In recent years, the Leveson Inquiry in Great Britain, as well as the EU High-Level Group on
Media Freedom and Pluralism, have stirred heated debates about media accountability and …

Examining a central assumption widely accepted as being crucial in making democracy
work-that politicians form a more or less accurate image of public opinion and take that …

Research has repeatedly found an unequal representation of women compared to men in
the news. Yet most research until now has focused on traditional news media including …

The foundations of traditional newspaper publishers have been undermined, which raises
the question why they are still surviving amidst an unfolding digital era. This is explored in a …

This paper examines the role of digitalisation in shaping and reproducing gender relations
in journalism. It builds on the concepts of Bourdieu's field theory and its feminist …

Health journalists are central gatekeepers who select, frame, and communicate health news
to a broad audience, but the selection and content of health news are also influenced by the …

Canada, Belgium and Switzerland are multicultural countries with several similarities
including having French as a minority language. The trio also shares similar media …

How journalists perceive public opinion is important in democracies. These perceptions help
journalists to construct meaningful stories and might influence news content. However, little …

This article is concerned with a segment of journalists often neglected or marginalized in
journalism research: freelance journalists. The most recent large-scale survey among …

Within the context of the ongoing discussion on how the media represents spaces and
territories to audiences, this pilot study proposes a methodological approach to investigate …