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The right kind of media attention may actually play a positive role in increasing mental health awareness and help-seeking behaviour.

Picard, a specialist in media economics, will start in the newly created role in January and will be based in Boston.

Silverman will conduct research into how news organizations deal with rumours and unverified information at Columbia University. 

Researchers at McMaster University are carrying out a study to learn how media regarding the Paralympic Games is developed and what people think of these news stories and media that cover the…

Chapters sought for forthcoming book about the role of humour in journaiism.

A recent report published by The Open Society Foundations gives an overview of how Canadian media are faring in the digital landscape, including the impact digitization has had on journalists and newsrooms. 

According to the latest Statistics Canada data, there has been no growth in the ranks of Canadian journalists over the past two decades, but the demand for PR practitioners continues to grow.…

The 2013 Pew State of Media report showed U.S. newsroom cuts were driving audiences away. But in a sharp contrast, this year’s report struck a different note: while many issues that troubled…

A new public database of Canadian journalism research will make it easier to discover which topics are being explored in journalism schools across the country.

A new study out of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism, Seeking the Single-Subject News Model, explores how hypertopocical sites are filling the gaps created when traditional newsrooms can no longer keep…