Journal Description
Journalism is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles from the growing community of academic researchers and critical practitioners with an interest in journalism. The journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.
The journal publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.
Journalism adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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- by Laura Alonso-Muñoz, Andreu Casero-Ripollés16748Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (Spain), SpainJournalism, Ahead of Print. Disinformation has become one of the most substantial problems in modern societies. This research aims to analyze the reception of disinformation shared in digital platforms, its effects on citizens, and the formulas to combat disinformation in the …
- by Heather Anderson, Bridget Backhaus5723Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, AustraliaJournalism, Ahead of Print. Literature that critiques the mainstream news media’s portrayal of First Nations people is plentiful, spanning multiple decades and regions. This article extends this body of research to community media, examining the sources utilised by the most popular …
- by Gunhild Ring Olsen, Nanna Alida Grit Fredheim121327Kristiania University College, NorwayJournalism, Ahead of Print. With rising enrollment in Western higher education institutions (HEIs), studies show that fewer students are motivated by the intrinsic enjoyment of learning and increasingly express extrinsic motivations, such as the desire to qualify for high-income …
- by Carolin Hilker14915Universität Hamburg, Germany,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This study explores how Public Service Media (PSM) innovation laboratories navigate a complex institutional environment that simultaneously constrains and demands innovation. Drawing on the concepts of isomorphic pressures and institutional logics, the …
- Digital platforms and revenue generation strategies adopted by Zimbabwean mainstream news publishersby Peter Chiridza, Admire Mare61799University of Johannesburg, South AfricaJournalism, Ahead of Print. The advent of digital platforms has been associated with the unprecedented disruption of traditional news business models and doomsday prophecies signalling the death of mainstream news publishers. Based on interviews with journalists, marketing personnel,…
- by Christopher P Wilson6019Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USAJournalism, Ahead of Print. By centering on the category known as the picaresque—a label commonly applied to an episodic, satirical narrative depicting the misadventures of a rogue or vagabond—this essay investigates the cross-disciplinary concept of genre in the study of longform …
- by Danny HayesGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC, USAJournalism, Ahead of Print. Research on the local news crisis in the United States has largely focused on how the loss of state and local reporting has affected communities. But we know little about the extent to which a new cohort of non-profit news outlets has successfully filled …
- by Gina M Masullo, Soojeong Kim, Marley DuchovnayMoody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USAJournalism, Ahead of Print. This study unpacks how U.S. political conservatives conceptualize news bias by interpreting data from a survey (N= 3467) and in-depth interviews with a subset of survey participants (n= 91) who self-identify as political conservatives. We found they …
- by Glenda CooperCity St George’s, 3163University of London, London, UK. Glenda.cooper@citystgeorges.ac.ukJournalism, Ahead of Print.
- by Márton Bene,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This paper examines which types of political communication strategies are more likely to be negatively framed by journalists. For political actors, the risk of negative framing is significant: while their statements may reach readers, journalists’ …
- by Fabian Prochazka163211University of Erfurt, Germany,Journalism, Ahead of Print. Journalists’ perceptions of public opinion influence their reporting. Yet, the factors driving these public opinion perceptions are not well understood. This study examines one such potential factor, namely the impact of journalists’ own policy opinions …
- by Nadja SchaetzUniversity of Hamburg, Germany,Journalism, Ahead of Print.
- by Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman115523Jahangirnagar University, BangladeshJournalism, Ahead of Print. Journalism has become increasingly dangerous in recent years as anti-press violence has escalated globally, placing journalists in increased peril. The prevalence of journalist killings, the most severe form of physical violence against the press, demands …
- by Ranjana Das, Maria Nerina Boursinou, Tom Roberts, Emily Setty3660University of Surrey, UKJournalism, Ahead of Print. Communication and journalism studies have historically engaged with local news, often through investigations of local journalism and its audiences. Against this backdrop, in this paper, we pay attention to the role of local news – defined as news about …
- by Ehsan JozaghiIndependentJournalism, Ahead of Print. As the first AI revolution rapidly eliminates numerous journalism, reporting, and news writing jobs, the debate over taxpayer-funded public broadcasting entities in some countries gains momentum. The potential threats posed by AI-generated content, …
- by CW Anderson9304University of Milan, IT,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This article examines the role that an emergent “object of journalism”, generic visuals, plays in professional journalistic practice. Generic visuals such as stock photos and simple data visualizations have standardized formats and appearances, perform …
- by Phoebe Maares27258University of Vienna, AustriaJournalism, Ahead of Print. While there has been growing scholarly interest in freelance and other atypically employed journalistic workers in the past 20 years, most of it has been addressed through single-case studies. This study examines atypical journalism from a Bourdieusian …
- by Tomás Dodds4496Leiden University, Netherlands1812Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA,Journalism, Ahead of Print. In this essay, we argue that, unlike previous changes in digital media technologies over the past few decades, this AI “turn” in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with audiences. While AI complicates and challenges …
- by Amantha Perera1067University of South Australia, Australia,Journalism, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns prompted the elevation of technology facilitated online and digital resources as vital mainstays for journalists to conduct their professional duties. The pivot towards digital and online resources, already in motion within …
- by Geqi Wu, Yulan Zhang26494Hangzhou Normal University, ChinaJournalism, Ahead of Print. As China’s news organizations continue partnering with social media, they must wrestle with new ways to best present themselves to meet the expectations of audiences. Based on a series of news reports on a fire accident released by the WeChat official …