Media and Communication 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 Journal | ISSN: 2183-2439

Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183-2439) is an international open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields.

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Community Internet of Things as Mobile Infrastructure: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities
Chelsea P. Butkowski, Ngai Keung Chan and Lee Humphreys
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
Methodological Reflections on Capturing Augmented Space: Insights From an Augmented Reality Field Study
Moritz Schweiger and Jeffrey Wimmer
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
Researching Motherhood in the Age of Short Videos: Stay-at-Home Mothers in China Performing Labor on Douyin
Guanqin He, Koen Leurs and Yongjian Li
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
WhatsApp as a Tool for Researching the Everyday Lives of Venezuelan Refugees Settling in Brazil
Amanda Alencar and Julia Camargo
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
The Instagram Interview: Talking to People About Travel Experiences Across Online and Offline Spaces
Larissa Hugentobler
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
Mobile Belonging in Digital Exile: Methodological Reflection on Doing Ethnography on (Social) Media Practices
Cathrine Bublatzky
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
The Affective Triad: Smartphone in the Ethnographic Encounter
Suzana Jovicic
Article | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies
Katja Kaufmann and Monika Palmberger
Editorial | Open Access | Published: 28 September 2022
How Citizenship Norms and Digital Media Use Affect Political Participation: A Two-Wave Panel Analysis
Jennifer Oser
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
Insidiously Trivial: Meme Format Reduces Perceived Influence and Intent to Debate Partisan Claims
Benjamin A. Lyons
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
Media Coverage as Mirror or Molder? An Inference-Based Framework
Christina Peter
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
Complicating the Resilience Model: A Four-Country Study About Misinformation
Shelley Boulianne, Chris Tenove and Jordan Buffie
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
“I Don’t Believe Anything They Say Anymore!” Explaining Unanticipated Media Effects Among Distrusting Citizens
Michael Hameleers
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
Media Use and Societal Perceptions: The Dual Role of Media Trust
Adam Shehata and Jesper Strömbäck
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
Information Patterns and News Bubbles in Hungary
Gábor Polyák, Ágnes Urbán and Petra Szávai
Article | Open Access | Published: 31 August 2022
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Understanding Social Media Logic
José van Dijck and Thomas Poell
Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2013
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
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
Possible Effects of Internet Use on Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Kathryn L. Mills
Review | Open Access | Published: 16 June 2016
Welcome to the Era of Fake News
Jonathan Albright
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2017
“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
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
Narrative Agency in Hashtag Activism: The Case of #BlackLivesMatter
Guobin Yang
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 11 August 2016
Violence in Popular U.S. Prime Time TV Dramas and the Cultivation of Fear: A Time Series Analysis
Daniel Romer and Patrick Jamieson
Article | Open Access | Published: 17 June 2014
Cyberbullying, Race/Ethnicity and Mental Health Outcomes: A Review of the Literature
Lynne Edwards, April Edwards Kontostathis and Christina Fisher
Review | 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
Understanding Social Media Logic
José van Dijck and Thomas Poell
Article | Open Access | Published: 12 August 2013
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
The Nanking Atrocity: Still and Moving Images 1937–1944
Gary Evans
Article | Open Access | Published: 17 February 2014
Welcome to the Era of Fake News
Jonathan Albright
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2017
Documentary and Cognitive Theory: Narrative, Emotion and Memory
Ib Bondebjerg
Article | Open Access | Published: 9 April 2014
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
“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
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
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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Far-Right Digital Activism in Polarized Contexts: A Comparative Analysis of Engagement in Hashtag Wars
Viktor Chagas, Rodrigo Carreiro, Nina Santos and Guilherme Popolin
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 6 October 2022
Social Media and Contentious Action: The Use and Users of QQ Groups in China
Zixue Tai
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 3 October 2022
Conspiracy Beliefs, Misinformation, Social Media Platforms, and Protest Participation
Shelley Boulianne and Sangwon Lee
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 3 October 2022
States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia
Josephine Lukito, Zhe Cui, An Hu, Taeyoung Lee and Joao V. S. Ozawa
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 23 September 2022
Transforming Disinformation on Minorities Into a Pedagogical Resource: Towards a Critical Intercultural News Literacy
Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer and Helena Dedecek Gertz
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 2 September 2022
Beyond Solutionism: Differently Motivating Media Literacy
Julian McDougall and Isabella Rega
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 29 August 2022
Using Comics as a Media Literacy Tool for Marginalised Groups: The Case of Athens Comics Library
Lida Tsene
Commentary | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 10 August 2022
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