Reading user comments to online news stories does not significantly affect the readers’ evaluations of the story, write Nili Steinfeld and Azi Lev-On, both of Ariel University, and Tal Samuel-Azran, … Continued

The subjects of news stories rarely feel betrayed by the journalists who interviewed them, writes Ruth Palmer, of IE University. The author interviewed 83 people who had been the subjects … Continued

Since 2009 Italian press has adopted a narrative in which organized crime is pictured as a business, write Anna di Ronco, of Ghent University and Anita Lavorgna, of University of … Continued

The risks to media pluralism in each EU country will be gauged this year. The resident staff of and collaborators to the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) 2016 met to kick … Continued

The audience does not expect journalism to meet the ideals described by its consumers, write Scott Eldridge II and John Steel, both of University of Sheffield. The authors sent questionnaires … Continued

Social media users interact less with the kind of news that are most offered by newspapers’ social media managers, writes Anders Olof Larsson of Westerdals Oslo School of Arts. Larsson … Continued

The conference Constructed|Constructive Journalism is now open for submission proposals. The event itself will take place at Brussels, Belgium on the 8th and 9th of December 2016. The conference is … Continued

Different news outlets cover protests via different levels of dismissal, write Robin Reul, Steve Paulussen, Daniëlle Raeijmaekers, Laurens van der Steen and Pieter Maeseele, all of University of Antwerp. The … Continued

A two-day workshop titled “Freedom of Information in Crisis Zones” is looking for paper proposals. The event will take place at London, UK, on the 26th and 27th of May … Continued

British Journalism Review has published its March issue. The magazine includes an intriguing collection of journalism related papers, articles and book reviews. Take a look for example these texts: Daniel … Continued

This article critically examines how representations of athlete Mohamed ‘Mo’ Farah during the 2012 London Olympic Games were related to discourses on British multiculturalism. By examining how different processes were managed and … Continued

706 journalists facing violence, imprisonment and harassment have gone into exile worldwide between 2000 and 2011. Most of them have not been able to return home. Conor O’Loughlin and Pytrik Schafraad aim to … Continued

Television news that present a lot of on-screen visual elements are harder to remember correctly, write Rui Rodrigues, of Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, and Ana Veloso and Óscar Mealha, both … Continued

An interdisclipinary conference on climate change is now looking for submissions. Titled “Climate Change: Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics”, the event will take place in Brighton, UK, on the 28th … Continued

The gazette form of printed news came to Spain from Italy and became standardized already in the early 1600’s, writes Carmen Espejo, of University of Sevilla. The author compares the … Continued

In their newly published study Tony Harcup and Deirdre O’Neill examine news values within mainstream journalism and considers to what extent news values may have changed since their earlier 2001 updating of Galtung and … Continued

March issue of New Media and Society is out now. The articles explore themes such as digitization and professional photojournalism, Twitter’s diffusion in sports journalism and user engagement with online news. … Continued

  New issue of International Journal of Communication is now published. It includes many interesting articles for journalism enthusiasts. Take a look at these examples among others: Kate Wright generates a … Continued

Because of technological advances anyone with a computer and willingness to communicate news can claim themselves journalists. Professional code allows us to distinguish between a journalist and an ethical journalist, writes … Continued

Fresh issue of Journal of media Ethics is now published. It features a group of articles that explore the nature of moral obligation among media professionals. The issue also includes Cases … Continued

Only one major Irish newspaper picked up the cause of promoting recruitment during the Great War, writes Mark O’Brien, of Dublin City University. The author analysed the coverage three national, … Continued

Algorithmic data analysis of social media content, especially the process of automatic verification, is a potent new tool of journalism, writes an UK-German research team. The team consists of Neil … Continued

Women’s magazines in Bosnia and Herzegovina were more feminist during the socialist regime than they are now, writes Danijela Majstorović, of University of Banja Luka. The author studied socialist era … Continued

When consuming news online people tend to select sources that have like minded audiences, writes Shira Dvir-Gvirsman, of Tel Aviv University. The author conducted two separate studies: First a sample … Continued

Media and Communication has released an issue on Peacebuilding and New Media. The issue includes eight articles, one of which is especially interesting for those who are into journalism. In the … Continued

The International Journal of Communication has just published a new special section on urban communication research. The section includes a bunch of intriguing articles for those interested in journalism. For example … Continued

The Guardian has three digital editions: Guardian UK, Guardian US and the newest Guardian Australia. In addition to gathering news from around the world, the Guardian’s journalists report in to … Continued

Northern Lights: Film and Media Studies Yearbook is looking for submissions for theme issue called Political communication in networked societies. Volume editors are Eli Skogerbø and Risto Kunelius. Northern Lights is a peer … Continued

Editors Bella Palomo of Universidad de Málaga and Mario Pérez-Montoro of Universitat de Barcelona are calling for papers for monograph called Innovation in visual journalism: opportunities and challenges for the … Continued

New Digital News Project 2016 report called Editorial analytics – how news media are developing and using audience data and metrics by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has been published. … Continued