Literature on media frames of political conflict is a fractured field, writes Nebojša Vladisavljević of University of Belgrade in her literature review paper. For example, there are only limited attempts to combine the … Continued

Is source protection dead, asks a new paper by Carl Fridh Kleberg who spent a month at LSE as the Polis Journalistfonden Fellow. Kleberg studied the potential threat to the privacy of … Continued

How do young people use news media, asks a newly published PhD dissertation by Anna Van Cauwenberge of KU Leuven. The dissertation looks especially at the interactive functions of different news platforms; how … Continued

A new issue of Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies has been published. The journal focuses on research that combines theory and practice, and so these four articles we picked for … Continued

A new research project aims to redefine professional journalism and its value in mass media landscape. Kimmo Mäkilä, Janne Zareff and Jarno Liski have launched several smaller projects that all focus around the … Continued

Last week we published stories about journalism studies section of UK elections report, about narratives in crime news stories and about new twist in the everlasting tale of gatekeeping theory. Events this … Continued

The Social and Institutional Communication Research Group of University of Girona is looking for submissions for their IV International Conference on Communication and Society. The conference, titled Education and Communication: Challenges … Continued

The Italian Association of Political Communication is looking for abstracts for their annual conference, held at the University of Salerno 10th to 12th December 2015. This year’s theme is Communication … Continued

Scholarly journal 3CMedia is calling for papers that are concerned with the theme of funding community media. Participatory community media is animated by collective and individual commitments to social action and self-representation. Historically … Continued

A new report, published just 10 days after the UK Elections 2015, gathers 73 articles from 92 leading UK academics. The research findings and short theoretical insights cover a rich range … Continued

Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies is looking for contributions for its special issue 8.1, published spring 2016. The theme of the special issue is The Spanish Civil War 80 … Continued

When compared to a non-narrative news report a journalistic narrative about a shocking news event causes readers to identify more strongly with eyewitnesses, write Kobie van Krieken, Hans Hoeken and José Sanders of … Continued

Technological and economic changes have called the classic theory of gatekeeping into question, says the recently released book Gatekeeping in Transition. The theory, first introduced in 1943, is changing, shifting … Continued

Italian Political Science Association is calling for papers for their XXIX annual conference held 10th to 12th September 2015. The event is organised by Società Italiana di Scienza Politica of University of … Continued

International symposium with the theme Journalism, Diaspora and Conflict Resolution is now calling for papers. The symposium, organised by Media of Diaspora Research Group (MDRG) of University of Lincoln, will be … Continued

Journal Religion is seeking submissions for a special issue on theme “Religion and Journalism”. Articles submitted to the peer-reviewed journal can address any aspect of the theme, including (not limited to): forms … Continued

This year’s first issue of a new communication and culture journal Javnost – The Public is now free to access online, at least for today. The Routledge-published journal is now … Continued

Using Foucault’s analytical tools and Mulvey’s concept of ‘gaze’, Amy Godoy-Pressland of University of East Anglia analyses representation of sportswomen in British Sunday newspapers during January 2008 to December 2009. Her analysis, … Continued

International conference exploring African media development and sustainability is looking for papers. The conference, titled News Media Delevopment and Sustainability in Africa will be held by Academy and Journalism and Media … Continued

The annual MeCCSA Conference is looking for abstracts, panel proposals and posters. The conference will be held 6th-8th January 2016 in Canterbury Christ Church University. This year’s theme is communities: … Continued

Journalists that are extremely popular on Twitter act as gatekeepers by influencing the flow of information through the network, argues Maurice Vergeer of Radboud University. Vergeer’s article, titled Peers and Sources as Social … Continued

ECREA’s international, biannual conference on communication, development and human rights is looking for paper submissions. The conference is organised by ECREA’s International and Intercultural Communication Section, and will be held … Continued

Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research is looking for papers for a special issue on Al-Jazeera phenomenon and global journalism. The journal wishes to receive submissions especially from following topics: … Continued

The power process between a journalist and a source shifts during the interview production process, writes Olav Velthuis of University of Amsterdam. In the article, published in the journal Journalism, Velthuis utilizes his four … Continued

A new research project by Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, and the Information Society Project, Yale Law School, Yale University has begun. The impact of charity and tax law/regulation on … Continued

Open journalistic practices such as crowdsourcing create undeniable value to journalism, writes Tanja Aitamurto. But open journalism also challenges the journalistic norms and pressures journalists to compromise some of the most … Continued

  Events this week Today, on Monday 11th May begins the 13th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media in Athens, Greece. The four-day event is organised by Athens Institute for … Continued

A new report has been published in as a part of the Reuters Institute’s Future of Journalistic Work Project, focusing on journalists’ perceptions of the future of journalistic work. This … Continued

The two-day conference Interaction of Media and Politics in the Baltic States ends today. The conference was hosted by Institute of Journalism of Vilnius University and co-organized by Department of Communication … Continued

  Socialist daily press did enable readers to make up their own minds – although in a limited way, write Anke Fiedler of University of Brussels and Michael Meyen of University of Munich. Their … Continued