Signe Ivask, PhD

“It is Easier to Leave Death Threats than to Get Them Taken Down!” – Systematising Journalists’ Battles with Online Mobs This study delves into journalists’ experiences and responses to online harassment. The research was conducted in 2021 through 18 semi-structured interviews. Results reveal the various forms of onl...

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Signe Ivask delves into #journalists’ experiences and responses to online harassment.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Who instigates online attacks on journalists? Can we see them, or do they hide in the shadows? Are they trolls, propaganda soldiers, or "useful simpletons"? I use mob censorship to map the structure, logic, and ripple effects of the attacks. (Ask, I'll share!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

“It is Easier to Leave Death Threats than to Get Them Taken Down!” – Systematising Journalists’ Battles with Online Mobs This study delves into journalists’ experiences and responses to online harassment. The research was conducted in 2021 through 18 semi-structured interviews. Results reveal the various forms of onl...

"The fear of being attacked has led journalists to think twice about covering topics that may result in potential harassment." -- @sivask.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

soovitan lugeda maria murumaa-mengeli facebooki seinal toimuvat. “mina pole midagi teinud ega näinud” diskursus.

Two takeaways from last week's @acadianjprof.bsky.social lecture on joy in journalism:
-Journalists find joy in storytelling, connections & unique perspectives. Humour can build resilience.
-Newsrooms can foster joy by balancing tough stories with uplifting ones. Sincere feedback & gratitude matter!

the feeling when you get a review pointing out some unclear sentences in the manuscript you wrote, but you do not remember anymore what you meant by them. oh the combination of the uni not providing editing service to researchers and english as a learned language. merry deciphering, signe! 🥲🤓

Key insights:

! The power of emotional connection in news reporting
! Balancing past, present, and future in news narratives
! The role of visuals in enhancing viewer comprehension

Could News Narratives Become as Everlasting as Fairy Tales? Temporality and Perspective in TV News While Covering International Events Our research explores the temporality of television news reporting, focusing on the practices of Estonian Public Broadcasting and its foreign correspondents. Using qualitative content analysis by c...

Article alert! I and Brit wrote about how TV news shapes our collective memory and creates a sense of presence during major international events like the Notre Dame fire, Alexei Navalny's poisoning, and the 2021 U.S. Capitol storming.
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This will bring on meta-level fake facts. Absolutely insane.

True, so true.

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How do journalism students perceive harassment, and what solutions do they propose? This study explores these questions. Additionally, I developed a course designed to help journalism students become familiar with profession's challenges. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
#JournalismSafety

i literally read "Loved You Back" and got excited. and then realised the ugly truth. damn this new platform :D

Mirroring journalistic work in newsroom metrics: A longitudinal study of Estonian journalists’ making sense of data - Signe Ivask, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, 2024 While a substantial body of research has explored the intricate relationship between journalists and metrics, there remains a notable gap in systematically unde...

Interviews with journalists in Estonia (2012–2023) reveal: clicks STILL matter (+other metrics). We argue that metrics act like a mirror, in which the journalist sees their decisions and reactions to them, not what the audience actually needs or wants. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...