International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 31 papers that published in July

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 31 papers in JULY 2023. To access these papers, Ctrl+Click on the titles below for direct hyperlinking.
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ARTICLES

“Political Cannabis” or “Medicinal Cannabis?”: An Australian News Framing Analysis
Hannah Adler, Monique Lewis

Framing and Sourcing the 2019 Lebanese Protests on Local Television
Jana El Amine, Claudia Kozman

Perceived Versus Actual Ability to Identify Fake News: Evidence From Israel’s 2019–2020 Elections
Moran Yarchi, Tal Samuel-Azran, Tsahi (Zack) Hayat

Kenyan Politics: Determinants of Legislators’ Coverage in Newspapers’ Pictorial News
Jimmy Ochieng, Kioko Ireri  

Indigenous-Washing and Colonial Amnesia: How New Zealand’s Nation Brand Depoliticizes Climate Change
Olli Hellmann 

Race, Myth, and News: An Updated Model to Explain Representations of Racism in Colombian Racial Democracy
Carlos A. Cortés-Martínez, Jesús Antonio Arroyave-Cabrera, Andrea Cancino-Borbón  

Cannabis, Media, and the Neoliberal Marketplace: The Problem With Just Saying Yes to Color-Blind Legalization Narratives
Corinne Weinstein  

Conceptualizing Online Content From a Game-Theoretic and Relational Perspective
Xiangting Bernice Lin, Poong Oh  

The Imitation Game as a Method for Testing Producers and Their Audience, Real and Imagined: A Proof of Concept
Philippe Ross

Is Processing COVID-19 Information Effective for Wearing Masks? The Effect of Information Processing on Preventive Intention
Yunhee Ku, Hwalbin Kim, Wonkyung Kim, Ghee-Young Noh

Interrogating Dominant Ideology in Media Representations of Witchcraft-Related Gendered Violence: The Case of Mariama Akua Denteh
Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

Mapping the Information Landscapes of Sudanese Youth: Implications for Media Literacy Education
Abubakr Abdelbagi, Ioana Literat

Before and After the 2017 Gulf Crisis: Peace, Propaganda, and Violence Frames in Al-Jazeera’s Coverage of Bahrain’s Uprising
Zainab Abdul-Nabi

Surviving or Thriving? Examining the Impact of Digital Connective Politics in Primary-Level Cadres’ Live-Streaming E-Commerce in China
Yupei Zhao, Wanyan Wu, Zhongxuan Lin 

Emojis in Parties’ Online Communication During the 2019 European Election Campaign: Toward a Typology of Political Emoji Use
Anna-Katharina Wurst, Katharina Pohl, Jörg Haßler, Daniel Jackson

The Role of Team and Social Identity in Parasocial Relationships and Parasocial Breakups: Lionel Messi’s Departure From FC Barcelona
Sai Datta Mikkilineni, Andrew C. Billings, Kenon A. Brown, Xavier Ramon

The Same Old Story: Cultivation of the Warrior Stereotype of American Indians
Laurel R. Davis-Delano, Renee V. Galliher, Joseph P. Gone

Understanding Stakeholder Feedback in Digital Contexts
Renee Mitson, Matthew S. Weber

Northeast Delhi Riots of 2020: Contesting and (Re)claiming the Western Media Narrative
Sumanth Inukonda

Participating or Tuning Out? Engagement With Political Content on Social Media
Ianis Bucholtz

Imaginaries of Success About Netflix Original Series: The Case of Cidade Invisível
Daniel Rios, Mayka Castellano

Participatory Outcomes of Collective Action Groups on Facebook: The Roles of Network Relationships and Group Contexts
Chih-Hui Lai

Digital Platforms and Civil War: How Côte d’Ivoire’s Press Informs a New Model of African Journalistic Practices in Authoritarian Regimes
Jeslyn Lemke 

FEATURES

Still Watching From the Sidelines? The Case for Transformative Environmental Communication Scholarship
Michael Brüggemann, Anabela Carvalho, Benedetta Brevini, John Downey 

Americans Cannot Consent to Companies’ Use of Their Data
Joseph Turow, Ypthach Lelkes, Nora A. Draper, Ari Ezra Waldman


BOOK REVIEWS

Jennifer DeClue, Visitation: The Conjure Work of Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema
M. Sellers Johnson

Jennifer Gabrys, Citizens of Worlds: Open-Air Toolkits for Environmental Struggle
Yasuhito Abe

Matthew W. Ragas and Ron Culp, Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators: A Primer
Heidi E. Huntington

Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
Sue Curry Jansen

Thomas Klikauer, Media Capitalism: Hegemony in the Age of Mass Deception
Marcus Breen

Allison Page, Media and the Affective Life of Slavery
Kelli Moore

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Larry Gross, Editor
Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections

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