Our Research

Journal articles

Hughes, C., Morani, M., Cushion, S. & Kyriakidou, M. (forthcoming). Does the political context shape how “due impartiality” is interpreted? An analysis of BBC reporting of the 2019 UK and 2020 US election campaigns. Journalism Studies. 10.1080/1461670X.2023.2173956

Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Cushion, S., & Hughes, C. (2022). Audience understandings of disinformation: navigating news media through a prism of pragmatic scepticism. Journalism, doi: 14648849221114244.

 Kyriakidou, M., Cushion, S., Hughes, C., & Morani, M. (2022). Questioning fact-checking in the fight against disinformation: An audience perspective. Journalism Practice, 1-17.

Cushion, S. and Carbis, L. (2022) Identifying informational opportunities in political responsibility reporting: A study of television news coverage during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK's devolved system. International Journal of Press/Politics 10.1177/19401612221075571

Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N. (2021) (Mis)understanding the coronavirus and how it was handled in the UK: An analysis of public knowledge and the information environment. Journalism Studies 10.1080/1461670X.2021.1950564

Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N. (2021) Why media systems matter: A fact-checking study of UK television news during the Coronavirus pandemic. Digital Journalism 10.1080/21670811.2021.1965490

Horowitz, M., Cushion, S., Dragomir, M., Gutiérrez Manjón, S., Pantti, M. (2021) A framework for assessing the role of public service media organizations in countering disinformation. Digital Journalism 10.1080/21670811.2021.1987948

Book chapters

Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2021. Journalistic responses to misinformation. In: The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. Routledge. 10.4324/9781003004431-55

Kyriakidou M., Morani M., Soo N., Cushion S. (2021) Reporting from the Front Line: The Role of Health Workers in UK Television News Reporting of COVID-19. In: Lewis M., Govender E., Holland K. (eds) Communicating COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_3

Blogs

Cushion, S. (2021) ‘BBC: why enhancing the public broadcaster’s fact-checking would strengthen its impartiality’. The Conversation.

Morani, M. & Willmington, L. (2020, 26 June) ‘A bit more human’?: trends in TV news coverage of BAME people during the pandemic. LSE Covid-19 Blog.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 12 June) Coronavirus: fake news less of a problem than confusing government messages – new study. The Conversation.

Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N., and Cushion, S. (2020, 29 May) The ‘hospectacle’ of reporting from ICUs: what does the public want to see?. LSE Covid-19 Blog.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 28 May) People have been switching off from coronavirus news – but the Dominic Cummings story cut through. The Conversation.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 22 May) Different lockdown rules in the four nations are confusing the public. LSE Covid-19 Blog.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 19 May) Coronavirus: public confused and suspicious over government’s death toll information. The Conversation.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 13 May) Coronavirus: people want media to ramp up factchecking and question dubious claims. The Conversation.

Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N., and Cushion, S., (2020, 7 May) Government and media misinformation about COVID-19 is confusing the public. LSE Covid-19 Blog.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 6 May) Coronavirus: study shows people want more scientific expert analysis – and less Boris Johnson. The Conversation.

Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., and Soo, N. (2020, 30 April) People trust TV journalists and want them to scrutinise government coronavirus policy. The Conversation.

Cushion, S., Soo, N., Morani, M., and Kyriakidou, M. (2020, 28 April) Research suggests UK public can spot fake news about COVID-19, but don’t realise the UK’s death toll is far higher than in many other countries. LSE Covid-19 Blog.