Sandra Banjac
sandrabanjac.bsky.social
Sandra Banjac
@sandrabanjac.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies, University of Groningen | Studying the journalist-audience relationship, power and inequalities within journalism.
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On my way to Cardiff for FoJ and extra excited as I get to share that our new paper with @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and Folker Hanusch has just been published in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social!

Our study explored audience expectations of journalists, revealing seven dimensions:
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Are you doing a PhD in Journalism Studies? Would you like to get feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? Then join us for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium in Groningen on April 8th, 2026! Deadline for abstracts is 6 June 2025. For the full CfP, check: edu.nl/nfd7h
May 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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📣 We're happy to announce that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies will be hosting the 5th ECREA Journalism Studies section conference in Groningen, The Netherlands, on April 9th-10th, 2026! Join us and submit your abstract before August 22nd. Find the CfP here: www.rug.nl/research/ico...
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Thrilled – and honored - to be shortlisted for the IJPP Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award. My thanks to the committee, both for shortlisting Journalism in a Fractured World and for placing my book in such great company. www.peterlang.com/document/128... @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Thanks! And thanks to everyone who joined and to @sggroningen.bsky.social for organizing a great evening. The challenges are not small, but the dialogue helps.
For anyone interested, the book is available here: www.peterlang.com/document/128...
(OA supported by @unigroningen.bsky.social Library)
April 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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📢Call for Papers!
This topic couldn’t be more timely! If you research on disinformation, fact-checking, or digital platforms, don’t miss this CfP at «Communication & Society»: "From Fact-Checking to Community Notes".
🗓️Deadline: October 30, 2025
➡️ Details & submission info: unav.edu/documents/29...
April 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Great discussion last night! @seldridge.com talked about his new book and engaged the audience with provocative questions about the role of journalism in a fractured society, followed by a panel w/ @lisares.bsky.social & @sikkom.bsky.social’s Willem Groeneveld, moderated by @joelleswart.bsky.social.
April 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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On 8 April I'll give a talk w/ @sggroningen.bsky.social on journalism's role in a fractured world. I will start the evening exploring the challenges posed by digital media actors that amplify existing divisions in democratic societies in the content they produce sggroningen.nl/index.php/nl... (1/3)
Journalism in a Fractured World
What role does journalism play in building a democratic society?
sggroningen.nl
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It’s been a wonderful week visiting colleagues and guest teaching at MUNI, as well as enjoying great food and wine in South Moravia! Thank you again to @ksmejkal.bsky.social, @lenkawc.bsky.social, Iveta Jansová for hosting us and making this visit perfect. Can’t wait to return to Brno for ECREA2026!
March 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What is the role of journalism in a fractured society? @seldridge.com shared insights from his new book today at Masaryk University. Special thanks to @lenkawc.bsky.social, @ksmejkal.bsky.social and all the lovely colleagues here for hosting us this week in Brno! 💫 @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I am happy to announce that the first two books in the Frontiers in Journalism Studies Series are now out. I have been developing this series with Peter Lang since 2022 as a space for scholars to develop provocative, forward-looking research. www.peterlang.com/series/fijs #PeterLangAuthor
January 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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✨ Super exited to see this out and honoured to be a part of it! ✨
November 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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What a volume. What a project. So excited to share this Companion with everyone who contributed to it, and everyone in our community of scholars who will benefit from the rich discussions in its pages (1/)
November 15, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Great to see the new Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies finally out! 🥳 Go check out this collection of work by 70+ fantastic journalism scholars across the globe. A BIG thank you to all who contributed! @unigroningen.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Very honored to be on board of this endeavor with a chapter on populism and digital journalism - looking very much forward to reading the whole book!
November 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Happy to have contributed to this impressive lineup and collection of analyses, and hats off to the editors who turned around 88 concise, analytical articles from more than 100 scholars in only 10 days. www.electionanalysis.ws/us/president...
November 16, 2024 at 8:22 AM
📣NEW EDITED BOOK📣
The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies 2nd Edition - edited by @seldridge.com @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and @joelleswart.bsky.social - is now available online! The print version will be out in December; use code ESA03 for a 20% discount.
The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies | Scott A. Eldri
This second edition of The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies offers a truly global and groundbreaking collection of essays addressing the key
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November 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Out now, the Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Massive book, covers pretty much every aspect. I wrote a piece on #darkparticipation with Johanna Klapproth for this book. More info here. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
November 14, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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📢 NEW PUBLICATION! 📢

The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies is now out, edited by Scott Eldridge, David Cheruiyot, Sandra Banjac, and Joëlle Swart. The book features a chapter of mine on open source investigations and the use of OSINT in conflict reporting. Here: shorturl.at/r4niB
November 14, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Just gonna keep sharing this. Some of the smartest and kindest humans I know. And if you’re in this space please ask to be added. I may need to make a Part II pack at this rate because I’m running out of slots. 😅
November 10, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Let me now join the chorus of authors who are quite proud to see this companion launch! This chapter brings together some of my research on hate groups, hostility and the hard work journalists undertake to minimize their impact.
November 14, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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Many thanks to the great @yecrea.bsky.social Team (@sandrabanjac.bsky.social , @phoebemaares.bsky.social , @birteleonhardt.bsky.social & Antonio Cuartero) for the organization and to all the participants for the great discussions surrounding ECRs in academia 🙏
We had a great time at our #YECREA pre-conference at #ECREA24 in Ljubljana!🙏Besides highly interesting presentations from our participants, we had fruitful and solution-oriented discussions on how to find meaning as an #ECR or #PhD in the precarious academic environment🙌
September 30, 2024 at 10:36 AM
What a three years it’s been! It was a privilege to advocate for #ECRs with dream-team Phoebe Maares, Antonio Cuartero & Birte Leonhardt ✨ I’m going to miss it but will carry on with this important work 🔥 YECREA continues with power-house Emilija Gagrčin, Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu & Alba Diez-Gracia!
Yesterday at #ECREA24 we had our #yecrea business meeting where among other things we elected the new YECREA management team!
Emilija Garcin, Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu and Alba Diez-Gracia take on this important and exciting role and will represent #ECRs and #PhDs in the upcoming years! ✨🙌
September 27, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Yesterday was a full-on day of papers on journalism’s interdependencies, epistemology, the health of the journalism-audience relationship, sources in covering climate crises, journalism & innovation @richardstupart.com @sandrabanjac.bsky.social @gehrke.bsky.social
September 26, 2024 at 7:22 AM
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Best view at an @yecrea.bsky.social party ever? I’d say so! 👏 @sandrabanjac.bsky.social @birteleonhardt.bsky.social
September 26, 2024 at 5:35 PM