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Scott A. Eldridge II

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Journalism Scholar seldridge.com Associate Professor | Centre for Media and Journalism Studies | University of Groningen, NL @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social

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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 21/10/2025
New issue o Media and Communication is out (I am on the journal's editorial board). 'Journalism in the Hybrid Media System' has a fantastic array of research, edited by @sfuerst.bsky.social Florian Muhle & @cporlezza.bsky.social Find the full issue here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
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Journalism in the Hybrid Media System
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 19/09/2025
Spoke with @rtl.nl yesterday about ABC 'suspending' Jimmy Kimmel's show, the perception that undue political pressure is being placed on media outlets and the corporations that own them, and warily watching to see what might come next www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buite... @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 18/07/2025
In this commentary in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social Kristy Hess, Edson Tandoc, and I write together as former Associate Editors of the journal, and as peers, to add our voices to those calling for the defense of academic freedom in journalism research – and all research doi.org/10.1080/2167...
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Echoing the Call: Standing in Defense of Academic Freedom for Our Field
This article joins the call to protect academic freedom and freedom of expression in scholarly work. In our commentary, we reflect on how Digital Journalism has long provided a space for scholarshi...
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Marília Gehrke, Ph.D. @gehrke.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Interested in discussing how big techs and their powerful owners shape journalism and its processes? Take a look at this Special Issue call for papers! I particularly encourage my colleagues in Latin America to read the call and think of a proposal. Abstract submissions by September 15.
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 03/07/2025
Working on a PhD in Journalism Studies? Looking for a chance to build your network and gain feedback from other journalism scholars? Apply by 22 August to join the PhD colloquium on 8 April, 2026 - ahead of the next ECREA Journalism Studies section conference, hosted here in Groningen. CfP below.
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 03/07/2025
Journalism scholars – there is still plenty of time to apply to the next ECREA Journalism Studies section conference, which we look forward to hosting here in Groningen next April. Abstracts deadline is 22 August, and you can find the full call for papers in the post below.
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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
📣 Deadline extended to August 22nd! To submit an abstract or the full CfP, check our website: edu.nl/nfd7h
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Call for Papers ECREA Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium
The ECREA Journalism Studies Section and the Young Scholars Network (YECREA) invite applications for the 5th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium, which is...
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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I am happy to share my latest article, now published in New Media & Society: “Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com
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Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging - Esteban Morales, Jaigris Hodson, Victoria O’Meara, Anatoliy Gruzd, Philip Mai, 2025
While digital platforms foster a sense of community and identity, they also facilitate harmful exclusionary practices. In this context, toxic and hateful speech...
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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
El próximo 2 de junio participaré en un conversatorio en línea sobre nuestro proyecto Dialogando Sobre Datos: Un Audiolibro sobre el Colonialismo de Datos (que pueden encontrar aquí: www.tierracomun.net/dialogando-s...). Un proyecto con colegas del colectivo Tierra Común, ¡bienvenid@s!
Poster para el evento Dialogando sobre Datos. El evento sera el 2 de Junio de 2025.
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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🚨New pub from our cross-country fact-checking project with @xzzhang2.bsky.social & @winsonpeng2011.bsky.social! Survey experiments in HK, US & NL reveal that political predispositions outweigh the impact of debunking messages—whether based on source, framing, or social cues @jmcquarterly.bsky.social
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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Are you doing a PhD in Journalism Studies? Would you like to get feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? Then join us for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium in Groningen on April 8th, 2026! Deadline for abstracts is 6 June 2025. For the full CfP, check: edu.nl/nfd7h
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 07/05/2025
Thrilled – and honored - to be shortlisted for the IJPP Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award. My thanks to the committee, both for shortlisting Journalism in a Fractured World and for placing my book in such great company. www.peterlang.com/document/128... @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
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Peter Lang Verlag - Journalism in a Fractured World
Journalism in a Fractured World addresses the fractured nature of journalism as it has developed online. Engaging with theories from journalism studies ...
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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📣 We're happy to announce that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies will be hosting the 5th ECREA Journalism Studies section conference in Groningen, The Netherlands, on April 9th-10th, 2026! Join us and submit your abstract before August 22nd. Find the CfP here: www.rug.nl/research/ico...
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 22/04/2025
There's still time to apply! - Applications close 30 April for a PhD position on this project w/ @gehrke.bsky.social @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social and myself. Find more details below.
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Ramón Salaverría @salaverria.es · 10/04/2025
📢Call for Papers! This topic couldn’t be more timely! If you research on disinformation, fact-checking, or digital platforms, don’t miss this CfP at «Communication & Society»: "From Fact-Checking to Community Notes". 🗓️Deadline: October 30, 2025 ➡️ Details & submission info: unav.edu/documents/29...
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 09/04/2025
Thanks! And thanks to everyone who joined and to @sggroningen.bsky.social for organizing a great evening. The challenges are not small, but the dialogue helps. For anyone interested, the book is available here: www.peterlang.com/document/128... (OA supported by @unigroningen.bsky.social Library)
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Peter Lang Verlag - Journalism in a Fractured World
Journalism in a Fractured World addresses the fractured nature of journalism as it has developed online. Engaging with theories from journalism studies ...
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 07/04/2025
Coming up tomorrow! Tickets are still available at: sggroningen.nl/evenement/jo...
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Journalism in a Fractured World
What role does journalism play in building a democratic society?
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Studium Generale Groningen @sggroningen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🗞️ What role does journalism play in building a democracy? On 8 April, @seldridge.com explores this question in 'Journalism in a Fractured World'. We dug into our archives and wondered: how have journalism and democracy changed in recent years? Check our watchlist: sggroningen.nl/nl/blog/watc...
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Watchlist: The Changing Face of News Media
While preparing for the lecture Journalism in a Fractured World, we dug into our archives with the question: how have journalism and democracy changed in recent years?
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 28/03/2025
Come join us! We're hiring for a PhD position on a project on "Visual Gendered Disinformation," supervised by @gehrke.bsky.social, @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social, and myself. Read more below and here: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Vacatures bij de RUG
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Olga Pasitselska, PhD @olpasi.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
❗PhD job opportunity! 🔎 Media literacy as resilience for Ukrainian refugees: 4-year, fully-funded project at the University of Groningen (NL). 🤓 Potential candidates speak Ukrainian, have experience with qualitative/ethnographic methods, and have excellent social skills. Deadline: April 30th❗
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Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Do podcasts create real trust or just fake intimacy? Our new open access issue explores how podcasts balance personal connection and journalistic standards, looking at opportunities and risks across different countries.
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Balancing Intimacy and Trust: Opportunities and Risks in Audio Journalism
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 19/03/2025
On 8 April I'll give a talk w/ @sggroningen.bsky.social on journalism's role in a fractured world. I will start the evening exploring the challenges posed by digital media actors that amplify existing divisions in democratic societies in the content they produce sggroningen.nl/index.php/nl... (1/3)
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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news? We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️ Application deadline: April 3 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 07/03/2025
Wrapping up a fantastic week in Brno, at MUNI, full of talks with colleagues about research including my recent book and with students about journalism and politics, as well as a nice time touring around South Moravia. Thanks for having us @lenkawc.bsky.social @ksmejkal.bsky.social & colleagues
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Sandra Banjac @sandrabanjac.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
What is the role of journalism in a fractured society? @seldridge.com shared insights from his new book today at Masaryk University. Special thanks to @lenkawc.bsky.social, @ksmejkal.bsky.social and all the lovely colleagues here for hosting us this week in Brno! 💫 @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Our paper on the discursive logics of online populism is now published in @Journal of Information Technology & Politics. With Kun He and @seldridge.com You can read it here (open access) ⬇️: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What if “things fall apart” and “the centre cannot hold”? In "Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital", @seldridge.com and I discuss (with a nod to Yeats & Didion) how to understand if journalism will continue to hold a central space in society www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital
PDF | In this epilog, we present two approaches to navigating digital journalism studies and its uncertainfuture. We bring two perspectives into... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
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Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
How can video games teach us something meaningful? Our new open access issue explores how games function as cultural artifacts, social environments, and learning tools, examining their impact on identity, society, and the media landscape.
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Digital Games at the Forefront of Change: On the Meaningfulness of Games and Game Studies
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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Studying internet censorship in China designed to disconnect individuals from connective actions, Kun He, @seldridge.com & @mjbroersma.bsky.social show how citizens navigate threats through innovative conenction tactics, while elites use enforced disconnection to evade public scrutiny
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Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System | Article | Media and Communication
Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge II, Marcel Broersma
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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Excited to start Bluesky with the special issue I edited with Cigdem Bozdag @cogitatiomac.bsky.social! From political unfriending and teen digital detox to migrant boundary-making and state-enforced disconnection, we explore disconnectivity across fields, contexts & disciplines: bit.ly/4aVvNep 🔓 🧵 👇
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Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape
Thematic Issue, Vol 12 (2024)
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Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
How can media literacy shape a more equitable digital future? Our new issue explores how media literacy and digital skills empower diverse groups. It highlights the need for tailored approaches and global collaboration for inclusive, resilient digital societies. Issue: shortt.link/mac466bsky
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Evaluating and Enhancing Media Literacy and Digital Skills
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 20/01/2025
I am happy to announce that the first two books in the Frontiers in Journalism Studies Series are now out. I have been developing this series with Peter Lang since 2022 as a space for scholars to develop provocative, forward-looking research. www.peterlang.com/series/fijs #PeterLangAuthor
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Olga Pasitselska, PhD @olpasi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Just in time (be)for a holiday break: our contribution with brilliant @gehrke.bsky.social Marília Gehrke is out in polcomm report: politicalcommunication.org/issue/fall-2...! Proud to be a part of this vibrant community💪🏽 and thanks a lot to @curdknupfer.bsky.social for bringing us together!
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Fall 2024 – Issue 30 “What does PolComm Stand for? Normative Dimensions of Political Communication Research & Theorizing” – PolComm
“What does PolComm Stand for? Normative Dimensions of Political Communication Research & Theorizing”   Letter from the Editor[1]   Curd Knüpfer, University of Southern Denmark Read as PDF    As noted ...
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 18/12/2024
That article is also available here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
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Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System | Article | Media and Communication
Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge II, Marcel Broersma
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 18/12/2024
Great to see this latest issue of @cogitatiomac.bsky.social out - both because it was edited by my @unigroningen.bsky.social colleagues Cigdem Bozdag and Qinfeng Zhu, but also because I was able to work again with Kun He and @mjbroersma.bsky.social to write about 'Tactics of Disconnection' in China.
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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
New paper out with Kun He & @seldridge.com in which we show how socially and culturally ingrained visual semiotic resources are used to demonstrate netizens’ affinities with ‘the people’ and dislikes of ‘the elite’ in online and bottom-up populism in China. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Personal journalism is on the rise, Kim Smeenk, Frank Harbers and I show in a new article. Mostly in quality newspapers, journalists are centering their own experiences, writing in the first person. It urges scholarship to rethink subjectivity and objectivity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 16/12/2024
Now out in Convergence - Kun He, myself, and @mjbroersma.bsky.social study the socially and culturally ingrained visual semiotic resources found in 'weaponized' memes that are used in online and bottom-up national populist protests. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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Internet memes, populist campaigns: Nationalism, populism, and online visual protests in China - Kun He, Scott A Eldridge, Marcel Broersma, 2024
This study examines how socially and culturally ingrained visual semiotic resources are used to demonstrate netizens’ affinities with ‘the people’ and dislikes ...
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Pat Ferrucci @patferrucci.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
OK, so I'm bad at social media and worse at talking about my own work. But ... I've got a new book. I like it. I would say it does two things: Shows how ownership model affects practice, and argues US journalism is deprofessionalizing. You should buy it.
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Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
What are the main challenges for the global fact-checking movement? Our new open access issue explores the institutional dynamics and regional variations of fact-checking organizations worldwide. Issue: shortt.link/mac458bsky
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Fact-Checkers Around the World: Regional, Comparative, and Institutional Perspectives
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 27/11/2024
The latest edition of @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now out, with 11 articles addressing immersive technologies, in all their complexity - looking forward to reading more! (sharing as a member of the Media and Communication editorial board) www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
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The Many Dimensions of Us: Harnessing Immersive Technologies to Communicate the Complexity of Human Experiences
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 26/11/2024
Happy to share this latest paper by Kun He, Marcel Broersma, and myself in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social We look at tactics of disconnection that social media users employ to navigate censorship in China, showing how these differ b/w 'ordinary' and 'elite' users www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
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Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System | Article | Media and Communication
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 16/11/2024
Happy to have contributed to this impressive lineup and collection of analyses, and hats off to the editors who turned around 88 concise, analytical articles from more than 100 scholars in only 10 days. www.electionanalysis.ws/us/president...
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Grievance and animosity – fracturing the digital news ecosystem  - Election Analysis - United States
Dr. Scott A. Eldridge II Associate Professor with the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen. He researches the ways journalistic outsiders have challenged the boundaries of ...
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Einar Thorsen @einarthorsen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📣U.S. Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign🗳️ Free report featuring 88 articles from leading scholars with snap analysis and research insights on the 2024 U.S. General Election. 🔗https://www.electionanalysis.ws/us/ 📄https://bit.ly/USElectionAnalysis2024_Jackson-et_al_v1-COMPRESSED
Front cover of the US Election Analysis 2024 report.
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 15/11/2024
What a volume. What a project. So excited to share this Companion with everyone who contributed to it, and everyone in our community of scholars who will benefit from the rich discussions in its pages (1/)
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 26/09/2024
And, somewhere in the mix yesterday I also presented on the theories we use to think through journalism’s ‘dependencies’
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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · 26/09/2024
Yesterday was a full-on day of papers on journalism’s interdependencies, epistemology, the health of the journalism-audience relationship, sources in covering climate crises, journalism & innovation @richardstupart.com @sandrabanjac.bsky.social @gehrke.bsky.social
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Richard Stupart @richardstupart.com · 22/09/2024
I am delighted to be part of a session on new interdependencies in journalism at ECREA next week with Sandra Banjac, @seldridge.com, Marilia Gehrke and Liga Ozolina. We'll be discussing journalism's (non) independence and the coherence of the fields of journ. & journ. studies.
An outline of a panel discussion at the 2026 ECREA conference, titled "New Interdependencies in Journalism' with headshots of the five speakers.
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