International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 23 publications that published in May

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 23 papers in May 2026. To access these papers, please visit ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES

The Politics of Diversity: Netflix and the Transformation of Korean Drama Production in the Streaming Era
Woochul Kim

From Navigating Discrimination to Developing Professional Digital Intimacy: How Indonesian LGBTQ+ Users Harness the Affordances of Healthcare Apps
Ferry Fauzi Hermawan, Verity Trott

Can Pandora’s Box Be Closed? How People in Myanmar Access and Identify Trustworthy Information After the Coup
Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, Tun Tun Lynn, Catherine Abou-Khalil

Resilience in Newsrooms in Times of Authoritarian Resurgence: We Went From the Sky to Under the Ground
Fatima El Issawi, Joshua E. Rigg

“Freaks” and Raids: A Study of Networked Harassment and Misogyny in Turkey’s Authoritarian Landscape
Nora Suren

Visibility Under Constraint: Format Publics and the Politics of Visibility on TikTok Protest Videos During the Mahsa Amini Movement in Iran
Fatemeh Oudlajani

When Identities Go Viral: Themes and Aversiveness in TikTok Discourse on Kamala Harris’s Intersectional Identities During the 2024 U.S. Election
Gyo Hyun Koo, Dasia Clemente

Speculators Inside the Slop Factory: Shovelware and Financialized Game Development in Roblox
Daniel Nielsen, Aleena Chia

BOOK REVIEWS

Burcu Baykurt, Smart as a City: The Politics of Test-bed Urbanism
Jian Xiao

Bo Ruberg, How to Queer the World: Radical Worldbuilding through Video Games
Sabrina “Bri” Sonner

Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism
Trish Audette-Longo

Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care
Sohinee Bera

Noor Ghazal Aswad, Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements
Marwa Abdalla

Dara Z. Strolovitch, When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People: Race, Gender, and What Makes a Crisis in America
Aaron A. Toscano

Dal Yong Jin, Cultural Production of Hallyu in the Digital Platform Era: Industry Perspectives
Miri Moon

Curtis Marez, Producing Precarity: The Costs of Making TV in Poor Places
David Frank

Karrmen Crey, Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada
Ian Reilly, Oluwasemilore Adeyemi

Robin L. Nabi and Jessica Gall Myrick (Eds.), Emotions in the Digital World: Exploring Affective Experience and Expression in Online Interactions
Felicia Lu

Judit Bayer, Digital Media Regulation Within the European Union: A Framework for a New Media Order
Guosong Shao

Francesco Casetti, Screening Fears: On Protective Media
Stephen Hickson

Mora Matassi and Pablo J. Boczkowski, To Know Is to Compare: Studying Social Media Across Nations, Media, and Platforms
Shahid Minhas

Emma L. Briant and Vian Bakir (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry
Rory Gates

Peter Neijens, Theo Araujo, Judith Möller, and Claes de Vreese (Eds.), Measuring Exposure and Attention to Media and Communication: Solutions to Wicked Problems
Yuhui Zhu

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