Swedish teenagers on the cusp of adulthood consider news found on social media as being less ‘real’ than news received via traditional media, writes Malin Sveningsson from the University of … Continued

A special issue of the journal Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism on the London bombings of 2005 is looking for submissions. The issue seeks to revisit the so called ‘7/7’ … Continued

Research into news sharing on social media is, among other things, too Twitter-centric, write Anna Sophie Kümpel, Veronika Karnowski and Till Keyling, all of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. They … Continued

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is launching an extensive research project on the media displays of the current migration crisis. The study will have a time … Continued

Internet and social media have changed how journalists’ traditional roles are perceived. Stephanie Grubenmann Miriam Meckel explore the interplay between journalists’ role perceptions, the core values of journalism, and ongoing change in the … Continued

The newly published report presents four possible scenarios for the future of Dutch journalism in 2025. The report have been commissioned by the Dutch Journalism Fund. The aim of the research … Continued

Danish quality newspapers grant more visibility and weight to economic developments than what relevant indicators would call for, write Arjen van Dalen, Erik Albæk, both of University of Southern Denmark, … Continued

The news media is a major source to the general public in matters of science and health. Still journalists and experts tend to differ in what they consider as newsworthy … Continued

The common public sphere, relevant to the European Union, is best described by a discursive public sphere theory, argues Stefanie Walter of University of Mannheim, Germany. Walter compared the pre-collected … Continued

Finnish journalism students would like to find employment in the magazine industry, finds a study conducted at the University of Tampere, Finland. According to the researcher, Jenni Mäenpää, nearly a … Continued

Massimiano Bucchi1 has stated how science communication has moved from mediated to more direct communication from the researcher to consumer. The responsibility held by science journalists has shifted towards the … Continued

A new book edited by Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson, Heather Savigny and Jenny Alexander takes a look at media, politics and power. The focus is on citizens at the margins: … Continued

In his paper Linus Andersson analyses television news stories which have been reporting on the problems with electronic waste. He presents a perspective on how  this lengthy and ongoing state of environmental … Continued

Conflict, Trauma and the Media Conference in Liverpool is inviting papers for an one-day conference on the theme of conflict, community and representation in the media. The event intends to explore … Continued

What are the new risks being faced by photojournalists? Will there even be professional photojournalists in the future? These and other important questions concerning photojournalism are presented in a new … Continued

A brand new publication the Journal of Alternative and Community Media is calling for papers. The journal is published by Griffith University ePress with support from the IAMCR Community Communication section and … Continued

Annually published journal The journal World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies is calling for papers. Deadline for submitting articles for the journal has been extended till … Continued

Relativist positions in truth claims can mask relations of power and inequality. A critical realist position allows the identification of such structures, claims Eugene Flanagan in a recent article. The … Continued

New article by Nando Malmelin and Sari Virta explores the ways in which the creativity of media professionals is supported and managed under the changing conditions of media work and journalistic practices. Media professionals … Continued

Due to the changes caused by online communication and social media, the media audience is often described as an active one. Janne Matikainen and Mikko Villi study the Finnish media audience’s … Continued

Veterans’ newspapers offered a consistent narrative to diverse veteran organizations that has also endured to later journalism. A new study by Sally Carlton of the University of Western Australia studies … Continued

Carina Jacobi, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw and Nel Ruigrok compare political news in popular and elite print newspapers and their respective online editions during the 2013 National Election Campaign in Austria. They claim … Continued

Editors Barry Turner, Geoff Adams and Sanem Şahin are calling for papers for a book about war reporting. The book will be a compilation of historical and contemporary stories of the war correspondent … Continued

What good does it do to spend your time communicating about your work, instead of actually working on your research project? Research-related communication has become more and more important during … Continued

The use of non-professional or amateur images has become an important component of news coverage of distant crisis events. It plays a decisive role in shaping how audiences collectively recognize and … Continued

The Series Editors of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) invite the submission of book proposals for the Routledge Studies in European Communication Research and Education SeriesThe Book … Continued

The Third Nordic Data Journalism Conference (NODA16) is calling for papers For creating the next wave of more collaborative and nuanced data journalism research, papers are called from (but not … Continued

Reflections on Media Education Futures gathers together contributions from the Nordicom’s conference Media Education Futures in Tampere, Finland 2014. The event gathered international researchers in the field, as well as … Continued

How are agency and different sides of a conflict portrayed, when comparing commercial news and nations’ political soft power media? The question is posed by Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman in a … Continued

Chapters are called for the book Dynamics of mediatization: Understanding cultural and social change. Mediatization studies examine a wide range of dynamics of media-related transformations. These dynamics vary in form … Continued