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Research of September 2025

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in September 2025 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

PublishedTitleAuthor(s)Journal publisher
2025-09-01From disruptive protests to disrupted news frames: Comparing German news on climate protestsHendrik Meyer,
Mike Farjam,
Helena Rauxloh,
Michael Brüggemann
Journalism
2025-09-01Creating alternative media in Indonesia: decolonial feminist perspectives from Sekolah Pemikiran PerempuanDewi R. Azizah & Stacey K. SowardsFeminist Media Studies
2025-09-01Postfeminist branding: masculinity and nationalist sentiment in Li Jiaqi’s beauty livestreamingGao-Huan ChenFeminist Media Studies
2025-09-01Climate Change Communication in the Post-Normal Era: The Intersecting Roles of Independent Journalists and Fact-CheckersMehmet Fatih ÇömlekçiJournalism Practice
2025-09-01Female voices in Spanish sports media: The case of Marca and Mundo DeportivoNahuel Ivan Faedo,
Xavier Ginesta,
Montse Corrius
Media, Culture & Society
2025-09-02Article of the Year Award 2024OnlineFirstEuropean Journal of Communication
2025-09-02Representation of the Perceived Severity of Alcoholism in Vernacular Commercial Radio Messages Promoting Behaviour Change in Central Kenya
Rose Mwangi-Mburu, George Ngugi King'ara & John Mugubi
African Journalism Studies
2025-09-02Catching the waves: The case of VRT's digital-first audio strategyPieter Van der Elst,
Catalina Iordache,
Tim Raats
European Journal of Communication
2025-09-02“I’d Like to Think I’d Be Able to Spot One”: How Journalists Navigate Predatory JournalsAlice Fleerackers, Laura L. Moorhead & Juan Pablo AlperinJournalism Practice
2025-09-02Tourists at war: The visual representations of Syrian cultural and heritage sites as instrumentalized by Russian war reporters on social media, 2015–2020Elise Daniaud-Oudeh Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-03Transformative Media: A Critical Approach to Alt-right Media AppropriationsSandra Jeppesen,
Zeinab Farokhi
mx. iowyth hezel ulthiin,
Emily Faubert,
Christopher Petersen,
Chloe Hays,
Kyra Min Poole
Triple C
2025-09-03Pushing Past News Avoidance: Implications of Mobile Alerts on News Engagement IntentionsRenee Barnes,
Rory Mulcahy,
Aimee Riedel
Mobile Media & Communication
2025-09-03Naming violence in The New York Times: US foreign policy and the politics of genocide recognitionZachary Jablow,
Tianhong Yin
Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-03Environmental Journalism in the African Context: Continuity and ChangeJulian Matthews & Emenyeonu C. OgadimmaAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-09-03Migration journalists and social media: “walking the line” in a love/hate paradoxMaria AvraamidouCritical Studies in Media Communication
2025-09-03The Effects of AI Attribution, Source Priming, and Story Topic Polarization on News CredibilityT. Franklin WaddellDigital Journalism
2025-09-04Stereotypes: Older adult representation in Australian newspaper advertisingMichael Butson,
Richard Wright
Media International Australia
2025-09-04Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek NewsroomsAlexandros MinotakisJournalism Practice
2025-09-04The U.S. Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project, University of Florida, https://ufndnp.domains.uflib.ufl.eduKimberly VossAmerican Journalism
2025-09-04The Black Sports Reportage of Black Sports Magazine, 1971–1978Travis VoganAmerican Journalism
2025-09-05What Does the Audience Expect When Interacting with Journalists? A Q-sort StudyBernadette UthJournalism Practice
2025-09-05(Trans)Locality in Social Media News Engagement: Geographic Effects on the Quality of Online DiscussionYufan Guo & Luqing ZhouDigital Journalism
2025-09-05The Place and Status of Photography in Changing Newsrooms: Economic Constraints, Digital Convergence and Visual Culture in the 2020sPauline ZecchinonJournalism Studies
2025-09-05Raising the Banner: Melvin Miller and the Revival of Boston’s Black PressRay DinsmoreAmerican Journalism
2025-09-06Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the mediated politics of nation-state building: An applied thematic analysis of al-Nida’ newspaperAhmed Al-Rawi,
Hayder Alkilabi
Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-06Commenters and lurkers: Navigating the two-step flow of communication in online news discourseJiyoung Han New Media & Society
2025-09-07From Selective Exposure to Mobilization: Partisan Media, Polarization, and Voting BehaviorsHeysung LeeSocial Science Quarterly
2025-09-07Radio as PropagandaNtshengedzeni Evans NetshivhambeAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-09-07Who is concerned about online false news and why? Evidence from 46 countries between 2018 and 2023Sacha AltayInformation, Communication & Society
2025-09-08Explaining the Feminization of Statehouse Reporting in One American State: A Field AnalysisRussell Hansen,Meagan Doll,Patricia Moy & Matthew PowersJournalism Practice
2025-09-08The Irony of Sophisticated Citizens and Misinformation: Explaining How People with High Need for Cognition Become Politically CynicalDam Hee Kim, Kate Kenski & S. Mo Jones-JangDigital Journalism
2025-09-08Proximity as Practice: Fostering Accountability to Community in Journalism Practice-ResearchNat Kassel, Bridget Backhaus & Kasun UbayasiriJournal of Media Ethics
2025-09-08The emergence of Intersectional Multi Micro Media on the French webJaércio da SilvaEuropean Journal of Communication
2025-09-09Uncivil Discourses, Online Comments and Politics: A Case Study of Discussions Surrounding Ghana’s Lithium DealNana Kwame Osei Fordjour, Inusah Mohammed & Anani Yao KuwornuCommunicatio
2025-09-09The horse race and the intruder: media dynamics in three-way electionKai-Ping HuangAsian Journal of Communication
2025-09-09“What an invasion, an immense invasion”: Examining the adverse effects of true crime media on co-victimsKelli S. Boling,
Danielle C. Slakoff
Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
2025-09-09Audience Expectations of Journalists: Demands, Beliefs and AssessmentsClara Juarez Miro, Sandra Banjac & Folker HanuschDigital Journalism
2025-09-10News Characteristics, Newsworthiness and Secondary Gatekeeping in Brazil: Influences of Right-Wing AuthoritarianismMarcos Paulo da Silva, Rachel R. Mourão, Tim P. Vos, Marialina C. Antolini & Gisele S. NeulsDigital Journalism
2025-09-11Navigating trauma: Analysing the lived experiences of journalists who suffered violence in the line of dutyTheodora Dame Adjin-Tettey,
Manfred AK Asuman,
Mary Selikem Ayim- Segbefia
Journalism
2025-09-11Thinking outside the box: From frames to strategic ontologies in the analysis of media, war, and conflictAdam B. Lerner,
Alister Miskimmon,
Ben O’Loughlin
Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-11(De)Legitimating support: British newspapers’ legitimation strategies during the Battle of BakhmutStephen Goulding,
Zixiu Liu
Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-11Intrastate conflict and transformation of the media system: The case of AfghanistanTamer Farag,
Christoph Neuberger,
Sonja Kretzschmar,
Annika Sehl,
Linda Wiethaus,
Jana Gäng
Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-11Exploring Journalism Education in the AI Era: A Mixed Analysis of University Training in SpainMarcos Mayo-CuberoJournalism & Mass Communication Educator
2025-09-11My Private–Public Sphere: Women’s Information Strategies in Times of News MistrustIsabel Pavez,
Magdalena Saldaña,
Claudia Lagos Lira,
Karen Gheza
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-11Talked about, not talked to: Romani women’s representation in media and politics
Andreea Voina & Carla Sabău
Feminist Media Studies
2025-09-11Bringing People into the Story: How Virtual Reality Journalism Affects the Feeling of PresenceSangwook Lee, Taenyun Kim, Sungho Kim, Kwan Min Lee, Namkee Park & Hayeon SongDigital Journalism
2025-09-11Navigating trauma: Analysing the lived experiences of journalists who suffered violence in the line of dutyTheodora Dame Adjin-Tettey,
Manfred AK Asuman,
Mary Selikem Ayim- Segbefia
Journalism
2025-09-12‘A mouthpiece to make a positive impact’: Australian journalists’ attitudes, knowledge, and experiences reporting on mental ill-health and suicide in sportspeopleAmelia Gulliver,
Kate Gulliver,
Sarah Liddle,
Jennifer Bibb,
Peter English,
Michelle Banfield
Media International Australia
2025-09-12Algorithmic selfing: An existential media analysis of time and identityRiccardo PronzatoNew Media & Society
2025-09-13Activist and/or Neutral Disseminator? Citizens’ and Journalists’ Views on Climate ReportingJuliane Keilmann,
Alina Jakob,
Nayla Fawzi
The International Journal of Press/Politics
2025-09-13Sport-Concussion Identification and Attitudes and the Role of the Mass Media Broadcaster: Does it Matter What We See and Hear?Keeley Lappin,Osman, Hassan Ahmed &Karen, A. SullivanORCID IconJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
2025-09-14Journalistic Norms on Telegram: Ethical Dilemmas Covering the 2023–2025 Israel-Hamas WarDana Weimann-Saks, Vered Elishar & Yaron ArielORCID IconJournal of Media Ethics
2025-09-15A Writer Is His Cause: An Examination of American and British Press Coverage of Ken Saro-WiwaChristopher R CookCommunicatio
2025-09-15When the news comes from a bot: How AI authorship and emotion shape cognitive, affective, and behavioral responsesShuguang Zhao,
Jue Zhou,
Ting Wang
Journalism
2025-09-15Fighting fake news with fake faces: the effects of deepfake self-debunking on misinformation correctionHang LuInformation, Communication & Society
2025-09-15Media Relations Strategies of NGOs of Families with Trans Children: Strengths, Limitations, and Impact on the News Coverage of Issues Affecting Trans PeopleRubén Olveira-AraujoInternational Journal of Strategic Communication
2025-09-15Technological Hype and AI in Journalism: Five Functions and Why They MatterSeth C. Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith & Jon Benedik A. BunquinDigital Journalism
2025-09-16Examining Platforms’ Affordances: Bridging Journalists’ and Users’ Practices of Online EngagementConstanza Gajardo ,David Domingo & Irene Costera MeijerDigital Journalism
2025-09-16Words from new Editor-in-ChiefJian XuCommunication Research and Practice
2025-09-17Quantitative balance, qualitative dissonance? Multisource Telegram use in Russo-Ukrainian war newsAsta Zelenkauskaite,
Sonika Lamichhane
First Monday
2025-09-17“Ghiblified by AI”: Viral AI-generated image trend in press narrativesPaulina Rutecka, Karina CichaFirst Monday
2025-09-17Philanthropy-supported journalism in Europe: Global US foundations and the priorities of editorial agendas in Spain and the UK (2009-2024)Lorena R Romero-Domínguez,
Aurora Labio-Bernal
Journalism
2025-09-17Towards a Labour Turn in Community Journalism: Economic Precarity among Community Journalists in FavelasMariana Gomes & Sandra BanjacJournalism Studies
2025-09-18Who is the News-Consuming Child? How Producers of Children’s Journalism Construct their AudienceCamilla Haavisto & Rasmus KyllönenJournalism Practice
2025-09-18EndnotesAmerican Journalism
2025-09-18Editor’s NoteAmber RoessnerAmerican Journalism
2025-09-18The Chicago Defender’s Quiet Power: The Legacy of Mattie Smith Colin—From Covering Everyday Life to Emmett Till’s Death, 1950-1955Lisa D. LenoirAmerican Journalism
2025-09-18The Battle of the Little Bighorn Coverage in the Czech American PressMichal ŠikAmerican Journalism
2025-09-18My war is your special operation: Engagement with pro- and anti-regime framing of the war in Ukraine on Russian social mediaAleksandra Urman,
Mykola Makhortykh
Media, War & Conflict
2025-09-18Three Identity Groups: Journalists Versus Algorithmic GatekeepingJan Kreft,
Monika Boguszewicz-Kreft,
Mariana Fydrych
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-18“It Isn’t 50/50, but It’s Way Better Than 2%!”: The Shifting Gatekeeping Process in Women’s Sport CoverageDunja Antunovic,
Kimberly Soltis
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-18Whose Voices Shape Protest Narratives? Comparing Source Diversity in Kenya’s Digital-Native and Legacy-Affiliated News CoverageOsman OsmanJournalism Studies
2025-09-18Unpacking the Epistemology of Ethiopian Digital Journalism: An Exploration of News-Making PracticesBehailu Atinafu Dessie & Abera Yenework KebedeJournal of Media Ethics
2025-09-18Three Identity Groups: Journalists Versus Algorithmic GatekeepingJan Kreft,
Monika Boguszewicz-Kreft,
Mariana Fydrych
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-18“It Isn’t 50/50, but It’s Way Better Than 2%!”: The Shifting Gatekeeping Process in Women’s Sport CoverageDunja Antunovic,
Kimberly Soltis
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-19Applying Virtue Ethics, in the Context of Ubuntu, to Soli in Ghana and Brown-Envelope Journalism in AfricaChris Roberts & Philippe BuadeeAfrican Journalism Studies
2025-09-19Inspiring Support for Climate Solutions: Pathways for Impact Through Solutions JournalismCassandra L. C. Troy Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-19From allyship to erasure: German media and LGBTQ+ politics at the 2022 Men’s World CupZoe TzanisCommunication and Critical/Cultural Studies
2025-09-20(No) Personalization of corporate coverage – A content analysis of German print media over 25 yearsNora Denner Journalism
2025-09-22Cultural transgressions and media contestation: a qualitative study of the tradwife trend in Dutch mediaGuilherme GioloPopular Communication
2025-09-22Testing Constructive Journalism’s Effects on Stigma, Trust, and EngagementNatasha van AntwerpenO , Victoria Fielding , Anna Ross , Rachel A. Searston , Petra Kovacevic , Anastasia Ejova , Rachel G. Stephens , Melissa J. Opozda , Wian Soontiens & Amy Morgan Journalism Studies
2025-09-22News on TikTok Through the Lens of Quality Journalism: How TikTok Users Perceive News Values, Content, and EngagementZicheng Cheng ,Lana Medina ,Timilehin Durotoye & Monica ChadhaJournalism Studies
2025-09-22Gender, nation and immigration: an analysis of French media about female reconstructive surgeriesSarah BoissonFeminist Media Studies
2025-09-22Separate worlds of misinformation. An explorative study of checked claims in German public broadcast news and talk showsSami NennoInformation, Communication & Society
2025-09-22Media Editors and the Feminization of Punditry in the Catalan Media System: Perceptions, Obstacles and ActionsMarta Roqueta-FernàndezJournal of Media Ethics
2025-09-22Media representation of Israel–Iran confrontation in CNN and TASS Hatef Pourrashidi Alibigloo & Javad AlipoorReview of Communication
2025-09-22An Arranged Marriage? The Impact of Audience Analytics Experts on the Boundaries of JournalismRobin RiemannJournalism Practice
2025-09-23When ordinary citizens “shame the government” in the news: Nigerian journalists’ exemplification practices while covering povertyMunachim Amah,
Rachel Young
Journalism
2025-09-23The Role of Choice Architecture in Mitigating News AvoidanceDominika Betakova, Hajo Boomgaarden & Sophie LechelerDigital Journalism
2025-09-23Audio Journalism: An Epistemology of Bodily Engagements with SoundsChantal FrancoeurJournalism Studies
2025-09-24Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?Auste Valinciute & Willem HalffmanJournalism Practice
2025-09-24A Compass to Navigate the Audience? Translating Public Service Values into Measurable IndicatorsRobin RiemannJournalism Practice
2025-09-24Audience engagement in “embitterment” news: Analyzing the emotional correlation function in South Korean news coverageYoungkee Ju, Jeonghoon Shin & Pureum LeeAtlantic Journal of Communication
2025-09-24Is TikTok News Less “News-Like”? Investigating News Organizations’ Stories on TikTok and Their Alignment/ Divergence with Traditional News Values, Norms, Routines, and RolesShangyuan WuDigital Journalism
2025-09-24Corrigendum to “A media ecology of ecological media? Conceptualizing environment-oriented communication and its digital footprint in climate change activism”OnlineFirstNew Media & Society
2025-09-25AI-reporters as the future of journalism? Investigating recipients’ credibility evaluations of AI-authored newsRobin Leuppert,
Carina Weinmann,
Jan Eiden
Journalism
2025-09-25Exploring catastrophic language use in climate journalism: A corpus-based study of articles published by The GuardianDeclan Lloyd,
Emil T. Hazelhurst
Journalism
2025-09-25Days, Schedules, and Attention: How Time Affects Mobile News Consumption Among Young Swiss PeopleMorley Weston,
Daniel Vogler,
Adrian Rauchfleisch,
Pascal Jürgens,
Mark Eisenegger
Mobile Media & Communication
2025-09-25Between Principle and Practice: Value Patterns and Negotiation Strategies Among JournalistsBirte Leonhardt Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-25Exploring catastrophic language use in climate journalism: A corpus-based study of articles published by The GuardianDeclan Lloyd,
Emil T. Hazelhurst
Journalism
2025-09-26Local Television News Directors’ Opinions on the Sports SegmentKevin Hull, Tim Mirabito & John CollettJournalism Practice
2025-09-26The TikTok news challenge: The influence of the news organization on the editorial decision-making of TikTok editorsMarie Verstappen,
Michaël Opgenhaffen
Journalism
2025-09-26More than a continent of peace and science: A content analysis of Antarctica in Australian news mediaLinda Hunt,
Libby Lester,
Kathleen Williams,
Marcus Haward
Media International Australia
2025-09-26Beech Trees, Springtime, Cultures and Climates – Seasonal Journalism in Danish News Media from 1849 to 2023Henrik Bødker & Sandra SimonsenJournalism Studies
2025-09-26Exhausted and Under Pressure: Emotional Labor in Portuguese JournalismRita AraújoJournalism Studies
2025-09-26Revisiting the (Queer) Ghosts of Journalism’s PastPatrick R. JohnsonJournal of Media Ethics
2025-09-27The weaponisation of antisemitism: The Jewish Chronicle and the production of a moral panicNeve GordonMedia, Culture & Society
2025-09-28The long farewell: Mediated posthumous communications and identity persistence on vloggers’ memorialized accountsLangcheng Zhang,
Stella Xin Yin
New Media & Society
2025-09-29Faulty News Coverage Causes Bad Moods—the Impact of Media Perceptions on the Relationship Between Bad Moods and Negative Negotiation OutcomesMarlene Strehler-Schaaf,
Christina Viehmann,
Oliver Quiring
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2025-09-29Framing the In-Between: Photojournalistic Encounters with Urban − Rural LiminalityShane Epping & Ross TaylorVisual Communication Quarterly
2025-09-29Without a Name and a Face: Homelessness in Photojournalism, as Viewed Through a Framework of Visual Solutions Journalism and Visual Content AnalysisLaura L. Moorhead & Joshua DavisVisual Communication Quarterly
2025-09-29Mob censorship in China: ChiRenxueMantou, digital press criticism, and journalists’ failed jurisdictionYulong Zhang, Kexin Feng, Chujie Chen & Peng XiaoChinese Journal of Communication
2025-09-29‘It’s All About Money’ – News Users’ Folk Theory of Audience Data Utilisation in JournalismLiisa OvaskaDigital Journalism
2025-09-29War on Papers: Global Networked Propaganda in Semi-Colonial ChinaChunfeng LinJournalism Practice
2025-09-29Gendered and Political Threats: The Struggles of Ukrainian Women Journalists Reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War
Oleksandra Hrybenko
Journalism Studies
2025-09-29“I do not Feel Like Watching the News”: News Avoidance among Economically Disadvantaged Girls and Young Women in IndiaAnnapurna Sharma, Mahesh Kumar Meena & Ankit VaishnavJournalism Studies
2025-09-29Artificial Intelligence Ethics in Journalism: A Bibliometric Analysis and VisualizationSinem Yeles Karaman & Elif YıldırımJournal of Media Ethics
2025-09-29Beyond Political Fact-Checking: An Exploration of Fact-Checkers’ Professional Roles and Their Challenges in IndiaAnoop KumarJournalism Practice
2025-09-29Teaching Data Journalism in the Global South: Pedagogical Practices and Challenges in Data Journalism Education in IndonesiaJustito Adiprasetio,
Ni Made Tasyarani,
I Putu Gede Rama Paramahamsa,
Pandan Yudhapramesti,
Ika Merdekawati Kusmayadi
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
2025-09-30“They Were All Chosen on Tinder": How Journalists Perceive Female Appearance Pressure on News ProfessionalsJuliana Alcantara & Rita Basílio SimõesJournalism Practice
2025-09-30Commemorating trauma: The impact of anniversary journalism on journalists’ mental health and well-beingIndri MaulidarJournalism