AI, Jounalism & Democracy : Exploring the Normative Dimension

AI plays an increasingly important role on many levels in the process of making and distributing news : from smart tools that assist journalists in producing their stories to the fully automated production of news stories, and from audience profiling that informs editorial board decisions to the AI-driven recommendation of which contents and users to match.…

Journalism studies : special issue (call for papers)

This themed issue aims to revisit the conceptual and methodological framework of ‘news values’ in order to assess its merits and limitations as a distinct approach to analyzing current developments in the field of news production, dissemination and reception. Questions about what constitutes ‘news’ (to whom) and how ‘news’ comes about and takes shape, are…

Call for papers : Constructive Forms in Journalism (special issue of Journalism Practice)

Guest editors Laura Ahva & Mikko Hautakangas invite researchers to submit original research regarding constructive journalism and related topics. Abstracts of 350 words are due by May 31st. 

Call for papers : Media and Transgression, International Conference (17/03/2016)

The Department of Communication and Media of Lund University (Sweden) invites you to submit papers for its international conference on Media and transgression to be held on March 17th 2016. The organiserAnnette Hill, Michael Rübsamen, Tina Askanius and Jose Luis Urueta invite you to the « Media and Transgression, International conference ».

Call for participation : About Journalism – « Poverty and journalism : Transformative practices ? »

The International Scientific journal « About Journalism »  opens a call for papers (deadline : 30/06/2015 for summaries) on the relationships between poverty and journalism.