International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 20 publications that published in June

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 20 papers in June 2024, which includes the “Special Section on Intermediated Communication via Social Media Platforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

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ARTICLES

Queer Identity Negotiation in Taiwanese Tongzhi’s Relationships with Mainland Gay Men in China
Wei Luo

Revisiting the Relationship Between Internet Access and Civic Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis of Between-Country Differences and Within-Country Change
Ruth Jin-Hee Heo, Tai-Quan “Winson” Peng

Does Party Affiliation Matter? A Moderated Moderation Examining Literacies, Foreign Social Media Use, and Political Affiliation on COVID-19
Xizhu Xiao, Quanchao Li, Mengyuan Wang, Xueping Chang, Xiaowei Liu 

Linking Exposure to Uncivil Online Comments to Decreased Political Knowledge: The Mediating Role of Active News Avoidance
Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu, Héctor Centeno Martín, Sheila Guerrero Rojas

A Century of Pandemics: The Spanish Flu, COVID-19, and the Splintering of the Modern Time Regime
Adetobi Moses

Mediatized Environmental Governance: The Normalization of Waste-classification Policy in China 
Jia Dai, Chenghao Ji 

Uncertainty and Privacy Management of the South Korean Public During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adoption Intentions for AI-Based Digital Contact-Tracing Technology
Soo Jung Hong, Hichang Cho 

SPECIAL SECTION

Intermediated Communication via Social Media Platforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Editorial Introduction 
Dingkun Wang, Brian Yecies

The Homophobic Call-Outs of COVID-19: Spurring and Spreading Angry Attention from Girregi Journalism Online to YouTube in South Korea
Jin Lee, Jeehyun Jenny Lee

The Construction of Distributed Trust on Bilibili Under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Siwen Lu, Sijing Lu

Citizens’ Strategies for Navigating News and Misinformation in the COVID-19 “Infodemic” 
Kate Holland, Sora Park, Kerry McCallum, Emma John, Caroline Fisher, Kieran McGuinness, Jee Young Lee

(Mis-)Connected: Web Series, Digital Culture, and Everyday Life in Lockdown 
Nicola Evans, Mark David Ryan, Steinar Ellingsen, Meredith Burkholder, Leandro da Silva

Communicating Through Chaos in the Webtoon Parasocial Intimacy Chamber
Dingkun Wang, Brian Yecies, Mehrdad Amirghasemi, Kishan Kariippanon, Ming Lu

BOOK REVIEWS

Laura Cariola (Ed.), Eating Disorders in Public Discourse: Exploring Media Representations and Lived Experiences
Dalton Bouzek

Jenna Supp-Montgomerie, When the Medium Was the Mission: The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture 
Derek Moscato 

Mark Coeckelbergh, Political Philosophy of AI: An Introduction
Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam

Kjetil Selvik and Jacob Høigilt, Journalism in the Gray Zone: Pluralism and Media Capture in Lebanon and Tunisia
Buket Oztas

Jason Gilmore and Charles Rowling, Exceptional Me: How Donald Trump Exploited the Discourse of American Exceptionalism
Emma A. Hall

Anthony Elliott, Algorithmic Intimacy: The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships
Yueyang Yao

Nick Seaver, Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation
Shengchun Huang

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Silvio Waisbord, Editor 
Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections
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