In journalism studies, an interest in emotions has gathered momentum during the last decade, leading to an increasingly diverse investigation of the affective and emotional aspects of production, text and audience engagement with journalism which we describe as an “emotional turn.” The attention to emotion in journalism studies is a relatively recent development, sustained by the concurrent rise of digital information technologies that have accentuated the emotional and affective everyday use of media, as well as the increasing mobilization, exploitation and capitalization of emotions in digital media.

This special issue both builds upon research on emotion in journalism studies and aims to extend it by examining new theoretical and methodological tools, and areas of empirical analysis, to engage with emotion or affect across the contexts of journalistic production, content and consumption.

In proclaiming ‘an emotional turn’ in journalism studies, the intention of this special issue is not to suggest a paradigm shift or a major change in the prevailing research agenda in the field. Rather, against the backdrop of the increasingly diverse field of journalism studies, it is to point out that the relationship between journalism and emotion represents a rapidly developing area of inquiry, which opens up for new research agendas.

在新闻学研究中，对情感的兴趣在过去十年中迅速增长，导致对新闻产生，情感和情感参与的生产，文本和受众参与的情感和情感方面的调查日益多样化，我们将其描述为“情感转折”。新闻学研究中对情感的关注是相对较新的发展，其持续发展是由于数字信息技术的不断兴起，这种技术突显了人们对媒体的情感和情感的日常使用，以及数字媒体中情感的动员，开发和资本化。

本期专刊既建立在新闻学研究中的情感研究基础之上，又旨在通过研究新的理论和方法论工具以及实证分析领域，在新闻生产，内容和消费的背景下与情感或情感进行互动来扩展情感研究。

在宣布新闻学研究出现“情感转折”时，本期特刊的目的不是要暗示该领域盛行的研究议程的范式转变或重大变化。相反，在新闻学研究领域日益多样化的背景下，需要指出的是，新闻学与情感之间的关系代表了一个快速发展的探究领域，为新的研究议程打开了大门。