The newspaper crisis is something all Western countries are facing. But is it a business model crisis for newspapers in general or only a local news crisis, ask Ingela Wadbring and Annika Bergström. Wadbring … Continued

A special issue of Nordicom Review is calling for papers concerning the presence and role of minorities working within Nordic media organizations. Also proposals for papers investigating the place and … Continued

Digital technologies have enabled the rise of digitally native news media startups. Many of these startups are hyperlocal media, and are often launched by former journalists or concerned residents to provide … Continued

International Political Science Association organizes the 24th World Congress of Political Science in Istanbul Turkey. They are looking for papers about how the media represent electoral contests and referenda in … Continued

The 11th Dubrovnik Media Days conference, titled “Artificial Intelligence, Robots and Media” is looking for submissions. Papers presented at the conference (after peer review) will be published in the science … Continued

During the economic crisis of 2008-2011, media represented foreign aid primarily as a domestic concern in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States, concludes a recent study by Anthony Cawley of … Continued

The journal Journalism Practice is looking submissions for a special issue themed Mapping Citizen Journalism: in Newsrooms, Classrooms and Beyond. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Citizen Journalism: … Continued

A newly published study by Tony Harcup explores what prompts people to become members of the audience for alternative forms of journalism. It is said that alternative forms of journalism … Continued

How has journalism changed, if media systems in different countries are compared? A recent book, Journalism in Change – Journalistic Culture in Poland, Russia and Sweden, is edited by Gunnar … Continued

The Nordic media conference NordMedia begins on Thursday 13 August in Copenhagen, Denmark. The biannual conference is arranged by the Nordic media research associations in cooperation with Nordicom and the … Continued

In today’s wars, professional media and military institutions have arrested the once-chaotic social media dynamics and more effectively harnessed them for their own ends, says a recent study by Andrew … Continued

Nordicom’s newsletter European Media Policy is now available. The newsletter covers media development in the Nordic countries, Europe and worldwide. The new issue explores themes such as copyright and privacy/data protection. Download … Continued

How are populist parties, from different countries and in different phases of their life cycle, treated in media? The recent article by Juha Herkman of the University of Helsinki studies … Continued

“Participating in a mood meter may attenuate positive responses to human-interest stories” claim Jessica Gall Myrick and Bartosz W. Wojdynski. A newly published study examined the effects of the presence and valence of a … Continued

Did newspapers demonstrate editorial independece or support the patriotic cause of the state during Second World War? The article The vapourings of empty young men? Legacies of their hostility between … Continued

The Czech news media do not fully utilize the democratic potential of social networking sites as news sources, claims a recent study by Radim Hladík of Charles Univesity in Prague … Continued

  Conflict framing is an important mechanism of political news reporting but it has remained unclear what role journalists play in this process. A new study by Guus Bartholomé, Sophie Lecheler, and … Continued

Are foreign news reported in the way that reflects the interests of the home nation? Not really, claims a recently published study in Journalism Studies by James Curran of Goldsmiths … Continued

  The Euro Crisis produced a great challenge for the European integration and news coverage has played a central role in shaping public perceptions of the crisis. The recently published book … Continued

Coverage of a specific issue may reveal more general aspects of the place of journalism in a society, claim Alessio Cornia and Paolo Mancini of Università di Perugia, and Marina Ghersetti and Tomas Odén of University of … Continued

A newly published case study delves into the world of hyperlocal journalism and local news blogs, and wonders if Internet increases the public scrunity and monitoring of local democracy. Published … Continued

  Journalists appreciate easy and quick information, writes Maisa Hopeakunnas in her newly published paper in the Finnish journal Informaatiotutkimus. In the article, Hopeakunnas notes that even though the Internet has changed the … Continued

The journal Journalism has just published a bunch of brand new article as online-first version on their website. In an article titled Digital watchdogs? Data reporting and the news media’s traditional ‘fourth … Continued

A new issue The International Journal of Press/Politics has just been published. The July issue of the journal has several articles on politics and journalism studies by European scholars. The first article, … Continued

European media and journalism researchers are heading to Montreal, Canada to IAMCR2015. The global conference’s theme this year seeks to explore the ambiguous relationship of communication towards hegemony and resistance. Hundreds … Continued

This year’s ECREA Summer School 2014 book has just been published. This year’s book is titled Journalism, Representation and the Public Sphere. The book is dedicated to the fundamental question of public … Continued

Shared Histories: Media Connections Between Britain and Ireland conference in Dublin, Ireland. This is the first day of the two-day event. Organized by Dublin City University, Aberystwyth University, Newspaper & … Continued

A new article by Mark O’Brien and Kevin Rafter of Dublin City University argues that the Irish newspaper Irish Independent adopted and incorporated elements of Daily Mail’s “New Journalism” more selectively than has been acknowledged … Continued

  Younger audience is more willing to pay for online news if they can combine content from different providers, claim Aske Kammer of University of Southern Denmark along with Morten Boeck, Jakob Vikær … Continued

A new journalism studies research project has will be launched in University of Groeningen in next November. The new study looks at the on-going change from traditional journalism production to … Continued