How do digital media innovators approach news, how do they operate and with what strategies, asks a new book by Lucy Küng of University of Oxford. The book, titled Innovators in Digital News, will … Continued

Are so-called soft news detrimental to journalism or even to society at whole? This is the question that a recently published article sets out to answer. The article was published … Continued

The distinction between an INGO (international non-governmental organization) and news organization is blurred by the use of freelancers, claims a new article by Kate Wright of University of Roehampton, published as an … Continued

Maarit Jaakkola defends her doctoral dissertation today 23th June 2015 at University of Tampere. Her dissertation is titled The Contested Autonomy of Arts and Journalism. In her study, Jaakkola examines the changes in … Continued

The annual Digital News Report has just been published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report is based on a international online YouGov- This year’s key findings show for example … Continued

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Last week we wrote about MI2015 conference, about how immigration is framed in Western media, and how readers still trust news websited over social media. We also told you about a … Continued

The Central and East-European Communication and Media Conference 2015 (CEECOM2015) ends today, Sunday 14th June in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference was organized by University of Zagreb in cooperation with ECREA … Continued

A new issue of International Journal of Communication has been published. We cherry-picked the articles written about European journalism or by European journalism scholars, paraphrased below. Manuel Goyanes of Carlos III University writes about … Continued

The Central and EastEuropean Communication and Media Conference 2015 (CEECOM2015) will start off on Friday in Zagreb, Croatia. Conference is organized by ZagrebUniversity in cooperation with ECREA CEE Network and co-sponsored … Continued

The social and cultural shift of 1960’s and 1970’s had an impact in the freedom of speech in Finland, according to a recent PhD dissertation by Tuula Pere is defended today … Continued

M.A. Mikko Mattlar defended his doctoral dissertation in Journalism at University of Jyväskylä on 10 June. His dissertation is titled ”Ei mitä hyvänsä rilutusta”. Populaarimusiikin tie legitiimiksi kulttuuriksi Helsingin Sanomissa 1950–1982. The study … Continued

The journal Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture is looking for submissions for a mixed-topic issues to be published in Spring and Summer 2016. Particular interests include, but are not limited … Continued

  A recently published Nordicom book Mediers känslä för kön focuses on new possibilities of feminist media research in Swedish. The book points out that media’s sense of gender changes in … Continued

  Political information read on news websites is more associated with higher trust, whereas social media sites are generally not trusted, suggests a new article written by Andrea Ceron of Università degli … Continued

A new special issue of the journal American Behavioral Scientist has been published. This issue, edited by Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud of University of Oslo, focuses of framing of immigrants and immigration in Western media. The … Continued

The fourth International Symposium on Media Innovations was held in Brussels last week. The event invited scholars and industry representatives to discuss how innovation matters in the media industry. We … Continued

  Crowdfunding has become a popular way to launch initiatives that would otherwise be hard to finance. During recent years different crowdfunding tools and platforms have shown significant success in … Continued

A new issue of British Journalism Review features an election special, focusing naturally on United Kingdom general election of 2015. The articles around this theme range from election spinning to the aid of … Continued

The twenty-first century has brought major challenges to local journalism. A new academic book from Reuters Institute for Journalism delves into the centre of these challenges, looking at its past, present … Continued

Journalism studies can be expanded by acknowledging Eastern philosophies in addition to Western ones, write Alessandro Martinisi and Jairo Lugo-Ocando of University of Leeds. Journalism’s self-image has been heavily influenced with the Enlightenment project: it … Continued

Nordicom Review 36:1 has just been published. The issue opens with editor Ulla Carlsson‘s introduction and parting words – Carlsson has been involved with the Review since its beginning in Spring … Continued

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is launching a new media research project. The project is aimed at analyzing the relationship between news media organizations and digital intermediaries (such … Continued

Last week we published stories about a new research project that aims to define what added value journalists brings to table, about the latest issue of Journal of Applied Journalism & … Continued

CICOM 2015 conference, titled Challenges for the Future of the Regional Television: Structure, Funding, Content and Audiences is looking for abstract submissions. The event will be held 12th and 13th  November 2015 … Continued

The Global Media Journal: Mediterranean Edition is calling for articles for two upcoming issues: Fall 2015 (10:2) and Spring 2016 (11:1). The journal wishes for articles exploring contemporary issues in media … Continued

When journalism and newspapers are seen as a learning environment, editorial policies and the duties of the reporter need to be re-evaluated, asserts Minna Hauhia of University of Tampere in her recent PhD … Continued

International Communication Association’s annual conference in Prague, Czech Republic. This is the fifth and final day of the five-day event.

Communication research will change in the future, concluded a panel discussion held in University of Helsinki, Finland. The discussion revolved around the recently ESF Forward Look -report on the same … Continued

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