Media markets in Nordic countries can no longer be defined as overarchingly “democratic corporatist” as defined by Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini, argues Jonas Ohlsson, of University of Gothenburg. Ohlsson … Continued

News on economy, especially in times of downturn, affect the audience’s expectations of future economic prospects, writes Juliane Lischka, of University of Zürich. The author studied thousands of news pieces … Continued

Stories on stay-at-home mothers have seen a sharp increase in British newspapers, writes Shani Orgad, of the London School of Economics. Orgad and Sara De Benedictis, of King’s College London, … Continued

ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Conference is looking now for submissions. The event’s title is “Audience research in a ‘post-media’ age? Reflections on media-centric and non-media centric approaches to researching … Continued

A new, thematic issue of the open access journal Networking Knowledge has been published. Titled “Mediating Gaza”, it reflects upon the contemporary state of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in media. Two … Continued

The websites of Norwegian newspapers offer high-traffic pieces for free, but charge for resource-intensive content, writes Helle Sjøvaag, of University of Bergen. Sjøvaag conducted parallel longitudinal researches on three newspapers’ … Continued

The journal Journalism Studies has published a small batch of online-first articles. We took a look at the three articles and summarized them below.   Sarah Van Leuven, of Ghent … Continued

A new issue of the open access journal Journal of Media Innovations is out. As described in its introductory editorial, the issue provides a “diverse bouquet” of media scholarship. Included … Continued

Blockbuster movies receive easy media attention because they carry both “publicist” and media commercial news value, argue Nete N. Kristensen of University of Copenhagen and Unni From, of University of … Continued

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is looking for abstracts of papers for their conference held in October 2015 in Oxford, UK. The conference is named “Negoatiating Culture: … Continued

  The Olympic Games are an avenue to discuss British national identity, write Ryan J. Thomas of University of Missouri-Columbia and Mary Grace Antony of Schreiner University. Thomas and Antony … Continued

Pressure in the academic world is high. In order to succeed in competition for funding and positions, a researcher must be efficient in producing academic outputs, such as publications and … Continued

Hungarian state allocates its advertising spending unfairly, states a new report on Hungarian media by Mertek Media Monitor. The report, published this January, warns that the state’s politically biased advertising … Continued

A conference on Digital Culture and Communication held by its namesake ECREA section is seeking paper abstracts from many diverse theoretical and empirical approaches. The conference discusses the theme of standards … Continued

  After the Second World War, repatriated Germans helped create a new generation of journalistis, writes Hans-Ulrich Wagner of Hans Bredow Institute. These Germans, who had been working for the … Continued

Indigenous people find gaining access to mainstream media to be frustratingly difficult, write Anna Roosvall, of Stockholm University, and Matthew Tegelberg, of York University (Canada). They interviewed delegates of indigenous … Continued

An international conference on public service media is looking for submissions. Titled “Public service media in the digital mediascapes” will be held in Warsaw, Poland, on the 19th and 20th … Continued

A conference titled “Reframing media / Cultural studies in the time of global crisis” has extended its abstract submission deadline and reduced its conference fees. The event will take place … Continued

Instead of impartiality, objectivity in journalism should be measured through “fairness”, argues Sandrine Boudana, of Tel Aviv University. The author presents a detailed and historically connected critique of impartiality, and … Continued

The 1940 Norwegian campaign spelled the failure of BBC’s German-language propaganda efforts, writes Stephanie Seul, of University of Bremen. Seul took a look at how the relationship between the UK … Continued

This Thursday will see the start of two conferences, Mediadagar i Göteborg (“Media Days in Gothenburg”, MEG) in Sweden, and Communication Programs in Search for Identity, in Trier, Germany. The … Continued

Members of the UK audience have little knowledge of violence committed toward journalists, write Stef Pukallus and Jackie Harrison, both of University of Sheffield. They are conducting focus group research … Continued

The Internet has made publishing a much faster process, which pressures journal editors to meet deadlines much shorter than the norm. The process from acceptance-to-publication generally takes print-media journals rarely … Continued

The journal American Behavioral Scientist has published a collection of online-first articles dealing with irregular immigration and media. The collection features five original articles, each with a comparative take on … Continued

A conference titled “Dialogue as Global Action: Interacting Voices and Visions across Cultures” is seeking paper abstracts and workshop proposals. The event itself is to be held in Constanta, Romania, … Continued

A conference on the interrelation of politics and media is looking for contributions. The event, titled “Media and politics: Discourses, cultures, and practices” will be held in Milano, on the … Continued

The Institute of Communication Ethics’ annual conference is looking for submissions to fit the theme “Fever, fakery and fatigue: Political communication in the 21st century”. The event is especially interested … Continued

A symposium on civil unrest representations is looking for submissions. Titled “Discourses of Disorder: Representations of Riots, Strikes and Protests”, the symposium is to take place in Newcastle, UK, on … Continued

The uptake of new research topics, and also methodologies, in Finnish media research has sped up in recent years, says Matti Sintonen, of the research funding foundation Helsingin Sanomain Säätiö … Continued

Various methods of corpus analysis can be insightful in studying the ways newsworthiness of events is constructed, write Amanda Potts, of Lancaster University, Monika Bednarek, of University of Sydney, and … Continued