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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Female journalists worldwide still struggle for adequate representation in leadership positions. This study contributes to the (mainly Western) scholarship on gender barriers in journalism by e… Continue reading The Many Shades of Sexism: Female Journalists in Leadership Positions Reflect on Barriers to Career Advancement in Journalism→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There is a deep-seated realization that the uptake of digitization in newsrooms has necessitated the need for an ethical reformation. This article examines ethical issues confronting operations… Continue reading Ethical Issues Confronting Namibian Hybrid Media Organizations in the Digital Age→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study investigates how pregnancy and motherhood affect women journalists of the past and present. A mixed method approach of oral histories and qualitative interviews highlights how pregna… Continue reading Deadlines and Due Dates: The Impact of Pregnancy and Motherhood on Journalists From the 1950s to the 2020s→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. During COVID-19, Asian Americans were perceived as a threat to the American society, which could have led to heightened media scrutiny and a shift in media portrayals. This study examines this … Continue reading Good Guys Became Bad Guys? Changing Representations of Asians and Other Races in Crime News During COVID-19→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Credibility is an ancient, well-studied, complicated construct. Most credibility measurements consider messenger (ethos) and/or message (logos). Aristotle’s definition includes pathos—the speak… Continue reading The Visual Journalism Credibility Scale: Including Pathos for Visual Journalists in the Convergent Media Era→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Continue reading Book Review: Constructive Journalism: Precedents, Principles and Practices, by Peter Bro→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The quality of information consumed by citizens remains a crucial aspect of a working democracy. In recent years, fact-checking has emerged as an important safeguard against the spread of false… Continue reading Fact-Checking: Journalistic Strategies and Audience Outcomes in Diverse National Contexts→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Given the importance of both family and partisanship in identity formation, these two may be at odds for those in cross-partisan families. Within these households, exposure to cross-partisan me… Continue reading The (Political) Show Must Go On: The Effects of Political Media and Family Relationships on Affective Polarization→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Previous studies have identified various individual factors explaining news avoidance, but the understanding of how these factors function within the broader political information environment i… Continue reading Examining Active News Avoidance Across Countries: A Multilevel Moderation Analysis of News Interests, News Trust, and Press Freedom→

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Continue reading Book Review: To Know Is to Compare: Studying Social Media Across Nations, Media, and Platforms, by Mora Matassi and Pablo J→