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Digital Journalism (Studies)

An Agenda for the Future

Bibliographic Data

ID22010668
AuthorsOscar Westlund (0000-0002-2533-6737, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Jan Lauren Boyles (0000-0002-3569-4888, Iowa State University), Лэй Гуо (0000-0001-9971-8634, Fudan University), Magdalena Saldaña (0000-0002-1218-0091, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Ramón Salaverría (0000-0002-4188-7811, Clinica Universidad de Navarra), Tony Thomson (0000-0003-3913-3030, MIT University), Shangyuan Wu (0000-0003-3733-7988, National University of Singapore)
Year2025
Volume13
Issue2
Pages179-194
Publication date2025-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDigital Journalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21670811.2025.2474530
OpenAlexW4408210125
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited68

Digital Journalism has an important role to play in encouraging and publishing research with societal relevance that advances digital journalism studies as a field. In this article we discuss the multiple types of articles we publish: research articles, conceptual articles, review articles, advancing methods articles and commentaries. We also introduce you to several great examples of such articles, as well as introduce the growing number of articles that have received outstanding article awards over the years. Finally, we present our revised editorial agenda that will guide our priorities for the editorial processing of article submissions in the year(s) to come. The editorial agenda consists of five key thematic areas, each featuring carefully selected bullet points outlining our key research priorities. We set the context for each of these thematic areas by positioning them in relation to some of the research we have published in recent years

Internet privacy · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Social Media and Politics

  • Journalistic Norms on Telegram

    Open Access•Dana Weimann‐sak, Vered Elishar-Malka et al.•Journal of Media Ethics•2025

  • Public Knowledge and Expertise Under Authoritarian Siege

    Open Access•Oscar Westlund, Matt Carlson et al.•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Reinforcing Relationship Between Alternative Media Use and Societal Beliefs? Issue Politicization and Asymmetrical Effects as Boundary Conditions

    Open Access•Isabella Glogger, Adam Shehata•Digital Journalism•2026

  • Key Dimensions of Alternative News Media

    Kristoffer Holt, Tine Ustad Figenschou et al.•Digital Journalism•2019

  • The Paradox of Participation Versus Misinformation

    Sebastián Valenzuela, Daniel Halpern et al.•Digital Journalism•2019

  • Paying Attention to Attention

    Merja Myllylahti•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Platform Configuration

    Open Access•Sherwin Chua, Oscar Westlund•Online Media and Global…•2022

  • This Isn’t Journalism, It’s Propaganda! Patterns of News Media Bias Accusations on Twitter, 2010–2020

    Open Access•Jesper Strömbäck, Mathilda Åkerlund•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Different Media, Different Audiences, Different Harassment? How the Journalist-Audience Relationship Shapes Experiences of Harassment

    Open Access•Manuel Menke, Christina Seeger•Digital Journalism•2026

  • Visual War Journalism

    Stuart Allan•Digital Journalism•2025

  • The Meso News-Space

    Ori Tenenboim, Neta Kligler-Vilenchik•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Using Messaging Apps in Audience Research

    Anna Sophie Kümpel•Digital Journalism•2022

  • The European AI Act and How It Matters for Research into AI in Media and Journalism

    Natali Helberger, Nicholas Diakopoulos•Digital Journalism•2023

  • “Because the News is Depressing as Hell”

    Ruth Palmer, Stephanie Edgerly•Digital Journalism•2026

  • News Diversity Under Algorithms

    Wen Shi, Jinhui Li•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Linking Media Content and Survey Data in a Dynamic and Digital Media Environment – Mobile Longitudinal Linkage Analysis

    Open Access•Lukas Otto, Fabian Thomas et al.•Digital Journalism•2022

  • “You Have to Do That for Your Own Sanity”

    Open Access•Maja Šimunjak•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Haters as Anti-Fans? Accruing Capital through Audiences Who Hate Journalists

    Jane Yeahin Pyo•Digital Journalism•2024

  • Alternative Counter-News Use and Fake News Recall During the Covid-19 Crisis

    Lena Frischlich, Lara Kuhfeldt et al.•Digital Journalism•2023

  • Mitigating Hostility in Digital Journalism

    Gregory Perreault•Digital Journalism•2024

  • “We Need to Think about Their Real Needs”

    Julie Vulpius•Digital Journalism•2025

  • News

    Andrew Duffy, Ruizhe Ling et al.•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Mob Censorship

    Silvio Waisbord•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Diversifying Diversity in Digital Journalism Studies

    Edson C Tandoc, Karl He et al.•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Meso News-Spaces and Beyond

    Open Access•Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, Ori Tenenboim•Digital Journalism•2024

  • Acutely Precarious? Detecting Objective Precarity in Journalism

    Jana Rick•Digital Journalism•2025

  • How Propaganda Works in the Digital Era

    Open Access•Yuner Zhu, King-Wa Fu•Digital Journalism•2024

  • The Political Power of Platforms

    Open Access•Natali Helberger•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Contesting the Mainstream

    Lena Frischlich, Scott A Eldridge et al.•Digital Journalism•2023

  • People, Power, Platforms and the Business of Journalism

    Mary Lynn Young, Alfred Hermida•Digital Journalism•2024

  • Confirmation Bias in the Era of Mobile News Consumption

    Ruizhe Ling•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Sourcing Pandemic News

    Claudia Mellado, Daniel C Hallin et al.•Digital Journalism•2021

  • Why Context Matters in Code Studies

    Shangyuan Wu•Digital Journalism•2024

  • The Entanglements between Data Journalism, Collaboration and Business Models

    Open Access•Mathias-Felipe De-Lima-Santos•Digital Journalism•2024

  • Transforming Qualitative Interviewing Techniques for Video Conferencing Platforms

    Lene Heiselberg, Agnieszka Stępińska•Digital Journalism•2023

  • Taking a Break from News

    Open Access•Mikko Villi, Tali Aharoni et al.•Digital Journalism•2022

  • Comparing Risks to Journalism

    Open Access•David Cheruiyot•Digital Journalism•2024

  • Faking Alternative Journalism? An Analysis of Self-Presentations of “Fake News” Sites

    Craig Robertson, Rachel R Mourão•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Epistemologies of Digital News Production

    Gregory Perreault, Maxwell Foxman et al.•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Do You Speak Disinformation? Computational Detection of Deceptive News-Like Content Using Linguistic and Stylistic Features

    Open Access•Noëlle S Lebernegg, Noëlle Lebernegg et al.•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Dominant Disciplinary and Thematic Approaches to Automated Fact-Checking

    Open Access•Lasha Kavtaradze•Digital Journalism•2025

  • Conceptualizing Journalists’ Safety around the Globe

    Open Access•Vera Slavtcheva‐petkova, Jyotika Ramaprasad et al.•Digital Journalism•2023

  • Placeification

    Robert Gutsche, Karl He•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Weaponizing Memes

    Christina Peters, Stuart Allan•Digital Journalism•2022

  • AI ≥ Journalism

    Open Access•Joanne Kuai, Raul Ferrer Conill et al.•Digital Journalism•2022

  • From Public Reason to Public Health

    Open Access•Lucas Graves, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon et al.•Digital Journalism•2024

  • Countering Algorithmic Bias and Disinformation and Effectively Harnessing the Power of AI in Media

    Open Access•Doh Shin, Michael Hameleers et al.•Journalism & Mass Communication…•2022

  • Defining “Fake News”

    Edson C Tandoc, Zheng Wei Lim et al.•Digital Journalism•2017

  • The 5Ws and 1H of Digital Journalism

    Silvio Waisbord•Digital Journalism•2019

  • Digital Journalism as Symptom, Response, and Agent of Change in the Platformed Media Environment

    J Burge, Jean Burgess et al.•Definitions of Digital Journalism…•2021

  • Why Journalism Is About More Than Digital Technology

    Barbie Zelizer•Definitions of Digital Journalism…•2021

  • The Grey Area

    Sarah K Wiley•Digital Journalism•2021

  • Navigating the Scholarly Terrain

    Open Access•Scott A Eldridge, Karl He et al.•Digital Journalism•2019

  • Conceptualising the “Newsfluencer

    Open Access•Edward Hurcombe•Digital Journalism•2024

  • On the Democratic Role of News Recommenders

    Open Access•Natali Helberger•Digital Journalism•2019

  • Does News Platform Matter? Comparing Online Journalistic Role Performance to Newspaper, Radio, and Television

    Claudia Mellado, Nicole Blanchett et al.•Digital Journalism•2023

  • Digital Journalism

    Andrew Duffy, Peng Hwa Ang•Digital Journalism•2019

  • Writing the Conceptual Article

    Stephen D Reese•Digital Journalism•2022

  • The Institution of Journalism

    Stephen D Reese•Digital Journalism•2021

  • Connecting Journalism and Public Policy

    Philip M Napoli•Digital Journalism•2020

  • Space for the Liminal

    Open Access•Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E Holton et al.•Media and Communication•2019

  • Locating the “Digital” in Digital Journalism Studies

    Sue Robinson, Susan C Lewis et al.•Digital Journalism•2019

  • Escape Me If You Can

    Open Access•Felix M Simon•Digital Journalism•2023

  • Actors, Actants, Audiences, and Activities in Cross-Media News Work

    Susan C Lewis, Oscar Westlund•Digital Journalism•2014

  • Recasting Twitch

    Open Access•Maxwell Foxman, Brandon C Harris et al.•Digital Journalism•2024

  • What is Digital Journalism Studies

    Open Access•Steen Steensen, Oscar Westlund•What Is Digital Journalism Studies?•2020

  • An Emotional Turn in Journalism Studies

    Karin Wahl-Jorgensen•Digital Journalism•2019

Unique citing works3
Citations per year3
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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