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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| A Framework for Classifying Uncertainties in AI-Driven Newsrooms | |||||||||
| Luna Paladino, Paula Chimenti and André Fonseca | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Metajournalistic Discourse and the Sociopolitical Construction of AI Risk in Chinese Journalism | |||||||||
| Youyi Wei | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Methods Hub: A Community-Driven, Interactive Platform for Open-Source Computational Tools and Tutorials | |||||||||
| Christina Viehmann, Johannes Kiesel, Arnim Bleier, Chung-hong Chan, Po-Chun Chang, Raniere Gaia Costa da Silva, Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam, Taimoor Khan, Stephan Linzbach, Fakhri Momeni, Felix Münch, Ran Yu, Stefan Dietze and Claudia Wagner | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Proxies in Print: Strategic Narratives of the Sudan Conflict in Digital Media | |||||||||
| Téwodros W. Workneh | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Social Media “Image Operations” During the Tigray War (2020–2022) | |||||||||
| Matti Pohjonen and Amanuel Tesfaye Kebede | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| FOMO in Sub-Saharan African AI Hype: The Quest for a Decolonized AI Adoption Framework | |||||||||
| Danford Zirugo and Bruce Mutsvairo | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 7 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| African Community Media, AI, and the Question of Community Participation in the Disruptive Era | |||||||||
| Lyton Ncube, Allen Munoriyarwa, Albert Chibuwe, Refilwe Whitney Mofokeng and Antonette Kakujaha-Murangi | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 1 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Promise and Practice of Sharing Qualitative Data in Communication Research: Insights From the Qualitative Data Repository | |||||||||
| Dessislava Kirilova and Lee Humphreys | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 1 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Navigating Online Visibility: Construction of Feminine Identity in Chinese Influencers’ Affective Networked Publics | |||||||||
| Qing Ma | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 1 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Journalism as Science’s Watchdog: The Vibrancy and Vulnerability of an Increasingly Diverse Ecosystem | |||||||||
| Alice Fleerackers and An Nguyen | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 30 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Watchdog Science Journalism: How Retraction Watch Fosters Accountability in Science | |||||||||
| Declan Fahy | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Algorithmic Silences: Postcolonial Blind Spots in Dutch AI Media Discourse | |||||||||
| Jessy de Cooker, Adája Unlandt and Jessie van Wijk | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 29 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Toward Open Governance in Research Software for Communication and Media Research: Principles, Dimensions, and Practices | |||||||||
| Florian Hohmann, Andreas Hepp and Karsten D. Wolf | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 24 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Resisting the Boys’ Club: Tactical Agency, Gendered Performances, and Professional Survival in Czech Political Journalism | |||||||||
| Iveta Jansová, Marína Urbániková and Lenka Waschková Císařová | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Dynamics of (In)Visibility: Immanent Potential of Young Feminism Across and Beneath the Square | |||||||||
| Danbi Kim, Miran Pyun and Yeran Kim | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 September 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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| 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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| The Nanking Atrocity: Still and Moving Images 1937–1944 | |||||||||
| Gary Evans | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 17 February 2014 | |||||||||
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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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