Social networking, smartphones, ad blockers, oh my. A global survey of 50,000 news consumers assessed the ways we get our news in 2016.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
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When comedian Larry Wilmore called President Obama ‘my n-gga’ during the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, what was he really saying?
Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey liked to take credit for breaking the color barrier. In truth, it was the culmination of a long campaign waged by the left wing press and labor unions.
It could be battle royale for the Republicans at the Ohio convention in July.
As the talking heads line up to predict this season’s division winners, many are hoping fans will forget their abysmal forecasts for the 2015 season.
The lines are blurring between programs and commercials.
Donald Trump is the perfect candidate for an unregulated, competition-driven political news media.
How do rational people get sucked into believing conspiracies? According to research, we’re more susceptible than you’d think.
It was a true media bonanza – and we now know that the media played a powerful role in influencing public perception of guilt or innocence.
Underneath the sheen of the Oscars is an arcane organization that’s historically sought to consolidate power.
It appears that the days of the stiff upper lip are over – but there are some who will still take the opportunity to criticise.
The most-tweeted live television event was a hit with black audiences, who also noticed a shift in the ads that aired.
Debates used to be a public service. Now they’re akin to the WWE – a blend of fiction and reality, with the candidates and networks all adhering to the same script.
Despite the website’s hype, Grantland was never anything more than window dressing for ESPN’s brand.
According to a pornography historian, Playboy was always able to stay above the fray because nudity was never central to its brand.
In the years after a traumatic news event, we’re prone to confuse things we saw on TV with what we witnessed in person.
Mainstream media and social media go different ways on the ethical questions raised by the airing of video showing on-camera shooting of journalists.
Language can subtly undermine women’s sports in a number of ways.
Hulk Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million in a case that not only could bankrupt the media empire known for its gossip but could erode the First Amendment as well.
It’s not as if the newsrooms of US television stations need any more bad publicity
Top contributors
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor of Communication, Radford University
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Associate professor emeritus, Journalism, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Utah
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
