is looking for paper proposals. The conference is titled “Revitalizing concepts in mass communication” and it will take place in Brussels, … Continued