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1,326 gap statements mined from News Media Framing and Political Communication papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 15,311 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • These variables should be investigated in follow-up studies. At the same time, systematically distinguishing between cases in which mentalistic–agentic language uses do or do not evoke mental state attributions falls beyond the scope of this study and would require dedicated psycholinguistic or experimental approaches.

    Generative AI, large language models, and their agentic framing in news media · 2026 · DOI

  • This study shows that news credibility should be studied as a layered judgment rather than a single comparative evaluation between AI-generated or AI-assisted news and human-produced news.

    Explaining the AI–journalist credibility gap: generalized and source-specific judgments of news credibility · 2026 · DOI

  • Surprisingly, the two state-owned platforms, Kuwait TV, and Kuwait Radio, reported the lowest use of sources, even though they are less limited by the lack of human and economic resources that private outlets suffer.

    Evaluating Journalistic Routines in Kuwait: The Use of Information Sources · 2024 · DOI

  • Our study studied whether a local newspaper in a mid-sized European city addressed informational and representational needs of a diverse population, a topic often understudied in media research.

    Migrant Voices, Local News: Insights on Bridging Community Needs with Media Content · 2026 · DOI

  • However, it remains unclear who is drawn to such content and what effects it produces.

    Can solutions journalism counter news avoidance? A choice experiment examining effects on emotions, self-efficacy, and news engagement · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite the increasing diversity in Swedish society, media representation remains underexplored, particularly in quantitative terms.

    Who gets seen? Racial representation on Swedish primetime television · 2026 · DOI

  • To address prior methodological, contextual, and conceptual gaps in research on the spiral of silence (SOS), we investigated whether SOS manifests in online news comments where public opinions naturally emerge and examined the impact of these comments on public opinion.

    An Exploration of Spiral of Silence in Online News Comments: Characteristics of Four Flow Patterns of Users’ Comments · 2024 · DOI

  • There is the need for improved adoption and effective utilization of social media platforms for administration in the broadcast media and to enhance their online engagements with their audience. Broadcast media should take advantage of the opportunities social media provide for promotion and service delivery to the online audience.

    Assessing the Adoption of Social Media for Broadcasting at Armed Forces Radio Abuja and FRCN Precious FM Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research should consider the implications of a new PSM organization for the media landscape in a reunified Ireland. The paper highlights the need for further study on the consociationalist model and its implications for PSM in a reunified Ireland.

    Public Service Media in Ireland following reunification? Comparative approaches and critical questions · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper highlights the need for thoughtful and responsible planning for a potential new PSM organization, considering the challenges and implications of a new PSM organization.

    Public Service Media in Ireland following reunification? Comparative approaches and critical questions · 2026 · DOI

  • The field of solutions journalism is conceptually fragmented, methodologically heterogeneous, and geographically uneven. There is a lack of systematic reviews and synthesis of the existing literature. The impact of solutions journalism depends on identifiable mechanisms and contextual contingencies.

    Scaling solutions journalism: A systematic review of audience effects, narrative mediators, and organizational constraints · 2026 · DOI

  • The literature on solutions journalism is fragmented and lacks systematic reviews. There is a need for further research on the conditional nature of solutions journalism's impact. The field requires more studies on the effective implementation of solutions journalism in different contexts.

    Scaling solutions journalism: A systematic review of audience effects, narrative mediators, and organizational constraints · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of the impact of the state of emergency on digital investigative journalism. There is a need to study the conditions and routines of digital investigative journalism under the state of emergency.

    Conditions and routines of digital investigative journalism in El Salvador under a state of emergency · 2026 · DOI

  • The need to manage the temporalities of news production in the digital age. The challenge of resolving tensions and conflicts in the digital workplace.

    Digitalizing Newspaper Journalism: Instituting and Negotiating New Temporalities in the Digital Workplace · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can build on the findings of this study to explore the impact of digitalization on other industries and workplaces. The study highlights the need for further research on the temporalities of news production in the digital age.

    Digitalizing Newspaper Journalism: Instituting and Negotiating New Temporalities in the Digital Workplace · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for a new model of the Living Newspaper method that focuses on understanding society and its unconscious motivations. The existing methods, such as sociodrama and group analysis, have limitations in addressing societal issues.

    Exploring the Matrix of Social Reflections: A New Model of the Living Newspaper · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of how news actors from small, non-EU member states can influence EU policy processes. The study highlights the need for more research on the challenges faced by small, non-EU member states in EU policy processes.

    News media lobbying and the EU’s Digital Services Act: Strategies and experiences from the small non-EU state of Norway · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of transparency in datafied journalism practices. The impact of datafied journalism on news users' perceptions and behaviors.

    Transparency of datafied journalism: Finnish news users’ response profiles to an interventionist audience study · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should explore the responses of a larger and more diverse sample of news users. Future research should investigate the impact of datafied journalism on news users' perceptions and behaviors.

    Transparency of datafied journalism: Finnish news users’ response profiles to an interventionist audience study · 2026 · DOI

  • Nevertheless, the impact of this media platform on personal security has been inadequately investigated.

    Media reporting of ethnic identity-based violence and personal security challenges in North Shoa, Ethiopia · 2024 · DOI

  • The study notes that local journalism is often overlooked in favor of national or international news.

    El periodismo local ante el espejo: evolución histórica y tendencias · 2026 · DOI

  • We analysed a large-scale dataset of German news articles about landslides worldwide which can enrich incomplete disaster databases and enable large-N studies of inequalities in media attention. Our results revealed preliminary insights regarding imbalance in coverage relative to a global landslide inventory (EM-DAT) and a predictive landslide frequency model (WB-GLHM).

    How Loud Rumbles Hit Newsstands: A Data Analysis of Coverage and Spatial Bias in German News about Landslides Around the World · 2026

  • To explore the effectiveness of the method in reaching out to people who are significantly different from the organizers. To investigate the long-term impact of the method on community theater and societal dynamics.

    Exploring the Matrix of Social Reflections: A New Model of the Living Newspaper · 2026 · DOI

  • Brundtland report To what extent and in what (1987/2022) ways does journalism oscillate between the past, present, and future when covering an event or problem?

    Sustainable journalism redux: What are the “cornerstone” media frames of a sustainable future? · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding the influence of news media on reducing road accidents. The analysis aims to fill this gap by analyzing the evolution of road safety in Spanish media and its influence on reducing road accidents.

    The Role of News Media in Reducing Traffic Accidents · 2024 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) It remains unclear who is drawn to such content and what effects it produces (“Can solutions journalism counter news avoidance? A choice experiment examining…”, 2026); (2) Despite the increasing diversity in Swedish society, media representation remains underexplored, particularly in quantitative terms (“Who gets seen? Racial representation on Swedish primetime television”, 2026); (3) The paper suggests that future research should consider the implications of a new PSM organization for the media landscape in a reunified Ireland (“Public Service Media in Ireland following reunification? Comparative approaches…”, 2026); (4) There is a lack of systematic reviews and synthesis of the existing literature (“Scaling solutions journalism: A systematic review of audience effects,…”, 2026); (5) There is a lack of understanding of the impact of the state of emergency on digital investigative journalism (“Conditions and routines of digital investigative journalism in El Salvador…”, 2026). 1,326 gap statements have been mined from News Media Framing and Political Communication papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 15,311 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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