International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 30 papers that published in October

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 30 papers in OCTOBER 2023. To access these papers, Ctrl+Click on the titles below for direct hyperlinking.
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ARTICLES

Unpacking the Stances and Affects in Weibo Comments on the Policy of Same-Sex Guardianship Agreements in China
Xuekun Liu

Hating Theory: “Cultural Marxism,” “CRT,” and the Power of Media Affects
Moira Weigel

A Revealing “Confession” or Another Publicity Stunt? Reflections on Social Media Entrepreneurship on Weibo 
Qingyue Sun

Engaging Audiences With Local News: Can Solutions Journalism Be a Solution to Local Media Crisis?
Noha Mellor, An Nguyen

“I’m Not Just a Content Creator”: Digital Cultural Communicators Dealing With Celebrity Capital and Online Communities
Isabel Villegas-Simón, Ona Anglada-Pujol, María Castellví Lloveras, Mercè Oliva

The Hate Office? Bolsonaro’s Discourse and COVID-19 Online Disinformation
Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira, Juliana Alcantara

A Pandemic Silver Lining: Remote Learning and Increased Intergenerational Technology Guidance Within Lower-Income Families
Bianca C. Reisdorf, Vikki S. Katz

Platforms as Cultural Infrastructures: Identity-Making Practices of WeChat and KakaoTalk in the Diaspora
Jane Yeahin Pyo, Jingyi Gu

Enjoyment of Murder Mystery Game Reality Shows: The Influence of Affective Disposition, Suspense and Parasocial Interactions
Li Zhi, Fei Fan, Wei Jiang

“Meme-Ing” Peace in Northern Ireland: Exploring the Everyday Politics of Internet Memes in Belfast Riots
Ivan Gusic, Martin Lundqvist

It’s Nothing but a Deepfake! The Effects of Misinformation and Deepfake Labels Delegitimizing an Authentic Political Speech
Michael Hameleers, Franziska Marquart

Russian Troll Social Media Attacks on Presidential Candidates During the 2016 U.S. Election: The Role of Frontrunner Status, Political Party, and Candidate Gender
Larissa Terán, Heather Gahler, Daniel Montez, Kate Kenski, Stephen A. Rains

Communication Network Characteristics of the Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy on Social Media: A Social Network Analysis
Zenglei Yue, Guang Yu, Jing Shan, Guangwu Liu, Lie Chen, Donghui Yang

Humans vs. AI: The Role of Trust, Political Attitudes, and Individual Characteristics on Perceptions About Automated Decision Making Across Europe
Theo Araujo, Anna Brosius, Andreas C. Goldberg, Judith Möller, Claes de Vreese

What Changed During COVID-19? How the COVID-19 Crisis Changed Parental Perceptions and Practices Related to Children’s Internet Use in Five European Countries
Beatrice Sciacca, Christine W. Trültzsch-Wijnen, Anca Velicu, Patricia Dias, Tijana Milosevic, Elisabeth Staksrud

Elite Hostility Toward Journalism, News Trust, and the Mediating Role of Fear for Motivating Public Support of News Media
Jason T. Peifer, Alexis Haskell

Between “Me, Myself, and I” and the “Royal We”: Gender Differences in Personalized Political Discourse on Facebook and User Involvement
Renana Atia, Meital Balmas

Engaged and Uncivil? Incivility and Engagement on Twitter Over a Televised Presidential Debate in Chile
Andrés Rosenberg, Magdalena Saldaña, William Porath

BOOK REVIEWS

Saskia Warren, British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries
Noha Mellor

Kate Fortmueller, Below the Stars: How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production
Kristina Brüning

Sarah Lamdan, Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information
Sue Curry Jansen

Guillaume Pitron, The Dark Cloud: How the Digital World Is Costing the Earth 
Thomas Klikauer 

Marianne Kac-Vergne and Julie Assouly (Eds.), From the Margins to the Mainstream: Women in Film and Television 
Olivia A. González 

Richard M. Perloff, The Dynamics of News: Journalism in the 21st-Century Media Milieu
Bingbing Zhang

David H. Kahl Jr. and Ahmet Atay (Eds.), Pedagogies of Post-Truth 
Noah Zweig

Lauren B. Frank and Paul Falzone (Eds.), Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes: Case Studies for Theory and Practice 
Neelam Sharma

Sara Polak and Daniel Trottier (Eds.), Violence and Trolling on Social Media: History, Affect, and Effects of Online Vitriol
Luca Follis

David Beer, The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing
Haktan Ural

Summer Harlow, Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism
Darsana Vijay

Linda Aldoory and Elizabeth L. Toth, The Future of Feminism in Public Relations and Strategic Communication: A Socio-Ecological Model of Influences
Lia Grabowski 

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

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