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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣 Deadline extended to August 22nd! To submit an abstract or the full CfP, check our website: edu.nl/nfd7h

Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · May 14

The PhD colloquium is part of the ECREA Journalism Studies section conference that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies is hosting (main conference on April 9-10, CfP via: edu.nl/tcqmd). Looking forward to welcoming the Journalism Studies community in Groningen next year! 🥳

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · May 14

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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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · May 6

The day before the main conference, the CMJS will also host the ECREA Journalism Studies Section PhD Colloquium on 8 April 2026 at the University of Groningen. Further details about this event to follow soon!

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · May 6

📣 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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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Apr 30

Dankjewel Erik, en ja, dat klopt! Voor publicaties voor het wetenschappelijke (grotendeels internationale) publiek ligt Engels wel voor de hand, maar de voertaal binnen het project zal Nederlands zijn.

Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Apr 25

📣 Heb jij interesse in veranderend nieuwsgebruik van jongeren en nieuwswijsheid? Yael de Haan en ik zoeken een PhD binnen een project samen met Noorderpoort en lokale omroepen Oog & RTV1 naar nieuwswijsheid in het mbo. Solliciteren kan tot 15 mei via: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... Vragen? DM me gerust!

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Sandra Banjac @sandrabanjac.bsky.social · Apr 9

Great discussion last night! @seldridge.com talked about his new book and engaged the audience with provocative questions about the role of journalism in a fractured society, followed by a panel w/ @lisares.bsky.social & @sikkom.bsky.social’s Willem Groeneveld, moderated by @joelleswart.bsky.social.

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Studium Generale Groningen @sggroningen.bsky.social · Mar 28

🗞️ 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:

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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 · Mar 19

There will also be a panel discussion featuring @facultyofartsug.bsky.social colleague Lisa Gaufman, @sikkom.bsky.social editor Willem Groeneveld, and myself, moderated by @joelleswart.bsky.social, which will give us a chance to explore these dynamics and their implications in greater detail (2/3)

Journalism in a Fractured World

What role does journalism play in building a democratic society?

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join us in the Academy Building on April 8th, 20.00-21.30h!

Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · Mar 19

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)

Journalism in a Fractured World

What role does journalism play in building a democratic society?

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Mar 17

Wat betekent GenAI voor het nieuwsgebruik en de nieuwswijsheid van kinderen en jongeren? @mjbroersma.bsky.social, Bart Verheij en ik hebben plek voor een PhD die zich wil verdiepen in dit onderwerp. De vacature vind je hier: lnkd.in/e73GCi4E, deadline sollicitaties 3 april. Meer weten? DM me gerust!

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Mar 7

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

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Jan 15

My CMJS colleague @qianhuang.bsky.social is keeping a reading list with prior Xiaohongshu scholarship that might be helpful too: qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi...

Engaging with Xiaohongshu (RED/REDnote/LittleRedBook): A Reading List

In the mold of other reading lists and bibliographies that have inspired us (see Digital Ethnography Collective Reading List, TikTok Researcher Network, and Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic), and given t...

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Nov 29

Update: our SI is now fully published in Convergence! Comprised of 15 papers, it discusses how to make sense of the relationship between users and datafied media across a range of cultural, professional, social and everyday contexts. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/con/30/6

Convergence - Volume 30, Number 6, Dec 01, 2024

Table of contents for Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30, 6, Dec 01, 2024

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Nov 21

This paper introduces our special issue for Convergence, that aims to connect work from critical data studies with scholarship in audience studies around the reciprocal relationship between algorithmically-tailored platforms and users. Full SI following soon!

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Nov 21

Out now: Data reflectivity and user reflexivity. New conceptual pathways for connecting structural approaches with user perspectives, w/ Martina Mahnke, David Mathieu & @pillepv.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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Sandra Banjac @sandrabanjac.bsky.social · Nov 15

Journalism doesn’t exist without its audiences, and in this section, contributors introduce radical perspectives on audience studies, question news inequalities, revisit photojournalism in the digital age, explore digital audiences’ evolving news repertoires, and news literacy.

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Nov 15

Great to see the new Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies finally out! 🥳 Go check out this collection of work by 70+ fantastic journalism scholars across the globe. A BIG thank you to all who contributed! @unigroningen.bsky.social

Sandra Banjac @sandrabanjac.bsky.social · Nov 15

📣NEW EDITED BOOK📣
The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies 2nd Edition - edited by @seldridge.com @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and @joelleswart.bsky.social - is now available online! The print version will be out in December; use code ESA03 for a 20% discount.

The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies | Scott A. Eldri

This second edition of The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies offers a truly global and groundbreaking collection of essays addressing the key

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Sandra Banjac @sandrabanjac.bsky.social · Nov 15

📣NEW EDITED BOOK📣
The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies 2nd Edition - edited by @seldridge.com @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and @joelleswart.bsky.social - is now available online! The print version will be out in December; use code ESA03 for a 20% discount.

The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies | Scott A. Eldri

This second edition of The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies offers a truly global and groundbreaking collection of essays addressing the key

www.taylorfrancis.com

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Nov 15

And we couldn’t have pulled it off without your experience and patient guidance. Go CMJS team! 🥳

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Oct 28

Thanks @sethclewis.bsky.social & Mark Coddington! You can find the full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Playful Citizens: How Children Develop and Integrate News-Related Practices in Their Daily Lives

This paper studies children’s (aged 8–12) news-related practices and subsequent acts of lived citizenship in formal and informal social contexts. While children in this age group are increasingly e...

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Oct 28

Excellent summary today in RQ1 of our latest paper led by Denise Mensonides about the news-related practices of 8-12 year old children (w/ Anna Van Cauwenberge & Marcel Broersma): rq1.substack.com/p/what-audie...

What audiences really want: For journalists to connect with them as people

Plus: How newsrooms are using generative AI, what makes news seem authentic on social media, and how to bridge the divide between academics and journalists

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Oct 9

Congratulations Brita, such a great project! 🥳

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Oct 1

The word is out: the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social will host the next ECREA Journalism Studies section conference! 🗓️ Save the date: main conference April 9-10 2026, PhD colloquium on April 8. Frank Harbers and I are looking forward to welcoming you! 🙌