New issue of International Journal on Media Management is now published

International Journal on Media Managements new special issue called Social media, the digital revolution, and the business of media is out now. It is  is devoted to better understanding the challenges associated with social media management. Here are some examples of the new articles. Michaël Opgenhaffen and Leen d’Haenens discuss how news organizations should manage the social media … Continued

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Published: 10 Dec 2015

Media ethics codes from around the world

A brand new database for codes of media ethics was launched on Monday. Accountable Journalism includes more than 400 searchable codes that can be sorted by keywords, type of organization, topic, region, year created or updated and country. According to the site, media codes are valuable not just for traditional reporters, but for anyone using the mass social media tools … Continued

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Published: 18 Nov 2015
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BOOK: Media, margins and civic agency

A new book edited by Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson, Heather Savigny and Jenny Alexander takes a look at media, politics and power. The focus is on citizens at the margins: how they are empowered or disempowered by the media. The book wades through issues such as citizen and extremist voices, the role of media policy … Continued

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Published: 25 Sep 2015

CFP: The European Symposium on Media Policy

The European Symposium on Media Policy is calling for papers. The symposium, organized in Oslo, Norway, brings together scholars, media executives, policy markers and regulators for a day of discussion and exchange. Topics for papers include, but are not limited to: Studies in comparative policy In-depth study of media policy Structural, market and industry perspectives North/south perspectives … Continued

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Published: 19 Aug 2015

Take-aways from “Interaction of Media and Politics in the Baltic States”

The two-day conference Interaction of Media and Politics in the Baltic States ends today. The conference was hosted by Institute of Journalism of Vilnius University and co-organized by Department of Communication studies of Riga Stradins University and Institute of Journalism of Tartu University. It focused on media policy, political and investigative journalism, political communication and propaganda, information … Continued

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Published: 8 May 2015

ARTICLE: Same “crisis” in different media environments

A transnational discourse of newspapers’ crisis has emerged in countries with different situations, write Michael Brüggemann, of University of Hamburg, Edda Humprecht and Frank Esser, both of University of Zürich, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, of University of Oxford, Kari Karppinen, of University of Helsinki and Alessio Cornia, of University of Perugia (names not in original order). … Continued

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Published: 24 Feb 2015

ARTICLE: Journalists see media self-regulation lacking

A cross-country survey of European journalists reveal most of them find current self-regulating measures only moderately effective, writes Susanne Fengler, of TU Dortmund University. The results come from a twelve-country survey with over 1 700 respondents. The research setting followed Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini’s tripartite of journalistic cultures, with the addition of three East-European … Continued

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Published: 11 Feb 2015

CFP: To research media and capitalism, Marxism is not required

An international conference titled “Capitalism, Culture and Media” is now accepting submissions. The event will be hosted by University of Leeds next September, and submissions are due on February the 2nd. The conference welcomes various approaches to understanding the interrelations between the event’s namesakes. In current times of economic trouble, these connections have become increasingly … Continued

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Published: 16 Jan 2015

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 8th of May. One of the conference’s four subthemes is titled “Political and investigative journalism”, although all sections of the event border journalism scholarship in … Continued

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Published: 13 Jan 2015