Journalism Studies

Journalism Studies: Representative

The Journalism section representative's aim is fourfold. Firstly, to generate an overview of, and a communication platform for, young scholars examining journalism media. So please, do get in touch in you have relevant info on upcoming conferences, thematic books, useful websites etc. 'Journalism media' are approached in the broadest sense (print, tv/radio broadcasting, online) and from a variety of angles (production, content, reception) and perspectices (regulatory/ethical, professional/technological, political/cultural, economic/commercial, cultural/educational).

Journalism Studies: Useful Links

Social Network site on JOURNALISM RESEARCH

http://onlinejournalismresearch.ning.com/

CFP conference: The European Public Sphere: from critical thinking to responsible action

The Conference is organized by the International and Intercultural Communication Section of ECREA (IIC), supported by ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association), by ECREA Sections on Journalism Studies and Communication Law & Policy and by the Committee of the Regions.

Survey on journalists as gatekeepers and what makes a good debate

Please distribute and participate in this survey for an LSE postgrad project.

This is a short survey that aims to understand what people consider important in good public debates as they are conducted through the media, but also face-to-face. It is interested in the kind of qualities a public debate should have in a democracy: https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/debate

New Book: 'News Online: Transformations and Continuities'

Some of you may be interested in this book, 'News Online: Transformations
and Continuities', published today by Palgrave Macmillan
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=349976

Introduction: Transformation and Continuity - Graham Meikle and Guy Redden
1) Journalism, Public Service and BBC News Online - Stuart Allan and Einar
Thorsen

New Book: Knowing is Half the Battle

You (or your library) may be interested in picking up a copy of my (Mark Finney) new book, Knowing is
Half the Battle: How Endorsements for War were Embedded in CNN's Coverage of the
Conflict with Iraq

CfP: Special Issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism

Special Issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism

Guest Editor: Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University, UK

In taking science journalism as its focus, this special issue of Journalism will seek to
contribute to current debates about the ways in which this important genre of reporting
is being transformed by the changes ushered in by digital media.

Today it is readily apparent that precisely what counts as ‘science news’ is

New Book: Representing Death in the News

Representing Death in the News
Journalism, Media and Mortality
Folker Hanusch
Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 9780230230460
£50.00, US$80

‘In this remarkably lucid and accomplished study Folker Hanusch
explores the social construction of death in the news. A must-read for
all those interested in how mediated death and dying enters into public
life and private thoughts.’
- Simon Cottle, Professor of Media and Communications, Cardiff
University, UK

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