Digital Journalism
@digitaljournalism
Digital Journalism is an international, peer-reviewed, top-ranked journal that publishes cutting-edge research and concepts. Editor-in-Chief: Oscar Westlund.
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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
🏆 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....
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....
Finally, check out our latest Call for Papers titled “Epistemic Disorder: #Journalism amid #Democratic Decline and #Media Insecurity”, guest edited by Kristin Skare Orgeret, Bruce Mutsvairo, and Gerald Walulya. Be sure to submit your abstract by Sep 1, 2026!
Also featured in our First-Time Authors segment is an interview with Bernadette Uth on her article “Hardly Used, But Highly Appreciated? Use, Importance and Effects of Engagement-Oriented #Journalism”.
In our latest Vol 14 Issue 4 newsletter, we share the good news on #DigitalJournalism’s latest #SCImago journal rankings – we remain in second place out of 513 journals in #Communication!
[THREAD] NEWSLETTER ALERT! Check out our 4th newsletter of 2026, featuring article links from our newly released issue, latest #journal rankings, our first-time author segment & our latest Call for Papers on "Epistemic Disorder". Click here to read👉 bit.ly/43iSFBC.
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Isabella Glogger & Adam Shehata explores the relationship between #alternative #media use and perceptions of crime, the economy, and health care. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ONLINE FIRST! This article by André K. Rodarte et al. examines how Brazilian politicians used social media during the #COVID-19 crisis to shape competing #narratives and challenge trust in traditional media. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Jessica Zier and Nicholas Diakopoulos aims to unravel #audience perspectives regarding the purpose of #AI #transparency and finds that Audiences care more about human oversight than technical details ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ONLINE FIRST! This commentary by @natalihelberger.bsky.social proposes to expand the horizon of #journalism’s professional #ethics to also include the responsible selection of recommender systems, virtual agents, clouds, social networks & #GenAI tools. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....