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Vol 16 (2022)
Table of Contents
Articles
| Credibility as a Differentiation and Relational Strategy: A Functional Analysis of CNN’s Unprecedented Democratic Climate Crisis Town Hall Forum |
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Diana Zulli, Meaghan McKasy |
19 pgs. |
| Music Challenge Memes on TikTok: Understanding In-Group Storytelling Videos |
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Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú, Crystal Abidin |
26 pgs. |
| Vice-Presidential Candidates, Language Frames, and Functions Across Two Continental Divides: An Analysis of Acceptance Speeches |
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Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour, Etse Sikanku |
19 pgs. |
| Message Persuasion in the Pandemic: U.S. and Chinese Respondents’ Reactions to Mediating Mechanisms of Efficacy |
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He Gong, Miaohong Huang, Xiyuan Liu |
24 pgs. |
| TikTok Politics: Tit for Tat on the India–China Cyberspace Frontier |
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Megha Mishra, Pu Yan, Ralph Schroeder |
26 pgs. |
| Internet Uses for General, Health-Related, and Smoking Cessation Information Seeking from Gender and Uses and Gratifications Frameworks |
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Zhiwen Xiao, Jaesub Lee, Li Zeng |
25 pgs. |
| Data Privacy Literacy as a Subversive Instrument to Datafication |
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Velislava Hillman |
22 pgs. |
| What If Unmotivated Is More Dangerous? The Motivation-Contingent Effectiveness of Misinformation Correction on Social Media |
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Fan Yang, Holly Overton |
27 pgs. |
| Advocating “Refugees” for Social Justice: Questioning Victimhood and Voice in NGOs’ Use of Twitter |
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Michael Dokyum Kim |
21 pgs. |
| “No Geek Girls”: Boundary-Work and Gendered Identity in the Israeli Geek Community |
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Hadas Gur-Ze'ev, Neta Kligler-Vilenchik |
19 pgs. |
| #Egyptiangirl and #Tunisiangirl: The (Micro)Politics of Self-Presentation on Instagram |
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Soumia Bardhan |
19 pgs. |
| From Ignorance to Distrust: The Public “Discovery” of COVID-19 Around International Women’s Day in Spain |
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Marta Martín-Llaguno, María Teresa Ballestar, Miguel Cuerdo-Mir, Jorge Sainz |
28 pgs. |
| Time for Climate Action? Political Actors’ Uses of Twitter to Focus Public Attention on the Climate Crisis During the 2019 Danish General Election |
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Julie Uldam, Tina Askanius |
24 pgs. |
| Nationalizing Truth: Digital Practices and Influences of State-Affiliated Media in a Time of Global Pandemic and Geopolitical Decoupling |
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Weiai Wayne Xu, Rui Wang |
29 pgs. |
| Celebrity Politicians, Digital Campaigns, and Performances of Political Legitimacy in Indonesia’s 2019 Elections |
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Annisa R. Beta, Taberez Ahmed Neyazi |
25 pgs. |
| AMA y No Olvida Collectivizing Memory Against Impunity: Transmedia Memory Practices, Modular Visibility, and Activist Participatory Design in Nicaragua |
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Emilia Yang Rappaccioli |
22 pgs. |
| A Stronghold of Climate Change Denialism in Germany: Case Study of the Output and Press Representation of the Think Tank EIKE |
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Jose A. Moreno, Mira Kinn, Marta Narberhaus |
22 pgs. |
| Tracing-Technology Adoption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Multifaceted Role of Social Norms |
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Sarah Geber, Thomas N. Friemel |
20 pgs. |
| ISIS Media and Troop Withdrawal Announcements: Visualizing Community and Resilience |
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Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu, Carol K. Winkler, Kayla McMinimy, Monerah Almahmoud |
32 pgs. |
| Smart Speakers Require Smart Management: Two Routes From User Gratifications to Privacy Settings |
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Kun Xu, Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, Fanjue Liu |
23 pgs. |
| I Was Born to Love AI: The Influence of Social Status on AI Self-Efficacy and Intentions to Use AI |
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Joo-Wha Hong |
20 pgs. |
| Bolsonaro and the Far Right: How Disinformation About COVID-19 Circulates on Facebook in Brazil |
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Raquel Recuero, Felipe Bonow Soares, Otávio Vinhas, Taiane Volcan, Luís Ricardo Goulart Hüttner, Victória Silva |
24 pgs. |
| TV Inside the Psychiatric Hospital: Patient Experiences |
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Kjersti Blehr Lånkan, Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud |
18 pgs. |
| Convergence and Divergence: The Evolution of Climate Change Frames Within and Across Public Events |
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Yingying Chen, Kjerstin Thorson, John Lavaccare |
23 pgs. |
| The Impact of Social Media Use on Online Collective Action During China’s COVID-19 Pandemic Mitigation: A Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) Perspective |
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Xin Zhao, Mengfei Guan, Xinya Liang |
22 pgs. |
| From Hoops to Hope: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Political Fandom on Twitter |
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Nathian Shae Rodriguez, Nadia Goretti |
20 pgs. |
| What to Expect? The Role of Media Technologies in Refugees’ Resettlement |
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Heike Graf |
17 pgs. |
| Framing Covid-19: Constitutional Versus Demagogic Rhetoric in Presidential Messaging |
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William Youmans, Babak Bahador |
24 pgs. |
| How to Manage Public Condemnation: Political Scandals in Russia |
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Galina Lukyanova, Arkadii Solovev |
23 pgs. |
More Articles
Special Sections
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Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe — Introduction |
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Karen Arriaza Ibarra |
4 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| Denaturalizing Digital Platforms: Is Mass Individualization Here to Stay? |
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Robin Mansell, W. Edward Steinmueller |
21 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| The Success of Spanish Series on Traditional Television and SVoD Platforms: From El Ministerio del Tiempo to La Casa de Papel |
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Karen Arriaza Ibarra, Celina Navarro |
22 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| Which Is to Be Master? Competition Law or Regulation in Platform Markets |
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Natascha Just |
21 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| Public Service Broadcasting in the Online Television Environment: The Case for PSB VoD Players and the Role of Policy Focusing on the BBC iPlayer |
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Maria Michalis |
20 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| The “Netflix Tax”: An Analysis of Investment Obligations for On-Demand Audiovisual Services in the European Union |
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Catalina Iordache, Tim Raats, Karen Donders |
21 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| Fragility and Empowerment: Community Television in the Digital Era |
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Andrew Ó Baoill, Salvatore Scifo |
19 pgs. |
| Trends and Perspectives on Digital Platforms and Digital Television in Europe| Commissioning and Independent Television Production: Power, Risk, and Creativity |
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Anna Zoellner |
19 pgs. |
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Forum
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Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Lazarsfeld’s Legacy—Introduction |
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Jefferson Pooley, Hynek Jeřábek |
4 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| His Master's Voice |
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Elihu Katz |
8 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Paul Lazarsfeld: Living in Circles and Talking Around Tables |
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David E. Morrison |
10 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| A Socialism of Empiricism, Not Ideology: Paul Lazarsfeld and Commitment in Social Research |
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Joseph Malherek |
10 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Paul Lazarsfeld’s Methodological Innovations and Their Importance Today |
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Hynek Jeřábek |
10 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Paul Lazarsfeld and the Limited Effect of McCarthyism on the Academic Mind |
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Hans-Joerg Tiede |
9 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Research and Publishing at the Bureau of Applied Social Research: The Gendering of Commercial and Academic Work |
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Elena D. Hristova |
9 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Beyond Marienthal: The Relationship Between Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann and Paul F. Lazarsfeld |
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Ralph E. Schmidt, Thomas Petersen |
9 pgs. |
| Lazarsfeld's Legacy| Paul Lazarsfeld’s Understanding of the 1948 Electoral World and 2020 |
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Anthony Oberschall |
8 pgs. |
More Forum
Book Reviews
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Pieter Verdegem (Ed.), AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives |
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Reviewed by
Yanling Zhu |
4 pgs. |
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Kathleen Belew and Ramόn A. Gutiérrez (Eds.), A Field Guide to White Supremacy |
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Reviewed by
Julia R. DeCook |
3 pgs. |
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Eva M. Gomez-Jimenez and Michael Toolan (Eds.), The Discursive Construction of Economic Inequality: CADS Approaches to the British Media |
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Reviewed by
Hong Lei, Zhanhao Jiang |
3 pgs. |
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Philip Seib, Information at War: Journalism, Disinformation, and Modern Warfare |
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Reviewed by
Andrei G. Richter |
4 pgs. |
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Craig Robertson, The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information |
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Reviewed by
Danielle R. Mehlman-Brightwell |
3 pgs. |
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Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized |
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Reviewed by
João Carlos Sousa |
3 pgs. |
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Natalia Konstantinovskaia, The Language of Feminine Beauty in Russian and Japanese Societies |
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Reviewed by
Chao Lu |
4 pgs. |
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Sarah Florini, Beyond Hashtags: Racial Politics and Black Digital Networks |
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Reviewed by
Elizabeth R. Hornsby |
3 pgs. |
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Amber L. Hutchins and Natalie T. J. Tindall (Eds.), Public Relations and Online Engagement: Audiences, Fandom and Influencers |
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Reviewed by
Hannah Block |
4 pgs. |
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Shira Chess, Play Like a Feminist |
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Reviewed by
Maria Sommers |
3 pgs. |
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Paul Byron, Digital Media, Friendship and Cultures of Care |
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Reviewed by
Jamie Hoholuk |
3 pgs. |
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Raul P. Lejano and Shondel J. Nero, The Power of Narrative: Climate Skepticism and the Deconstruction of Science |
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Reviewed by
Ryland Shaw |
3 pgs. |
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Tim Hwang, Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet |
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Reviewed by
Bridget Barrett |
4 pgs. |
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Meenakshi Gigi Durham, MeToo: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media |
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Reviewed by
Sophie Maddocks |
3 pgs. |
More Book Reviews
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