Sports documentaries and documentary series like Last Chance U use myths such as the American dream and redemption story to create more compelling films. Last Chance U used five themes throughout its six-episode season that break down the two myths mentioned above, and it showed that …
A recent study of German news organizations has found that crime and politics topped the list of topics most often sent to audiences through WhatsApp. The study was conducted by TU Dortmund University researchers Karin k and Lars Koppers. They looked at 78 news organizations and …
A new study found that “it is a commonplace” for journalists to carry their smartphones wherever they go because they are constantly looking for news. As a result, they have less free time now than they had at the beginning of their careers. The study, titled …
The eight decision-making issues are not the basis for ethical conduct within documentary filmmaking. It is the documentarians’ self-reflection of their work and situation-specific choices that are core to the ethical process, a study finds. Duquesne University’s Communication and Rhetoric Studies professor Garnet Butchart and her …
For the last few years, third-party technology firms have been helping newsrooms become more automated. A recent study, however, found that newsroom automation is being adopted slowly due to the scarcity of resources and skilled journalists in the news organizations. The study relied on interviews with …
In recent years, theorists and practitioners of journalism have been increasingly confronted with the spread of false information in mass media. The internet and digital technology accelerate the spread of fake news enormously. The reliability of the information in the mass media is essential because …
In the digital age of consuming news anytime and anywhere, social media has become an important channel for journalists to collect and report news and engage with consumers. Since the rise of social media as a “transparent,” “interactive” and “real-time” media source, news networks that encourage …
A new study found that media organizations are unaware of guidelines developed in 2001 for covering suicides. The study was conducted by researchers led by Arielle Sheftall, principal investigator at the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio. She and her colleagues …
A recent study on the use of Instagram Stories by the globally acclaimed news outlets found that sports dominate the story topics, followed by “society news” and “people.” The study was conducted by researchers Jorge Vázquez-Herrero, Sabela Direito-Rebollal and Xosé López-García of Universidade de Santiago de …
Incidental news exposure via social media has a detrimental effect on mainstream media and is helping its decline, a recent study found. “(T)he more often social media users come across news incidentally, the less time they look for news from traditional and online media,” concluded the …
The minority religious groups in the U.S. use social media to uphold their religious behaviors and cultural values by sometimes making fun of mainstream social media practice or use, a study has found. The study analyzed the Snapchat use of Brigham Young University (BYU) students who …
Support for the First Amendment freedoms among high school students is higher today than in previous years, but about 26 percent believe that it goes too far in the rights it guarantees. Kenneth Dautrich, professor at the University of Connecticut, carried out a survey in 2018 …
