International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 41 papers that published in November

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 41 papers in NOVEMBER 2023, which includes the “Special Section on Is Netflix Riding the Korean Wave or Vice Versa.” To access these papers, Ctrl+Click on the titles below for direct hyperlinking, or go to ijoc.org to read the Special Section.
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ARTICLES

War Propaganda Unfolded: Comparative Effectiveness of Propaganda and Counterpropaganda in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Anton Oleinik, Volodymyr Paniotto

One Big Store: Source Diversity and Value Capture of Digital Games in National App Store Instances
Daniel Joseph, David Nieborg, Chris J. Young

Opinion Extremity Predicted by Media Exposure, Information Processing Mode, and Issue Sophistication About U.S.–China Trade Dispute
Yaxin Dai, Xigen Li 

Outcomes and Affordances: Examining why People use Encryption
Shannon M. Oltmann

The Impact of Trust in the Government on Willingness to Disclose Personal Data in Hong Kong: The Moderating Role of COVID-19 Infection Concern in the Data Disclosure Mediation Model
Chun Hong Tse, Marko M. Skoric

Developing on Shifting Sands: A Case Study of a Workplace Safety Monitoring App During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jacob Johanssen, Iman Naja, Lamiece Hassan, Carl Adams, Mistale Taylor 

BTS’s Pandemic Hits and Their Implications: Discursive Re-vitalization of Neoliberal Hegemony in K-pop Industry
Gooyong Kim

Restorative Power of Empathetic Communication for Participatory Governance and Community Well-Being
Himani Sharma, Varsha Jain, Emmanuel Mogaji, Anantha Babbili

Motives for Following Social Influencers and Electronic Word-of-Mouth: The Role of Social Capital
Yoojung Kim, Soojin Kim 

Montevideo Convention and CGTN: Defining Statehood for Global Outreach 
Keyu Alexander Chen, Virginia Massignan, Mor Yachin, Carol Kay Winkler, Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu

Television Continues to Cultivate Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, but Only Among Politically Conservative Individuals and Women: Evidence from U.S. General Social Survey Data 
Lik Sam Chan, Zurong Liang

The Lives of Others: Unauthorized Depictions of Public Figures in U.S. Film and TV Drama
Jonathan Stubbs

Unveiling Gatekeeping Practices in Mobile Environments: A Comparative Analysis of Operating Systems and App Gardens
Juan Ortiz Freuler

Staying Tuned for Censored Information Sources? A Media Habit Approach to Immigrants’ Information Practices
Abby Youran Qin

Quantifying Public Value Creation by Public Service Media Using Big Programming Data
Indrek Ibrus, Andres Karjus, Vejune Zemaityte, Ulrike Rohn, Maximilian Schich

Politicization and Right-Wing Normalization on YouTube: A Topic-Based Analysis of the “Alternative Influence Network”
Curd Benjamin Knüpfer, Carsten Schwemmer, Annett Heft 

Capturing the Media: Similarities Between Viktor Orbán’s and Donald Trump’s Media Aspirations
Adam Klein

Dynamics of Content Diversity Within Issues, Across Platforms: A Pesticide Debate in the News and on Twitter 
Anke Wonneberger, Sandra Jacobs, Iina Hellsten

Productive Power in Digital Constitutionalism: Analyzing Civil Society Actors’ Definitions of Digital Rights
Outi Puukko

Fake or Fact? Factors Predicting the Capability of Recipients to Assess the Truthfulness of Impactful News
Johanna Radechovsky

The Domestication of Netflix in the Gulf
Bouziane Zaid, Mohamed Benmoussa, Khayrat Ayyad, Mohammed Ibahrine,
Abdelmalek El Kadoussi

Examining the Mobilizing Effect of Populist Political Communication: A Survey Experiment of Populist Communication Style Across Three Policy Issues
Signe Ringdal Bergan

Sharing News About COVID-19: Media Exposure, Self-Perceived Knowledge, and the Gap of Perceived Susceptibility of Self/Strangers
Yihan Li, Han Fu

FEATURE

Coverage of the Russia–Ukraine War by Television News
Kaarle Nordenstreng, Svetlana Pasti, Tao Zhang, Savyasaachi Jain, Giuliano Bobba, Henry Wolgast, Aaron Hyzen, Liziane Soares Guazina,
Suchitra Patnaik, Musawenkosi Ndlovu

BOOK REVIEWS

Lin Zhang, The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy 
Alberto Lusoli 

Sara Liao, Fashioning China: Precarious Creativity and Women Designers in Shanzhai Culture
Qiuying Zhao

Siegfried Kracauer, Jaeho Kang, Graeme Gilloch, and John Abromeit (Eds.), Selected Writings on Media, Propaganda, and Political Communication
Aaron Hyzen

Amy D. Propen, At Home in the Anthropocene 
Trish Morgan

Camilla Fojas, Border Optics: Surveillance Cultures on the US–Mexico Frontier
João C. Magalhães

D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Jing Zeng, and Patrik Wikström, TikTok: Creativity and Culture in Short Video
Liangwen Kuo

Eli M. Noam, Media and Digital Management
Paschal Preston 

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

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