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Volume 52, No. 3, Fall, 2026. In this Special Issue we explore Media Literacy, Mis/Disinformation Research, and the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. We start with an introduction from guest editor, the Institute of Propaganda Anaylsis’, Anya Schiffrin, where she explores Clyde Miller and the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. Special Issue…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: The Jewish weekly ‘Jüdische Rundschau’ during the First World War

12 Sep 202211 Sep 2022

In March 1915, the Jüdische Rundschau (Jewish Review) reflected on the role of the German-Jewish press in wartime: It is able to hold the Jewish community together, to inform about…

Broadcast History Series…

Call for Essays: Broadcast Media History

The website for AEJMC History Division's scholarly journal Journalism History seeks essays on the history and importance of television over the last 60 years. The impetus for this essay series…

Greene-Blye Podcast: Authentic Representation of Native Americans

5 Sep 20223 Sep 2022

For the 109th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, historian Melissa Greene-Blye discusses the importance of representation of Native Americans in the media of the past…

Marshall, Clash

29 Aug 202227 Aug 2022

2022-08 | Download PDF Marshall, Jon. Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2022, 424 pp., $36.95 (hardback). Reviewed by Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri…

Linkof Podcast: Prehistory of the Paparazzi

22 Aug 202216 Aug 2022

For the 108th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Teri Finneman, Ryan Linkof discusses his research on the Prince of Wales, Wallis Simpson, and the Prehistory of the…

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: A Case Study of Woman Citizen

15 Aug 202212 Aug 2022

The Press as a Vehicle for Activism, Identity Formation, and Community This essay explores how women, shut out of the public sphere, utilized print publications to garner support for their…

Jenkins Podcast: Framing Protest and Describing Disability

1 Aug 202227 Jul 2022

For the 107th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, researcher Joy Jenkins describes how the language used in news media to describe people with disabilities has changed…

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: Leonora Raines and Cecil Dorrian Cover the Great War (1914–1919)

25 Jul 202213 Jul 2022

“Barred from Firing Line, Harried by Censors, Must Even Have Pass to Leave Town” In the spring of 1915, American war correspondent Leonora Raines visited Western front battlefields as the…

Levy, Chick TV

18 Jul 202212 Jul 2022

2022-07 | Download PDF Levy, Yael. Chick TV: Antiheroines and Time Unbound. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2022, 200 pp., $60 (hardback). Reviewed by Stephanie O’Brien, the University of North…

Teaching Essay: The “Showbiz Politics” of Copyright Reform

11 Jul 20227 Jul 2022

As a Southern governor with presidential ambitions, Jimmy Carter “had treated multimillionaire [Capricorn Records co-founder Phil] Walden like a good ol’ boy—with respect.” So wrote Rolling Stone reporter Art Harris…