The second test implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) research project is about to launch. The project seeks to create an uniform scale of potential risks threatening media pluralism in … Continued

A new book in the Routledge series Shaping Inquiry in Culture has been published, titled Boundaries of Journalism – Professionalism, Practices and Participation.  The book addresses the questions of boundaries and … Continued

  This week sees the International Journalism Festival, held in Perugia, Italy. The festival begins on Wednesday 15th and includes several panel discussions, workshops and presentations during the five days. The … Continued

A book purchase for a private person is often “forever”. Many of us adore books and enjoy simply having them around, to browse at leisure or to be coffee table … Continued

A new issue of the journal European Journal of Communication has been published. As always, we cherry-picked the articles interesting from the point of view of journalism research. Dolors Comas-d’Argemir of Universitat … Continued

An ECREA TWG conference about urban media studies calls for papers and panels. The conference, organized by Faculty of Political Science of University of Zagreb, is held 24th to 25th September … Continued

Intercultural Communications in a Global Age: Political, Media and Cultural Challenges and Tensions -conference in Groningen, Netherlands. This is the first day of the two-day event. Organized by Cultural Difference … Continued

An academic conference titled “Challenging Media Landscapes” calls for papers and for conference panel session proposals. Both are due 22th June 2015. The conference opens the Salford International Media Festival, … Continued

A one-day conference is looking for submissions from postgraduate students, PhD students and early career researchers. The event is be hosted by Media and Communication Department of University of Leicester, … Continued

A new book in the Routledge series Internationalizing Media Studies has been published. The volume, titled Mapping BRICS Media, is a comparative study of the media landscape in Brazil, Russia, India, … Continued

In theory electronic books, or e-books, are only data files containing textual information. The distinction between digital texts and e-books is essentially arbitrary. Technically, the concept of an e-book is … Continued

Italian fascist propaganda created a negative image of France and socialism during the “Paris, 1937” exhibition, writes Francescomaria Evangelisti of University of Seville. Using the Italian press to manipulate information, France was … Continued

A new issue of the journal Journalism has been published. Here are our picks, focusing as always on the European side of journalism research. Philip Schlesinger and Gillian Doyle, both … Continued

Ruling politicians are are usually able to set the tone of crisis journalism, write Eva-Karin Olsson, of Stockholm University, Lars W. Nord, of Mid Sweden University, and Jesper Falkheimer, of … Continued

News agencies have great potential even amidst the tumult of media market changes, but they need to adapt quickly to stay relevant, writes the Reuters Institute for the Study of … Continued

Having to pay for access to academic articles is problematic, even if one recognizes the legitimacy of the business model. Paying for a myriad of journals is expensive to whichever … Continued

Dangers faced by compatriots supersedes the suffering of foreign locals, writes Emma Heywood, of Coventry University. The authors studied the coverage of the intra-Palestinian fighting in 2007 on three television … Continued

Out of different autocratic regimes, communist systems allow for the least amount of media freedom, writes Sebastian Stier, of Heidelberg University. Stier used the media freedom rankings of the non-governmental … Continued

Mail Online, the online iteration of the British tabloid Daily Mail, constructs Nigel Farage as a hero by using well-worn discursive methods, writes Darren Kelsey, of Newcastle upon Tyne University. … Continued

The journalism entrepreneurship ecosystem in the UK is rated at an average of 5,6 out of 10, writes François Nel, of University of Central Lancashire. Nel asked the attendees to … Continued

Austrian print media depicts the increase in obesity rate as a result of disrupted natural order, write Michael Penkler, Kay Felder and Ulrike Felt, all of University of Vienna. They … Continued

Media interest toward the International Panel for Climate Change’s (IPCC) reports was stronger in the United Kingdom than in the United States, write Saffron O’Neill, Hywel Williams, Bouke Wiersma, Tim … Continued

British tabloids used radical Islamist preachers to stigmatize Muslims in general, write Anas Altikriti, of the Cordoba Foundation, and Salam Al-Mahadin, of Al-Ahliyya Amman University. They analyzed a total of … Continued

A newly published book, Todenmukainen journalismi (“Truthful journalism”), gives an overview of the different factors contributing to, or detracting from, the truthfulness of modern journalism. The volume is edited and … Continued

Despite the common conception to the contrary, bankrupt entrepreneurs are mostly covered in a balanced tone by the Dutch press, write Ingrid Wakkee, Frank Dorrestein, both of VU University Amsterdam, … Continued

A special issue of the International Journal of Press/Politics has been published. Titled “News, Agenda-Building & Intelligence Agencies: Understanding Manipulation and Methodologies”, the publication delves into the relationship between journalism, … Continued

The end of this week is jam-packed with events, with a total of four overlapping on Thursday. Here are our introductions to them.   First of the events is the … Continued

Helsingin Sanomat Foundation has announced its newest grantees, two of which will go toward journalism research. Katja Valaskivi, of University of Tampere, received a grant of 140 000 euros for … Continued

A conference on outside influence on media is looking for submissions. The event, Media Trends 2015, is subtitled as “Power and Media: Ownership, Sponsorship, Censorship”. It is organized and hosted … Continued

A new issue of the open access journal Media & viestintä has been published. The generalist journal is published by the Finnish Association for Media and Communication Studies. Its articles … Continued