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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| Can AI Gauge Deliberative Quality? Evaluating Deliberation on Social Media With Large Language Models | |||||||||
| Patrick Frey, Smita Bhattacharya, Gregor Wiedemann and Cornelius Puschmann | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 22 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Monitoring Electoral Democracy: Discovering and Reusing Text and Multimedia Data for Political Communication Research | |||||||||
| Jakob-Moritz Eberl, Jana Bernhard-Harrer, Mariken van der Velden, Sofia Gil Clavel, Paul Balluff, Johannes B. Gruber, Noëlle S. Lebernegg, Kasper Welbers, Marvin Stecker, Claes Holger de Vreese, Wouter van Atteveldt, Rens Vligenthart and Hajo G. Boomgaarden | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 22 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| With a Little Help From AI?! Governing Visual Hate Speech Through AI-Assisted Counter-Image Practices | |||||||||
| Stefano Pedrazzi and Franziska Oehmer-Pedrazzi | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 21 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Do Malaysian Newsrooms Jump on the AI Bandwagon? Empirical Evidence From Journalists’ Perspectives | |||||||||
| Jiankun Gong, Yu Zuo, Nur Izzati Aziz, Mumtaz Aini Alivi, Kunjin Luo and Yuqing Lin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 October 2026 | |||||||||
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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