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ARTICLE: Turkish press reactions to terrorism divided along partisan lines

Politically aligned newspapers’ coverage of the February 2016 Ankara bombing emphasizes the divisions within Turkey, Lyndon C. S. Way and Aysun Akan, both of Izmir University of Economics, write. The authors analysed a total of 44 online news stories published in the wake of the attack. The stories were published over six days by three … Continued

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Published: 23 Jan 2017
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ARTICLE: Press freedom and emerging media help to avoid violent conflicts

From countries that experienced a conflict, those with higher levels of emerging media technologies and press freedoms more probably had a nonviolent conflict than a violent one. A new article by Jacob Groshek of Boston University and Britt Christensen of Zayed University compares instances of domestic political conflicts in a macro-level study. The use of … Continued

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Published: 13 Jan 2017
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CFP: War reporting since 1850

A new edited book on war correspondence is looking for chapter proposals. The book’s title will be “Reporting from the Wars 1850 – 2015: The origins and evolution of the war correspondent” and it is to be published by Vernon Press. The editors have suggested the following themes: Theoretical and Critical Approaches to Reporting from … Continued

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Published: 20 Dec 2016
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ARTICLE: Social media offers journalists a glimpse into jihadism

Social media platforms are a valuable source for journalists seeking to report on jihadist extremists, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, of Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, writes. Larsen interviewed 26 Norwegian journalists and editors, who have been involved in reporting violent extremism. Social media platforms, and especially Facebook, are invaluable in gaining information which … Continued

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Published: 16 Dec 2016

ARTICLE: Media coverage of the war in Ukraine in 2014

During wartime, journalism usually finds itself in a kind of crossfire, writes Gunnar Nygren, of Södertörn University, Michal Glowacki, of University of Warsaw, Jöran Hök, of Sörertörn University, Ilya Kiria, of National Research University Higher School of Economics, Dariya Orlova, of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and  Daria Taradai, of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Sometimes this crossfire is literally between the two … Continued

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Published: 1 Dec 2016

ARTICLE: Framing and the neutrality of the newspapers

Mainstream news media may not only successfully determine what we think, but also how we think about it, write Amélie Godefroidt, Anna Berbers and Leen d’Haenens, all of of University of Leuven. The study examines how newspapers in France, Great Britain, the US, and Russia covered the Syrian conflict in the period around the chemical weapons attack of 21 … Continued

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Published: 1 Dec 2016
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ARTICLE: With what words to describe the Arab-Israeli conflict?

A recent article by Giora Goodman, of Kinneret College, and Sandrine Boudana, of Tel Aviv University, recounts the struggle of the Reuters news agency in trying to hit a neutral tone in reporting the Arab-Israeli conflict. The agency’s efforts are best likened to Don Quixote‘s fight against windmills, the authors suggest. The authors researched Reuters’ … Continued

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Published: 28 Nov 2016

ARTICLE: Habits and generational media use

New article by Marina Ghersetti and Oscar Westlund, both of University of Gothenburg, studies how how different generations’ media habits interrelate with media use during societal crises. The study is based on Swedish survey data from 2012. The media habits of the elderly generation primarily comprise legacy news media, while the younger generation mainly uses digital media. … Continued

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Published: 23 Nov 2016