iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This commentary by @sangjung-kim.bsky.social explores where the distinctiveness of #visualjournalism resides in an #AI age when performance can be technologically reproduced, simulated, or circumvented. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This SI introduction by @tjthomson.bsky.social, @ryanjthomas.bsky.social, et al, examines how technological change is reshaping the forms, practices, power relations, and epistemic foundations of visual #journalism. Available with FREE ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

021

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Tali Aharoni et al examines how users characterize #news in hybrid #media environments, drawing on eight chat-based focus groups and 162 in-depth interviews. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Rasmus Schmøkel et al examines the dynamics of #news consumption on social media platforms, focusing on how news avoidance motivations interact with algorithms to potentially #polarise news consumption. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Kevin Alexis García et al investigates how digital-native #media adapt their practices, organizational models, and community relationships when operating under the compound constraints characteristic of flawed democracies. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This commentary by @stuartallan123.bsky.social considers what the future portends for #visualjournalism when its guiding norms, conventions and values are being recast in the emerging era of #ArtificialIntelligence. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

001

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Ximena Orchard et al examines audience-media relations in the context of protest coverage, testing how dynamics of news media #amplification and contestation in social media compare between legacy and #alternativemedia. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Diego Gómez-Zará et al proposes a workflow that uses LLMs to augment the creation and refinement of #framing #codebooks by combining theoretical frameworks with data-driven exploration. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Finally, here's our latest Call for Papers titled “LLM Sycophancy in #DigitalJournalism: #News Consumption, Public Deliberation, and Governance in the Age of Conversational Agents“, guest edited by Xinzhi Zhang, Ran Wei, @ingridbachmann.bsky.social & Taina Bucher. Submit your abstract by Sep 30!

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Also featured in our First-Time Authors segment is an interview with Jimmy Ochieng on his co-authored article “Populist Hustlers Versus Establishment Dynasties: The Contentious #Visual #Framing Dual of the 2022 #Kenyan #Election”.

100

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In our latest Vol 14 Issue 7 newsletter, we share the links to the articles in our newest issue on #journalism and #AI, with studies on AI’s reshaping of #news production, newsroom structures, and #audience experiences.

100

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

[THREAD] NEWSLETTER ALERT! Here's our 7th newsletter of 2026, with article links from our latest issue on #journalism & #AI, an interview with first-time author Jimmy Ochieng & our Call for Papers, “LLM Sycophancy in #DigitalJournalism". Click to read👉https://bit.ly/4d7zekT

110

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Katharina Schöppl & Christian Schwarzenegger approaches #alternative #media as emotional comfort zones that offer validation and resonance amid broader conditions of epistemic instability. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Wen Shi & Jinhui Li examines how #recommendation systems organize differential #news visibility on Douyin, one of China’s largest short-video platforms. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Matthew S. Weber & Allie Kosterich examines how #journalism has adapted to #AI and technological shifts through the emergence of new job roles and skills. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Stephen Ssenkaaba examines how mainstream #journalists in Uganda perceive and respond to digital authoritarianism and explores the socioeconomic, legal, and technological factors shaping these perceptions. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Marína Urbánikováa et al proposes the conceptual framework of double adaptation as a sensitizing, process-oriented lens for a more systematic understanding of how #journalists manage boundaries with politicians. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Jinjin Zhou, Jingjun Wang & Ye Wu analyzes a dataset from WeChat accounts to examine trends in #clickbait prevalence, shifts in thematic distribution, intermedia homogenization, and changes in engagement efficacy over time. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Ruth Palmer & Vincent Doyle uses discourse analysis to analyze #folktheories of #journalistic authority that circulated on TikTok in the wake of catastrophic floods in 2024 in Valencia, Spain. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Teresa Weikmann, Marina Tulin, Michael Hameleers & @claesdevreese.bsky.social used an online experiment to test the effectiveness of #platform interventions to combat #AI-generated #visual #disinformation. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

093

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Anton Elias Holt examines the types of content #Facebook users report as “false #news” and considers whether user reporting can serve as an effective mechanism for identifying #misinformation. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

3/ New Call for Papers: 📌 “LLM Sycophancy in Digital Journalism” Deadline: 30 September 2026

001

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

2/ In our first-time author segment, Shahira S. Fahmy discusses her research on peace and war narratives in TikTok news coverage of the Israel–Gaza war—and reflects on her experience of publishing with Digital Journalism.

101

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

1/ The new issue brings together nine original research articles. Our lead article, by Kate Wright, Dani Madrid-Morales and Christopher Barrie, examines how journalists around the world report humanitarian issues across different national and media contexts.

101

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

[THREAD] NEWSLETTER ALERT! Check out our 6th newsletter of 2026, featuring links to articles from our newly released issue, the latest #journal rankings, our first-time author segment, and two calls for papers. Click here to read 👉 shorturl.at/tCTnJ

100

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS! Check out one of our latest CfPs titled “Epistemic Disorder: #Journalism amid #Democratic Decline and #Media Insecurity”, guest edited by Kristin Skare Orgeret, Bruce Mutsvairo & Gerald Walulya. The deadline is coming up soon – submit your abstract by Sep 1!

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Tian Yang examines the impact of #digital intermediaries like #socialmedia and search engines on #inequalities in #news consumption, or the distribution of news exposure across the population. Available with OPEN ACCESS. bit.ly/4i2Djd9

031

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by @hannescools.bsky.social & colleagues discusses the role of disclosure #transparency in rebuilding #trust in #journalism amid greater integration of #generativeAI tools in #news production. Available with OPEN ACCESS. bit.ly/4goJVBo

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Paul Balluff et al. finds that #alternativemedia display distinctive reporting structures but substantially overlap with #legacymedia in the actors they reference. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

020

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This commentary by Max van Drunen et al. argues that new EU rules on #audience #measurement may increase transparency but risk deepening power inequalities between media organizations and platforms. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This study by Lynge Asbjørn Møller draws on interviews in Danish #news organizations and shows that #developers are operationally essential yet remain #peripheral. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This experimental study by Nicolas Mattis et al. finds that disclosing the use of #generative-AI for specific #journalistic tasks generally reduces perceived news #trustworthiness. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Steen Steensen et al. analyzes Norwegian #news outlets across websites, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok; this study finds that platform-specific editorial strategies reduce topic #diversity. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This study by Petra Petruccio et al. finds that #AI-driven automated publishing services (APSs), combined with human editorial oversight, may support #news quality. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

001

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This study by Zhengyi Liang & Jaeho Cho explores #bias in #news sources cited in #Wikipedia biographies of US politicians, showing how crowd-editing dynamics can shape political discourse. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Minna Koivula et al. explores how digital #data increasingly shapes #journalists’ daily work, organizational legitimacy, and decision-making. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Kenza Lamot et al., introduces a new way of measuring #news #engagement and finds that journalism becomes “Time Well Spent” when readers also feel moved, fulfilled, and rewarded. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../21...

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Stephanie Geise & Yi Xu finds that #AI-generated war images reproduce the themes of professional #photojournalism but rely on more standardized compositions and stereotypical symbols. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Nisha Sridharan examines how journalists in small, specialised #news organisations use organizational bricolage to build #legitimacy, #resilience, and distinctive identities under conditions of uncertainty. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

031

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Huong Ha & Hong Tien Vu shows that sharing #fakenews can trigger embarrassment, shame, guilt, and reduced self-esteem, leading users to reassess the information environment and change their social media #behaviour. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Qi Yin et al. explores how Chinese #media strategically use #datavisualization to balance political and commercial legitimacy. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This study by Alex Zhi-Xiong Koo & Cheryl S. Y. Shea explores how #HongKong's pro-regime #press strategically blends political loyalty with journalistic norms to maintain credibility and legitimacy. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Ross Dahlke et al. examines the consumption of #pinkslime news sites during the 2020 #election in the U.S. and reveals that audiences differ from both local news and misinformation consumers. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

010

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Qinfeng Zhu et al examines #alternative #media within the digital #news ecosystem in six European countries: Norway, Sweden, Austria, Germany, France, and Spain. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Marília Gehrke and Ansgard Heinrich examines the behind the scenes of #fact-checking. The authors turn backstage to get to know the personnel who check the fact-checkers. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

031

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Lion Wedel developes an #audience-centered concept: #informativeness. It describes the continuous space of a user’s subjective evaluation of #media content as new and/or useful. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

020

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Emma Verhoevena & Sarah Van Leuven explores how #media councils adapt their workings and standards to digital #journalism’s challenges. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

NEWSLETTER ALERT! Check out our 5th newsletter of 2026, featuring articles on the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence, our interview with the winner of the 2025 Digital Journalism Outstanding Article of the Year, and much more. Click here to read 👉 bit.ly/43iSFBC

000

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Edward Hurcombe, recipient of the Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Journal Article of the Year Award from the ICA Journalism Studies Division, for his #newsfluencer article that was published in Digital Journalism! 🔗 Read Eddy's article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

020

Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

ONLINE FIRST! This study by Ines Spielvogel et al. examines how #audiences in Austria consume security-related #news across traditional and social media. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

000