For further insights into the current journalism culture and connections between media and democracy, have a look at some of the books and articles below.

Books

Jørgensen, Kristina Lund; Risbro, Jakob (2021): Konstruktiv journalistik Konstruktiv journalistik – Fra idé til historie fokuserer på konstruktiv journalistik som et arbejde med løsninger, med nuancer og perspektiv i historierne – og med at involvere borgerne i det arbejde. Ajour.
Heinrichs, Ellen (2022): Journalismus auf der Couch – So kommen wir aus der Krise. Herder Publishing House. Mit Lösungsvorschläge von Ulrik Haagerup, Isabel Schayani, Maren Urner, Giovanni di Lorenzo, u.a.
Haagerup, Ulrik (2017): Constructive News – How to save the media and democracy with journalism of tomorrow. Aarhus University Press. First two chapters of the book are available here.
Haagerup, Ulrik (2015): Constructive News – Warum "bad news" die Medien zerstören und wie Journalisten mit einem völlig neuen Ansatz wieder Menschen berühren. InnoVatio Publishing
Gyldensted, Catherine (2015): From Mirrors to Movers – Five Elements of Positive Psychology in Constructive Journalism. GGroup Publishing
Patterson, Thomas E. (2003) The Vanishing Voter. New York: Knopf
Altheide, David. L (2002) Creating Fear – News and the Construction of Crisis. New York: Aldine DeGruyter
Moy, Patricia and Pfau, Michael (2000) With Malice Toward All? – The Media and Public Confidence in Democratic Institutions. Westport, CT: Praeger
Patterson, Thomas E. (1994) Out of Order. New York : A. Knopf
Sabato, Larry (1993): Feeding Frenzy -How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics. New York: Free Press
Schultz-Jørgensen, Søren and Westergård, Per (2018) Den journalistiske forbindelse. København: Gyldendal Business
Jackson, Jodie (2018) You Are What You Read. London.
Klein, Ezra (2020)Why We're Polarised. New York
Dobelli, Rolf, Stop Reading The News How To Cope With The Information Overload and Think More Clearly
De Botton, Alain, The News A User's Manual
Duffy, Bobby, The Perils Of Perception Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything
Rushbriger, Alan, Breaking News The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now
Köhler, Tanja, Fake News, Framing, Fact-checking Nachrichten im digitalen Zeitalter (in German)
May, Gerd Maria, fra Tårn til Torv From Tower to Square (title in English)
Rosdahl, Lotte, Inkluderende Journalistik Inclusive Journalism (title in English)
Vanderpooten, Gilles, Imagine the World of Tomorrow Imagine The World Of Tomorrow – The Positive Role Of The Media (title in English) written by Gilles Vanderpooten, Director of Reporters of Espoirs. Postface by Eric Fottorino, founder of Le 1, America, Zadig, and former president of the journal Le Monde
Bregman, Rutger, Humankind A Hopeful History

Below are some academic articles we have encountered that intersect with constructive journalism and the connections between news media and democracy.

Additionally, Kyser Lough’s has compiled a great public bibliography of research on constructive journalism and solutions focused journalism.

Academic articles

A selection of academic research on constructive journalism

Abdenour, J., McIntyre, K. & Dahmen, N. S. (2017). Putting Broadcast News in Context: An Analysis of US Television Journalists’ Role Conceptions and Contextual Values. Electronic News.
Aitamurto, T. & Varma, A. (2018). The Constructive Role of Journalism. Journalism Practice 12(6), 695-713.
Baden, D., McIntyre, K. & Homberg, F. (2018). The Impact of Constructive News on Affective and Behavioural Responses. Journalism Studies, 1-20.
Beckman, Petter (2020). Konstruktiv journalistik -lägesrapport om en omstridd rörelse tio år efter forsat stegen. Lindholmen Science Park
Berends, A. (2018, March 13). ‘Allard Berends roept op tot discussie: ‘Constructieve journalistiek bestaat niet’. Villa Media: Website over Journalistiek. Retrieved from https://www.scribbr.nl/apa-stijl/apa-voorbeelden/blendle-krantenartikel-internet/
Boczkowski, P. J. & Mitchelstein, E. (2016). The gap between the media and the public. Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal Role and Public Relevance in a Digital Age, in: Peters, C., & Broersma, M. J. (Eds.), Rethinking journalism again: societal role and public relevance in a digital age (p.p. 175-183). New York: Taylor & Francis Group.
Boyer, D. (2013) The Life Informatic Newsmaking in the Digital Era. Ithaca, USA: Cornell University Press.
Bro, P. (2018). Constructive Journalism: Proponents, Precedents and Principles. Journalism, 1-16.
Constructieve Journalistiek. (n.d.) Windesheim. Retrieved from February 11, 2019, from https://constructievejournalistiek.nl/windesheim/
Curry, A. L. & Hammonds, K. H. (2014). The Power of Solutions Journalism. Solutions Journalism Network, 1,-14. Retrieved from https://engagingnewsproject.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/06/ENP_SJN-report.pdf
De Correspondent. (n.d.). Het Manifest. Retrieved from https://decorrespondent.nl/manifest
De Jong, J.C. & Koetsenruijter, A.W.M. (2019). Regionale en lokale journalistiek in Zuid- Holland. Retrieved from https://www.zuid-holland.nl/publish/pages/22770/regionaleen lokalejournalistiekinzuid-holland-onderzoeksrapport.pdf
Dingemanse, K. (2018, October 9). Soorten interviews. Retrieved February 3, 2019, from https://www.scribbr.nl/onderzoeksmethoden/soorten-interviews/
Donsbach, W. (2004). Psychology of News Decisions: Factors behind Journalists’ Professional Behavior. Journalism, 5(2), 131–157.
Feijnenbuik, M. (2018). Omroep West kijkt Vooruit: Hoe Omroep West-redacteuren Constructieve Journalistiek ervaren (master thesis). Retrieved from https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/65091
From, U. & Kristensen, N.N. (2018). Rethinking Constructive Journalism by Means of Service Journalism. Journalism Practice, 12(6), 714-729.
Galtung, J., & Ruge, M. H. (1965). The structure of foreign news: The presentation of the Congo, Cuba and Cyprus crises in four Norwegian newspapers. Journal of peace research, 2(1), 64-90.
Gyldensted, C. (2011). Innovating news journalism through positive psychology (Master’s of Positive Psychology thesis). Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/mapp_capstone/20/
Gyldensted, C. (2015). From Mirrors to Movers. Five Elements of Positive Psychology in Constructive Journalism. (z.p.): GGroup Publishing.
Harcup, T. (Ed.) (2014). Civic Journalism. In A Dictionary of Journalism. Oxford University Press. Retrieved May 4, 2019, from http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.leidenuniv.nl:2048/view/10.1093/acref/97801996 46241.001.0001/acref-9780199646241-e-241.
Hautakangas, M. & Ahva, L. (2018). Introducing a New Form of Socially Responsible Journalism. Journalism Practice, 12(6), 730-764. Hearken. (n.d.). Frequently Asked Questions: What is Hearken? Retrieved from https://www.wearehearken.com/hearken-overview-about/
Hermans, L. & Drok, N. (2018). Placing Constructive Journalism in Context. Journalism Practice, 12(6), 679-694
Hoffmanns, L. (2019). “Een eerlijke blik op de wereld”. Ervaringen met constructieve journalistiek in de praktijk (masterthesis). Retrieved from https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/70057
Ipsos. (2018). Perils of Perception [Dataset]. Retrieved from https://perils.ipsos.com/slides/index.html
Kleemans, M., de Leeuw, R. N. H., Gerritsen, J., & Buijzen, M. (2017). Children’s Responses to Negative News: The Effects of Constructive Reporting in Newspaper Stories for Children. Journal of Communication, 67(5), 781-802.
Kleemans, M., Schlindwein, L. F., & Dohmen, R. (2017). Preadolescents’ Emotional and Prosocial Responses to Negative TV News: Investigating the Beneficial Effects of Constructive Reporting and Peer Discussion. Journal of youth and adolescence, 46(9), 1-13.
Krul, R. (2017, 23 januari). ‘Vergaderen op Facebook met Omroep West’. Villamedia. Retrieved from https://www.villamedia.nl/artikel/vergaderen-op-facebook.
Mast, J., Coesemans, R. & Temmerman, M. (2018). Constructive Journalism: Concepts, Practices and Discourses. Journalism, 1-12.
McIntyre, K. E. (2015). Constructive journalism: The effects of positive emotions and solution information in news stories (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1684781835?pq-origsite=gscholar
McIntyre, K. E. (2017). Putting Broadcast News in Context, an analysis of US television journalists’ role conceptions and contextual values. Electronic News.
McIntyre, K. E., Dahmen, N. S. & Abdenour, J. (2016). The contextualist function: US newspaper journalists value social responsibility. Journalism, 1-19.
Meier, K. (2018). How Does the Audience Respond to Constructive Journalism? Journalism Practice, 12(6), 764-780.
Mellado, C. (2015) Professional roles in news content: Six dimensions of journalistic roleperformance. Journalism Studies, 16(4), 596–614. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2014.922276
Muntz, T. & Trommelen, J. (2018, September 9). ‘Journalist, los niet op maar zoek uit’. NRC. Retrieved from https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/11/09/journalist-los-niet-op-maar-zoek-uit-a2754650
Omroep West. (2018). Publieksverslag 2017: Verslag van de Redactie. Retrieved from http://jaarverslag.omroepwest.nl/verslag-van-de-redactie-2017-samenwerken- luisteren-verbinden-en-betrokken-zijn/
Omroep West. (n.d.). De Geschiedenis van Omroep West. Retrieved from https://www.omroepwest.nl/overomroepwest/geschiedenis Omroep West. (n.d.). Dé Omroep voor Zuid-Holland Noord. Retrieved February 3, 2019, from https://www.omroepwest.nl/overomroepwest
Oremus, F. (2017, Augustus 17) ‘Kunnen we nog trots zijn op ons vak?’. Villamedia. Retrieved from https://www.villamedia.nl/artikel/kunnen-we-nog-trots-zijn-op-ons-vak.
Packer, M. (2010). The Science of Qualitative Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Reich, Z., & Barnoy, A. (2016). Reconstructing Production Practices through Interviewing. In T. Witschge, Anderson, D. Domingo & A. Hermida (Red.), The Sage Handbook of Digital Journalism (pp. 477-493). Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk: SAGE Publications inc.
Roulston, K. (2010). Considering quality in qualitative interviewing. Qualitative Research, 10(2), 199- 228.
Rubin, H.J., & Rubin, I.S. (2012). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Shindler, T, (2017) Constructive Journalism in Daily Media Coverage, https://studylibde.com/doc/14132042/masterarbeit—perspective-daily
Schultz, I. (2007). The journalistic gut feeling: Journalistic doxa, news habitus and orthodox news values. Journalism practice, 1(2), 190-207. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/17512780701275507
Smouter, K. (2018, February 19). Constructieve Journalistiek, dat is iets met oplossingen toch? Of niet? Retrieved February 8, 2019, from https://constructievejournalistiek.nl/toolkit/constructieve-journalistiek-dat-is-iets-met- oplossingen-toch-of-niet/
Soft news. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May, 5, 2019, from academic-eb- com.ezproxy.leidenuniv.nl:2443/levels/collegiate/article/soft-news/606123
Thomas, R. J. (2017). Helpfulness as Journalism’s Normative Anchor. Journalism Studies, 1-17. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1377103
Van Gameren, E. (2016, October 10). Hoe bedrijf je Cojo? Retrieved February 8, 2019, from https://constructievejournalistiek.nl/toolkit/toolkit/
Van der Ploeg, M. (2018). U vraagt, wij maken: Het gebruik van de Hearken-module voor vraaggestuurde journalistiek door Omroep West (master thesis). Retrieved from https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/68241
Weldingh, Line (2018) News criteria in constructive journalism, 2 januar 2018. Master’s thesis in Danish