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ARTICLE: News factors and previous comments guide users’ commenting behaviour

Content of news articles and comments dynamically shape the discussion value of news pieces online. Marc Ziegele, Mathias Weber, Oliver Quiring and Timo …

Journalism

ARTICLE: Public affairs news attract little crowdfunding

Journalism covering non-public affairs is more likely to successfully gather crowdfunding than public affairs journalism, Nicole Ladson and Angela M. …

Journalism

ARTICLE: Local papers in the US use negative stereotypes when depicting Latinos

The growing Latino population in the US gets covered with negative stereotypes, a new study finds. Mingxiao Sui, of Louisiana State University and …

Journalism

REPORT: UK media coverage of Brexit was "acrimonious and divisive"

A report by Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, examines the coverage of EU referendum. The report authored by Martin Moore and …

Brexit

ARTICLE: The more Chileans study journalism, the less they want to practice it

When Chilean journalism students approach graduation, their interest in working in journalism declines, write Claudia Mellado, of Pontifical Catholic …

REPORT: Approaches to fostering youth's news literacy

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has published a report on news literacy initiatives around the world. Authored by …

REPORT: Republicans' and Democrats' views on the media differ more than ever

American adults’ views on the media are split sharply according to which major party they support, a recent Pew Research Center report states. The …

George W. Bush

ARTICLE: News sharing, network heterogeneity and political participation

REPORT: Media coverage shapes people’s opinions on migration

Media coverage is vital to shaping people’s opinions on migration and the plight of refugees and asylum seekers, states EUROMED Migration IV report. …

Journalism

ARTICLE: Media policies should better support journalists' autonomy

An article by Epp Lauk, of University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and Harriki Harro-Loit, of University of Tartu (Estonia), examines journalistic cultures …

Journalism

Books of the week 22/2017

On week 22 the following publications have come to our attention:Written by Duan Peng • Published by Springer • 209 pagesEdited by Stuart Allan • Published by …

Books

ARTICLE: Media framing of trolling and online abuse

Karen Lumsden, of Loughborough University, and Heather Morgan, of University of Aberdeen. study the framing of trolling in British newspaper reports. …

REPORT: Legal source protection frameworks are under significant strain

UNESCO has released a study of changes that impact on legal frameworks that support protection of journalistic sources in the digital age. The author …

ARTICLE: Stopping fake news

In their new article Maria Haigh, Thomas Haigh and Nadine I. Kozak, all of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, document the work practices of StopFake, …

ARTICLE: Journalists' opinions have little effect on story framing

The way journalists perceive global poverty has “little predictive power” over how their stories frame poverty, write Mirjam Vossen and Baldwin van …

ARTICLE: Fans of a losing team "shoot the messenger"

Fans of a losing sports team will perceive news reports of the loss as biased, Youngju Kim and Andrew C. Billings, both of University of Alabama, …

ARTICLE: Journalists value research more than journalism educators do

It is more common for working journalists to think academic research is important to journalism than it is for journalism educators, write John …

ARTICLE: On US newspapers, female nipples are bad

American newspapers usually mention the female nipple only in negative connections, write Mary Angela Bock, Paromita Pain and JhuCin Jhang, all of …

ARTICLE: How the Chinese state brushes aside social problems

The Chinese state media uses ritualistic framing to distract public attention from the social issues related to the annual Spring Festival …

ARTICLE: Vietnamese news media trivializes women leaders

Hong Tien Vu, University of Kansas, Hue Trong Duong, University of Georgia, Barbara Barnett, University of Kansas, and Tien-Tsung Lee, of University of …

REPORT: Local newspapers are still strong in Canada

Canadian community newspapers still play an important role in their readerships’ lives, states a recent report by News Media Canada. A representative …

REPORT: Journalists suffer violence, intimidation and self-censorship in Europe

A survey by the Council of Europe shows that journalists in Europe are often exposed to serious unwarranted interference in their work, including …

ARTICLE: An algorithm makes news organizations to play by Facebook’s rules

In June 2014 Facebook’s announced an algorithm tweak that prioritized videos directly uploaded to the social media platform (native videos) over …

ARTICLE: Eurocentric concept of revolution cannot explain the Arab Spring event

Petra Cafnik Uludağ, of Bilkent University examines how does the concept of revolution as used in the Western media affect reporting about the Arab …

ARTICLE: Low-quality news videos make the news organization seem less credible

Gina Masullo Chen, of University of Texas at Austin, Peter S. Chen, of University of Texas at Austin, Chen-Wei Chang, of Fudan University, and Zainul …

ARTICLE: Transparency does not make journalism more credible

Increased transparency does not increase the perceived credibility of journalism, but rather decreases it, Edson C. Tandoc, of Nanyang University of …

ARTICLE: More news exposure increases Islamophobia

New Zealanders who consume more news experience more anger and less warmth towards Muslims, write John H. Shaver, of University of Otago, Chris G. …

ARTICLE: Most journalists use Twitter for brand-building

Majority of American journalists’ Twitter profiles contain branding elements, write Logan Molyneux, of Temple University, Avery Holton, of University …

ARTICLE: Newsrooms make "Frankenstein journalism" from second-hand stories

Newsrooms have developed new rituals to legitimize the use of “second-hand” news collected from other online news outlets, write Andrew Duffy, Edson C. …