It is with mixed feelings that I am writing the final editorial for this journal. I am sad that this journey has come to a stop but also happy in all that we managed to achieve in the short time that the journal was in publication. It was a visionary initiative of the founding editor Professor Eric Loo, when he launched it in partnership with SAGE Publications, and it provided a good, much needed platform for young scholars, in the Asia-Pacific region, to publish their research. Over the years, under three different Editors-in-Chief, it grew steadily and became a quality publication forum for showcasing cutting-edge media and communication scholarship in the region. I am thankful for the active participation of the illustrious editorial board, and for everyone associated with the professional publication of the journal, especially SAGE Publications (Adit Kumar, Aarchik Sinha, Ramesh Bhatt and others). They were equally responsible for the increasing number of good submissions that led to the journal’s steady growth in quality, rigor, rankings and scholarly value. So it is with a heavy heart that we (on behalf of everyone associated with this journal) are signing off. There will now be a space for a good journal, and I hope others will step in to fill this void and continue to provide a forum, especially for the young scholars in the region.

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社论

我正在为这本杂志写最后的社论，心情复杂。我很遗憾这段旅程已经结束，但也为我们在期刊出版的短时间内取得的所有成就感到高兴。这是创始编辑 Eric Loo 教授与 SAGE Publications 合作发起的一项富有远见的倡议，它为亚太地区的年轻学者提供了一个很好的、急需的平台来发表他们的研究成果。多年来，在三位不同的主编的带领下，它稳步发展，并成为展示该地区尖端媒体和传播学术的优质出版论坛。感谢杰出编委的积极参与，感谢与期刊专业出版相关的每一个人，特别是 SAGE 出版物（Adit Kumar、Aarchik Sinha、Ramesh Bhatt 等）。他们对越来越多的优秀投稿负有同样的责任，这导致期刊在质量、严谨性、排名和学术价值方面的稳步增长。因此，我们（代表与本期刊相关的所有人）怀着沉重的心情签字。现在会有一个好的期刊的空间，我希望其他人能够填补这个空白并继续提供一个论坛，特别是为该地区的年轻学者。