ARTICLE: Election news do not convert voters
Increased exposure to election news does not cause voters to switch parties, write Sabine Geers, Linda Bos and Claes H. De Vreese, all of University of Amsterdam. The authors analysed … Continued
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ARTICLE: Twitter’s news agenda is set by the elite – not the public
Twitter has agenda setting power over other media, but Twitter’s news agenda is generally set by accounts of political and media actors, write Raymond A. Harder, Julie Sevenans and Peter … Continued
ARTICLE: News tweets affect the stock market
Economic news published on Twitter by the Reuters and Bloomberg agencies cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index (DJI) to fluctuate, write Nadine Strauß, Rens Vliegenthart and Piet … Continued
ARTICLE: Fans of a losing team “shoot the messenger”
Fans of a losing sports team will perceive news reports of the loss as biased, Youngju Kim and Andrew C. Billings, both of University of Alabama, write. The authors conducted … Continued
REPORT: Local newspapers are still strong in Canada
Canadian community newspapers still play an important role in their readerships’ lives, states a recent report by News Media Canada. A representative sample of over 2 400 Canadians was surveyed … Continued
ARTICLE: Transparency does not make journalism more credible
Increased transparency does not increase the perceived credibility of journalism, but rather decreases it, Edson C. Tandoc, of Nanyang University of Technology, and Ryan J. Thomas, of Missouri School of … Continued
ARTICLE: More news exposure increases Islamophobia
New Zealanders who consume more news experience more anger and less warmth towards Muslims, write John H. Shaver, of University of Otago, Chris G. Sibley and Danny Osborne, both of … Continued
ARTICLE: “Horse race coverage” increases political polarization
Framing a policy issue as a conflict between parties increases the readers’ political polarization, Jiyoung Han and Christopher M. Federico, both of University of Minnesota, write. The authors conducted two … Continued
VIDEO: Newspapers in Japan and the role of personal contact
Kaori Hayashi, Professor of Media and Journalism Studies at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, talked to us about Japanese newspapers. Due to the ageing … Continued
ARTICLE: Class and socialization steer young people’s orientations towards news
Journalism does not only facilitate democracy, civic engamement and strenghten communities, as is often theorized. A new study by Johan Lindell, of Karlstad University, and Paola Sartoretto, of Stockholm University, … Continued