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Digital responsibility model for ethics in the algorithmic era

The study “Journalism Ethics for the Algorithmic Era” by Sejin Paik from University of Boston drew on Floridi’s (2014) framework to propose a framework for ethical standards for local newsrooms in the U.S. to account for the widespread use of algorithmic systems and platforms. Ethical guidelines in the U.S. originate from the print era and … Continued

Tags: algorithms, artificial intelligence, ethics, journalistic norms, journalistic values, Local news, newsrooms, online journalism, social media, the United States
Published: 8 Jun 2023

Canadian journalists’ views of dark participation

The study “Journalists’ Views and Management of Dark Participation” by Ahmed Al-Rawi from Simon Fraser University and Taeyoung Kim from Loughborough University interviewed 15 Canadian journalists on their experiences with dark participation practices, particularly in relation to to hate speech, dis- and misinformation, and trolling. Dark participation refers to various forms of misconduct on user-generated … Continued

Tags: audience, audience engagement, Canada, dark participation, hate speech, journalists, misinformation, moderation, news organizations, online journalism, trolling
Published: 13 Mar 2023

Editorial trust-building in German news outlets

The study “The quality oriented, the audience engagers, the transparent: Types of editorial trust-building in German news outlets” by Bernadette Uth from University of Muenster explored the issue of media trust and what sort of strategies news outlets use to regain and build trust. Especially in times of crisis, trustworthy information sources – journalism – … Continued

Tags: audience, Germany, interviews, media quality, media trust, news outlets, online journalism, press, transparency, trust
Published: 28 Dec 2022

The credibility effect of opinion labels on online news

The study “The effects of transparency cues on news source credibility online: An investigation of ‘opinion labels.’” by Andrew Otis from Chronicle of Higher Education Inc. looked at how being labeled “opinion” affects the readers’ perception of news source credibility. Trust is obviously important for news media in democracies. ‘Source credibility’ can be furthered by … Continued

Tags: credibility, heuristics, news media, online journalism, opinion pieces, story cards, transparency, trust, United States
Published: 23 Nov 2022

Article: Trust and Journalistic Transparency Online

The study “Trust and Journalistic Transparency Online” by Michael Koliska from Georgetown University experimented on news consumers’ trust as brought on by transparency, and further, in the second experiment, explored the reasons for the findings in the first. Transparency in journalism is defined as opening up the journalistic processes (production, decision making) to outsiders, i.e. … Continued

Tags: audience, journalistic quality, online journalism, transparency, trust
Published: 30 Aug 2022

Revisiting the photo essay Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace

The article “Messiness in photography, war and transitions to peace: Revisiting Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace” by Rasmus Bellmer and Frank Möller from University of Tampere, Finland looked at photojournalistic approaches to war by studying the online photo essay Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace (1996) by Fred Ritchin and Gilles Peress, and The New York … Continued

Tags: bosnia, conflict journalism, Fred Ritchin, Gilles Peress, online journalism, participatory journalism, photojournalism, Sarajevo, the new york times, war photography
Published: 9 Mar 2022

The effect of journalists’ reactions to media-critical user comments

The article “Trust through Transparency? How Journalistic Reactions to Media-Critical User Comments Affect Quality Perceptions and Behavior Intentions” by Fabian Prochazka from University of Erfurt and Magdalena Obermaier from LMU Munich investigated the effect of journalistic engagement with critical user comments through an online experiment. Media criticism in user comments usually centers on two core … Continued

Tags: audience engagement, Germany, journalistic work, media brands, media cynicism, online journalism, social media
Published: 15 Feb 2022

Special Issue in Digital Journalism about Covid-19

Recent special issue, Volume 9, Issue 9 (2021) in Digital Journalism “Covering Covid-19: The Coronavirus Pandemic as a Critical Moment for Digital Journalism” has been recently published and is available. The issue is here with the contents. Here is some information about the eleven articles with links: In the introductory article “The Coronavirus Pandemic as … Continued

Tags: Covid-19, data journalism, journalism research, journalistic profession, news use, online journalism, press freedom, special issues
Published: 16 Nov 2021

Process-tracing methodology in the study of armed conflict

The new study “ Forensic conflict studies: Making sense of war in the social media age” by Jakob Hauter from UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies discusses how to sort out the information from the disinformation when studying conflict zones, particularly those that are far away. The article is directed toward social science … Continued

Tags: Bellingcat, conflict journalism, methodology, online journalism, OSINT, research, Ukraine
Published: 7 Sep 2021

Reader attention and credibility through labels

Does the label of a news story affect its credibility? New study “What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility” by Cynthia Peacock of University of Alabama and University of Texas at Austin, and Gina M Masullo and Natalie Stroud of University of Texas at Austin sought to answer this question … Continued

Tags: audience, online journalism, political journalism, science journalism
Published: 16 Feb 2021