State sponsored and privately owned Russian newspapers write very differently of the country’s judicial system, write Tatiana Dubrovskaya, Natalia Dankova and Svetlana Gulyaykina, all of Penza State University. They conducted … Continued

Comments on the Finnish public broadcaster’s (YLE) Sámi minority news radio station always turn to identities, write Terttu Kortelainen and Anni-Siiri Länsman, both of University of Oulu. The authors analyzed … Continued

News media has little effect on the audience’s trust in their government, write Andrea Ceron, of University of Milan, and Vincenzo Memoli, of University of Catania. The authors used the … Continued

The use of online newspapers among late middle-aged Swedes is increasing, the preliminary results from an upcoming survey reveal. The Media Barometer is an annual survey, the full results of … Continued

A new issue of the journal African Journalism Studies has been published. It marks the re-launch of the journal with a new name, replacing the former title Ecquid Novi: African … Continued

The international conference titled “Media Business Landscapes” will go live on Thursday. The two-day event is organized by and at the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal. It’s a part of … Continued

News outlets in different countries covered the 2012 London Olympics in different ways, write Kaori Hayashi, Sunyoung Kwak, both of University of Tokyo; James Curran, of Goldsmiths, University of London; … Continued

The Guardian’s Changing Media Summit is just around the corner. The two-day event is a high-profile industry meet-up with a focus on the business side of surviving the digital media … Continued

Journalists largely depend on traditional methods of verification when checking information originating from social media, write Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, Marika Lüders, Asbjørn Følstad, all of the research company SINTEF, Jochen … Continued

Since the world of academic literature is awash with dubious enterprises, one can but ask what core aspect really makes for a good journal? Procedure, particularly of peer-reviewed journals, separates … Continued

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