SCM Studies in Communication and Media

Does the diffusion of the internet lead to a fragmentation of modern societies? The fragmentation hypothesis suggests that the internet offers an enormous amount of different information, eventually considering fragmentation to be growing. In...

This article explores how much attention journalism dedicates to past disasters in the present media coverage and asks to which extent journalism refers to present and future developments and concerns while reporting the past. Following concepts of...

The current study focused on a singular serial killer and rapist case which received a lot of media attention in Belgium. We examined whether exposure to news about this case (case news exposure) was related to personal fear of sexual assault,...

When adolescents use digital media, not all content is deemed appropriate. One type of problematic content is Happy Slapping (HS) videos, filmed acts of real-life violence that are distributed online or through mobile phones. The aim of this study...

This paper presents the theoretical background, analytical concept, and brief outline of the research design of a project about the governance of scientific research in a mediatized governance constellation. Our study focuses on the role of mass...

The scope of this paper is twofold: On the one hand, it offers an empirical based insight into the developments of public opinion in Germany in the 19th and 20th century. On the other hand, it reflects theoretically on problems concerning the...

Previous research has characterized European news coverage as mainly domestic in focus, hampering the emergence of a European public sphere. This study analyses the European nature of the news coverage of the 2009 European Parliamentary elections....