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Articles tagged journalism research (7)

Jacob L. Nelson, Andrea Wenzel and Letrell CrittendenOctober 3, 2024

Journalism scholars want to make journalism better. They’re not quite sure how.

Does any of this work actually matter?

Tamar Wilner and Valérie Bélair-GagnonJuly 6, 2023

Out of touch, but inspiring? Journalists share their thoughts about academic research

A survey finds there are key differences between what journalists think researchers can help with, and what the journalists are actually trying to address in their newsroom.

Angie Drobnic HolanApril 27, 2023

Searching for gold: Making sense of academic research about journalism

“It’s the inherent instability in the space that makes it so fascinating to many researchers.”

Putting a reporter’s mugshot next to a fact check won’t make readers more likely to believe it

C.W. Anderson and Pablo BoczkowskiJune 12, 2017

When certainties fade: The changing state of academic research into the changing world of news

“Nostalgia provides reassurance and self-gratification, but it is also intellectually and socially stultifying. It is time to move on, make sense of the present by learning from history, not by clinging to it, in order to help shape more productive futures.”

C.W. Anderson and Pablo BoczkowskiJune 12, 2017

De Watergate a las fake news: los nuevo futuros del periodismo

“La nostalgia, tanto en el periodismo como en la academia, no es productiva; el presente está maduro para reflexionar sobre el pasado como una vía para imaginar nuevos futuros”.

A call for better journalism research, with more consideration for technology and audiences