Can media coverage of a terrorist organization encourage their execution of further attacks? This paper analyzes the day-to-day news coverage of Al-Qaeda on US television since 9/11 and the group's terrorist strikes. To isolate causality, I use disaster deaths worldwide as an exogenous variation...

The media and investigative journalism play a crucial role in bringing allegations of corruption to light and fighting against impunity. International consortiums of investigative journalists are an example of an international cooperation that leads to tangible results in bringing financial and...

Introduction : COVID strikes : the makings of crisis within a crisis industry / Vicki Mayer -- Insider stakeholders : Hollywood in crisis / Miranda Banks -- Essential stakeholders : is Kirsten's Dunst's nanny an "essential" worker? : dispatches from Studio New Zealand / Bridget Conor -- Policy...

Contemporary media events are experienced within the complex scenario of convergence media. Broadcasting channels and traditional mass media coexist with online digital news channels and with countless social media services. This paper describes how a global media event (the rescue operation of...