About Us

The purpose of the Journalism Studies Section of ECREA is to support academic research that deepens understanding of the cultural, political, economic, social and professional aspects of journalism.

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Its main objective is to promote research on occupational, regulatory, ethical, technological, political, commercial, cultural and educational factors in journalism.

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The Journalism Studies Section aims to create a forum for dialogue between academics and practitioners from different disciplines and theoretical perspectives, who employ a variety of research methodologies to investigate aspects of journalism across different types of media, media content and geographical regions.

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The Journalism Studies Section’s goals are:

    •    to consolidate a European network of researchers on journalism, with the participation of as many countries as possible;

    •    to actively participate in the organisation of journalism studies panels at the ECREA conferences and at other conferences and events;

    •    to organise regular seminars between ECREA conferences in order to foster the international exchange of ideas and knowledge;

    •    to organise regular symposia of academics and professional journalists;

    •    to develop its website as a clearing house for journalism departments and researchers in Europe, and

    •    to work towards the authoring and editing of books and special journal issues.