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2025 [-]
Gendered Cultures in Platform Economies: Entertainment, Expertise, and Online Selfhood In Progress
Academic Editors: Panos Kompatsiaris (IULM University), Cláudia Álvares (Iscte–University Institute of Lisbon), and Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University)
Digital Games at the Forefront of Change: On the Meaningfulness of Games and Game Studies In Progress
Academic Editors: Felix Reer (University of Muenster), Teresa de la Hera (Erasmus University Rotterdam), and Salvador Gómez-García (Complutense University of Madrid)
Evaluating and Enhancing Media Literacy and Digital Skills In Progress
Academic Editors: Leen d’Haenens (KU Leuven) and Willem Joris (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
2024 [-]
Fact-Checkers Around the World: Regional, Comparative, and Institutional Perspectives
Academic Editors: Regina Cazzamatta (University of Erfurt), Lucas Graves (University of Wisconsin – Madison), and Laurens Lauer (University of Duisburg-Essen)
The Many Dimensions of Us: Harnessing Immersive Technologies to Communicate the Complexity of Human Experiences
Academic Editors: Nicholas David Bowman (Syracuse University), Dan Pacheco (Syracuse University), T. Makana Chock (Syracuse University), and Lyndsay Michalik Gratch (Syracuse University)
Data-Driven Campaigning in a Comparative Context: Toward a 4th Era of Political Communication?
Academic Editors: Katharine Dommett (University of Sheffield), Rachel Gibson (University of Manchester), Sanne Kruikemeier (Wageningen University & Research), Sophie Lecheler (University of Vienna), Esmeralda Bon (University of Manchester), and Stephanie Luke (University of Sheffield)
Practices of Digital In- and Exclusion in Everyday Life
Academic Editors: Marcel Broersma (University of Groningen), Joëlle Swart (University of Groningen), Denise Mensonides (University of Groningen), Alex Smit (University of Groningen), and Maud Rebergen (University of Groningen)
Geomedia Futures: Imagining Tomorrow’s Mediatized Places and Place-Based Technologies
Academic Editors: Karin Fast (Karlstad University), Cornelia Brantner (Karlstad University), and Pablo Abend (Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle)
Sports Journalists as Agents of Change: Shifting Political Goalposts in Nordic Countries
Academic Editors: Anders Graver Knudsen (OsloMet University), Harald Hornmoen (OsloMet University), and Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (OsloMet University)
Reproducibility and Replicability in Communication Research
Academic Editors: Johannes Breuer (GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences / Center for Advanced Internet Studies) and Mario Haim (LMU Munich)
Communication Policies and Media Systems: Revisiting Hallin and Mancini’s Model
Academic Editors: Aurora Labio-Bernal (University of Seville), Rainer Rubira-García (Rey Juan Carlos University), and Rasa Pocevicienė (Šiauliai State Higher Education Institution)
Policy Framing and Branding in Times of Constant Crisis
Academic Editors: Vasiliki Tsagkroni (Leiden University) and George Dikaios (National and Kapodistrian University Athens)
Unpacking Innovation: Media and the Locus of Change
Academic Editors: Scott A. Eldridge II (University of Groningen), Frank Harbers (University of Groningen), and Sandra Banjac (University of Groningen)
Examining New Models in Journalism Funding
Academic Editors: Merja Myllylahti (Auckland University of Technology) and James Meese (RMIT University)
Democracy and Media Transformations in the 21st Century: Analysing Knowledge and Expertise
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Tartu / Vytautas Magnus University) and Peter Berglez (Örebro University)
Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape In Progress
Academic Editors: Qinfeng Zhu (University of Groningen) and Çiğdem Bozdağ (University of Groningen)
2023 [-]
Trust, Social Cohesion, and Information Quality in Digital Journalism
Academic Editors: Thomas B. Ksiazek (Villanova University), Jacob L. Nelson (Arizona State University), and Anita Varma (University of Texas at Austin)
Digital Media and Younger Audiences: Communication Targeted at Children and Adolescents
Academic Editors: Olga Kolotouchkina (Complutense University of Madrid), Celia Rangel (Complutense University of Madrid), and Patricia Núñez Gómez (Complutense University of Madrid)
Mediatized Discourses on European Integration: Information, Disinformation, and Polarization
Academic Editors: Ana Pérez Escoda (University Antonio de Nebrija) and Tetyana Lokot (Dublin City University)
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)
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)
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)
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).
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)
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)
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)
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)
Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age
Academic Editors: Linards Udris (University of Zurich) and Mark Eisenegger (University of Zurich)
2022 [-]
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)
Online Communities and Populism
Academic Editor: Ashley Hinck (Xavier University)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion
Academic Editors: Stefan Stieglitz (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Björn Ross (University of Edinburgh)
Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media
Academic Editor: Seungyoon Lee (Purdue University, USA)
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)
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)
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)
2021 [-]
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Critical Theory in a Digital Media Age: Ways Forward
Academic Editor: Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. (Lancaster University, UK)
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)
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)
Dark Participation in Online Communication: The World of the Wicked Web
Academic Editor: Thorsten Quandt (University of Münster, Germany)
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)
2020 [-]
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)
Freedom of Expression, Democratic Discourse and the Social Media
Academic Editors: Maria Elliot (Linnaeus University, Sweden) and Kristoffer Holt (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Algorithms and Journalism: Exploring (Re)Configurations
Academic Editors: Rodrigo Zamith (University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA) and Mario Haim (University of Leipzig, Germany)
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)
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)
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)
Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges
Academic Editor: Ramón Salaverría (University of Navarra, Spain)
Emotions and Emotional Appeals in Science Communication
Academic Editors: Monika Taddicken and Anne Reif (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)
Rethinking Safety of Journalists
Academic Editors: Kristin Skare Orgeret (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and William Tayeebwa (University of Makerere, Uganda)
2019 [-]
Video Games as Demanding Technologies
Academic Editor: Nicholas David Bowman (Texas Tech University, USA)
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)
Public Discussion in Russian Social Media
Academic Editors: Olessia Koltsova (Higher School of Economics, Russia) and Svetlana Bodrunova (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)
Civic Organizations in an Age of Distrust
Academic Editor: Eric Gordon (Emerson College, USA)
Selective Exposure in a Changing Political and Media Environment
Academic Editor: María Luisa Humanes (King Juan Carlos University, Spain)
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)
Critical Perspectives on Digital Literacies: Creating a Path Forward
Academic Editor: Hiller A. Spires (North Carolina State University, USA)
Journalism and Social Media: Redistribution of Power?
Academic Editors: Marcel Broersma and Scott Eldridge II (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Emerging Technologies in Journalism and Media: International Perspectives on Their Nature and Impact
Academic Editor: John Pavlik (Rutgers University, USA)
Communicating on/with Minorities
Academic Editors: Leen d’Haenens and Willem Joris (KU Leuven, Belgium)
2018 [-]
E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies
Academic Editors: Peter Mechant (Ghent University, Belgium) and Nils Walravens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
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).
Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Raul Reis (Emerson College, USA)
The Turn to Affect and Emotion in Media Studies
Academic Editors: Margreth Lünenborg and Tanja Maier (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Media and Communication between the Local and the Global
Academic Editors: Jessica Gustafsson (Södertörn University, Sweden) and Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius (University of Helsinki, Finland)
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)
Rethinking Media and Social Space
Academic Editors: André Jansson and Johan Lindell (Karlstad University, Sweden)
Media History and Democracy
Academic Editor: David W. Park (Lake Forest College, USA)
2017 [-]
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)
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)
Acting on Media: Influencing, Shaping and (Re)Configuring the Fabric of Everyday Life
Academic Editors: Sigrid Kannengießer and Sebastian Kubitschko (University of Bremen, Germany)
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)
Post-Snowden Internet Policy
Academic Editors: Julia Pohle (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany) and Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
2016 [-]
Successes and Failures in Studying Social Media: Issues of Methods and Ethics
Academic Editors: Epp Lauk and Niina Sormanen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
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)
(Not Yet) the End of Television
Academic Editor: Milly Buonanno (University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy)
Adolescents in the Digital Age: Effects on Health and Development
Academic Editor: Dan Romer (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Academic Editor: Gary D. Rawnsley (Aberystwyth University, UK)
The Impact of Media on Traditional Communities
Academic Editor: Raul Reis (Florida International University, USA)
Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media
Academic Editor: Vladimir Bratic (Hollins University, USA)
2015 [-]
Turbulences of the Central and Eastern European Media
Academic Editor: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
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)
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)
Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication
Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)
2014 [-]
Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication
Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)