As a public service, I’m counting down to Christmas by sharing a piece of media/communication/journalism research every day December 1-24. I share the studies on Twitter, using the not-really-that-good hashtag #askesjul, and here on my blog, updating this post.

The ambition is to try to bridge the gap between the research community and the world outside of Academia. This width of this gap is often somewhat exaggerated, I think, but we can all benefit from a closer dialogue.
The list is, of course, not exhaustive. There is tons of superb research out there that could have been included – but there’s only 24 days until Christmas…
I’ve applied three criteria in selecting the research: it must be published open access (i.e., accessible to people not employed at universities), it must be relatively new, and it must have some degree of relevance for people who do not work with research (i.e., purely theoretical or methodological pieces will not be included even though they might be excellent). There will, obviously, be some exceptions from these criteria, but I’ll try to stick to them.
Anyway, enough with the introduction. Here’s the list:
- Jette Kofoed and Malene Charlotte Larsen: ”A snap of intimacy: photo-sharing practices among young people on social media”
- Anja Bechmann, Kristine Bilgrav-Nielsen, and Anne-Louise Korsgaard Jensen: ”Data as Revenue Model. Sharewall as a Payment Method and Editorial Algorithm in the News Industry”
- Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Federica Cherubini, and Nic Newman: ”The Future of Online News Video”
- Gabriella Coleman: Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The many faces of Anonymous
- Ulrika Hedman: “When Journalists Tweet: Disclosure, Participatory, and Personal Transparency“
- Morten Skovsgaard and Pernille Frantz Søberg: “Nedtrykt af negative nyheder: Effekten af positive og negative tv-nyheder på seernes humør, hukommelse og lyst til at se nyheder” (in Danish)
- Mark Blach-Ørsten and Nete Nørgaard Kristensen: “Think Tanks in Denmark – Media visibility and network relations“
- Rasmus Kleis Nielsen: “Social Media and Bullshit“
- Matthew Hindman: “Stickier News: What Newspapers Don’t Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them Badly – But There is a Better Way“
- Ralf Andersson: “Den industrialiserede nyhedsproduktion. En undersøgelse af den ændrede produktionsform i DR Nyheder“
- Nikki Usher: Making News at The New York Times
- Alessandro Messi and Emilio Ferrara: “Social bots distorts the 2016 U.S. Presidential election online discussion“
- Jens Barland: “Innovation for New revenue streams from digital readers: The Case of VG+“
- Jelle Mast: “The Dark Side of Reality TV: Professional Ethics and the Treatment of Reality Show Participants“
- Mike Ananny and Kate Crawford: “Seeing without knowing: Limitations of the transparency ideal and its application to algorithmic accountability“
- Emil Hobel: “Jagten på professionelle øjenvidner Politikens anvendelse af Twitter i dækningen af bombeangrebet ved Boston Marathon“
- Trine Syvertsen, Gunn Enli, Ole J. Mjøs, and Hallvard Moe: The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Digital Era
- Kim Schrøder: “Danskernes brug af nyhedsmedier: et nyt landkort En pejling af danskernes navigation i nyhedsuniverset“
- Daniel Kreiss: “Seizing the moment: The presidential campaigns’ use of Twitter during the 2012 electoral cycle“
- Kirsten Frandsen: “Sports broadcasting, journalism and the challenge of new media“
- Henrik Örnebring: “The Two Professionalisms of Journalism: Journalism and the changing context of work“
- Arne H. Krumsvik: “Stability in Times of Change. Trends in Newspaper Executives’ Attitudes towards Digital Media“
- Bernard Berelson: “What “Missing the Newspaper” Means“
I’ll probably continue with something of the like throughout 2017. Stay tuned.
PS: When you’re done reading, there are 24 other good pieces in my 2013 advent calendar. It’s slightly different (more focused on journalism, not only academic pieces, some links might not work anymore), but worth you while nonetheless.