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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| Counterspeech or Disagreement? Comparing Oppositional Replies in China’s AI Controversies on Social Media | |||||||||
| Lishuang Wei and Chuanlin Ning | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| Cyber-Militia and Digital Coercion: Online Targeting and Militarised Communication in Burkina Faso | |||||||||
| Samba Dialimpa Badji and Harouna Drabo | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| WhatsApp Radio “Post” Spectrum: Conflict, Capture, and the Rethinking of Broadcast Space | |||||||||
| Emma Heywood, Modibo Galy Cissé and Mirjam de Bruijn | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| Grande Dame of Antifascism: Visual Activism and Unruly Aging of the OMAS GEGEN RECHTS | |||||||||
| Ricarda Drüeke and Tanja Maier | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| Digital Fem-Washing of War: Olena Zelenska’s Vogue Cover and the #sitlikeagirl Campaign | |||||||||
| Karolina Szpyrko | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 12 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| TikTok as a Site for Ethno-Political Contestations and Conflict Mediation Among Ethiopian Diaspora | |||||||||
| Abdissa Zerai and Gizachew Nemomsa | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 11 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Political Leaning of Fact-Checking: Countering Italian Disinformation on the War in Ukraine | |||||||||
| Tommaso Valastro and Sergio Splendore | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 11 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| Beyond Technological Lag: Re-Centering Marginalized Media Markets in Global AI Journalism | |||||||||
| Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos and Bruce Mutsvairo | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 10 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| Incompatible Interpretive Worlds: TikTok, Douyin, and Geopolitical Narratives of the Russia–Ukraine War | |||||||||
| Jing Yang and Zhiyuan Liang | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 5 November 2026 | |||||||||
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| Contested Regimes of (In)Visibility in Gendered Public Spheres | |||||||||
| Stefan Wallaschek and Mareike Bauer | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 29 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Governance of Queer Visibility in Platformized Public Spheres | |||||||||
| Irina Bănoiu and Laura Wiesböck | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 29 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Transnationalization of Anti-Gender Politics on Social Media: Hashtag Practices and Cross-Border Visibility | |||||||||
| Dominika Tronina | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 29 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Between Trans Solidarity and Trans-Antagonism: Affective Contestations Around Germany’s Self-Determination Act on TikTok | |||||||||
| Annabella Backes, Ana Makhashvili and Andrea Lora Rojas | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 29 October 2026 | |||||||||
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| Hashtag Wars: Analysing “Digital Woyane” and “Digital Media Army” During the War on Tigray | |||||||||
| Hagos Nigussie, Hagos Sibhat and Gebru Kiflu | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 29 October 2026 | |||||||||
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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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| 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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| 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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| “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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