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Wilczek, B., Haim, M. & Thurman, N. (2024). Transforming the value chain of local journalism with artificial intelligence. AI Magazine, 45(2), pp. 200-211. doi: 10.1002/aaai.12174

Thurman, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-3909-9565, Stares, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-4697-0347 & Koliska, M. (2024). Audience evaluations of news videos made with various levels of automation: A population-based survey experiment. Journalism, 26(1), pp. 3-23. doi: 10.1177/14648849241243189

Stalph, F., Thurman, N. & Thäsler-Kordonouri, S. (2023). Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, data-driven ‘quantitative’ journalism. Journalism: theory, practice and criticism, 25(7), pp. 1460-1480. doi: 10.1177/14648849231179606

Thurman, N., Klatt, A., Raj, H. & Taneja, H.view all authors (2023). Predicting streaming audiences for a channel’s on-demand TV shows: Discerning the influences of choice architecture, consumer agency, and content attributes. Convergence: the international journal of research into new media technologies, 30(3), pp. 1254-1270. doi: 10.1177/13548565231174590

Wilczek, B., Schulte-Uentrop, I. & Thurman, N. (2023). Subscribe Now: On the Effectiveness of Advertising Messages in Promoting Newspapers’ Online Subscriptions. International Journal of Communication, 17, pp. 3782-3798.

Kling, J., Toepfl, F., Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R.view all authors (2022). Mapping the website and mobile app audiences of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik, across 21 countries. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 3(6), doi: 10.37016/mr-2020-110

Thurman, N., Nalmpatian, A. & Obster, F. (2022). Lessons from France on the regulation of Internet pornography: How displacement effects, circumvention, and legislative scope may limit the efficacy of Article 23. Policy & Internet, 14(3), pp. 690-710. doi: 10.1002/poi3.293

Thurman, N., Sly, J., Wilczek, B. & Fletcher, R.view all authors (2022). Forbidden fruit or soured grapes? Long-term effects of the temporary unavailability and rationing of US news websites on their consumption from the European Union. International Communication Gazette, 84(7-8), pp. 698-720. doi: 10.1177/17480485221111312

Thurman, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-3909-9565 & Obster, F. (2021). The regulation of internet pornography: What a survey of under‐18s tells us about the necessity for and potential efficacy of emerging legislative approaches. Policy & Internet, 13(3), pp. 415-432. doi: 10.1002/poi3.250

Koliska, M., Thurman, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-3909-9565, Stares, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-4697-0347 & Kunert, J.view all authors (2021). Exploring Audience Perceptions of, and Preferences for, Online News Videos. Journalism Studies, 22(9), pp. 1161-1180. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2021.1927154

Thurman, N. (2021). When a TV channel reinvents itself online: Post-broadcast consumption and content change at BBC Three. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 27(2), pp. 291-312. doi: 10.1177/1354856520967773

Thurman, N., Hensmann, T. & Fletcher, R. (2021). Large, loyal, lingering? An analysis of online overseas audiences for UK news brands. Journalism, 22(8), pp. 1892-1911. doi: 10.1177/1464884919892411

Henkel, I., Thurman, N., Möller, J. & Trilling, D.view all authors (2020). Do Online, Offline, and Multiplatform Journalists Differ in their Professional Principles and Practices? Findings from a Multinational Study. Journalism Studies, 21(10), pp. 1363-1383. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2020.1749111

Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2019). Effects of a Magazine’s Move to Online-only: Post-print Audience Attention and Readership Retention Revisited. Journalism Practice, 14(10), pp. 1225-1243. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1685903

Henkel, I., Thurman, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-3909-9565 & Deffner, V. (2019). Comparing journalism cultures in Britain and Germany: Confrontation, Contextualization, Conformity. Journalism Studies, 20(14), pp. 1995-2013. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2018.1551067

Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2019). Has Digital Distribution Rejuvenated Readership? Revisiting the Age Demographics of Newspaper Consumption. Journalism Studies, 20(4), pp. 542-562. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2017.1397532

Thurman, N., Moeller, J., Helberger, N. & Trilling, D.view all authors (2018). My friends, editors, algorithms, and I: Examining audience attitudes to news selection. Digital Journalism, 7(4), pp. 447-469. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1493936

Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2018). Save Money, Lose Impact. British Journalism Review, 29(3), pp. 31-36. doi: 10.1177/0956474818798538

Thurman, N. (2018). Mixed methods communication research: Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in the study of online journalism. SAGE Research Methods Cases, doi: 10.4135/9781526428431

Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2018). Are newspapers heading towards post-print obscurity? A case study of The Independent’s transition to online-only. Digital Journalism, 6(8), pp. 1003-1017. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1504625

Thurman, N. (2017). Social media, surveillance and news work: On the apps promising journalists a “crystal ball”. Digital Journalism, 6(1), pp. 76-97. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1345318

Fletcher, R., Schifferes, S. & Thurman, N. (2017). Building the ‘Truthmeter’: Training algorithms to help journalists assess the credibility of social media sources. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 26(1), pp. 19-34. doi: 10.1177/1354856517714955

Thurman, N., Doerr, K. & Kunert, J. (2017). When Reporters get Hands-on with Robo-writing: Professionals Consider Automated Journalism’s Capabilities and Consequences. Digital Journalism, 5(10), pp. 1240-1259. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1289819

Thurman, N. (2017). Newspaper Consumption in the Mobile Age: Re-assessing multi-platform performance and market share using ‘time-spent’. Journalism Studies, 19(10), pp. 1409-1429. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2017.1279028

Thurman, N. (2017). What’s a reader actually worth?. British Journalism Review, 28(2), pp. 37-41. doi: 10.1177/0956474817713963

Thurman, N., Schifferes, S., Fletcher, R. , Newman, N., Hunt, S. & Schapals, A. K.view all authors (2016). Giving computers a nose for news: exploring the limits of story detection and verification. Digital Journalism, 4(7), pp. 838-848. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2016.1149436

Thurman, N. & Newman, N. (2014). The Future of Breaking News Online? A study of live blogs through surveys of their consumption, and of readers' attitudes and participation. Journalism Studies, 15(5), pp. 655-667. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2014.882080

Schifferes, S., Newman, N., Thurman, N. , Corney, D., Goker, A. S. & Martin, C.view all authors (2014). Identifying and verifying news through social media: Developing a user-centred tool for professional journalists. Digital Journalism, 2(3), pp. 406-418. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2014.892747

Thurman, N. & Walters, A. (2013). Live Blogging- Digital Journalism's Pivotal Platform? A case study of the production, consumption, and form of Live Blogs at Guardian.co.uk. Digital Journalism, 1(1), pp. 82-101. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2012.714935

Thurman, N. (2013). Newspaper consumption in the digital age: Measuring multi-channel audience attention and brand popularity. Digital Journalism, 2(2), pp. 156-178. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2013.818365

Thurman, N., Pascal, J. C. & Bradshaw, P. (2012). Can Big Media do "Big Society"?: A Critical Case Study of Commercial, Convergent Hyperlocal News. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 8(2), pp. 269-285. doi: 10.1386/macp.8.2-3.269_1

Thurman, N. & Schifferes, S. (2012). The Future of Personalisation at News Websites: Lessons from a Longitudinal Study. Journalism Studies, 13(5-6), pp. 775-790. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2012.664341

Thurman, N. (2011). Making 'The Daily Me': Technology, economics and habit in the mainstream assimilation of personalized news. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 12(4), pp. 395-415. doi: 10.1177/1464884910388228

Thurman, N. & Myllylahti, M. (2009). Taking the paper out of news: A case study of Taloussanomat, Europe's first online-only newspaper. Journalism Studies, 10(5), pp. 691-708. doi: 10.1080/14616700902812959

Thurman, N. & Lupton, B. (2008). Convergence calls: multimedia storytelling at British news websites. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 14(4), pp. 439-455. doi: 10.1177/1354856508094662

Thurman, N. (2008). Forums for citizen journalists? Adoption of user generated content initiatives by online news media. New Media & Society, 10(1), pp. 139-157. doi: 10.1177/1461444807085325

Hermida, A. & Thurman, N. (2008). A clash of cultures: The integration of user-generated content within professional journalistic frameworks at British newspaper websites. Journalism Practice, 2(3), pp. 343-356. doi: 10.1080/17512780802054538

Thurman, N. & Herbert, J. (2007). Paid content strategies for news websites: An empirical study of British newspapers' online business models. Journalism Practice, 1(2), pp. 208-226. doi: 10.1080/17512780701275523

Thurman, N. (2007). The globalization of journalism online: A transatlantic study of news websites and their international readers. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 8(3), pp. 285-307. doi: 10.1177/1464884907076463

Thurman, N., Lewis, S. C. & Kunert, J. Algorithms, Automation, and News. Digital Journalism, 7(8), pp. 980-992. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2019.1685395

Book Section

Thurman, N. (2019). Computational Journalism. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. & Hanitzsch, T. (Eds.), The Handbook of Journalism Studies, Second Edition. . New York: Routledge.

Thurman, N. (2018). Personalization of News. In: Vos, T. P., Hanusch, F., Dimitrakopoulou, D. , Geertsema-Sligh, M. & Sehl, A.view all authors (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. . Massachusetts, USA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Thurman, N., Picard, R.G., Myllylahti, M. & Krumsvik, A.H.view all authors (2018). On Digital Distribution’s Failure to Solve Newspapers’ Existential Crisis: Symptoms, Causes, Consequences and Remedies. In: Eldridge II, S.A. & Franklin, B. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies. . London: Routledge.

Thurman, N. & Schapals, A. K. (2016). Live blogs, sources, and objectivity: The contradictions of real-time online reporting. In: Franklin, B. & Eldridge, S. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. (pp. 283-292). UK: Routledge.

Thurman, N. (2015). Journalism, Gatekeeping, and Interactivity. In: Coleman, S. & Freelon, D. (Eds.), A Handbook of Digital Politics. (pp. 357-374). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781782548768

Thurman, N. (2015). Real-time Online Reporting: Best Practices for Live Blogging. In: Zion, L. & Craig, D. A. (Eds.), Ethics for Digital Journalists: Emerging Best Practices. (pp. 103-114). UK: Routledge.

Thurman, N. & Rodgers, J. (2014). Citizen Journalism in Real Time: Live Blogging and Crisis Events. In: Thorsen, E. & Allan, S. (Eds.), Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Volume 2. (pp. 81-95). New York: Peter Lang.

Thurman, N. (2013). How Live Blogs are Reconfiguring Breaking News. In: Newman, N. & Levy, D. A. L. (Eds.), Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2013: Tracking the Future of News. (pp. 85-88). Oxford, UK: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford.

Thurman, N. & Hermida, A. (2010). Gotcha: How newsroom norms are shaping participatory journalism online. In: Tunney, S & Monaghan, G (Eds.), Web Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship? (pp. 46-62). Eastbourne, UK: Sussex Academic Press.

Conference or Workshop Item

Stalph, F., Thurman, N. & Thaesler-Kordonouri, S. (2023). Audience reception of news articles made with various levels of automation—and none: Comparing cognitive & emotional impacts. Paper presented at the The Joint Computation + Journalism European Data & Computational Journalism Conference 2023, 22-24 Jun 2023, Zurich, Switzerland.

Portugal, R., Wilczek, B., Eder, M. , Thurman, N. & Haim, M.view all authors (2023). Design Thinking for Journalism in the AI age: Towards an Innovation Process for Responsible AI Applications. Paper presented at the The Joint Computation + Journalism European Data & Computational Journalism Conference 2023, 22-24 Jun 2023, Zurich, Switzerland.

Report

Thurman, N. (2018). Time Spent Reading News-Brands: Print–Digital Performance, Online-Only Effects, and Long-Term Trends. Frankfurt, Germany: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Thurman, N., Cornia, A. & Kunert, J. (2016). Journalists in the UK. UK: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

Thurman, N. (2006). Журналістика із залученням читачів до дискусії у традиційних ЗМІ. Ставлення до новітніх інтерактивних технологій і впровадження їх на британських сайтах. Ukraine: British Council Ukraine.

Working Paper

Thurman, N. & Hensmann, T. Social media monitoring apps in news work: A mixed-methods study of professional practices and journalists’ and citizens’ opinions. .