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The work of news avoidance among news consumers and avoiders

The study “Avoiding News is Hard Work, or is it? A Closer Look at the Work of News Avoidance among Frequent and Infrequent Consumers of News” by Stephanie Edgerly from Northwestern University explored the experiences of both frequent and infrequent news consumers when avoiding news. News avoidance is an interesting concept in today’s world, when … Continued

Tags: audience, identity, News, news avoidance, news avoiders, news consumption, social media
Published: 31 Jan 2024

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

How local television newsrooms’ social media policies are evolving

The study “Social Media Policies in U.S. Television Newsrooms: Changes over Time” by Anthony C. Adornato and Allison Frisch from Ithaca College looked at the ways in which way newsroom social media policies evolve in four areas. The four areas were 1) journalists’ professional and personal social media activities, 2) social media sources and content, … Continued

Tags: audience, journalistic guidelines, journalistic norms, social media, social media policies, surveys, TV, United States
Published: 27 Jun 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

Professional logics in journalism and the role of social media audiences

The article “Business as Usual: How Journalism’s Professional Logics Continue to Shape News Organization Policies Around Social Media Audiences” by Kelly Fincham from National University of Galway, Ireland used an institutional logics approach to understand the relationship between the audience’s role and the professional logics dominating the newsrooms. Institutional logics refers to a set of … Continued

Tags: audience, Canada, guidelines, Ireland, journalism consumers, journalistic profession, social media, United Kingdom, United States
Published: 7 Dec 2021