Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183-2439) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields.
Open Access: free to read and share, with an article processing charge for accepted papers to offset production costs (more details here).
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| Strategic Continuity and Evolving Toolkit: Electoral Competition Revisited | |||||||||
| Viorela Dan, Uta Russmann, Philipp Müller and Anne Schulz | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 2 July 2026 | |||||||||
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| Party Equalization or Normalization Through Visual Generative AI in the 2025 German Federal Election | |||||||||
| Simon Kruschinski and Fabio Votta | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 2 July 2026 | |||||||||
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| TubeStats and TokStats: Research Tools for Random Samples of YouTube and TikTok | |||||||||
| Kevin Zheng, Reagan Keeney, Ryan McGrady, Vikramaditya Jaisingh and Ethan Zuckerman | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 2 July 2026 | |||||||||
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| What If We Ran Our Own Show? GenAI and The Politics of Representation | |||||||||
| Florian Vanlee and Mathijs De Baere | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 2 July 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Adoption of Open Science Practices in Communication Research: Taking Stock of the Field in 2025 | |||||||||
| Jasmijn Kruijt, Chaoyi Gao, Xiaojing Ke, Sofie Přibylová, Wenyuan Yang and Bert N. Bakker | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 25 June 2026 | |||||||||
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| Making Mothers Responsible After Fukushima in Japanese Media | |||||||||
| Yasuhito Abe | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2026 | |||||||||
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| Constructing Gender Antagonism: Moralised Platform Governance in China | |||||||||
| Zexu Guan and Zheyu Shang | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 9 June 2026 | |||||||||
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| Shining Light on “Dark Science”: Mapping the Field of Science Watchdog Journalism | |||||||||
| Aljosha Karim Schapals, Michelle Riedlinger, Silvia Montaña-Niño and Artem Rednikin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 2 June 2026 | |||||||||
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| Platformisation, Power, and AI Governance in the Newsroom: Insights From the Global South | |||||||||
| Dalia Elsheikh and Daniel Jackson | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 2 June 2026 | |||||||||
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| “Eat the Rich”: Moral Entanglement of Class and Gender in The White Lotus | |||||||||
| Alba Clément and Tonny Krijnen | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 26 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| “She’s That Type Anyway”: Moralized Misogyny and Bangladeshi Women’s Political Visibility on Facebook | |||||||||
| Farah Zahan Shuchy and Md. Azaher Uddin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 26 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| “In the Name of Pro-Women”: Intra-Women Surveillance and Internalized Misogyny in Digital East Asia | |||||||||
| Liang Ge | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 21 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Public Engagement and Information Dynamics | |||||||||
| Monika Taddicken, Esther Greussing, Evelyn Jonas, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and Inbal Klein-Avraham | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 20 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| How Does Generative AI Reshape Chinese Patients’ Perceptions of Medical Authority? | |||||||||
| Xue Yuan, Qiqi Jin, Yulong Tang and Jinghong Xu | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| #TradWives: A Qualitative Meaning-Making Study of Gendered Norms, Moral Appropriation, and Feminism | |||||||||
| Pip Heldoorn, Joël Hendrix, Lisa Vandeberg and Serena Daalmans | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 14 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Understanding Social Media Logic | |||||||||
| José van Dijck and Thomas Poell | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2013 | |||||||||
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| Marketing to Youth in the Digital Age: The Promotion of Unhealthy Products and Health Promoting Behaviours on Social Media | |||||||||
| Sally Dunlop, Becky Freeman and Sandra C. Jones | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016 | |||||||||
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| “School Strike 4 Climate”: Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change | |||||||||
| Shelley Boulianne, Mireille Lalancette and David Ilkiw | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 19 May 2020 | |||||||||
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| Teens, Health and Technology: A National Survey | |||||||||
| Ellen Wartella, Vicky Rideout, Heather Montague, Leanne Beaudoin-Ryan and Alexis Lauricella | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016 | |||||||||
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| Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence | |||||||||
| Kathryn L. Mills | |||||||||
| Review | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016 | |||||||||
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| Social Media Influencers’ Role in Shaping Political Opinions and Actions of Young Audiences | |||||||||
| Christina Peter and Luisa Muth | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 3 August 2023 | |||||||||
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| A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers | |||||||||
| Delia Cristina Balaban and Julia Szambolics | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 24 February 2022 | |||||||||
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| TikTok and Political Communication: The Latest Frontier of Politainment? A Case Study | |||||||||
| Laura Cervi, Santiago Tejedor and Fernando García Blesa | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 May 2023 | |||||||||
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| Welcome to the Era of Fake News | |||||||||
| Jonathan Albright | |||||||||
| Commentary | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2017 | |||||||||
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| Narrative Agency in Hashtag Activism: The Case of #BlackLivesMatter | |||||||||
| Guobin Yang | |||||||||
| Commentary | Open Access | Published: 11 August 2016 | |||||||||
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| The Nanking Atrocity: Still and Moving Images 1937–1944 | |||||||||
| Gary Evans | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 23 July 2014 | |||||||||
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| Understanding Social Media Logic | |||||||||
| José van Dijck and Thomas Poell | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2013 | |||||||||
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| Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence | |||||||||
| Kathryn L. Mills | |||||||||
| Review | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016 | |||||||||
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| Marketing to Youth in the Digital Age: The Promotion of Unhealthy Products and Health Promoting Behaviours on Social Media | |||||||||
| Sally Dunlop, Becky Freeman and Sandra C. Jones | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016 | |||||||||
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| The Nanking Atrocity: Still and Moving Images 1937–1944 | |||||||||
| Gary Evans | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 17 February 2014 | |||||||||
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| A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers | |||||||||
| Delia Cristina Balaban and Julia Szambolics | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 24 February 2022 | |||||||||
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| Documentary and Cognitive Theory: Narrative, Emotion and Memory | |||||||||
| Ib Bondebjerg | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 9 April 2014 | |||||||||
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| Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics | |||||||||
| Jukka Jouhki, Epp Lauk, Maija Penttinen, Niina Sormanen and Turo Uskali | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 10 October 2016 | |||||||||
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| “School Strike 4 Climate”: Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change | |||||||||
| Shelley Boulianne, Mireille Lalancette and David Ilkiw | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 19 May 2020 | |||||||||
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| The Regulation of Disinformation Under the Digital Services Act | |||||||||
| Ronan Ó Fathaigh, Doris Buijs and Joris van Hoboken | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 28 May 2025 | |||||||||
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