The recent practical advances realized by artificial intelligence, have also given rise to the
phenomenon of deepfakes, which can be considered as a form of fake news. Deepfakes is …

Conflict-framing literature has suffered from a lack of consistent conceptualization and
consequently the aim of this paper is to unravel the dimensionality of conflict frames. We …

This study empirically examines suspected shifts in journalist practices in western
democracies regarding the granting of expert, vis-á-vis advocate, roles to central social actor …

Political journalism is a pertinent part of newsrooms across the world. This study aimed to
analyze the shifting role conceptions of US political journalists, primarily in reference to the …

Studies examining parties' attack behaviour, also called negative campaigning, largely
neglect temporal dynamics. Therefoe, this paper examines how the electoral cycle, the …

The public sphere has been going through information chaos, where traditional
intermediaries such as the media have seen their primary function of ordering and …

Political journalism constitutes one of the most prominent domains of journalism, and is
essential for the functioning of democracy. Ideally, political journalism should function as an …

Previous research suggests that, compared to regular news, satirical news has its own frame
repertoire, which differs by outlet characteristics (eg medium type, political leaning). We …

In the present article we argue that all communication is medial in the sense that every
human sign-based interaction is shaped by medial aspects from the outset. We propose a …

Mediatization has often been viewed as a western phenomenon with scholars focusing
largely on the relationship between the media and politics, especially in the United States …