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SpinozAI: Augmenting Journalism with Innovation and Ethics

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2025), 15 pp.

"The Spinoza project aims to develop an open-source AI tool that ensures the integrity, traceability, and ownership of its data. It is co-designed with journalists and publishers and its first prototype focuses on climate change issues. The initial concept was launched by Reporters Without Borders ( ... more

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Analysis of monetization tools for media, bloggers and media personalities in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Overview of the financial landscape for digital content creators

Arthur Papyan, Anna Barseghyan, Oleg Khomenok

Fojo Media Institute (2025), 49 pp.

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Platform journalism on YouTube: A democratic functions approach to analysing journalism on digital platforms

Christopher James Hall

Australian Journalism Review, volume 47, issue 1 (2025), pp. 97-115

"Independent youtubers who create content on political, social and economic issues attract very large audiences and are increasingly the object of study for journalism scholars. This article contributes to the literature by conducting a detailed analysis of the Australian YouTube channel friendlyjor ... more

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Digital Journalism

Bruce Mutsvairo, Kristin Skare Orgeret (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xxi, 444 pp.

"This book responds to mounting calls to broaden the theorization of digital journalism, addressing critical questions about an emerging yet rapidly expanding area of study, and presenting multiple entry points and approaches that help us understand digital journalism better. Seeking to establish it ... more

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Non-News Websites Expose People to More Political Content Than News Websites: Evidence from Browsing Data in Three Countries

Magdalena Wojcieszak, Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg et al.

Political Communication, volume 41, issue 1 (2024), pp. 129-151

"Most scholars focus on the prevalence and democratic effects of (partisan) news exposure. This focus misses large parts of online activities of a majority of politically disinterested citizens. Although political content also appears outside of news outlets and may profoundly shape public opinion, ... more

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Global Project Oasis: A study of the impact, innovation, threats, and sustainability of digital native media in more than 65 countries

Janine Warner, A. Martin del Campo, Natalie Vanhoozer, Naimid Cirelli, David LaFontaine, James Breiner

SembraMedia;Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);European Journalism Centre;International Media Support (IMS);AJOR (2024), 98 pp.

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Understanding Homeless Media: A Study on Social Media Based Informal Local News in Five Indonesian Cities

Geger Riyanto et al.

Remotivi;Internews (2024), 107 pp.

"Homeless media refers to news outlets that initially distributed information solely through social media, with the majority of them now based on Instagram. Nowadays, as our findings suggest, homeless media outlets have emerged as an important source of local news, referred to for their quick update ... and locally relevant content. Using content analysis of their news, interviews with homeless media founders and personnel, and discussions with media audiences, this study attempts to understand their emergence and dynamics, how they are positioned among other actors in the contemporary Indonesian media landscape, and their prospects and issues. [...] The following are the main findings of this study: • Homeless media outlets are mostly run informally, with only a few employees. Only one from nine we interviewed is registered as a media entity, and that was only after years of operation. There are two homeless media outlets that are only managed by one person. Others are mostly managed by two to five people. They may hire more on occasion if they need to create higher-quality content, such as endorsements. • Four homeless media outlets we interviewed began as something entirely different, such as hobby, community, or paid Instagram promotion pages. They changed course after noticing increased engagement by providing local news, as well as citizens voluntarily sending them newsworthy incidents to be published. • As the majority of homeless media outlets are not legally registered as a media entity, this raises concerns about governance among government officials and journalists. However, our homeless media interlocutors stated that they have implemented an internal code of conduct, particularly in terms of filtering misinformation. • The informality of homeless media outlets provides them with advantageous flexibility, allowing them to respond to audience submissions or circulating internet content while making quick decisions about what content to publish. • The most engaging content on homeless media is related to crime, followed by city facts, eccentric citizen behavior, city romantization, commotion among citizens, and accidents; however, they most frequently post about shopping/service recommendations, government policies, crime, culinary recommendations, and city facts. • Homeless media outlets provide impressively specific and local news to their audiences immediately after it occurs, thanks to audience submissions and the circulating local social media content. They function as an effective local information hub. • Nonetheless, because homeless media outlets rely on social media as a publishing platform and distribution channel, losing their accounts, whether due to a social media ban or hacking, can pose a significant risk to their operations. Our interlocutors have no plans to mitigate the risk. This happened to another account managed by @merapi_uncover personnel, and they were unable to do anything about it. • Many of our audience interlocutors admit to being first exposed to local news through homeless media, and they actively use homeless media outlets to learn about recent events in their community, such as incidents they witnessed or traffic jams. • Homeless media’s most engaging content—city facts and romantization—evokes a sense of connection between the audience and their city. • Although not all, homeless media outlets may become participatory spaces, with citizens using them to draw attention to incidents or public issues, or to respond to other posts. [...]" (Executive summary, pages 3-5) more

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Inteligência Artificial e Jornalismo Móvel: Contextos, Tendências, Práticas e Perspectivas

João Canavilhas, Catarina Rodrigues, Fábio Giacomelli (orgs.)

Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior (2024), 270 pp.

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Erwachen aus dem Äther: Reformvorschläge für die digitale Zukunft öffentlich-rechtlicher Medien

Torben Klausa

Berlin: Agora Digitale Transformation (2024), 18 pp.

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Behind the Screen: How Successful Multi-Platform Journalist Jacque Manabat Uses TikTok to Reach a New Audience

Jacque Manabat, Vanessa Buchmann

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), September 24 (2024)

"[...] TikTok is much more than just a social network. Increasingly, it serves as a search engine, connecting its users with trends, music, and news—the latter in a significant way. Various studies indicate that TikTok has now become the primary news source for Gen Z, with this trend on the rise. ... more

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El hormiguero II: Estudio de los medios nativos digitales en Latinoamérica y primera aproximación a los nativos digitales latinos en Estados Unidos
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Germán Rey et al.

Cartagena: Fundación Gabo;Google News Initiative (2024), 149 pp.

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Handbook of Digital Journalism: Perspectives from South Asia

Surbhi Dahiya, Kulveen Trehan (eds.)

Singapore: Springer (2024), lxv, 589 pp.

"Digital Journalism: Perspectives from South Asia is a descriptive, exploratory book on digital journalism practices and policies followed in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. It brings in-depth perspectives on content, communication, and community between communication theory and the ... more

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AI Adopition in Bangladeshi Newsrooms 2024

Maliha Tabassum

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI);Asia Foundation (2024), 40 pp.

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Soft News in Original Videos: Adaptation to TikTok of the Main Spanish Online Media

Suandi Estrada-Garcia, José Gamir-Rios

Profesional de la Información, volume 32, issue 2 (2023), 17 pp.

"Since the beginning of 2020, media around the world have started and intensified their TikTok activity to gain notoriety and reach young people, their main user group. However, as with other previously popularized social media, such as Facebook or Twitter, the platform’s logic is different from t ... more

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News Podcast Use, Press Freedom, and Political Participation: A Cross-National Study of 38 Countries

Yoonmo Sang, Sunyoung Park, Jiwon Kim, Sora Park

International Journal of Communication, volume 17 (2023), pp. 1402-1424

"This study investigates the use and effects of news podcasts on online and offline political participation, based on a global survey of news consumers from 38 countries. The results demonstrate that political participation, both online and offline, is directly affected by news podcast use. Online d ... more

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Project OASIS: A Research Project on the Trends, Impact and Sustainability of Independent Digital Native Media in More Than 40 Countries in Europe

SembraMedia;European Journalism Centre;International Media Support (IMS);Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC);Google News Initiative (GNI) (2023), 56 pp.

"Despite the political, economic and linguistic differences that characterise the 40+ countries where we conducted this research, the 540 digital native media organisations featured in our Project Oasis directory face many common challenges and opportunities. Among our key findings: They use social ... more

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Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia: An Anthology of Emerging and Contemporary Issues

Elira Turdubaeva, Evangelia Papoutsaki (eds.)

Lexington Books (2023), xiii, 365 pp.

"Central Asian post-independence media and communication industries, professional practices, education, persisting and evolving values, and traditions remain critically understudied with a notable scarcity of research and scholarly publications on the complex and increasingly changing communicative ... more

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Methodkit for Podcasts: Knowledge Guide

Paul McNally et al.

Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 77 pp.

"If you are a journalist with a story to tell or a hobbyist with a burning passion for your subject we have broken up the act of producing a podcast into 61 steps that are meant to instruct but also inspire. We have collected expert advice from podcasters from all around the world and distilled it i ... more

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Challenges of Viability, Sustainability and Resilience of Indie Digital Journalism Platforms in Pakistan: Annual State of Digital Journalism in Pakistan Report 2022

Adnan Rehmat, Muhammad Aftab Alam

Islamabad: Institute for Research, Advocacy and Development (IRADA) (2023), 31 pp.

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Ethiopian Digital Media Information Ecosystem Assessment

Asrat Seyoum, Mihret Aschalew, Menychle Mesert

Internews (2023), 71 pp.

"[...] While Facebook and YouTube are the most preferred platforms for content consumption, Facebook stands as a less trusted platform among the audience (ranks 4th). Audiences prioritize quality entertainment, current information, reliable reporting, and educational value content, while content cre ... more

El hormiguero II: Estudio de los medios nativos digitales en Latinoamérica y primera aproximación a los nativos digitales latinos en Estados Unidos Inspiring Practice

El hormiguero II: Estudio de los medios nativos digitales en Latinoamérica y primera aproximación a los nativos digitales latinos en Estados Unidos
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