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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| Scientific Watchdog Journalism in Latin America: A Challenge of Broken Mirrors | |||||||||
| Aleida Rueda | |||||||||
| Commentary | Open Access | Published: 3 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Beyond Amplifiers and Watchdogs: Rethinking Institutional Science Communication–Journalism Relations in Hybrid Media Ecosystems | |||||||||
| Marina Joubert, Lars Guenther, Brian Lin, Luisa Massarani, Pampa Garcia Molina and Nora Bär | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 3 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Threat and Remedy: AI’s Technological and Normative Role in Democratic Discourse and Counter Speech | |||||||||
| Diana Rieger and Mario Haim | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 3 September 2026 | |||||||||
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| Bounded Watchdogging: Platform Governance, Risk Structures, and the Reconfiguration of Science Journalism | |||||||||
| Liu Yang, Qixin Lin and Zhongxuan Lin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| Multi-Method Analysis of Locally Built Artificial Intelligence Models Designed for Journalists in an African Country | |||||||||
| Adeola Abdulateef Elega, Abdullateef Mohammed and Akintunde Babatunde | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| Not Afraid of AI yet: Indonesian TV Journalists on Negotiating Roles in AI-Assisted Newsrooms | |||||||||
| Yearry Setianto, Rossalyn Asmarantika, Veronika and Angela Romano | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| AI in Cameroonian Newsrooms: Exploring Daily Use and Challenges Among Journalists in Four Regions | |||||||||
| Edwin Nfor | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| AI Adoption in Indonesian and Malaysian Journalism: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Study | |||||||||
| Indra Prawira, Mastura Mahamed and Tai Neilson | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| AI in Journalism Education: Curriculum Development and Implementation of Journalism in BRICS Universities | |||||||||
| Liqi Yang, Ping Song, Shensi Wang and Jinghong Xu | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 17 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Great Wall of the Press: Layered Boundary Work of AI-Integrated Journalism | |||||||||
| Joanne Kuai and Michael Karlsson | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| Twi-XL: An Infrastructure for Cross-Media Research in the Netherlands | |||||||||
| Danielle A. Maxwell-Fraser, Iris M. Baas, Sarah Burkhardt, Olga Eisele, Anne C. Kroon, Robert Jan Bood, Iris Geldermans, Sophie Ham, Machiel Jansen, Rana Klein, Matthijs Moed, Roeland Ordelman, Erik Tjong Kim Sang, Mari Wigham, Marcel Broersma and Julia Noordegraaf | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Emerging Practices of Watchdog Science Journalists in Ibero-America | |||||||||
| Michele Catanzaro and Luiz Peres-Neto | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| Conflicts of Interest Between Systemic and Corruptive: A Conceptual Compass for Watchdog Science Journalists | |||||||||
| Cheyenne Moon Peters, Tobias Kreutzer and Holger Wormer | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| Political Scandals in Germany (2001–2023): A Systematic Approach to Building a Public Dataset | |||||||||
| Jan Dvorak | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| “AI’s Good, but People Have Hearts”: Artificial Intelligence in Data-Driven Journalism in Ghanaian Newsrooms | |||||||||
| Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey and Samuel Danso | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 5 August 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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