Tag: audience
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
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
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
Even in a saturated online media environment, active seeking for news is needed for learning about politics, write Homero Gil de Zúñiga, of the University of Vienna, Brian Weeks, of … Continued
Watching a comedy show laden with political satire informs the audience just as well as watching regular TV news, Amy B. Becker, of Loyola University Maryland, and Leticia Bode, of … Continued
People who are confident about their capability to seek information experienced less information overload, a new study finds. Josephine B. Schmitt, of the University of Cologne, Christina A. Debbelt, of … Continued
Arjen van Dalen, Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark told us about his four-year research project that focuses on economic news. The research group studied, using content analysis … Continued
Traditional news outlets maintain their central role on Twitter during news events, but they are also joined by some new actors, Walid Al-Saqaf and Christian Christensen, both of University of … Continued
Specialization and disconnection are increasing in audiences’ news orientation, states a new study by Eiri Elvestad, of the University College of Southeast Norway, and Lee Shaker, of Portland State University. … Continued
A new research project has been launched to map out the sources from which Finns find information on violent crime, and how that information affects their perceptions on the actual … Continued
