ARTICLE: Toxic metaphor, dissent in media, and others
A new issue of the International Journal of Communication is out. The journal is published only once a year, and thus each issue makes for a voluminous read. Here’s a … Continued
Tag: audience
ARTICLE: News sites’ comment sections not civil enough
Comment section on news websites do not fulfill their normative goals, write Nina Springer, Christian Pfaffinger, both of Ludwig Maximiliam University of Munich, and Ines Engelmann, of University of Jena … Continued
ARTICLE: Steady negativity sticks to the dilettantes
Repeated exposure to negatively framed news has a noticeable effect on the audience’s political views, write Sophie Lecheler, Andreas Schuck, both of Univeristy of Amsterdam, Mario Keer, of the Netherlands … Continued
BOOK: Radio audience in a networked society
A new book in the Routledge series Studies in European communication research & education has been published. Titled Radio Audiences and Participation in the Age of Network Society the volume … Continued
REPORT: Newspaper is the least relied-upon medium
Overall trust in the world is in decline, shows a recent study by public relations company Edelman. According to the annual report, trust in media is in decline in most … Continued
Media production promoting youth’s literacy – project announced
A new research project has been announced by the University of Tampere. It aims to improve youth’s multiliteracy, the capability to produce and understand various forms of messages, by having … Continued
ARTICLE: A plurality of mobile news consumption patterns
Mobile news are finding many niches in our daily lives, but they’re not about to eclipse traditional media, write Kristin Van Damme, Karel Verbrugge, Lieven De Marez, all of Ghent … Continued
ARTICLE: In Sweden, print-only readers are old and few
Mobile media has become the most significant form of news young Swedes consume, write Oscar Westlund and Mathias Färdigh, both of University of Gothenburg. They combed through the results of … Continued
ARTICLE: Foreign news don’t always give audience what it wants
A recent study reveals how well foreign news output matches audience interest in terms of topics and countries written about. The study, spanning 12 countries across the globe, was conducted … Continued
CFP: Baltic journalism in an increasingly insecure environment
Abstract submissions are now open for the conference “Interaction of media and politics in the Baltic states”. The event is to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on the 7th and … Continued