International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 21 publications that published in August

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 21 papers in August 2025, which includes the Special Section on “Media and Ambivalence.” To access these papers, please visit ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES

Strategic Narratives on Social Media: How Information Environments Shape the Russian-Ukrainian War Discourse in Seven European Countries
Kostiantyn Yanchenko, Edda Humprecht

Examining News Media Use and Trust in Public Institutions in Kenya: The Moderating Role of Perceived Corruption and Political Freedom
Bingbing Zhang, Kevin Mudavadi, Frankline Matanji, David Lomoywara

Real Harassment, Virtual Robots? Exploring Misogyny Against Machines
Bya Beatrys, André Peruzzo

Beyond Access: Motivation and Digital Literacy in Sustainable Technology Use
Maria Laura Ruiu, Gabriele Ruiu, Massimo Ragnedda

Social Justice as On-Brand: Social Causes, Monetization Traces, and the Logics of Visibility in the Dutch Influencer Industry
Taylor Annabell

BOOK REVIEWS

Josh Shepperd, Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting
Angela Xiao Wu

Bilge Yesil, Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order
Matthew deTar

Jennifer Holt, Cloud Policy: A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data
Mengmeng Guo, Guosong Shao

John M. Jordan, The Rise of the Algorithms: How YouTube and TikTok Conquered the World
Arnab Biswas

Christopher B. Patterson and Tara Fickle (Eds.), Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us
Saeed Hani Said Dabbour

Reem Hilu, The Intimate Life of Computers: Digitizing Domesticity in the 1980s
William Beaman

Kevin M. Carragee, Communication Activism Research for Social Justice: Engaged Research, Collective Action, and Political Change
Billie Murray

James Malazita, Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine
Maxwell Foxman

Donnie Johnson Sackey, Trespassing Natures: Species Migration and the Right to Space
Teo Rogers Mendizabal

Aviva Wei Xue and Kate Rose, Weibo Feminism: Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China
Sophia Xiangyan Xiong

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