Both journals I chose — JMC Quarterly and Journalism and Mass Communications Educator — are published by the AEJMC. JMCE is more theory and method-intensive, while JMCQ seems to focus on both more practical and more digitally-oriented research. While there is some overlap, JMCE is more specialized with its education focus.
From JMC Quarterly:
Meeks, L. (2008). All the gender that's fit to print: How the media covered Hillary Clinton
and Sarah Palin in 2008. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 90(3), 520-39.
The author uses content analysis to evaluate the NY Times' coverage of the two most prominent women in the 2008 Presidential race. She found the "Times promulgated stereotypic trends by providing heavy emphasis on women's novelty, and more attention on masculinized content. Furthermore, a time-frame analysis showed that the Times gave men more issue and trait coverage than women as the primary and general election came to an end." Not surprising.
From JMC Educator:
Choo, M. (2013). Exploring determinants of relationship quality between students and their academic
department: Perceived relationship investment, student empowerment, and student-faculty
interaction. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 68(3), 255-268.
This was a qualitative study intended to examine various contributors to student-faculty relationships and concluded that all three components that were studied were factors in perceived relationship quality. I read the study, and the logic and causality weren't terribly strong, almost like this was a meteorologist telling us that some combination of wind, sun, and precipitation would compose tomorrow's weather.
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