A Long March Toward Equality: Predicting the Presence of Women in Television News

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The (under)representation of women in the news has received much attention in scholarly research. Using a population dataset of news broadcasts in Belgium, this article describes how gender equ… Continue reading A Long March Toward Equality: Predicting the Presence of Women in Television News

Fostering Artificial Intelligence to Face Misinformation: Discourses and Practices of Automated Fact-Checking in Brazil

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines the advancement of automated fact-checking in Brazil and investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) products shape publishers’ discourses and practices. First, it maps … Continue reading Fostering Artificial Intelligence to Face Misinformation: Discourses and Practices of Automated Fact-Checking in Brazil

Job Satisfaction in the COVID-19 Era: A Survey of Copy Editors Across Fields

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This survey examines job satisfaction of U.S. copy editors, proofreaders, and fact-checkers (N = 472). Participants across media fields (e.g., newspapers, magazines, and books) reported high jo… Continue reading Job Satisfaction in the COVID-19 Era: A Survey of Copy Editors Across Fields

The “Us vs. Them” Mentality: The Role of Affective Polarization in Deepening the Partisan Divide in Media Bias Perception

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines how affective polarization impacts the partisan divide in perceptions of cable news networks’ political biases. Results from a 2016 U.S. presidential election survey show th… Continue reading The “Us vs. Them” Mentality: The Role of Affective Polarization in Deepening the Partisan Divide in Media Bias Perception

Examining the Role of Political Party Predispositions and Polarized Media on Network Agenda Setting: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between the media and the public network agendas concerning Syrian refugees in Türkiye, as an exemplar of a polarized media system within… Continue reading Examining the Role of Political Party Predispositions and Polarized Media on Network Agenda Setting: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye

Ageism, a Remarkable Election, and the Journalism Objectivity Norm

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Age, rarely examined in journalism studies, became salient in 2018 in Malaysia when a 92-year-old, Mahathir Mohamad, unexpectedly became the world’s oldest elected head of state, and he named a… Continue reading Ageism, a Remarkable Election, and the Journalism Objectivity Norm

Covering COVID-19 in the United States: Factors Influencing the News Coverage of the Global Health Crisis During Different Pandemic Situations

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. By analyzing 123,386 international COVID-19 news stories from nine news outlets, this study explores factors influencing U.S. news coverage of global COVID-19 issues in 2020. Various determinan… Continue reading Covering COVID-19 in the United States: Factors Influencing the News Coverage of the Global Health Crisis During Different Pandemic Situations

COVID-19, Job Satisfaction, and Feelings of Occupational Alienation Among American Journalists

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article explored potential stress-related effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on working journalists. Approximately 500 U.S.-based professional journalists were surveyed on issues related to … Continue reading COVID-19, Job Satisfaction, and Feelings of Occupational Alienation Among American Journalists

Empathy With Muslim Victims of Discrimination: Can Personalization and Emotionalization in News Reporting Pave the Way?

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 178-205, March 2024. Hate crimes against Muslims in the United States have been on the rise since 2016 (FBI, 2022), discouraging this group’s participation in public life. Most Americ… Continue reading Empathy With Muslim Victims of Discrimination: Can Personalization and Emotionalization in News Reporting Pave the Way?