June 23, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Dan Zarrella tells us when and how often to tweet. While late afternoons are great for a variety of things, particularly creeping out of work early, it seems to be the case that you should probably be tweeting. A lot. Somewhere in the...
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June 17, 2011 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Michal Kus
Slovakia’s online media join forces to alter audience attitudes about paid content. As of late, media-focused websites like the Nieman Journalism Lab and paidContent.org, have noted an interesting initiative launched in Slovakia. On...
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June 13, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It had been a successful annual convention all around, and nevertheless the results remain somewhat depressing. Media researchers from the German-speaking world gathered for three days in Dortmund to endure a round of self-inspection....
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June 12, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels Susanne Fengler Andreas Straeter and Mariella Trilling
New EJO research assesses how European media allow for audience participation in editorial processes. This international comparative study examines whether and in which ways the editorial departments of 12 Western and Eastern European...
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May 26, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Marie-Luise Kiefer, a renowned media economist in the German-speaking world, dares to go far. She’s searching for a “third road” to finance journalism, as the current private business solution of financing newsrooms with...
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May 11, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The Austrian government and its state-controlled industries spend an annual €95 million on advertising. The major share of this figure supports big boulevard newspapers in addition to the free press. In contrast, a mere €1.7 million of...
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May 9, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University relaunches Media Cloud. After a bit of tweaking and revamping, Media Cloud, a dashboard tool designed to help analyze the media ecosystem, is now open for public use....
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May 2, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Like him or not, Jay Rosen, the oft-hailed Internet journalism “guru”, is more than prolific on the subject and worthy of consideration A press critic, writer and professor of journalism at New York University, Rosen operates...
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April 29, 2011 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In advertising, a single catchword may move mountains. In research however, such buzzwords often create trends unable to withstand a diverse reality. For decades, many social science researchers have used the phrase “Americanization”...
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