Thomas Hanitzsch
@thanitzsch.bsky.social
Journalism studies, comparative research, academic mental health... LMU Munich, Worlds of Journalism Study
📣Now live: ICA Academic Freedom Survey Please help the @icajsd.bsky.social to gather information on academic freedom and occupational intimidation as experienced by communication scholars around the world. Take the survey (active until 13 April): survey.ifkw.lmu.de/ICA-AFS/
🤗Der Report der globalen Studie "Worlds of Journalism" ist jetzt Open Access verfügbar: www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/. 📍 Unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen war das HBI für die deutsche Teilstudie zuständig. Die Ergebnisse finden sich im Report auf den Seiten 157-160.
Thomas Hanitzsch@thanitzsch.bsky.social · 9mo agoOut now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project! www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
Out now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project! www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
Worlds of Journalism@worldsofjournalism.bsky.social · 9mo agoDrawing on responses from over 32,000 journalists in 75 countries, this report examines how journalists across the globe navigate risk, uncertainty, and transformation in today’s rapidly changing media landscape. 🔗 Read the full report: www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
It is almost time for the release of the findings of Wave 3 of the Worlds of Journalism Study. Keep an eye out on our socials for more information. In the meantime, we are pleased to introduce you to the Executive Committee of the Worlds of Journalism Study.
It is almost time for the release of the findings of Wave 3 of the Worlds of Journalism Study. Keep an eye out on our socials for more information. In the meantime, we are pleased to introduce you to all the researchers from across the globe who are involved in the study.
It is almost time for the release of the findings of Wave 3 of the Worlds of Journalism Study. Keep an eye out on our socials for more information. In the meantime, we are pleased to introduce you to the Executive Committee of the Worlds of Journalism Study.
Deadline extended! Still time to submit to the #JMCQ special issue on #Journalistic #Inequality -- see details below:
JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 11mo ago📢 Deadline extended! 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻, 𝗬𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 (𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵) 🗓 Sept 26, 2025 🔎 Special issue on journalism’s role in perpetuating or countering inequality 👉https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PDF/CfPSpecialIssueInequalityJMCQ-1739513947.pdf @profdimitrova.bsky.social
Less than one month until the submission deadline! Consider submitting to the JMCQ special special issue on #journalism and #social #inequality journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
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JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social · last yr.We are very excited to disseminate this CfP for a Special Issue titled, "Hidden, Yet Pervasive: Social Inequality in Journalism (Research)." Guest editors are Andreas Riedl, Thomas Hanitzsch, Thomas R. Schmidt & Nik Usher. Pls share! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
#ica25 now happening: ICA@75 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION: Enhancing Professional Well-Being Among Communication and Media Researchers Centennial E
#ica25 attendees with kids: the ICAKids Family Play Zone opens today, 12:00 noon. You will find it in the Silver Room behind the registration desk.
Good Morning Denver! Kickoff to #ica25 at 6:00 PM in Centennial C (Regency 3): Opening Plenary "ICA@75: Looking Back, Forging Ahead"
#ICA25 attendees: ICA will hold an online panel "Know Before You Go" on U.S. immigration law and related concerns for those planning to attend ICA25. Date: 2 June 2025. Time: 10AM (EDT). Registration still possible: tinyurl.com/35vjnkkk Feel free to DM any questions for the panel.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: U.S. Immigration Law Advisory Panel for ICA25 Attendees. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meet...
This special presentation for ICA members and attendees will feature a panel of expert-level U.S. immigration attorneys discussing current issues related to entry to the United States for ICA25 in Den...
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#ica25 will feature a special panel on #mentalhealth in #academia
Science Magazine@science.org · last yr."Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU
"Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU
The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department
The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
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BREAKING: "Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029." #ICA25
Lots of detail from inside NIH on all the damage from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...
How the Trump administration is dismantling science in the U.S.
The scientific workforce, biomedical research, and global health initiatives all face widespread, perhaps permanent damage
science.org
Journalists in the UK face many challenges from cuts to disinformation, and precarious working conditions. What does this mean for the unique role they play for democracy? Join @imkehenkel.bsky.social & a panel of leading regional journos to discuss new research from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
More than 150 leaders of America's colleges, universities, and scholarly societies issued "A Call for Constructive Engagement" in response to the ongoing government intrusion into #highered. Read the full statement: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
US Applicant Week
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NSF has posted an “update on priorities.” They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants. And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
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I am unspeakably disgusted to read this story. Roofer in the East German town Sebnitz seeks new employee - but no "hooknosed" (derogatory for jews) and "bimbo" (black person)...
Arndt Ginzel@arndtginzel.bsky.social · last yr.Eine menschenverachtende Anzeige im Amtsblatt der Kreisstadt Sebnitz in #Sachsen. Ronney W. will sich am Telefon nicht dazu äußern: „Ich habe heute Abend eine Familienfeier, ich kann jetzt nicht mit der Presse hier …“ Schade – dabei gibt es so viele Fragen. #rechtsextremismus
Sadly needed. Initiative (pilot) to support counter-disinformation professionals: fact checkers, journalists, researchers. Assistance for fx legal aid, digital security, psychological support, emergency training, and other urgent needs. gulbenkian.pt/emifund/news...
EMIF launches SAFE Initiative
The initiative SAFE: Support and Assistance Facility for Experts is open permanently for applications until 27 Feb 2025.
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📢Call for Papers! This topic couldn’t be more timely! If you research on disinformation, fact-checking, or digital platforms, don’t miss this CfP at «Communication & Society»: "From Fact-Checking to Community Notes". 🗓️Deadline: October 30, 2025 ➡️ Details & submission info: unav.edu/documents/29...
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Nina Springer and Jana Rick explores how journalists’ #precarious working conditions affect them, their work routines, and their products. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Coping with Precarity: Journalists’ Strategies to Find Ease in a Professionally Vulnerable Situation
In their day-to-day work, journalists have to compensate for economic system failures, which means that many of them work under precarious conditions. Worrying about the job and morally challenging...
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
