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).
Indexing: Web of Science (SSCI), Scopus, and other databases.
| Gender Rhetoric for Sale: Ferragni and the Platformization of the Female Body That Crushes Ideologies | |||||||||
| Elisabetta Risi and Maria Angela Polesana | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Trust in Pod: Listener Trust of News Content Heard on Different Genre Podcasts | |||||||||
| Kristine Johnson and Michael McCall | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| 21st Century Televisuality? Golden Ages and Collateral Damage in Industry Stress Research | |||||||||
| John T. Caldwell | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Strategic Choices for Balancing Intimacy and Professionalism: Content Analysis of Chinese Podcasts on Himalaya | |||||||||
| Jinghong Xu, Zining Wang, Tong Luo and Shiyu Liu | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 17 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Games and Game Studies Are Meaningful—Are They? | |||||||||
| Felix Reer, Teresa de la Hera and Salvador Gómez-García | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Dive Into the Past: Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Represented in Chinese Mobile Games | |||||||||
| Yixiang Que, Teresa de La Hera and Jeroen Jansz | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Contemporary Political Discourse in Digital Games: A Systematic Approach | |||||||||
| Jenniffer Soto de la Cruz, Sara Cortés Gómez and Pilar Lacasa | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Experiencing the Call of Duty: Exploring Emotions in Commercial War Games | |||||||||
| Joseph Pattison | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| The Case of Cities: Skylines Versions—Affordances in Urban Planning Education | |||||||||
| Laura Cañete Sanz, Sjors Martens and Teresa de la Hera | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| FABLE: A New Horizon in Digital Learning and Serious Game Design | |||||||||
| Salvador Reyes-de-Cózar and Alba Merino-Cajaraville | |||||||||
| Review | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Amplifying Player Experience to Facilitate Prosocial Outcomes in a Narrative-Based Serious Game | |||||||||
| Lewen Wei, Mike Schmierbach, Bingjie Liu, Jin Kang, Cheng Chen, Frank E. Dardis, Ryan Tan and Olivia Cohen | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Parasocial Interactions in Otome Games: Emotional Engagement and Parasocial Intimacy Among Chinese Female Players | |||||||||
| Hao Gao, Ruoqing Guo and Qingqing You | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Empowered by the Experience: Playing as Female Characters in Video Games | |||||||||
| Teresa Lynch, Annie Dooley and David M. Markowitz | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| “I bet she’s ‘not like other girls’”: Discursive Construction of the Ideal Gaming Woman on r/GirlGamers | |||||||||
| Maria Ruotsalainen and Mikko Meriläinen | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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| Sympathy for the Devil: Serial Mediation Models for Toxicity, Community, and Retention | |||||||||
| Mingxuan Liu, Jack Lipei Tang and Dmitri Williams | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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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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| 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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| “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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| Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence | |||||||||
| Kathryn L. Mills | |||||||||
| Review | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016 | |||||||||
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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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| Digital Media Platforms and the Use of TV Content: Binge Watching and Video-on-Demand in Germany | |||||||||
| Lothar Mikos | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 14 July 2016 | |||||||||
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| An Approach to Digital Literacy through the Integration of Media and Information Literacy | |||||||||
| Marcus Leaning | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 11 June 2019 | |||||||||
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| Beyond Privacy: Articulating the Broader Harms of Pervasive Mass Surveillance | |||||||||
| Christopher Parsons | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 October 2015 | |||||||||
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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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| 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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| The Nanking Atrocity: Still and Moving Images 1937–1944 | |||||||||
| Gary Evans | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 17 February 2014 | |||||||||
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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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| Documentary and Cognitive Theory: Narrative, Emotion and Memory | |||||||||
| Ib Bondebjerg | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 9 April 2014 | |||||||||
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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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| Welcome to the Era of Fake News | |||||||||
| Jonathan Albright | |||||||||
| Commentary | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2017 | |||||||||
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| Digital Media Platforms and the Use of TV Content: Binge Watching and Video-on-Demand in Germany | |||||||||
| Lothar Mikos | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 14 July 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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