International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 19 publications that published in August

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 19 papers in AUGUST 2024, which includes the “Special Section on Women, Antifeminism, and Platforms: The Discourses of Misogyny.”  To access these papers, Ctrl+Click on the titles below for direct hyperlinking, or go to ijoc.org.

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ARTICLES

A Thematic Analysis of Tweets About Contested Casting for Lead Roles in the Movies Harriet and Judas and the Black Messiah
Adelaja Oriola Oriade

Between Comments and Collective Action: The Potential of TikTok in Endometriosis Advocacy
Xin Zhao, Anna Feigenbaum, Özlem Demirkol Tønnesen

Exploring Hashtag Feminism Around Sexual Violence on Farsi Twitter: Affective Practices, Hierarchy of Deservingness, and Media Solidarities
Bahareh Badiei

“Love From Me and My Belly”: The Politics and Performance of Body Positivity on Instagram
Nora Suren

“Music Is Just Right There on Social Media!”: Discovering, Exploring, and Incorporating Songs Across Platforms
Ignacio Siles, Luciana Valerio-Alfaro, Arturo Arriagada

Unveiling Disinformation: Mapping Attacks on Brazil’s Electoral System and the Response of the Superior Electoral Court (2018–2023)
Regina Cazzamatta, Augusto Santos, Grazielle Albuquerque

BOOK REVIEWS

Aaron Sachs, Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change
Kirsten Lydic

Jussi Parikka, Operational Images: From the Visual to the Invisual
Ziwei Chen

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan, Code: From Information Theory to French Theory
Tsvetelina Hristova

Gabriele Cosentino, The Infodemic: Disinformation, Geopolitics and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yasuhito Abe

Nancy Ettlinger, Algorithms and the Assault on Critical Thought: Digitalized Dilemmas of Automated Governance and Communitarian Practice
Jan Teurlings

Lisa Messeri, In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles
Maxwell Foxman

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