International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 17 publications that published in May

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 17 papers in May 2025. To access these papers, Ctrl+Click on the titles below for direct hyperlinking, or go to ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES

From Manosphere to Mainstream: Representations of Masculinity on TikTok
Alexander Dhoest

The Visual Vernacular of Climate Change on Instagram: How Modal Convergence Between Image and Text Is Changing the Representation of Climate Solutions
Yuting Yao, Warren Pearce

Digital Labor in the Industrious Family: Neighborhood Influencers in Naples
Adam Arvidsson, Sabrina Bellafronte, Brigida Orria, Arianna Petrosino, Camilla Volpe

The Networked Amplification of Activist Voices: An Empirical Framework for Evaluating the Growth and Challenges of Information Diffusion Efforts During Hashtag Campaigns
Anita Kuei-Chun Liu, Yotam Ophir, Itai Himelboim, Dror Walter

Journalists’ Views on International Media Freedom Campaigns: Empty Rhetoric or Strategic Narratives?
Martin Scott, Mel Bunce, Maria Carmen Fernandez, Rachel Khan, Mary Myers, Lina Yassin

News Framing and the Applicability of Authoritarian Values: Citizens’ Reasoning on News About Societal Disorder
Mats Ekström, Maria Jervelycke Belfrage

From Bystanders to Perpetrators: The Influence of Normative Perceptions and Cognitive Empathy on Online Hate in Korea
Minwoong Chung, Seyoung Lee, Heejo Keum

Strategies of Receptive Social Media Use: How Users Combine Elements of Styles, Arrangements, Attitudes, and Focus
Benjamin Krämer

The Potential for Media Literacy to Combat Misinformation: Results of a Rapid Evidence Assessment
Nick Anstead, Lee Edwards, Sonia Livingstone, Mariya Stoilova

“Negro Drama”: Beyond the Colonial Family Romance in Brazilian Hip-Hop
Bryce Henson

The Rise of Pandemic Pundits: Constructing Expertise on TV News During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Germany, Israel, and the United States
Hadas Emma Kedar, Michael Brüggemann

BOOK REVIEWS

Lilie Chouliaraki, Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood
Angeliki Sifaki

Tiziano Bonini and Emiliano Treré, Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight Against Platform Power
Ivo Furman

Ulrike Klinger, Daniel Kreiss, and Bruce Mutsvairo, Platforms, Power, and Politics: An Introduction to Political Communication in the Digital Age
Chang Zhang, Lexuan Wang

Judith May Fathallah, Killer Fandom: Fan Studies and the Celebrity Serial Killer
Oscar Gómez Pascual

Jessa Lingel, The Gentrification of the Internet: How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom
Jacob Green

Simone Pfeifer, Christoph Günther, and Robert Dörre (Eds.), Disentangling Jihad, Political Violence and Media
Katherine Bullock

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

Please note that according to the latest Google Scholar statistics, IJoC ranks 7th among all Humanities journals and 9th among all Communications journals in the world  — demonstrating the viability of open access scholarly publication at the highest level. 

International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 35 publications that published in April

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 35 papers in APRIL 2025, which includes the “Forum on Oops? Interdisciplinary Stories of Sociotechnical Error.” To access these papers, Ctrl+Click on the titles below for direct hyperlinking, or go to ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES

Expectations of News Media in Uganda: Advancing a Theory of Relative Institutional Trust in Journalism
Meagan E. Doll

Negotiating Journalism: The (In)congruences of Role Expectations and Evaluation of Media Performance Between Audiences and News Professionals in Chile
Alexis Cruz, Claudia Mellado

Beyond Physical Access: Exploring Interaction With Political Content in Social Media Among Citizens Living in Poverty
Rune Søholt

Beating Algorithmic Discrimination: Maneuvering Digital Surveillance to Indigenize the Narrative
Dana Hasan, Amal Nazzal, Sulafa Zidani

The Blame Game? #Brexitriots as an Affective Ritualized Response to Civil Disorder in Northern Ireland
Paul Reilly

Reinventing Traditional Media in the Platformized K-Pop Industry: CJ ENM’s Strategic Adaptation Through KCON
Chairin An

Forced: Perceptions of “Woke” Politics in Video Games
Adam Ruch

“TikTok Is One Long Conversation With the Universe”: How Platform Affordances Shape Emerging Spirituality Across TikTok Manifestation Content
Sara Reinis

Testing the Self: Digital Trials and Identity Work on Instagram
Raimundo Frei, Felipe Ulloa

Transcending the Protest Paradigm: Rearticulating Journalism and Activism During Political Upheaval
Summer Harlow, Erica Ciszek

From Mockery to Moral Outrage: Affects and Relations of Power in Polarized Climate Change Discussions on Australian Twitter
Mariia Aleksevych, Marleen Buizer, Tales Tomaz, Ehsan Dehghan

Brazilian Fandom’s Perceptions of the Thai Boys Love Series Industry and the Practices of Fanservice and Shipping: Content Analysis of Online Comments on a Fansubbing Platform
Anderson Lopes da Silva, Nunghatai Rangponsumrit, Ligia Prezia Lemos

BOOK REVIEWS

David A. Banks, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America
Jian Xiao

Guobin Yang, Bingchun Meng, and Elaine J. Yuan (Eds.), Pandemic Crossings: Digital Technology, Everyday Experience, and Governance in the COVID-19 Crisis
Minkyu Sung

Kathleen Loock, Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture
Ryan David Briggs

Patricia Aufderheide, Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy
Emily Rose Coleman

Jinying Li, Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai
Serena Abdallah

Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano, The Journalist’s Predicament: Difficult Choices in a Declining Profession
Mir Ashfaquzzaman

Gregory P. Perreault, Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate
Jessica Roberts

Daya Kishan Thussu, Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication
Xin Xin

Sandra Jeppesen, Transformative Media: Intersectional Technopolitics from Indymedia to #BlackLivesMatter
Melissa B. Skolnick-Noguera

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

Please note that according to the latest Google Scholar statistics, IJoC ranks 7th among all Humanities journals and 9th among all Communications journals in the world  — demonstrating the viability of open access scholarly publication at the highest level.