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Emotion Sells: Rage Bait vs. Information Bait in Clickbait News Headlines on Social Media Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Jieun Shin, Chris DeFelice, Soojong Kim -
Beyond “Emergencies?" Reporting on Humanitarian Issues Around the World Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-19
Kate Wright, Dani Madrid-Morales, Christopher Barrie -
From Automation to Transformation with AI-Tools: Exploring the Professional Norms and the Perceptions of Responsible AI in a News Organization Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-17
Hannes Cools, Claes H. de Vreese -
Network Histories: Methods and Measures for Studying Interdependence and Interconnectedness Within Digital Journalism Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-15
Allie Kosterich, Adam Saffer, Matthew S. Weber, Daniel Kreiss -
Resistant and Misinformed: Understanding the Role of Elite Perceptions and Resistance Strategies Against COVID-19 Reporting in Legacy Media in Adopting COVID-19 Misperceptions Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-13
Marlis Stubenvoll, Isabelle Freiling, Jörg Matthes -
Predictive Data Stories: Characterizing a Nascent Data-Journalistic Genre Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-05
Denise Fechner J., Christian Pentzold -
AI in the German Media: Narratives of AI-in-Particular and AI-in-General in German Media Reporting About Artificial Intelligence Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-01
Dominic Lammar, Maja Horst, Ruth Müller -
Thinking Hard, Thinking Smart: How News Users’ Cognitive Traits Guide Their Responses to Fact-Checks Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-29
Eun-Ju Lee, Myojung Chung -
“There’s a Rule Book in my Head”: Journalism Ethics Meet A.I. in the Newsroom Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-25
Angela Misri, Nicole Blanchett, April Lindgren -
Strategizing Sustainability in Nonprofit News: Revenue Preferences of Newsroom Leaders Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-23
Katherine Fink -
Advancing a Material and Epistemological Turn in the Study of AI: A Review and New Directions for Journalism Research Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-21
Anna Schjøtt -
Are News Media Biting Hard Enough? Public Watchdog Role Expectations and Performance Evaluations in the Era of Big Tech Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-10
Alexandra Schwinges, Toni G. L. A. van der Meer, Rens Vliegenthart -
Generative AI and Journalism: Hype, The Always Already New, and Directions for Scholarly Imagination Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-09
Nik Usher -
Digitalization and Meaning in Journalistic Work (MJoW): The Increasing Importance of the Symbolic Dimension Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-04-07
Gunhild Ring Olsen -
Digital Turn Without Digital Methods? Mapping the Journey of Journalism Studies Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-03-21
Yangliu Fan, Jakob Ohme, Christoph Neuberger -
Scanning vs. Thorough Processing the News: Antecedents of First- and Second-Level Incidental Exposure and the Role of the Relevance Appraisal Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-03-11
Andreas Nanz, Ruta Kaskeleviciute, Marlis Stubenvoll, Jörg Matthes -
Coping with Precarity: Journalists’ Strategies to Find Ease in a Professionally Vulnerable Situation Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-03-11
Nina Springer, Jana Rick -
“It is Easier to Leave Death Threats than to Get Them Taken Down!” – Systematising Journalists’ Battles with Online Mobs Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-03-07
Signe Ivask -
Digital Journalism (Studies): An Agenda for the Future Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-03-06
Oscar Westlund, Jan Lauren Boyles, Lei Guo, Magdalena Saldaña, Ramón Salaverría, T. J. Thomson, Shangyuan Wu -
The Role of Syndicated Content in Retaining Digital Newspaper Subscribers: Evidence from Clickstream and Subscription Data Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
Jaewon Royce Choi, Su Jung Kim, Yayu Zhou, Edward C. Malthouse -
The Relationship Between Incidental News Exposure and Political Participation: A Cross-Country, Multilevel Analysis Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
Jörg Matthes, Alon Zoizner, Andreas Nanz, David Nicolas Hopmann, Yannis Theocharis, Selina Noetzel -
Infotainment on Social Media: How News Companies Combine Information and Entertainment in News Stories on Instagram and TikTok Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-02-17
Dominique S. Wirz, Florin Zai -
Visuality as an Affordance on Instagram News Production Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Saara-Maija Kallio, Jenni Mäenpää -
Epistemologies of Digital News Production: Power and Technological Adaptation in Knowledge Production Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-02-08
Gregory P. Perreault, Maxwell Foxman, Phoebe Maares, Valerie Hase -
This Isn’t Journalism, It’s Propaganda! Patterns of News Media Bias Accusations on Twitter, 2010–2020 Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-31
Jesper Strömbäck, Mathilda Åkerlund -
AI Hype and its Function: An Ethnographic Study of the Local News AI Initiative of the Associated Press Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-30
Nadja Schaetz, Anna Schjøtt -
Exploring the Direct and Indirect Effects of Traditional and Social Media News Use on Media Trust and Journalism Error Tolerance Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-29
Zicheng Cheng, Manuel Goyanes, Homero Gil de Zúñiga -
The News Feed is Not a Black Box: A Longitudinal Study of Facebook’s Algorithmic Treatment of News Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-28
Naoise McNally, Marco Bastos -
HOW MEDIA UNIONS STABILIZE TECHNOLOGICAL HYPE Tracing Organized Journalism’s Discursive Constructions of Generative Artificial Intelligence Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-26
Mike Ananny, Jake Karr -
Nowhere to Feel Safe Anymore Mapping Public and Organisational Violence Against Journalists in Belgium Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-26
Florence Le Cam, Manon Libert, Bart Vanhaelewyn, Sarah Van Leuven -
From Industry Hype to Emerging Criticism: Analysing Chilean News Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-21
Matías Valderrama Barragán, Martin Tironi, Dusan Cotoras, Teresa Correa, Mónica Humeres, Claudia López -
Can Visuals Facilitate or Detract Attention to Text? Examining the Effects of the Amount and Type of Visuals on Attention to Digital Longforms Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-21
Zijian Harrison Gong, Yani Zhao, Kerk Kee -
“I Resist”. A Study of Individual Attitudes Towards Generative AI in Journalism and Acts of Resistance, Risk Perceptions, Trust and Credibility Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-13
Sophie Morosoli, Valeria Resendez, Laurens Naudts, Natali Helberger, Claes de Vreese -
Journalists’ Use of Social Media Disconnection Practices: ‘I Try Not to Block People, but…’ Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-12
Dawn Wheatley -
Communicating a Local Journalism Crisis Online: How Media Workers Frame Industry Changes Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-08
Errol Salamon -
Policies in Parallel? A Comparative Study of Journalistic AI Policies in 52 Global News Organisations Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-08
Kim Björn Becker, Felix M. Simon, Christopher Crum -
Dominant Disciplinary and Thematic Approaches to Automated Fact-Checking: A Scoping Review and Reflection Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-08
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Why Infrastructure Studies for Journalism? Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-10-18
Mary Lynn Young, Alfred HermidaThis article makes a case for the value of infrastructure studies in analyzing journalism’s evolving landscape. It argues that infrastructural thinking is valuable to understand the changing neighb...
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People, Power, Platforms and the Business of Journalism Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-10-15
Mary Lynn Young, Alfred HermidaThis special issue marks a growing complexity and complicatedness in research on the business of digital journalism. This shift is appropriate and reflects a necessary deepening and increased rigor...
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The Impact of Journalistic Cultures on Social Media Discourse: US Primary Debates in Cross-Lingual Online Spaces Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-10-10
Lea Hellmueller, Lindita Camaj, Sebastián Vallejo Vera, Peggy LindnerThis cross-lingual project examines how social media posts of Spanish- and English-language media impact incivility in user comments during the 2020 primary political debates in the United States. ...
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Journalism as a Service: How Tablet News Service Influences Subscriber Retention and Long-Term Profitability Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-10-08
Su Jung Kim, Edward Malthouse, Yayu Zhou, Penelope AbernathyWith the decline of advertising revenue, the newspaper industry faces the challenge of increasing audience-supported revenue. While news organizations must provide quality journalism to their reade...
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The Harming and the Helping: Perceived Organizational Effects on Mental Health in the Newsroom Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-26
Kayli Plotner, Patrick FerrucciThis study utilizes both systems theory and Schein’s theory of organizational culture to understand how newsrooms can best mitigate forces negatively impacting the mental health of journalists. Thr...
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From Criticism to Anger and Hate: The Vulgarisation of Digital Anti-Press Criticism on News Outlets’ Facebook Pages Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-26
Dejan Jontes, Vasja VehovarThis paper explores audiences’ hateful responses towards journalists and the media in news stories about migrants and LGBT-related topics in three of the most popular national news outlets’ Faceboo...
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Analyzing Sensationalism in News on Twitter (X): Clickbait Journalism by Legacy vs. Online-Native Outlets and the Consequences for User Engagement Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-24
Salman Khawar, Mark BoukesNews consumption patterns have evolved as people increasingly get news through social media. A by-product of this change has been the rise of “clickbaits”—a form of journalism that utilizes sensati...
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Viewer Preferences for Publication of Graphic Images of War Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-19
Keith Greenwood, Lisa Krantz, Cory MacNeilIn the first year of the war in Ukraine, several photographs were made that gave editors pause when making decisions about their publication. Photographs depicting bodies or severe injury challenge...
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In Code We Trust? Assessing Code’s Role as a Mediator of Power and Ethics Within Journalistic Practice Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-19
Jan Lauren Boyles, Matthew S. Weber, Eddy Borges-ReyCoding, at its core, is an act of problem solving. Following this adoption and adaptation of journalistic code, the recent computational turn within newsrooms raises new questions about how and to ...
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Re-opening the Black Box of Code in the Era of Digital Technology Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-11
Matthew S. Weber, Eddy Borges-ReyIn this commentary piece, we discuss the imperative of understanding the role of code as a central, yet often opaque, part of journalism. From the foundational SQL and HTML to advanced AI models li...
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Conceptualising the “Newsfluencer”: Intersecting Trajectories in Online Content Creation and Platformatised Journalism Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-11
Edward HurcombeJournalists and other news content creators are negotiating with participatory platforms and entrepreneurial business models. This conceptual article defines and traces the rise of “newsfluencers”:...
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What Makes News (Seem) Authentic on Social Media? Indicators from a Qualitative Study of Young Adults Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-11
Marília Gehrke, Johanna Eggers, Claes de Vreese, David Nicolas HopmannThis study investigates how young adults in Denmark authenticate news they come across on social media. Based on data from 300 entries of news diaries and interviews with 20 participants, we found ...
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Journalism (Ethics) in the Loop: Software Development as a Cultural Competency for News Organizations Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-03
Damon KiesowAs news organizations continue to adapt to the digital economy, they must integrate technological solutions aligned with journalistic ethics and values. Too often, the uncritical adoption of digita...
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Envisioning Epistemological Encounters in an Era Dominated by Disinformation and Deep Distrust of Journalism Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-03
Bruce MutsvairoA special issue that makes us think deeply about the epistemology of digital journalism was always going to attract the attention of journalism researchers. This one is uniquely poised to make a ti...
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Why Context Matters in Code Studies: Exploring Ways to Globalize/ Diversify Understandings of Algorithmic and AI Use in Journalism Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-03
Shangyuan WuCode studies have traditionally focused on how algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) systems are used in news organizations leading in their adoption of AI, based often in North America and W...
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The Corrective Effect of Fact-Checking and Hostile Media Perceptions: A Three-Way Interaction Model between Social Media News Usage and Political Misperceptions Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-01
Han Lin, Janggeun Lee, Yi Wang, Yonghwan KimWith the proliferation of fake news and misinformation, fact-checking journalism is booming worldwide. However, whether its corrective effect is still valid and generalizable in daily news consumpt...
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Designing for Trust: How Online News Consumers View and Interpret Informational Transparency Boxes Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-19
Charlotte N. Varnum, Bartosz W. Wojdynski, Matthew T. Binford, Jeffrey DuncanAmid a global decline in the perceived credibility of news organizations, the idea that providing greater transparency into journalistic decision-making may help increase consumer trust has gained ...
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Dealing with the Black Box: European Journalists and the Threats of Spyware Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-21
Philip Di SalvoRevelations from the 2021 “Pegasus Project” investigation into the use of spyware have confirmed long-held concerns about the proliferation of the technology as a surveillance solution to monitor t...
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Capture Beyond the Platforms: The Material and Infrastructural Conditions for Digital Journalism Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-19
Helle Sjøvaag, Raul Ferrer-Conill, Ragnhild Kr. OlsenNews organisations are growing increasingly dependent on digital infrastructures for the distribution of news, AI implementation, and management of data. In this article, we argue that this depende...
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Epistemology of Fact Checking: An Examination of Practices and Beliefs of Fact Checkers Around the World Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-19
Michael Koliska, Jessica RobertsEpistemologies of journalism differ across genres, and fact-checking, as an independent operation or feature within existing news media organizations, can be considered a genre of journalism with i...
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Fighting Fakes on WhatsApp—Audience Perspectives on Fact Bots as Countermeasures Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-23
Lena Frischlich, Johanna Klapproth, Sara Frank, Mara Heckmann, Susanne Elizabeth Kunze, Thalía MurgasThe messengerization of society and the rise of meso-communication spaces have created new opportunity structures for spreading misinformation. Countermeasures in this context must meet other priva...
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“Because the News is Depressing as Hell”: Journalists’ Explanations of News Avoidance Digital Journalism (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-15
Ruth Palmer, Stephanie EdgerlyWhat journalists believe about the growing phenomenon of news avoidance will affect the way they address it. In this paper we use an iterative, mixed-methods approach to analyze responses to an ope...