In academia, both academics and publications aim to acquire prestige. Taking prestige into consideration is to increase one’s own. Prestige in academic publishing is basically all about citations: whoever cites … Continued

The Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK has “settled in” to the online environment, write Helle Sjøvaag, Eirik Stavelin and Hallvard Moe, all of University of Bergen. The authors compared NRK’s … Continued

A new, overarching agreement on journalism’s rules of conduct and transparency is sorely needed, writes Aidan White, of Ethical Journalism Network. White is the editor of a recently published study … Continued

A conference titled “Responsibility and Resistance: Ethics in Mediatized Worlds” is looking for paper submissions. The event will take place on the 10th and 11th of December later this year. … Continued

A new issue of the open access journal Sure le journalisme is out. The theme of the current issue is “Journalism and social networking sites”. The journal publishes articles in … Continued

A conference titled “Shared Histories: Media Connections Between Britain and Ireland” is looking for paper submissions. The conference will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on the 6th and 7th of … Continued

The 2016 conference of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) is now accepting submissions. The conference itself will take place between the 6th and the 8th of January … Continued

The International Communication Association’s regional conference in Denmark is looking for submissions. The conference, themed “Responsible Communication and Governance”, will be held in Frederiksberg (an independent municipality within the city … Continued

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