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News sources in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal about Roe vs. Wade reversal

The study “My body, my voice: Analyzing news sources in the Roe v. Wade Reversal” by Stefanie E. Davis Kempton from Penn State Altoona was a textual analysis of the news coverage in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal with attention towards the people used as news sources. As is widely known, … Continued

Tags: abortion, news sources, reproductive rights, Roe vs Wade, the new york times, Wall Street Journal, women's rights
Published 29 May 2024

Research of May 2024

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in May 2024 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

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Published: 2 Jun 2024

Study: easier readability did not increase credibility perception in news

The study “Easy to read, easy to judge: Assessing readability as a heuristic for credibility in news” by Jessica F. Sparks and T. Franklin Waddell from University of Florida looked at whether readability acts as a heuristic that helps news consumers make credibility judgments of news using an online experimental design. Since the 1880s, when … Continued

Tags: audience, credibility, judgement heuristic, news consumers, news stories, online experiment, readability, United States
Published: 23 May 2024

How Photo Editors Perceive and Use Generative Visual AI

The study “Generative Visual AI in News Organizations: Challenges, Opportunities, Perceptions, and Policies” by T.J. Thomson from RMIT University in Melbourne, Ryan J. Thomas from Washington State University, and Phoebe Matich from Queensland University of Technology looked at how photo editors and the like perceive the use of generative visual AI in editorial operations in … Continued

Tags: AI, Astrid Gynnild, Australia, ethics, France, generative visual AI, Germany, images, news organizations, Norway, photo journalism, Switzerland, the United States
Published: 15 May 2024

Applying Bourdieu’s Illusio to understand professional identity of stringers in the Global South

The study “Survival Games: Understanding Journalistic and Extra-Journalistic Practices and Pursuits of Small-Town Stringers in South India” by Nimmagadda Bhargav from Indian Institute of Management and John Downey from Loughborough University looked at the issue of precarity of labour in South India by conducting an ethnographic research on stringers working in Indian-language newspapers. In the … Continued

Tags: Bourdieu, cultural capital, gifts, Global South, illusio, India, journalistic profession, precarity, pyraveekar, social capital, stringers
Published: 6 May 2024

Research of April 2024

Here is a list of all academic peer-reviewed articles, reports and other papers published in April 2024 about journalism research. The bolded titles have JRN articles written about the studies.

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Published: 1 May 2024

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News media and whistleblowers in the sustainable finance industry

The study “Unmasking greenwashing – the role of the news media in giving voice to whistleblowers in sustainable finance” by Vesile Cinceoglu and Nadine Strauß from University of Zurich looked at how news media gave a voice to whistleblowers in sustainable finance (SF from now on). Awareness of climate change has also led investors to … Continued

Tags: Desiree Fixler, financial news, greenwashing, opinion leaders, sustainable finance, Tariq Fancy, watchdog role, whistleblower
Published: 27 Apr 2024

Implicit language in the Russian Kommersant Telegram posts – the survival of liberal media in an authoritarian regime

The study “ Reading ‘between the lines’: How implicit language helps liberal media survive in authoritarian regimes” by Alexey Tymbay from Technical University of Liberec demonstrated identification, explicitation, and validation of the implicatures found in the Kommersant (Russia) Telegram channel posts. After the the full scale phase of the Russia-Ukraine war that was known in … Continued

Tags: censorship, implicit language, independent media, Kommersant, liberal media, Russia
Published: 20 Apr 2024

Censorship in the Soviet Military Press 1944-1945

The study “Censored: Examining the Standards, Personnel, and Censorship Technology in the Soviet Military Press, 1944–1945” by Alemzhan Arimov and Bereket Karibaev examined the system of military censorship in Soviet military press in 1944 and 1945 – the end stage of the Second World War. Although the Soviet military censorship system was significantly improved in … Continued

Tags: Antonov, censorship, Glavlit, history, military press, New Economic Policy, Second World War, Soviet Union
Published: 13 Apr 2024

How RT and Sputnik seek to repair Russia’s image during the Ukraine war

The study “When the media goes to war: How Russian news media defend the country’s image during the conflict with Ukraine.” by Nhung Nguyen from University of Kansas, Pamela Peters from Western Illinois University, Hechen Ding, and Hong Tien Vu from University of Kansas looked at opinion columns in Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik and … Continued

Tags: conflict, image repair, invasion, legitimization, opinion columns, RT, Russia, Sputnik, Ukraine War
Published: 6 Apr 2024

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