Uptake, audiences and explanatory journalism
This team is conducting research on the theme of uptake and explanatory journalism. This research is identifying the characteristics of explanatory journalism and advance knowledge of how uptake can be assessed. They are developing a profile of journalism articles with exceptional uptake and building metrics to assess uptake on a variety of platforms.
The researchers is identifying the features of explanatory journalism that attract specific publics, in order to enhance the ability to assess information and participate in knowledge construction.
Research team
Charles Davis PhD
ProfesorE.S. Rogers Sr. Research Chair in Media Management and Entrepreneurship, RTA School of Media, Ryerson University
Jessica Mudry PhD
Associate ProfessorSchool of Professional Communication, Ryerson University.
Frauke Zeller Justice PhD
Associate ProfessorSchool of Professional Communication, Ryerson University
Catherine Schryer PhD
ProfessorSchool of Professional Communication, Ryerson University.
Robert Clapperton PhD
Assistant ProfessorSchool of Professional Communications at Ryerson University.
Sibo Chen PhD
Assistant ProfessorSchool of Professional Communication, Ryerson University.
Theme news
Scholars featured at Canadian Communication Association conference
Watch: Conversations on explanatory journalism
GJIL researchers at Ryerson University discussed aspects of their research, exploring similarities in their approaches…
Theme publications
- Assessing the use of explanatory journalistic texts for crisis communication education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chen, Sibo. (2021). Communication Teacher, 1-19.