Televised political shows and mockery
Study “On the discourse of mocking in U.S. televised political discussions” by Christopher Jenks investigated the various aspects of mocking in televised political shows, or mock news, using critical … Continued
The Crooked Pictures in Our Heads: Partisan Cable Coverage of Congress
Televised political shows and mockery
Study “On the discourse of mocking in U.S. televised political discussions” by Christopher Jenks investigated the various aspects of mocking in televised political shows, or mock news, using critical … Continued
Special Issue in Digital Journalism about Covid-19
Recent special issue, Volume 9, Issue 9 (2021) in Digital Journalism “Covering Covid-19: The Coronavirus Pandemic as a Critical Moment for Digital Journalism” has been recently published and is available. … Continued
Impact of headline writing approach
The study “Anticipating Attention: On the Predictability of News Headline Tests” by Nick Hagar and Nicholas Diakopoulos from Northwestern University, and Burton DeWilde from b Chartbeat Inc. measured the importance … Continued
Use of artificial intelligence in South African newsrooms
The study “Artificial Intelligence Practices in Everyday News Production: The Case of South Africa’s Mainstream Newsrooms” by Allen Munoriyarwa, Sarah Chiumbu and Gilbert Motsaathebe, all from University of Johannesburg, looks … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in October 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.
Alternative media and media polarization/fragmentation
The study “What News Users Perceive as ‘Alternative Media’ Varies between Countries: How Media Fragmentation and Polarization Matter” by Desiree Steppat, Laia Castro and Frank Esser all from University of … Continued
Turnover and turnaway intention among South Korean journalists
The study “Factors Affecting Turnover and Turnaway Intention of Journalists in South Korea” by Haeyeop Song from Kunsan National University, Gunsan, Korea, and Jaemin Jung from KAIST, Daejeon, Korea applied … Continued
Egyptian newsrooms and development journalism
The study “Diffusion of Development Journalism Inside Egyptian Newsrooms” by Rasha Allam from the American University in Cairo and Ahmed el Gody from Orebro University looked at how development journalism … Continued
Investigative journalism and newsroom policies
New study “Between Structures and Identities: Newsroom Policies, Division of Labor and Journalists’ Commitment to Investigative Reporting” by Pauline Cancela from University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland studied how the division of … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in September 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Television news exposure and cognitive processing in political learning
New study “How You Watch Television News Matters: A Panel Analysis of Second Screening and Political Learning from the News” by Masahiro Yamamoto and Weina Ran from Washington State University, … Continued
Selective exposure and selective avoidance of algorithm-written news stories
New study “ Source Credibility Matters: Does Automated Journalism Inspire Selective Exposure?” by Chenyan Jia and Thomas J. Johnson from University of Texas in Austin investigated an emerging field of … Continued
News framing of Unite the Right and Black Lives Matter protests
The study “News media framing of social protests around racial tensions during the Donald Trump presidency” by Yotam Ophir of University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Dror Walter … Continued
Process-tracing methodology in the study of armed conflict
The new study “ Forensic conflict studies: Making sense of war in the social media age” by Jakob Hauter from UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies discusses how … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in August 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Prejudice-denoting words in news media over time
New study “Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse: A Chronological Analysis” by David Rozado from ECL -Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand, Musa Al-Gharbi from Columbia University in NY, … Continued
Journalistic boundary work at the corporate level
The study “Risk perception in newspaper chains: Threats, uncertainties and corporate boundary work” by Helle Sjøvaag and Thomas Owren from University of Stavanger interviewed chain newspaper CEOs in Scandinavia about … Continued
Adoption of Peace Journalism framework to covering Covid-19
New article “Covering the Covid-19 Pandemic Using Peace Journalism Approach” by Metin Ersoy and Tamar Haruna Dambo from Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta, North Cyprus studies Peace Journalism in the … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in July 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in June 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Journalistic refugee representation and new media
The article “From media to hypermedia: Journalistic representations of Rohingya refugees and humanitarian communication” by Bimbisar Irom and Stephanie Gibbons from Washington State University analyzes two media artifacts: one on … Continued
Weaponized memes: the case of Pepe the Frog
New article “Weaponizing Memes: The Journalistic Mediation of Visual Politicization” by Chris Peters from Roskilde University and Stuart Allan from Cardiff University develops the concept of “mimetic weaponization” for journalistic … Continued
Argument for joy as a news value
New study “Joy is a News Value” by Perry Parks from Michigan State University argues that journalism scholars should adjust their approaches to news by adopting joy as a news … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in May 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Byline biases and gendered emotions
Under what conditions does a gender byline bias against female authors still exist? A new article “Are byline biases an issue of the past” by Leyla Dogruel from Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Sven … Continued
Consequences of cost-cutting strategies in newsrooms
New study “From One Division of Labor to the Other: The Relation between Beat Reporting, Freelancing, and Journalistic Autonomy” by Sarah van Leuven, Bart Vanhaelewyn and Karin Raeymaeckers of Ghent … Continued
Use of conservative summary sites linked to hostile media perception
New study “Anti-media expression by citizens: conservative summary sites, hostile media perceptions, and media trust in Japan” by Masahiro Yamamoto and Hyerim Jo of University at Albany, State University of … Continued
Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in April 2021 about journalism research. The bolded titles link to JRN articles written about the … Continued
Emotionalizing news topics and the effect of constructive television journalism
The study “The Impact of Constructive Television Journalism on the Audience: Results from an Online Study” by Roman Rusch and Erk Simon of West German Broadcasting Kim Otto of University … Continued
Visual journalists’ perceptions on impact of images
A new study “The Power of Images? Visual Journalists’ Assessment of the Impact of Imagery” by Nicole Smith Dahmen, Kaitlin C. Miller and Brent Walth, all of University of Oregon, … Continued