ARTICLE: Freelance journalists keep a straight face on Facebook

Freelance journalists use more serious profile pictures on their Facebook fan pages than employed journalists, write Serena Carpenter, Duygu Kanver and Rashad Timmons, all of Michigan State University. The authors analysed 468 journalists’ fan pages from around the world. Freelance journalists keep a straight face in as many profile pictures as they smile in (38.9 … Continued

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Published: 7 Dec 2016
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ARTICLE: Print and broadcast journalists still don’t get along

Newspaper and television journalists continue to distrust each other, Vincent Filak, of University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, writes. Filak surveyed 191 US journalists over their thoughts on newsroom convergence, and compared those results to an earlier study from 2004. The respondents were presented with hypothetical plans to converge print and broadcast operations. Both groups of journalists viewed … Continued

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Published: 5 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
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ARTICLE: Journalists think differently about their own privacy

US journalists are more unanimous about defending journalists’ privacy from government spying, than the privacy of ordinary citizens, Courtney N. Johnson of University of Washington writes. Johnson analysed 61 editorials relating to three revelations regarding US government’s monitoring of either journalists or the public at large. Two of the surveillance cases targeted journalists: the Associated … Continued

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Published: 28 Nov 2016

ARTICLE: Is there “welfare state journalism”?

Laura Ahva, of University of Tampere, Arjen van Dalen, of University of Southern Dernmark, Jan Fredrik Hovden, of University of Bergen, Guðbjörg Hildur Kolbeins, of Bifröst University, Monica Löfgren Nilsson, of University of Gothenburg,  and Morten Skovsgaard, of University of Southern Denmark, study the professional identity of journalists working in the Nordic countries – Denmark, … Continued

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Published: 22 Nov 2016

VIDEO: Norms of journalists and legitimizing the work

David Domingo, Professor at l’Université libre de Bruxelles told us about his recent work related to how journalists deal with norms. Finally, he shares his ideas for future research: creating more participation and action research to help journalism to foster a more caring society and to help reduce polarization. The interview was filmed in the … Continued

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Published: 17 Nov 2016

ARTICLE: Job loss weakens journalists professional identity

In their newly published article Merryn Sherwood, of La Trobe University and Penny O’Donnell, on University of Sydney study how job losses impact on journalists professional identity. The study is based on a survey of 225 Australian journalists who had been laid off between 2012 and 2014. The most important finding was that majority of these journalists … Continued

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Published: 15 Nov 2016
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ARTICLE: Gaming journalists defending their role during GamerGate

During the GamerGate controversy in 2014 and 2015, gaming journalists had to manage a debate on two fronts: defending gaming journalism and remediating attacks on women. Gregory Perreault of Appalachian State University and Tim Vos of University of Missouri conducted interviews with 17 gaming journalists and analysed several published responses to criticism. The authors conducted … Continued

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Published: 14 Oct 2016

ARTICLE: Social media use by journalists is diverse

The article applied the notion of hybridity to compare social media adoption by journalists in Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Three constructs of hybridity: complexity, interdependence and transformative potential, form the framework for the analysis, writes the author, Agnes Gulyas, of Canterbury Christ Church University. Social media use by … Continued

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Published: 4 Oct 2016
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ARTICLE: Experiences of workplace autonomy from five countries

Autonomy is a crucial component of journalistic work. How does it vary in different organisations and across countries? The article by Henrik Örnebring, Johan Lindell, Christer Clerwall and Michael Karlsson, all of Karlstad University, examines experienced workplace autonomy. The authors did an email survey in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Estonia, basing their … Continued

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Published: 22 Sep 2016