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Digital Journalism
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Digital Journalism is an international, peer-reviewed, top-ranked journal that publishes cutting-edge research and concepts. Editor-in-Chief: Oscar Westlund.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rdij20
ONLINE FIRST! This article by @nicolestewart.bsky.social, Joseph M. Nicolai and Graeme Beamiss examines how streamers-as-news-providers on #Twitch remix and amplify secondary #news sources for followers, and develops a new “platform #streaming framework”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Amaka Peace Onebunne looks at #journalists’ views of #AI in Nigerian newsrooms and how geographical and cultural factors influence AI usage, by conducting interviews with 18 #Nigerian journalists. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
SUPPORT THIS CAUSE! The deadline for signing our commentary on defending #academic #freedom is this Sunday, 9 Nov! Read this article led by Digital Journalism's Editor-in-Chief @oscarwestlund.bsky.social (bit.ly/4oUu6E0) & sign here (bit.ly/afsignatory) to support this cause!
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
ONLINE FIRST! In this large-scale study of 14,891 fact-checks, @babettehermans.bsky.social et al. show that fact-checking organizations effectively adapt content to social media, maintaining hard news focus despite platform constraints.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
ONLINE FIRST! Analyzing Singapore’s 2019 anti-fake news law, this study by @shangyuanwu.bsky.social shows how government discourse, transparency, and shared values shape perceived legislative legitimacy.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
ONLINE FIRST! In Greece’s “Watergate” spyware scandal, journalists grew more determined—but democracy grew weaker. Lambrini Papadopoulou’s study reveals how surveillance tests press freedom in Europe.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ONLINE FIRST! Edina Strikovic & @hannescools.bsky.social find that audiences express deep concern over AI-generated news images. Media users fear misinformation and erosion of shared reality, highlighting the need for transparency and ethical newsroom policies.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
ONLINE FIRST! Shahira Fahmy et al. analyze 405 TikToks from six news outlets during the 2023 Israel–Gaza War, revealing the dominance of elite war narratives and calling on newsrooms to use visual storytelling to foster more empathetic, peace-oriented reporting.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁-𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴", edited by Carolina Fernández Castrillo, Antonio López, @salaverria.es, & Vitor Tomé.

🗓️Deadline: Jan 12, 2026
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1aU3J...
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! What are the side effects of news deserts? Jessica R. Collier finds that communities in U.S. news deserts show varying resilience solutions, with social media partly filling people's information gaps.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
DIGITAL JOURNALISM
VOL 13 ISSUE 8 NEWSLETTER ALERT!

This newsletter highlights eight new articles about misinformation, verification, and fact-checking. It also includes a new CFP on #environmentaljournalism and fact-checking.

Click here to read our newsletter: drive.google.com/file/d/1KfLL...
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ONLINE FIRST! This study by Wei Zhong et al. finds that media in authoritarian regimes visually frame protests mainly as spectacle or debate, depicting domestic unrest as dialogue, while these same media portray foreign protests as violent or chaotic.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This study by Simran Agarwal reveals that India’s dependence on digital platforms for news stems from deep-rooted structural conditions shaping how publishers coexist, collaborate, and avoid direct contestation.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
ONLINE FIRST! How do LGBTQ+ journalists navigate identity, authenticity, and emotional labor in newsrooms that often prioritize objectivity over inclusion? Patrick R. Johnson explores these questions through interviews with 15 LGBTQ+ journalists.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! Are major news outlets mimicking digital platforms to gain autonomy, adopting data, ads, and personalization strategies smaller outlets can’t match? James Meese and Theresa Seipp show that this is increasingly the case.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! This new study by Ragnhild Kristine Olsen and Hlle Sjøvaag on Norway’s news media reveals how public service and commercial outlets navigate platform dependence and strategic disengagement differently.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ONLINE FIRST! @acadianjprof.bsky.social & @jnelz.bsky.social review 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions on the future of media. Drawing on a metajournalistic analysis, they show journalists’ trust in social media has declined, but confidence in audiences endures.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! How is media use interconnected with our everyday life? Anna Grøndahl Larsen explores how media use helps citizens connect with local publics, underscoring the overlooked importance of local contexts in public connection.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This study by Jing Meng and Haiyan Wang examines how journalist podcasters in China carve out alternative news spaces through non-confrontational strategies, balancing professionalism, personalization, and subtle platform resistance.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! Finnish news users often see the use of audience data as commercially driven. But is it only about money? @liisaovaska.bsky.social highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of how audience data is used in journalism.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Dominika Betakova et al. uses a comparative online experiment to test whether nudges could help with #news avoidance. Available with OPEN ACCESS.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by @shangyuanwu.bsky.social investigates if established legacy news organizations adapting to #TikTok logics have indeed unanchored their news from traditional news values, norms, routines and roles and whether that is concerning.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Jimmy Ochieng et al. offers a comprehensive view on #visual representation of presidential candidates and the impact of #media images on the outcome of a Kenyan election.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
September 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Constanza Gajardo, David Domingo & Irene Costera Meijer examines how the expectations of #journalists and users about the role of digital platforms coincide or differ in terms of the affordances for engagement with each other.
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September 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
ONLINE FIRST! This commentary by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @rodzam.bsky.social, & Jon Benedik A. Bunquin argues for taking tech hype in #journalism more seriously as an object of inquiry.
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September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM