Newly published Ofcom report explores children’s media literacy. The report includes evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as detailed information … Continued

The prospective authors to the journal NORDICOM Review have experienced delays in getting responses to their manuscript submissions this year. The length of the delays could not be confirmed, but … Continued

Ethnographic journalism can be differentiated from other journalistic genres by three aspects, writes Anne Hermann, of University of Southern Denmark. Hermann interviewed a group of nine ethnographic journalists, who she … Continued

Traditional media, and broadcast media in particular, was most influential during the 2015 general elections in the United Kingdom, writes Colin Byrne, of the public relations company Weber Shandwick. The … Continued

News on mental illness in Irish newspapers tend to relay a single, biomedical discourse, writes Mary Farrelly, from the Dublin City University. Farrelly was recently awarded doctorate for her thesis … Continued

Newspaper industries in both Sweden and Norway are declining, recent statistics show. However, the Swedish newspaper industry has been able to break its fall by cutting losses and increasing subscription … Continued

Women as perpetrators of violence are often portrayed as strong agents with an antisocial will to hurt others, write Satu Venäläinen. The focus of her new article is on the ways in which … Continued

Specialized socialization could assist journalism education to innovate effectively, writes Jonathan Hewett, of City University London. His newly published article explores the obstacles to innovation in journalism education and his focus is … Continued

A brand new database for codes of media ethics was launched on Monday. Accountable Journalism includes more than 400 searchable codes that can be sorted by keywords, type of organization, topic, region, year created or … Continued

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is calling for proposals for its 2016 conference. The event is titled Memory, Commemoration and Communication: Looking Back, Looking Forward and … Continued

The 8th biennal RIPE conference is now accepting submission proposals. The RIPE@2016 event, to be held at the University of Antwerp, is themed around public service media and titled Public … Continued

The University of Le Havre’s Information-Communication department is calling for submissions for its 4th international conference. The event is titled Digital Media & Electronic Communication, and is to be held … Continued

British and Chinese state broadcasters (BBC and CCTV, respectively) depict Africa differently, writes Vivien Marsh of University of Westminster. The author compared the newscasts of BBC’s Focus on Africa and … Continued

Late parenting is represented in news discourse as a challenging concept in various ways, in contrast to ‘normative’ parenting, writes Virpi Ylänne, of Cardiff University. She analysed 90 UK newspaper articles on … Continued

Political news in Danish newspapers might have become less future-oriented over the 1997–2013 period, write Kenneth Reinecke Hansen of University of Southern Denmark. This is according to the significant decline in modal verbs … Continued

New issue of Communication Today is now published. Here are few examples of the new articles. Václav Moravec, Marína Urbániková, Jaromír Volek explore the degree of homogeneity among three generations (pretransitive, transitive … Continued

The Guardian’s data journalism branch Datablog produces journalism that mostly adheres to traditional journalistic norms, write Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University and Soo-Kwang Oh, of William Paterson … Continued

The composition of a person’s news diet affects the likelihoods of different types of protest, write Lorenzo Mosca, of Scuola Normale Superiore, and Mario Quaranta, of LUISS Guido Carli. The … Continued

Algorithmic journalism, or ‘robot journalism’, has reached a point of technical viability, writes Konstantin Nicholas Dörr, of University of Zurich. The author analyzed the contemporary state of the art, its … Continued

Immediacy is seen as one of the key values in journalism as people want to be informed about events and threats as soon as possible. This speed game has strengthened … Continued

Various new possibilities and challenges are generated by digital and social media and large available data-sets for conducting research focused on ever-developing online news ecosystems, write Niina Sormanen, Jukka Rohila, … Continued

Data journalism education often fails to properly address issues related to ethics, accountability and transparency, write Sergio Splendore, of University of Milan, Philip Di Salvo, of University of Lugano, Tobias … Continued

When it comes to climate change, many journalists engage in co-production with NGO communicators, write Julia Lück, Antal Wozniak, and Hartmut Wessler, all of University of Mannheim. The authors interviewed … Continued

The career of a Catholic journalist Walter Hagemann can be described as a “rollercoaster”, writes Thomas Wiedemann, of University of Münich. The author researched Hagemann’s writings and other documentary sources, … Continued

Bulgarian journalism is not what its consumers would like it to be, writes Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, of University of Chester. The author analyzed readers’ comments on two Bulgarian news websites. Out … Continued

Traditional content analysis methods should be reconsidered when studying online news, or any online media for that matter, write Michael Karlsson, of University of Karlstad, and Helle Sjøvaag, of University … Continued

Media use can well be researched with surveys, that are submitted through both mail and online, writes Annika Bergström, of University of Gothenburg. The author studied the submissions to a … Continued

Patriotic journalism is a worldwide and well-documented phenomenon among journalists as well as in the academic and public-societal arenas. But most of the research literature is not analytical, writes Avshalom Ginosar. In … Continued

As journalism has migrated from offline to online platforms news production practices have undergone remarkable changes. Contemporary news production is characterized by flexibility and constant delivery of “liquid” news. In this … Continued

In her newly published study Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, of University of Chester analyzes over 1500 comments by national newspapers’ online readers in Bulgaria. She investigates readers’ reactions to articles discussing the media war between … Continued