Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

We've been posting on #Bluesky for about an year now, trying to establish a new channel -- against long odds. And now, ?????? of you also follow us there. Literally, this happened over night and we couldn't be more thrilled! Awesome, #commsky, thank you for joining us!

What an editorial meeting! So productive and informative! ?? Thank you for your leadership, dear Daniela Dimitrova! And thank you everybody for attending and contributing: David Atkin, Renita Coleman, Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Sei-Hill Kim, Gregory Perreault, Shaya Kraut and Monica Crawford! Not pictured, but “there” nonetheless: Hong Cheng & Viorela Dan!?? Your input is much appreciated!

Hello there! We hope your week is off to a good start! In case you are interested in what affects organizational advocacy for polarizing issues, we have an interesting #JMCQ study for you. Ejae Lee & Sung-Un Yang found that #authenticity plays an important role. It impacts the quality of an organization’s relationship w/ individuals, which leads to increased support. https://lnkd.in/di_mdbiR Daniela Dimitrova Gregory Perreault

Sharing a week later than it would be cool to share, but was great to chat with Deutschlandfunk about US presidential endorsements earlier in the month. Shared a study (with great collaborators Volha Kananovich and Ella Hackett!) in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly that basically found that presidential endorsements are (1) perceived as ineffectual by journalists and (2) cause a lot of extra work for political journalists who have to explain that, no, they are not in charge of the endorsements https://lnkd.in/eGtU-EKP

Thank you for publishing with us! We are especially glad that this article focuses on a country/ region that historically has not been systematically examined in mass communication research.

Good morning everyone! ?? This content analysis might be of interest. Mohamad Hamas Elmasry examined how popular Western broadcast news channels—BBC News, CNN, Fox News, Sky News, and MSNBC—used #Instagram to cover the initial phase of the fifth #Israel-#Gaza. He found that studied outlets favored Israel. Specifically: Studied outlets consistently favored Israeli and pro-Israeli sources over Palestinian and pro-Palestinian sources; highlighted Israeli victims while neglecting Palestinian victims; and framed Israeli violence as self-defense while framing Palestinian violence as aggression. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dFvgh5ku Daniela Dimitrova

Good morning everyone! ?? This content analysis might be of interest. Mohamad Hamas Elmasry examined how popular Western broadcast news channels—BBC News, CNN, Fox News, Sky News, and MSNBC—used #Instagram to cover the initial phase of the fifth #Israel-#Gaza. He found that studied outlets favored Israel. Specifically: Studied outlets consistently favored Israeli and pro-Israeli sources over Palestinian and pro-Palestinian sources; highlighted Israeli victims while neglecting Palestinian victims; and framed Israeli violence as self-defense while framing Palestinian violence as aggression. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dFvgh5ku Daniela Dimitrova

Hello again! ?? We return with some food for thought: Afrooz Mosallaei & Lauren Feldman have contributed an intriguing piece to #JMCQ. It deals with people's #perceptions & #effects of image–text congruency in news about #climate change. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/duFzKdpP

Good morning! ?? We hope your week is off to a good start! ?? Allow us to draw your attention to an insightful piece in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly by Mats Ekstr?m & Adam Shehata. Read it to find out about the circumstances under which people develop #authoritarian attitudes and the of role #news media within. #Sweden https://lnkd.in/drTstmAz

What you always wanted to know about #collaborative #journalism is condensed in this #systematic #review published in #JMCQ -- by Samuel?Danso, Modestus?Fosu, Michael Yao Wodui?Serwornoo, and Martin Thompson Kwadzo?Ntem! https://lnkd.in/d9HnBGKH