International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 35 publications that published in July.
The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 35 papers in July 2026, which includes the Special Section on “Beyond Verification: Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Artifices of Authenticity.” To access these papers, please visit ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES
Equally Credible? Examining Credibility Perceptions and Evaluation Processes of AI- and Human-Generated Information
Grzegorz Ptaszek, Miriam Metzger
Voiceless Citizens: Symbolic Annihilation, Media Distrust, and the Search for Belonging Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Nissim Katz, Alonit Berenson
“Only the People Save the People?”: Affective Infrastructures and the Polarization of Climate Disaster in Spain
Antonio Cambra González
Numbers in Crisis: Nongovernmental Organizations, Data, and the Making of Humanitarian News
Michael Sunderland, Daniel Jackson
Infotainment on Social Media: Effects of Narrative, Dynamic, and Interactive News Presentation on Perceived and Actual Knowledge
Dominique S. Wirz, Corinna Oschatz, Judith Möller
Infrastructure Intermediaries: A Framework for Digital Infrastructure Research
Germaine Halegoua, Lisa Parks, Nicole Starosielski, Julia Velkova
Contesting Corporate Influence: A Comparative Analysis of Digital Audiovisual Regulation Under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and Audiovisual Media Services Directive
Argelia Muñoz Larroa, Rodrigo Gómez García
“It’s Not Hate; It’s Common Sense”: Polycentric Normalization of Religious Hate in Spanish Digital Media
Sergio Arce-García, Elías Said-Hung, Óscar De Gregorio Vicente, Ana Margarida Barreto
Contested Visibility: Mapping Mediation Opportunities in Iranian Digital Feminist Activism
Mitra Shamsi
BOOK REVIEWS
Jonathan Gray and Daphne Gershon (Eds.), Reading Media: How to Do Textual Analysis
Jennifer C. Dunn
Emily Thorson, The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public
Arjen van Dalen
Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry, Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
Sue Curry Jansen
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
Ngai Keung Chan
Tarik Sabry, Winston Mano, and Andrea Medrado (Eds.), Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method
Yujie Huang, Peng Li
Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney, Choices in a Chaotic Campaign: Understanding Citizens’ Decisions in the 2020 Election
Enrique Núñez-Mussa
Theo Van Leeuwen and Staffan Selander, The Semiotics of Toys and Games: The Childhood Artefacts That Introduce Us to the World
Rachel R Reynolds
Rosalind Gill, Perfect: Feeling Judged on Social Media
Melike Asli Sim
Cara Wallis, Social Media and Ordinary Life: Affect, Ethics, and Aspiration in Contemporary China
Jing Wang
Dana R. Fisher, Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action
Lluis de Nadal
Elad Segev, Information and Power: Popular and Personal Storytelling in the Digital Age
Zhao Peng
Larissa Hjorth, Mourning on Mobile Media: Everyday Affective Witnessing
Lauren S. Fukushima
Anne Pasek, Cindy Kaiying Lin, Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, Jordan B. Kinder, Digital Energetics
Ryland Shaw
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