News media Archive
New ‘democracy’ reporters on the beat: A case study of journalism during democratic backsliding
Andrea Lorenz (Kent State) and Karin Assmann (Lorenz presenting), “New ‘democracy’ reporters on the beat: A case study of journalism during democratic backsliding,” paper to be presented at the International Association […]
The Paper: Mocking or Paying Tribute to Community News? Metajournalistic Discourse Repairing a Broken Local News Paradigm
Karin Assmann and Roberta Fiorito (Ph.D. student), “The Paper: Mocking or Paying Tribute to Community News? Metajournalistic Discourse Repairing a Broken Local News Paradigm,” paper to be presented at the […]
When We Think ‘News Will Find Me’: Relative Credibility of Social-Media Friends, Algorithms, and Editors
Mengqi (Maggie) Liao, Sun, Y., Durotoye, T., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Sundar, S. S. (2026). “When We Think ‘News Will Find Me’: Relative Credibility of Social-Media Friends, Algorithms, and […]
United Press Associations: Collective Action for Local News Outlets?
Karin Assman, “United Press Associations: Collective Action for Local News Outlets?” accepted for presentation (and organization) at the 2026 Local Journalism Researchers Workshop this April in Washington, D.C. Overview: This presentation […]
The visuals of a changing newsroom: Analyzing local coverage of the midterm election in Georgia
Andrea Hudson and Matt Binford (Ph.D. Candidate) (2023). The visuals of a changing newsroom: Analyzing local coverage of the midterm election in Georgia. Accepted for presentation to the Visual Communication Division of the […]
Making nuance noticeable: Efficacy of intersectional representations on US immigration attitudes in news media exemplars
Partain, L., & Read, G. L. “Making nuance noticeable: Efficacy of intersectional representations on US immigration attitudes in news media exemplars,” paper to be presented at International Communication Association. Toronto, Canada. […]
Violent Incongruencies: Analyzing The New York Times’s Discourse on George Floyd Demonstrations and the Capitol Riot
Brown James (Ph.D. student), “Violent Incongruencies: Analyzing The New York Times’s Discourse on George Floyd Demonstrations and the Capitol Riot,” paper to be presented AEJMC Southeastern Colloquium, Middle Tennessee State […]
Communication rituals, alternative media regimes and enactments of participatory journalism in rural ‘news deserts’ in Georgia
Abstract: “News deserts’ are defined as communities with inadequate access to news sources (Abernathy, 2018; Stites, 2011). In an environment increasingly polarized, with social media platforms that support the spread […]
Lügenpresse: The lying press and German journalists’ responses to a stigma.
Abstract: The term Lügenpresse, ‘lying press’, was used by the German National Socialist Party before and during the Third Reich to discredit the news media and to undermine public trust. […]
Media Science and Practice
Abstract: Given their influence and visibility, understanding how news media cover topics involving medicines and how they provide information to their target audiences is essential when it comes to medicinal […]