International Journal of Communication invites you to read these 25 publications that published in November

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 25 papers in November 2025, which includes the Special Section on “Generative AI and Disinformation.” To access these papers, please visit ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES

De-Westernizing Communication Studies Through Domesticating the Global South: A Critical Examination of the Mechanisms Shaping Scholarly Participation in the Field
Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques, Andressa Butture Kniess, Manuel Goyanes, Thaiane Oliveira

Is TikTok “for” News? Sociotechnical Frictions and Workarounds in Environmental News Events on TikTok
Ryland Shaw

Hostile Legacy Media, Friendly Social Media? Exploring Young People’s Use, Trust, and Bias Perception of Different News Sources About the Middle Eastern Conflict
Alexandra Wölfle, Desirée Schmuck

Is Journalism Making Its Workers Sick? Labor Conditions and Mental Health in Mexico and Spain
Dolors Palau-Sampio, Maria Iranzo-Cabrera, Ana Leticia Hernández Julián, Rubén Arnoldo González Macías

Assessing Media Polarization in Spain During a Highly Polarized Electoral Cycle (2015–2019): Increasing Effects of Vote and Ideology on News Media Consumption
Lidia Valera-Ordaz, María Luisa Humanes, José María Ramírez-Dueñas

Affinity, Agency, and Exclusion: Digital Feminist Pedagogy and Grassroots Empowerment in Douban’s Survival Guide for Ordinary Women
Xingyuan Meng

K-Drama as Ecocinema? A Multimodal Analysis of Climate Change Representation in 60 Globally Popular Korean TV Dramas
Cristiane Melchior, Hannele Seeck, Ratna Aini Hadi

BOOK REVIEWS

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge, Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future
Scott Timcke

Ingrid Richardson and Rowan Wilken, Bodies and Mobile Media
Amanda Ganus

Bernard Keenan, Interception: State Surveillance from Postal Systems to Global Networks
Sheila B. Lalwani

Michael Serazio, The Authenticity Industries: Keeping It “Real” in Media, Culture, and Politics
Jian Xiao, Linlin Wei

Ya-Wen Lei, The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China
Yuexin Lyu

Tupur Chatterjee, Projecting Desire: Media Architectures and Moviegoing in Urban India
Aparna Shastri

Global Communication Rights: Is There a Future? A Review Article
Damian Tambini

Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse, and Andrei Zanescu, Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch
Steffi Shook

Barbara A. Biesecker, Reinventing World War II: Popular Memory in the Rise of the Ethnonationalist State
Aaron A. Toscano

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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 6th 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 Publishes a Special Section on Generative AI and Disinformation

How does generative AI affect disinformation?

This Special Section on (Generative) AI and Disinformation, guest-edited by Aqsa Farooq and Claes de Vreese, zooms in on one of the biggest questions of today’s communication landscape.

Generative AI represents a pivotal development in the contemporary information ecosystem. Large Language and Image Models now enable rapid and scalable creation of (hyper)realistic yet synthetic content. As these models become more accessible and sophisticated, so too do their capacities to distort public discourse and manipulate perceptions. This can undermine trust in democratic institutions. At the same time, these technologies offer promising tools for detection, resilience-building, and possibly countering falsehoods. As such, there is rapid global and cross-disciplinary interest in understanding how AI-driven tools have added another dimension to the existing challenge of disinformation. Scholarship in this space is booming: In 2024 there were more than double the number of publications compared to the preceding years combined.

This Special Section brings together timely and original scholarship on this challenge. It explores the multifaceted role of AI, including how it can both contribute to, as well as potentially provide solutions to, the problem of disinformation. Overall, the collection of articles underscores both the negative potential of AI-driven technologies, such as by opportunistically targeting citizens for political campaigns, while also highlighting their promise in assisting the work of those tackling disinformation at scale. That said, informing citizens about the misuse of GenAI may in turn lead to the reduced efficacy of literacy interventions and journalism. Finally, analyses of the overarching role of AI in political contexts, journalism, and governance reveals both the dual nature of AI in the fight against disinformation, and the need for more collaborative efforts. 

We invite you to read these articles that published in the International Journal of Communication on November 18, 2025. Please log into ijoc.org to read the papers of interest. We look forward to your feedback!

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(Generative) AI and Disinformation—Introduction
Asqa Farooq, Claes de Vreese

Defining the Role(s) of AI in Disinformation Research—A Systematic Review
Maria F. Grub, Edda Humprecht

Breaking the News? Generative AI’s Impact on Journalism and Its Implications for Disinformation
Nicolas Mattis, Claes de Vreese

Socio-Technical Imaginaries of AI’s Role in the Strengthened EU Code of Practice on Disinformation
Alejandro Flores Moleón

Unveiling Disinformation Narratives With AI: Collaborative Insights from Fact-Checkers and Computer Scientists’ Work in Analyzing Climate Misinformation Narratives
Irene Larraz, Ramón Salaverría, Javier Serrano-Puche

Parental Perceptions of Dynamic Exchanges of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Misinformation and Corrections From AI Checkers on Reddit
Rita Tang, Benedetta Burston, Jikai Sun, Emily K. Vraga, Leticia Bode

A Beacon of Trustworthiness in a Sea of Disinformation: Does News Coverage About the Dangers of Generative AI Cause People to Flock to Journalism?
Tom Dobber, Michael Hameleers, Christopher Starke, Toni van der Meer

Echoes of Doubt: Exposure to Information About Generative AI Decreases Believability of News
Marina Tulin, Myrto Pantazi, Christopher Starke, Michael Sivolap, Tom Dobber

Synthetic Diversity: Examining the Effects of Ethnic Targeting Using AI-Generated Political Ads
Morgan Wack, Douglas A. Parry

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Silvio Waisbord, Editor 
Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections
Andrew Taylor, Webmaster 
Asqa Farooq and Claes de Vreese, Guest Editors

Please note that according to the latest Google Scholar statistics, IJoC ranks 6th 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 15 publications that published in October

The International Journal of Communication is pleased to announce the publication of 15 papers in October. To access these papers, please visit ijoc.org.
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ARTICLES

Journalism-Hate as Social Affect: How Anti-Press Sentiments Holistically Shape the Lives of Korean Journalists
Changwook Kim, Wooyeol Shin

Journalist YouTubers: How Platformization Transforms Journalism in an Authoritarian System
Can Ertuna, Ozan Aşık

Scandal as Constructivation: Trust Cultures and the Politics of Legitimacy in Southeast Asia
Karl Patrick R. Mendoza

Playing Dead: TikTok, #Darkhumor Memes, and the Absurdity of School Shootings in the United States
Jacqueline Ryan Vickery

Journalism Innovation Under Autocratization: Comparing Journalistic Resistance in Poland and Slovakia
Simone Benazzo

Christian Nationalism as Media
Reed Van Schenck

Black Lives Matter on the Ground and in Sports: Varied Influences of Delegitimizing News Coverage on Self-Perceived Knowledge and Support for Protests
Danielle K. Brown, Rachel Reis Mourão, Tania Ganguli

Habits and Motivations of Citizens in Receiving and Disseminating Disinformation on Social Media
Ignacio Blanco-Alfonso, María Solano-Altaba, Cristina Rodríguez-Luque, Sergio Arce-García

BOOK REVIEWS

Sara Petersen, Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
Jisha Jacob

Myria Georgiou, Being Human in Digital Cities
Soojung Paek

Christopher Chávez, Isle of Rum: Havana Club, Cultural Mediation, and the Fight for Cuban Authenticity
Soojung Paek

Grant Bollmer and Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory: A Marxist Theory of Corporate Personhood on YouTube
Oscar Gómez Pascual

Ben Collier, Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy
Min Wang

Patrick Ferrucci, The Organization of Journalism: Market Models and Practice in a Fraying Profession
Yelena Dzhanova

Robert Gorwa, The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation
Yunhee Shim

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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 6th 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 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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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 6th 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 Publishes a Special Section on Media and Ambivalence: The Value of a Quandary

Is ambivalence the best we can wish for in times of political extremism?

This Special Section on Media and Ambivalence, guest-edited by Barbie Zelizer and Nelson Ribeiro, argues that in its most promising form, ambivalence presents a quandary. It suggests that being torn can be better than being sure, that conflict can be resolved by straddling both of its sides or that trying on different faces offsets the discomfort of contradiction.

Often associated with indecision or ineptitude, capable of paralyzing our ability to make decisions and take sides, ambivalence is frequently portrayed as negative. For the media and academia that privilege messages projecting certainty, it can be a terrifying concept. Even so, it has been central to how media scholars have thought about messages, reception, effects, and technologies. While some see ambivalence undercutting and undermining the media environments it inhabits, others consider it a necessary complication of the overused binaries of late modernity.

The articles in this Special Section discuss how different media and technologies help create ambivalent meanings and complicate the debates taking place in the public realm across different social and political contexts. Each manuscript presents a case study that illustrates how ambivalence can be used as a frame for knowledge generation. Each also illustrates how getting rid of ambivalence can reduce what is most desirable and strived for into rigid and overly constrained modes of thought.

We invite you to read these articles that published in the International Journal of Communication on August 28, 2025. Please log into ijoc.org to read the papers of interest. We look forward to your feedback!

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Media and Ambivalence: The Value of a Quandary—Introduction
Barbie Zelizer, Nelson Ribeiro

Repetition and Ambivalence in COVID-19-Related Chinese Political Jokes
Ran Wang

“Destroyer of Worlds”: Individual Narratives, Mass Atrocity, and (Moral) Ambivalence
Liz Hallgren

Is It a Fit or Is She Just Skinny? A TikTok Hashtag as a Site of Ambiguity Around Fashion, Gender, and Women’s Bodies
Ira Solomatina

¡No Fue Suicidio, Fue Feminicidio!: Ambivalent Facts in the (Un)making of Feminicide in Mexico
Fernanda Soria-Cruz

The Ambivalences of Virtual Love: Conversational, Embodied, and Hyperreal Intimacy in the Social VR Platform VRChat
Jindong Leo-Liu

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Silvio Waisbord, Editor 
Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections
Andrew Taylor, Webmaster 
Barbie Zelizer and Nelson Ribeiro, Guest Editors

Please note that according to the latest Google Scholar statistics, IJoC ranks 6th 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.