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2023 [-]
Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age
Academic Editors: Linards Udris (University of Zurich) and Mark Eisenegger (University of Zurich)
Global Inequalities in the Wake of Covid-19: Gender, Pandemic, and Media Gaps
Academic Editors: Margreth Lünenborg (Freie Universität Berlin), Miriam Siemon (Freie Universität Berlin), and Wolfgang Reißmann (Freie Universität Berlin)
Science Communication in the Digital Age: New Actors, Environments, and Practices
Academic Editors: Julia Metag (University of Münster), Florian Wintterlin (University of Münster), and Kira Klinger (University of Münster)
Fakespotting: (Dis)Information Literacy as Key Tool to Defend Democracy
Academic Editors: José Antonio Muñiz-Velázquez (Universidad Loyola Andalucía) and Claudio Paolucci (University of Bologna)
Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment
Academic Editors: Salvador Gómez-García (Complutense University of Madrid), Rocío Zamora (University of Murcia), and Salomé Berrocal (University of Valladolid)
A Datafied Society: Data Power, Infrastructures, and Regulations
Academic Editors: Raul Ferrer-Conill (University of Stavanger / Karlstad University), Helle Sjøvaag (University of Stavanger), and Ragnhild Kr. Olsen (Oslo Metropolitan University).
Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society
Academic Editors: Leopoldo Abad-Alcalá (CEU San Pablo University), Carmen Llorente-Barroso (Complutense University of Madrid), and Fausto Colombo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization
Academic Editors: Jörg Haßler (LMU Munich), Melanie Magin (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), and Uta Russmann (University of Innsbruck)
News Deserts: Places and Spaces Without News
Academic Editors: Agnes Gulyas (Canterbury Christ Church University), Joy Jenkins (University of Missouri), and Annika Bergstrom (University of Gothenburg)
Mediatized Discourses on European Integration: Information, Disinformation, and Polarization
Editors: Ana Pérez Escoda (University Antonio de Nebrija) and Tetyana Lokot (Dublin City University)
Digital Media and Younger Audiences: Communication Targeted at Children and Adolescents
Editors: Olga Kolotouchkina (Complutense University of Madrid), Celia Rangel (Complutense University of Madrid), and Patricia Núñez Gómez (Complutense University of Madrid)
2022 [-]
New Forms of Media Work and Its Organizational and Institutional Conditions
Academic Editors: Salla-Maaria Laaksonen (University of Helsinki) and Mikko Villi (University of Jyväskylä)
New Narratives for New Consumers: Influencers and the Millennial and Centennial Generations
Academic Editors: Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez (Rey Juan Carlos University), Santiago Tejedor (Autonomous University of Barcelona), and Inmaculada Berlanga (International University of La Rioja)
Digital Child- and Adulthood: Risks, Opportunities, and Challenges
Academic Editors: Claudia Riesmeyer (LMU Munich), Arne Freya Zillich (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), and Thorsten Naab (German Youth Institute)
Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media
Academic Editor: Seungyoon Lee (Purdue University, USA)
Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion
Academic Editors: Stefan Stieglitz (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Björn Ross (University of Edinburgh)
Media and Migration in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Discourses, Policies, and Practices in Times of Crisis
Academic Editors: Vasiliki Tsagkroni (Leiden University), Amanda Alencar (Erasmus University Rotterdam), and Dimitris Skleparis (Newcastle University)
Journalism, Activism, and Social Media: Exploring the Shifts in Journalistic Roles, Performance, and Interconnectedness
Academic Editors: Peter Maurer (Trier University) and Christian Nuernbergk (Trier University)
Enlightening Confusion: How Contradictory Findings Help Mitigate Problematic Trends in Digital Democracies
Academic Editors: Cornelia Mothes (Macromedia University of Applied Sciences) and Jakob Ohme (University of Amsterdam)
Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics
Academic Editors: Katja Kaufmann (University of Innsbruck) and Monika Palmberger (University of Vienna)
Protesting While Polarized: Digital Activism in Contentious Times
Academic Editors: Homero Gil de Zúñiga (University of Salamanca / Pennsylvania State University / Diego Portales University), Isabel Inguanzo (University of Salamanca), and Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu (Universidad de La Laguna)
Online Communities and Populism
Academic Editor: Ashley Hinck (Xavier University)
Inclusive Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies
Academic Editors: Çiğdem Bozdağ (University of Groningen / University of Bremen), Annamária Neag (Charles University), and Koen Leurs (Utrecht University)
2021 [-]
Games and Communication—Quo Vadis?
Academic Editors: Marko Siitonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Felix Reer (University of Muenster, Germany) and Teresa de la Hera (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Dark Participation in Online Communication: The World of the Wicked Web
Academic Editor: Thorsten Quandt (University of Münster, Germany)
Disinformation and Democracy: Media Strategies and Audience Attitudes
Academic Editors: Pere Masip (University Ramon Llull, Spain), Bella Palomo (University of Málaga, Spain) and Guillermo López (University of Valencia, Spain)
Gender and Media: Recent Trends in Theory, Methodology and Research Subjects
Academic Editors: Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University, Belgium) and Tonny Krijnen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Critical Theory in a Digital Media Age: Ways Forward
Academic Editor: Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. (Lancaster University, UK)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Inspirational Media between Meaning, Narration, and Manipulation
Academic Editors: Lena Frischlich (University of Muenster, Germany), Diana Rieger (LMU Munich, Germany) and Lindsay Hahn (University at Buffalo–State University of New York, USA)
Spaces, Places, and Geographies of Public Spheres
Academic Editors: Annie Waldherr (University of Vienna, Austria), Ulrike Klinger (European University Viadrina, Germany) and Barbara Pfetsch (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany / Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society, Germany)
Complexity, Hybridity, Liminality: Challenges of Researching Contemporary Promotional Cultures
Academic Editors: Ian Somerville (University of Leicester, UK) and Lee Edwards (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
From Sony’s Walkman to RuPaul's Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture
Academic Editors: Tonny Krijnen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Frederik Dhaenens (Ghent University, Belgium) and Niall Brennan (Fairfield University, USA)
Media Control Revisited: Challenges, Bottom-Up Resistance and Agency in the Digital Age
Academic Editors: Olga Dovbysh (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Esther Somfalvy (Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany)
Algorithmic Systems in the Digital Society
Academic Editors: Sanne Kruikemeier (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Sophie Boerman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Nadine Bol (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Ten Years after the Arab Uprisings: Beyond Media and Liberation
Academic Editors: Hanan Badr (Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait) and Lena-Maria Möller (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany)
2020 [-]
Rethinking Safety of Journalists
Academic Editors: Kristin Skare Orgeret (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and William Tayeebwa (University of Makerere, Uganda)
Emotions and Emotional Appeals in Science Communication
Academic Editors: Monika Taddicken and Anne Reif (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)
Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges
Academic Editor: Ramón Salaverría (University of Navarra, Spain)
Youth Digital Participation: Opportunities, Challenges, Contexts, and What’s at Stake
Academic Editors: Neta Kligler-Vilenchik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and Ioana Literat (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)
The Politics of Privacy: Communication and Media Perspectives in Privacy Research
Academic Editors: Johanna E. Möller (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany), Jakub Nowak (University Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland), Sigrid Kannengießer (University of Bremen, Germany) and Judith E. Möller (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Health and Science Controversies in the Digital World: News, Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagement
Academic Editor(s): An Nguyen (Bournemouth University, UK) and Daniel Catalan (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)
Algorithms and Journalism: Exploring (Re)Configurations
Academic Editors: Rodrigo Zamith (University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA) and Mario Haim (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Journalism from Above: Drones, the Media, and the Transformation of Journalistic Practice
Academic Editors: Jonas Harvard (Mid Sweden University, Sweden), Mats Hyvönen (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Ingela Wadbring (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
Computational Approaches to Media Entertainment Research
Academic Editors: Johannes Breuer (GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany), Tim Wulf (LMU Munich, Germany) and M. Rohangis Mohseni (TU Ilmenau, Germany)
Media Performance in Times of Media Change
Academic Editors: Melanie Magin (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) and Birgit Stark (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany)
The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere
Academic Editors: Emiliana De Blasio (LUISS University, Italy), Marianne Kneuer (Hildesheim University, Germany), Wolf J. Schünemann (Hildesheim University, Germany) and Michele Sorice (LUISS University, Italy)
Freedom of Expression, Democratic Discourse and the Social Media
Academic Editors: Maria Elliot (Linnaeus University, Sweden) and Kristoffer Holt (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
Children’s Voices on Privacy Management and Data Responsibilization
Academic Editors: Ralf De Wolf (Ghent University, Belgium) and Mariek Vanden Abeele (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
2019 [-]
Communicating on/with Minorities
Academic Editors: Leen d’Haenens and Willem Joris (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Emerging Technologies in Journalism and Media: International Perspectives on Their Nature and Impact
Academic Editor: John Pavlik (Rutgers University, USA)
Journalism and Social Media: Redistribution of Power?
Academic Editors: Marcel Broersma and Scott Eldridge II (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Critical Perspectives on Digital Literacies: Creating a Path Forward
Academic Editor: Hiller A. Spires (North Carolina State University, USA)
Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes
Academic Editors: Vasiliki Tsagkroni (Leiden University, The Netherlands) and Amanda Alencar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Selective Exposure in a Changing Political and Media Environment
Academic Editor: María Luisa Humanes (King Juan Carlos University, Spain)
Civic Organizations in an Age of Distrust
Academic Editor: Eric Gordon (Emerson College, USA)
Public Discussion in Russian Social Media
Academic Editors: Olessia Koltsova (Higher School of Economics, Russia) and Svetlana Bodrunova (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)
Peripheral Actors in Journalism: Agents of Change in Journalism Culture and Practice
Academic Editors: Avery E. Holton (University of Utah, USA), Valerie Belair-Gagnon (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA) and Oscar Westlund (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway / Volda University College, Norway / University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Video Games as Demanding Technologies
Academic Editor: Nicholas David Bowman (Texas Tech University, USA)
2018 [-]
Media History and Democracy
Academic Editor: David W. Park (Lake Forest College, USA)
Rethinking Media and Social Space
Academic Editors: André Jansson and Johan Lindell (Karlstad University, Sweden)
Games Matter? Current Theories and Studies on Digital Games
Academic Editors: Julia Kneer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Ruud Jacobs (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Media and Communication between the Local and the Global
Academic Editors: Jessica Gustafsson (Södertörn University, Sweden) and Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius (University of Helsinki, Finland)
The Turn to Affect and Emotion in Media Studies
Academic Editors: Margreth Lünenborg and Tanja Maier (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Raul Reis (Emerson College, USA)
News and Participation through and beyond Proprietary Platforms in an Age of Social Media
Academic Editors: Oscar Westlund (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and Mats Ekström (University of Gothenburg, Sweden).
E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies
Academic Editors: Peter Mechant (Ghent University, Belgium) and Nils Walravens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
2017 [-]
Post-Snowden Internet Policy
Academic Editors: Julia Pohle (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany) and Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Raul Reis (Emerson College, USA), Mark Cocks (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK) and Michelle Bogre (The New School, USA)
Acting on Media: Influencing, Shaping and (Re)Configuring the Fabric of Everyday Life
Academic Editors: Sigrid Kannengießer and Sebastian Kubitschko (University of Bremen, Germany)
Histories of Collaboration and Dissent: Journalists’ Associations Squeezed by Political System Changes
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Kaarle Nordenstreng (University of Tampere, Finland)
Visual Communication in the Age of Social Media: Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Challenges
Academic Editors: Uta Russmann (FHWien of WKW University of Applied Sciences of Management & Communication, Austria) and Jakob Svensson (Malmö University, Sweden)
2016 [-]
Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media
Academic Editor: Vladimir Bratic (Hollins University, USA)
The Impact of Media on Traditional Communities
Academic Editor: Raul Reis (Florida International University, USA)
International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Academic Editor: Gary D. Rawnsley (Aberystwyth University, UK)
Adolescents in the Digital Age: Effects on Health and Development
Academic Editor: Dan Romer (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
(Not Yet) the End of Television
Academic Editor: Milly Buonanno (University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy)
Political Agency in the Digital Age: Media, Participation and Democracy
Academic Editors: Anne Kaun (Södertörn University, Sweden), Maria Kyriakidou (University of East Anglia, UK) and Julie Uldam (Roskilde University, Denmark)
Successes and Failures in Studying Social Media: Issues of Methods and Ethics
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk and Niina Sormanen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
2015 [-]
Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)
Surveillance: Critical Analysis and Current Challenges (Part I)
Academic Editors: James Schwoch (Northwestern University, USA), John Laprise (Independent Scholar), and Ivory Mills (Northwestern University, USA)
Surveillance: Critical Analysis and Current Challenges (Part II)
Academic Editors: James Schwoch (Northwestern University, USA), John Laprise (Independent Scholar), and Ivory Mills (Northwestern University, USA)
Turbulences of the Central and Eastern European Media
Academic Editor: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
2014 [-]
Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)
Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)