Open Access Journal

ISSN: 2183-2439

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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).

Indexing: Web of Science (SSCI), Scopus, and other databases.

Digital Barricades and Blackouts: A Case of Internet Shutdowns in India
Manisha Madapathi
Article | Open Access | Published: 3 December 2024
Immersive Storytelling as a Technology, a Practice, and an Experience
Nicholas David Bowman, Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, Dan Pacheco and T. Manaka Chock
Editorial | Open Access | Published: 27 November 2024
Harnessing 360-Degree Video to Prompt Users to Think Along With Pro-Environmental Campaign Messages
Mincheol Shin and Heejae Lee
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 November 2024
XR for Transformable and Interactive Design
Gabriela Bustos-Lopez, Erwin Robert Aguirre-Villalobos and Krissie Meingast
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 November 2024
How Different Training Types and Computer Anxiety Influence Performance and Experiences in Virtual Reality
Eugy Han, Ian Strate, Kristine L. Nowak and Jeremy N. Bailenson
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 November 2024
Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System
Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge II and Marcel Broersma
Article | Open Access | Published: 25 November 2024
Exploring Adolescents’ Social Media Connection and Disconnection: A Latent Class Approach
Lise-Marie Nassen, Kathrin Karsay, Laura Vandenbosch and Lara Schreurs
Article | Open Access | Published: 25 November 2024
Patterns and Factors of Political Disconnection on Social Media: A Cross-Platform Comparison
Felix-Christopher von Nostitz, Marie Neihouser, Giulia Sandri and Tristan Haute
Article | Open Access | Published: 25 November 2024
The Stigma Machine: A Study of the Prosocial Impact of Immersive VR Narratives on Youth in Spain and Canada
Francisco-Julián Martínez-Cano
Article | Open Access | Published: 21 November 2024
Unburdening the (Dis)Connected Individual? A Digital Disconnection Policy Paradox in Flanders (Belgium)
Tom De Leyn, Alice Verlinden, Laura Lemahieu, Lore Geldof, Marthe Mennes, Arturo Cocchi, Marijn Martens and Mariek Vanden Abeele
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 November 2024
Truth in the Crossfire: The Case of Ethiopia and Fact-Checking in Authoritarian Contexts
Leeam Azoulay
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 November 2024
Editorial: Data-Driven Campaigning in a Comparative Context—Toward a 4th Era of Political Communication?
Stephanie Luke, Esmeralda Bon, Katharine Dommett, Rachel Gibson, Sophie Lecheler and Sanne Kruikemeier
Editorial | Open Access | Published: 31 October 2024
Data-Campaigning on Facebook: Do Metrics of User Engagement Drive French Political Parties’ Publications?
Julien Figeac, Marie Neihouser and Ferdinand Le Coz
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 October 2024
Are Certain Types of Microtargeting More Acceptable? Comparing US, German, and Dutch Citizens’ Attitudes
Esmeralda Bon, Katharine Dommett, Rachel Gibson, Sanne Kruikemeier and Sophie Lecheler
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 October 2024
Reaching the Voters: Parties’ Use of Google Ads in the 2021 German Federal Election
Jasmin Fitzpatrick and Felix-Christopher von Nostitz
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 October 2024
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Understanding Social Media Logic
José van Dijck and Thomas Poell
Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2013
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
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
“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
Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Kathryn L. Mills
Review | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016
Welcome to the Era of Fake News
Jonathan Albright
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2017
Narrative Agency in Hashtag Activism: The Case of #BlackLivesMatter
Guobin Yang
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 11 August 2016
Digital Media Platforms and the Use of TV Content: Binge Watching and Video-on-Demand in Germany
Lothar Mikos
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 July 2016
An Approach to Digital Literacy through the Integration of Media and Information Literacy
Marcus Leaning
Article | Open Access | Published: 11 June 2019
Beyond Privacy: Articulating the Broader Harms of Pervasive Mass Surveillance
Christopher Parsons
Article | Open Access | Published: 20 October 2015
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Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Kathryn L. Mills
Review | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016
Understanding Social Media Logic
José van Dijck and Thomas Poell
Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2013
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
The Nanking Atrocity: Still and Moving Images 1937–1944
Gary Evans
Article | Open Access | Published: 17 February 2014
“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
Documentary and Cognitive Theory: Narrative, Emotion and Memory
Ib Bondebjerg
Article | Open Access | Published: 9 April 2014
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
Welcome to the Era of Fake News
Jonathan Albright
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2017
Digital Media Platforms and the Use of TV Content: Binge Watching and Video-on-Demand in Germany
Lothar Mikos
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 July 2016
Narrative Agency in Hashtag Activism: The Case of #BlackLivesMatter
Guobin Yang
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 11 August 2016
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Father Influencers’ Short Videos in China: Representations of Hybrid Fatherhood and Commercialisation on Xiaohongshu
Min Xu, Xinchen Liu and Hao Zhang
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 28 November 2024
Introduction of the Digital Gaming Relationship
Miikka Sokka, Kwok Ng, Sami Kokko and Pasi Koski
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 13 November 2024
Empowered by the Experience: Playing as Female Characters in Video Games
Teresa Lynch, Annie Dooley and David M. Markowitz
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 13 November 2024
Reflecting With Teachers on Research-Based Tools: The ySKILLS Education Toolkit
Susana Batista, Cristina Ponte and Rita Baptista
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 13 November 2024
Mediating the Sugar Baby Imaginary: Popular Narratives About Gender and Sexuality in Sugar Dating
Megan Sawey
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 13 November 2024
Beyond Digital Literacy: Exploring Factors Affecting Digital Performance of University Staff
Carmen Koch and Fiona Fehlmann
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 28 October 2024
The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility
Eduard-Claudiu Gross and Delia Cristina Balaban
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 22 October 2024
“Finally, Me Time!”: Korean Middle-Aged Women’s Platform Practices
Eujong Kim and Yeran Kim
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 17 October 2024
Sympathy for the Devil: Serial Mediation Models for Toxicity, Community, and Retention
Mingxuan Liu, Jack Lipei Tang and Dmitri Williams
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 24 July 2024
Experiencing the Call of Duty: Exploring Emotions in Commercial War Games
Joseph Pattison
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 8 October 2024
Dive Into the Past: Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Represented in Chinese Mobile Games
Yixiang Que, Teresa de La Hera and Jeroen Jansz
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 8 October 2024
“I bet she’s ‘not like other girls’”: Discursive Construction of the Ideal Gaming Woman on r/GirlGamers
Maria Ruotsalainen and Mikko Meriläinen
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 3 October 2024
Contemporary Political Discourse in Digital Games: A Systematic Approach
Jenniffer Soto de la Cruz, Sara Cortés Gómez and Pilar Lacasa
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 3 October 2024
Parasocial Interactions in Otome Games: Emotional Engagement and Parasocial Intimacy Among Chinese Female Players
Hao Gao, Ruoqing Guo and Qingqing You
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 19 September 2024
Amplifying Player Experience to Facilitate Prosocial Outcomes in a Narrative-Based Serious Game
Lewen Wei, Mike Schmierbach, Bingjie Liu, Jin Kang, Cheng Chen, Frank E. Dardis, Ryan Tan and Olivia Cohen
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 30 September 2024
FABLE: A New Horizon in Digital Learning and Serious Game Design
Salvador Reyes-de-Cózar and Alba Merino-Cajaraville
Review | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 2 September 2024
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