January 6, 2015 •
Digital News, Research •
by Rachel Stern
An estimated 11 million European Union citizens live in a different EU country from which they were born. Generation E, the first cross-border data journalism project on European youth migration, aims to tell, and catalogue some of their...
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October 31, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Researchers occasionally make us aware of the insanity of scholarly “productivity“. The publish or perish system young researchers are forced into and the brutal competition they face. Thomas Hanitzsch, of the University of Munich, has...
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September 17, 2014 •
Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Media research in Scandinavian countries is being internationalized, reflecting a Europe-wide trend towards publishing and working across national borders. The number of articles published in international journals by Nordic academics has...
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September 4, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
One of the main aims of the European Journalism Observatory (EJO) is to promote dialogue between media researchers and practitioners. On the occasion of the EJO’s 10th anniversary we will be presenting and discussing best practice...
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June 23, 2014 •
Digital News, Research •
by Evgeniya Boklage
Twitter is a key platform for information dissemination and exchange and a significant tool for journalism but there is as yet little research on how one of its key functions – the favouriting of tweets – actually works. Researchers...
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June 5, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by Beatrice Gatti
News is growing more negative. Research shows this is a a growing trend in political news and articles. Researchers argue that the political stories are commonly framed negatively, and the cynical coverage appears focused on the...
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May 8, 2014 •
Business Models •
by Philip Di Salvo
The search for an online journalism business model which not only survives but also guarantees publishers a future on the web, demands re-thinking of existing online news-service models. The Scandinavian Schibsted Media Group has been...
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April 17, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Research •
by Evgeniya Boklage
The idea of professional autonomy is a cornerstone of the journalistic profession and its limitations are considered detrimental to democracy. Sometimes, reporters find their professional independence constrained by their own news...
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April 9, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by Thomas Schmidt
Determining the relationship between journalism and politics often amounts to a chicken-and-egg-situation: Who drives whose agenda? Is it media outlets dictating the news of the day or is it politicians and their spin doctors manufacturing...
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