Recent media scandals have renewed the debate about the use of anonymous sources. This content analysis shows a decline in the number of anonymous sources in 2004 compared with 2003.

Journalism 6-Mass Communication Educator Research seeks contributions that support a community of faculty and student discovery; the acquisition of knowledge and skills: and their creative application to issues of import, both within and beyond classroom and Web site. The journal focuses on learning and teaching, curriculum, educational leadership, and related exploration of higher education within a context of journalism and mass communication. Submissions may draw from a variety of theoretical approaches and methodological perspectives and should introduce readers to new questions, new evidence, and effective educational practices.Scholarship is encouraged that is grounded in knowledge about the complexity of learning and respectful of student needs for multiple paths toward understanding; rooted in the disciplinary content of the professional and academic specialties we ask our students to master; and cognizant of the discipline's long-standing commitment to the arts of liberty, not through vague aphorisms, but as solutions to educational, civic, and public needs.

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This study examines the use of new technologies such as hyperlinks and multimedia features in Chinese journalists' blogs on newspaper websites, exploring the interactivity between readers and j-bloggers through readers' comments and j-bloggers' responses. The study shows that there is a positive correlation between the use of hyperlinks, videos and pictures with reader comments, indicating that the use of these features sparks a better dialogue with readers. The shift in the model of communication between journalists and readers through j-blogs in China changes the traditional concept of gatekeeping, providing broader implications for the flow of free information in China's controlled media environment.

The purpose of this study was to determine if color, size and emotional content of negative news images affects how viewers respond to the images. This question is important because picture editors are often advised to run disturbing images in small sizes and in black-and-white. But does changing these structural features make a difference, or does the content matter more? Two within-subjects experiments were conducted. The first experiment manipulated the variables of color and emotional intensity, and the second experiment manipulated size and intensity. Physiological and self-report measures were obtained. Results indicate that the structural feature of color failed to produce significant responses. The size of the negative news images and the intensity of the content had a greater influence on people's emotional assessments and news judgment. In addition, the intensity variable was replicated across two message samples, and the findings show that the results were the same for both samples of stimuli. These findings can help news editors understand how readers will respond to negative news photographs and will help guide them as they decide how to handle these disturbing news images.