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Exploring local, experimenting with transnational: Producing Turkish television series Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Semih Bedir
This study explores the factors influencing the rising global appeal of Turkish TV series, focusing on the production process and economic dynamics with the global and local media distribution of these dramas. It assesses how market-driven media production conditions and creative professionals’ roles influence the creation of Turkish series by interviewing nine industry insiders. The study found that
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Mainstreaming anti-Semitism on Turkey’s public broadcaster TRT: Examining Payitaht: Abdülhamid Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Senem B Çevik
While conspiracy theories have traditionally received attention from the Turkish public and political elite, recently, however, they have proliferated when explaining complex situations. This paper examines conspiracy theories in Turkey and the role of entertainment media, specifically the popular period drama, Payitaht: Abdülhamid, in mainstreaming conspiracy theories. Payitaht: Abdülhamid, as an
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Technology and geopolitics: The social construction of Huawei’s 5G controversy in Europe Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-28 Zhan Zhang
This article examines the Huawei 5G controversy in Europe through the lens of social group dynamics and power shifts. It traces Huawei’s European journey from the deregulation of telecommunications in the 1980s to the company’s recent challenges following the US ban. Utilizing theories of the social construction of technology, the study investigates four meta-categories of social actors defining the
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Talking back to the wall: Problematizing trans/national media and counter-publics in border politics Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Ayleen Cabas-Mijares, Sara Shaban, Cristina Mislán
This study presents a textual analysis of the discourses that emerged in Mexican national newspapers and on Twitter about Donald Trump’s calls for a border wall in 2017. As the case of Israel’s border wall became entangled in this discussion, discourse in print and social media engaged in a re-evaluation of alliances and solidarities between Mexico, the Jewish-Mexican community and Israel. The findings
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Public fear or public sphere? A content analysis of user comments on Egyptian newspaper Facebook pages Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Mohamad Hamas Elmasry, Mohammed el-Nawawy
This content analysis examined posts and user comments on four of the most followed Egyptian newspaper Facebook pages: Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Youm Al-Saba’, Al-Shorouk and Al-Ahram. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the extent to which Egyptians are able to navigate ongoing government authoritarianism to self-express online. Contrary to expectations, the results indicate that Facebook page size
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Theorizing knowledgescape as a transnational mediating force: Artificial intelligence and global flows Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Huiling Ding, Yeqing Kong
As a global technoscientific form involving various forces and stakeholders, research and development (R&D) in artificial intelligence (AI) transcends corporate, national and institutional boundaries. Incorporating transnational rhetorical analysis and corpus-assisted discourse analysis, this article examines the global cultural flows surrounding AI constructed in official and media discourses in the
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Emerging economies in business news: Repositioning leaders in the Global South Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sujatha Sosale, Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno
Drawing from nation-branding as a recent development in contemporary globalization, and new middle power theory that examines hierarchies of nations, we used thematic textual analysis to examine business press coverage of the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) consortium for business news representations and the positioning of IBSA nations in the global arena. Analysis of coverage in India’s The Financial
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Structural aspects of the Brazilian experience in international broadcasting Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Augusto Santos
International broadcasting services are typically designed to serve public diplomacy and soft power objectives. Traditionally, Western powers have explored and benefited from this state-sponsored media category. However, countries in the Global South, like Brazil, have endeavoured to establish cross-border television services to bolster their international presence. This paper scrutinizes TV Brasil
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Mobile telephony and changing patterns of audiences’ engagement with global media in Africa Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar
This article explores the patterns and consequences of transnational audiences’ engagement with global media in the digital age, focusing on experiences in Africa. It examines Nigerians’ interactions with the BBC World Service, and draws on active audience theory and Joseph Nye’s soft power concept to unpick their complex relationship. Using documentary analysis, focus groups and individual interviews
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Hybrid regimes and narrative legitimacy during economic crises: Resiliency narratives of Egypt’s economic crisis Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Robert S Hinck, Skye C Cooley
This study advances a theory of resiliency narratives to hybrid regimes by proposing a continuum mapping a democratic, hybrid and modern authoritarian narrative structure based on its directionalit...
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‘They say we are all zombies’: Rethinking the role of audiences in a mediatized international conflict Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-25 Triin Vihalemm, Jānis Juzefovičs
This article contributes to the conceptualization of international conflict mediatization through the lenses of ‘audience logic’ instead of the usual ‘media logic’ perspective. The former is define...
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Constructing the ‘us’ and ‘them’ dichotomy through the notion of responsibility: An integrated framework Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-25 Xin Zhao
Based on the methodological approach to responsibility-related discourses in critical discourse studies and the theoretical understanding of the notion of responsibility in international relations ...
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An outside perspective for those within: The presentation of European states in Arab professional online news consumed by Arabic-speaking audiences in Europe Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Andrea Haeuptli
Arab migration to Europe has triggered vast public debate on immigration and European identity. But how do Arabic-speaking groups perceive their European resident countries? This study departs from...
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‘Keeping news alive in Venezuela’: Using social media as tactical media Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Paromita Pain, Ezequiel Korin
Venezuela leads Latin America with the largest number of imprisoned journalists and extreme government-led media censorship. Our in-depth interviews with 25 Venezuelan journalists reveal that assis...
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Globalization, glocalization and the ICT revolution Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Victor Roudometof
The article explores the relationship between globalization and the information and communications technology (ICT) revolution. The impact of ICTs does not conform to the globalization paradigm’s s...
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Mediatization and patterns of social interaction on social media Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Wail Ismail Abdel Barry, Mamdouh Abdallah Mohamed Abdellatif, Haitham Gouda Moayad
There is a correlative relationship between mediatization and social interaction. Communication scholars have paid attention to this relationship. We argue that mediatization involves the incorpora...
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Off limits: The role of news and social media in developing sexual assault and harassment as a campaign issue during the Indian parliamentary elections of 2019 Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Pallavi Guha
In September 2018, the second wave of #Metooindia resumed in India, opening up conversations on sexual assault. Surprisingly, this did not lead to the inclusion of sexual assault as a key campaign ...
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What drives journalists’ perceptions of media powers as political image-makers in the emerging democracy of Indonesia? Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Nyarwi Ahmad
This work explores what drives Indonesian journalists’ perceptions of media powers as political image-makers. The findings indicate that the following structural factors determined their perception...
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The spectacle of/as the state: The 2016 coup in Turkey and the performance of sovereignty Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Caitlin Marie Miles
Examining the settings of the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, this paper traces the relationship between state power, agency and media. On 15 July 2016, reports emerged through social networking sites...
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Counter-hegemonic collaborations or alliances of the underdogs? The case of TeleSUR with Al-Mayadeen, RT and CGTN Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Pablo Sebastian Morales
This study explores how news channels from the Global South challenge western narratives by co-producing TV programmes. It focuses on Telesur (Venezuela) and its collaborations with RT (Russia), Al...
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Audio-visual industry and digital platforms in India: A contribution from political economy of communication Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Philippe Bouquillion, Christine Ithurbide
This article examines the role played by digital platforms in the transformation of the audio-visual industry in India. Are video-on-demand platforms contributing to India’s growing dependence on g...
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Comparing impacts on media freedom in Southeast Asia: Connotative context factors in Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Melanie Radue
Cross-national media freedom comparison is often based on Western-biased indices published by organizations such as Freedom House or Reporters Without Borders. Additionally, Eurocentric analysis an...
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Corrigendum to The impact of the platformization of Arab news websites on quality journalism Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-20
Zaid B, Ibahrine M and Fedtke J (2022) The impact of the platformization of Arab news websites on quality journalism. Global Media and Communication. doi: 10.1177/17427665221098022.
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Talk shows: A thematic exploration deciphering commodification, branding and links to capitalism in the media sphere Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-04 Vasupradha Srikrishna
Celebrity talk shows are perceptive illustrations of how they are rooted in profusion of flattery for the bourgeois class, and applaud class consciousness to the extent of normalizing it. This pape...
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‘You are just dealing with machines’: Negotiating the spread of digital media from a small Japanese town Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Fabienne Darling-Wolf
This project ethnographically explores how individuals in a small Japanese town negotiate the changes brought about by the increased omnipresence of digital technologies in their everyday lives. It...
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The impact of the platformization of Arab news websites on quality journalism Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Bouziane Zaid, Mohammed Ibahrine, Jana Fedtke
As elsewhere in the world, Arab news websites depend on revenue streams built on the commercialization of social media platforms. Reliance on these platforms has created a major structural shift in...
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Radio on demand: New habits of consuming radio content Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 Tal Laor
This research is an investigation into changes in the radio listening habits of consumers who use on-demand radio. Findings indicate high daily listening rates to online on-demand radiophonic content as listeners are not dependent on schedules. Listeners proactively use the options offered by on-demand radio to satisfy listeners’ diverse needs, in line with the uses and gratifications theory. The diversity
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Media coverage of climate change induced migration: Implications for meaningful media discourse Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-12-14 Maria Sakellari
This article focuses on how the construction of ‘migrant’ and ‘refugee’ as a social threat is involved in the specific ways in which climate change induced migration is communicated in Western media. It puts a spotlight on a major drawback of climate policies: the failure to make room for the issue of climate migration. The article explores how a climate justice frame would allow the evolution of conceptual
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Airing imperium: A historiography of radio governance in South Asia Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-09-13 Preeti Raghunath
The 1920s emerged as a landmark decade in the world history of radio, more particularly in South Asia. About a century later, this paper seeks to stitch together a critical historiography of radio governance in colonial South Asia. In doing so, the paper seeks to unravel colonial constructions, norms and rationalities associated with the modern medium of radio in the South Asian context. This paper
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Moving people: Proper distance and global news coverage of migration in 2019 Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-08-26 Alexa Robertson, Nadja Schaetz
Moving people comprise both a subject of news reports (of refugees, migrants and other people-on-the-move) and a way of reporting on the issues involved. Viewers can be moved and placed in a discursive relation to the displaced when news stories construct what Arendt called ‘proper distance’. This possibility is explored in the article, which compares coverage of migration issues in 2019 on four global
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WhatsApp disruptions in Brazil: A content analysis of user and news media responses, 2015–2018 Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Gabriel Pereira, Iago Bueno Bojczuk Camargo, Lisa Parks
Brazilians have adopted WhatsApp as a national media and communication infrastructure over the past several years, although it is controlled by its private US-based owner, Facebook. This article explores the diverse, contentious and influential roles the app played in the country during disruptions to its use from 2015 to 2018. Using content analysis, we critically engage with user-generated memes
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Proximity hype as a frame attribute in the reporting on North Korea: Frame strength in competitive contexts Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-08-19 Lukasz Nowacki
This study analyses generic frames exhibiting varying strength when in a competitive context in an effort to identify the most recurring and repeated patterns and schemata in the framing of global news. The two-level analysis revealed six recurring attributes (official and/or credible sources, repetition, journalistic lexical bias, proximity hype, episodic nature of frame and negativity bias) that
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Visual content of Twitter during the 2018 protests in Iran: Analysis of its role and function Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-08-13 Maryam Esfandiari, Bohdan Fridrich, Junxi Yao
This study examines the visual content of Twitter posts, including photos and videos, published during the 2018 protests in Iran. Our main objective is to understand how these protests were visually represented on Twitter. The theoretical framework of this study is drawn from the ‘dynamic dual path way model of approach coping’ that categorizes responses of collective action in emotion-focused and
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Topic modeling for frame analysis: A study of media debates on climate change in India and USA Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-06-17 Tuukka Ylä-Anttila, Veikko Eranti, Anna Kukkonen
We argue that ‘topics’ of topic models can be used as a useful proxy for frames if (1) frames are operationalized as connections between concepts; (2) theme-specific data are used; and (3) topics are validated in terms of frame analysis. Demonstrating this, we analyse 12 climate change frames used by NGOs, governments and experts in Indian and US media, gathered by topic modeling. We contribute methodologically
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The Omran Daqneesh imagery from the streets of Aleppo to international front pages: Testimony, politics and emotions Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Mette Mortensen, Nina Grønlykke Mollerup
This article studies the virality and assigned iconicity of visual icons by examining the roles and interplays between photographers and other media actors contributing to early phases of making and sharing the Omran Daqneesh images from Aleppo, 2016. We draw on theoretical frameworks concerning the mobilization of iconic imagery in today’s digitalized and globalized media landscape as well the interpretive
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From flabby to fit: Restructuring the public broadcasting system in Egypt Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Rasha Allam
The Egyptian public broadcaster, newly named the National Media Council (NMC), has been under pressure to undergo comprehensive restructuring. Many changes have taken place recently to enable this transformation. Through analysing financial reports, evaluating the new regulatory framework and conducting in-depth interviews, this study examines the likelihood of the NMC adapting to the recent changes
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Book review: The History of the International Telecommunication Union (Itu): Transnational Techno-Diplomacy from the Telegraph to the Internet Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-05-25 ShinJoung Yeo
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The relationship between media use, perceptions and regime preference in post-Arab Spring countries Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-04-19 Albaraa F Altourah, Khin Wee Chen, Ali A Al-Kandari
This paper examines the link between attitudes and perceptions and feelings of dissatisfaction predicating the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen and their correlation to various media use. World Value Survey Report data show choice of media directly predicts governance preference and indirectly predicts governance preference through the creation of certain perceptions. Democratic
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Gratifications and readership of women’s magazines in South Africa Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-04-19 Thérèse Roux
The purpose of this article is to expand knowledge about the gratification obtained from women’s magazines using the Uses and Gratifications Theory and the Expectation Confirmation Theory. A mobile-administered survey instrument was used to collect data from 520 magazine readers in South Africa. Key findings indicate that women’s magazines – queens of the newsstands – remain effective mechanisms in
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There can be only one truth: Ideological segregation and online news communities in Ukraine Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-04-16 Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh
The paper examines ideological segregation among Ukrainian users in online environments, using as a case study partisan news communities on Vkontakte, the largest online platform in post-communist states. Its findings suggest that despite their insignificant numbers, partisan news communities attract substantial attention from Ukrainian users and can encourage the formation of isolated ideological
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Media accountability in the age of social media: Participatory transparency of the audience in Spain Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 María-Ángeles Chaparro-Domínguez, Marta Pérez-Pereiro, Ruth Rodríguez-Martínez
The mass media is increasingly promoting public participation. Taking as a starting point the participatory transparency concept enunciated by Karlsson (2010), our research studies the audience’s active role in holding Spanish media to account through a range of online tools. We study the role of the audience by analyzing the perceptions of two main actors: journalists and citizens. A two-fold methodology
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#Kanhaiya: Exploring Indian journalists’ use of Twitter to share developing news and audience engagement with different types of tweets Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-01-21 Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Sriya Chattopadhyay
This exploratory study examined the twitter feeds of ten senior Indian journalists during a specific event of national importance to understand what type of tweets led to greater follower engagement. Further, we examined how followers engaged with congruent and incongruent messages. Analysis of tweets about a specific developing event – the arrest and release of a student activist – indicated that
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Communication strategies of winning hearts and minds: The case of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political communication campaign post Morsi’s downfall Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Moeen Koa
This article examines how social movements attempt to repair a tarnished image and win the hearts and minds of the public. It studies the Muslim Brotherhood’s political communication campaign post-July 2013. A content analysis of a census of the Brotherhood’s communiqués issued during a 5-year period was performed. Considering social movement theory, this case study reveals that strategic framing can
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Politicizing participatory culture at the margins: The significance of class, gender and online media for the practices of youth networks in the MENA region Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Shakuntala Banaji, Cristina Moreno-Almeida
Our paper focuses on case-studies of artistic, creative and political participation by young feminists and civil society groups in Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and UAE. Central questions uncover the intersecting significance of class, gender and new media in young MENA citizens’ participation; the connections between mediated cultural production and political intervention; and the role of structural barriers
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‘Just the way my generation reads the news’: News consumption habits of youth in Turkey and the UK Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-12-18 Eylem Yanardağoğlu
Audiences’ media use and news consumption behaviour are constantly shifting. Some scholars note that the growing decline in youth’s news consumption raises concerns about the future of democracy in...
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Book Review: Channeling the State: Community Media and Popular Politics in Venezuela Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Zhihua Zhang
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Book review: Why Do People Sing? On Voice Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Wang Jing
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Book review: Globalization and Media in the Digital Platform Age Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Todd Nesbitt
Erving Goffman, Roland Barthes and Edward Hall. The writing and discussion of this book reminds me of many other theoretical works on sound, voice and listening not mentioned in the book itself, including Canetti’s (1984) Crowd and Power, Erlmann’s (2014) Reason and Resonance, Ingold’s (2000) The Perception of the Environment, and various discussions of sound and affect in recent sounds studies scholarship
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Repertoires, identities, and issues of collective action in the candlelight movement of South Korea Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Young-Gil Chae, Jaehee Cho, Inho Cho
In this case study, we examine the evolution of particular themes and identities of collective action. Using the 2016 Candlelight Movement in South Korea as a case study, we attempt to understand how communication processes construct the sociocultural meanings of collective action. We argue that understanding a social movement requires comprehension of the communicative actions of the movement participants
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Evangelical indigenous radio stations in Colombia: Between the promotion of social change and religious indoctrination Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Diego Mauricio Cortés
This article refutes dominant views that define evangelical indigenous media as intrinsic tools for religious indoctrination. The case of the Colombian Misak community shows that evangelical radio stations can contribute to community building. However, the degree of the positive or negative contribution of evangelical media depends on the dominance of evangelical presence at indigenous localities.
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Book review: Reluctant Power: Networks, Corporations, and the Struggle for Global Governance in the Early 20th Century Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Dal Yong Jin
Kitchin R (2016) Thinking critically about and researching algorithms. Information, Communication & Society, 20(1): 14–29. MacKenzie D (2006) An Engine Not A Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Nakamura L (2009) The socioalgorithmics of race: Sorting it out in Jihad worlds. In: Gates K and Magnet S (eds) The New Media of Surveillance. New York, NY: Routledge. O’Neil
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The role of the ‘negativity’ factor in international news coverage: A case study of Latin America in the German press, 2000–2014 Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Regina Cazzamatta
This paper analyses the predominance of the ‘negativity’ factor as the primary determinant of news coverage in the German press – Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Tageszeitung and Der Spiegel – of events in Latin America. Based on a sample of 3831 articles published between January 2000 and December 2014, this study finds a general concentration of negative events (43.05%) with
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Evolution of interactive elements in socio-political talk shows in post-Soviet Russia Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Petr Gulenko, Yulia Dolgova
The article studies the place and degree of interactivity of interactive elements in socio-political talk shows on Russian television during the period of the presidency and premiership of Vladimir...
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Hatred versus tolerance: The effect of the media on the notion of citizenship in Kuwait and Oman Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Ali A Dashti, Hasan A Johar, Saif Nasser Al-Maamari, Hamed H AlAbdullah
The wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, the crisis in Bahrain and the confrontation with Iran have created an environment of sectarianism in the region. This hostility has challenged the media to deal with the issue of citizenship (Al-Muwatana) in a responsible manner. This study applies Social Responsibility Theory to shed light on the role of print media in shaping the concept of citizenship in the Arabian
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Representing school arson in Kenya: An analysis of newspaper reporting Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Hildah Oburu, Bronwyné Coetzee, Leslie Swartz
Arson is a recurrent problem in Kenyan secondary schools. Although school violence – notably gun violence – has received significant attention, there has been less academic attention paid to school arson, especially in Africa. This study explores how newspaper reports in Kenya framed school arson and links these framings to broader questions about the understanding and production of Kenyan identity
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The transnational reception of bestselling books between Canada and Australia Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-06-29 Beth Driscoll, DeNel Rehberg Sedo
This study investigates the circulation and reception of six bestsellers between Canada and Australia (2005–2014). We ask which contemporary bestselling books travel between Canada and Australia, how and by whom these books are mediated, and how they are received by readers. Through content analysis of Canadian and Australian print media mentions and online reader reviews (n = 4407), we find variation
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When news is the crisis: Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya framing of the 2017 Gulf conflict Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-06-19 Soukaina Ajaoud, Mohamad Hamas Elmasry
The 2017 Gulf crisis raises important questions about what happens when news networks become part and parcel of a political conflict. This research employs content analysis to analyse how two flagship evening news programmes – Al-Hasad (The Harvest) on Al Jazeera and Panorama on Al Arabiya – framed the early phase of the 2017 Gulf crisis. The study provides an elucidation of how, specifically, editorial
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Information seeking and communication during forced migration: An empirical analysis of refugees’ digital media use and its effects on their perceptions of Germany as their target country Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-06-07 Martin Emmer, Marlene Kunst, Carola Richter
There is a common perception that ‘every refugee carries a smartphone’, but research on this phenomenon is limited. We conducted a representative survey of 400 refugees to Germany which provides insight into their use of digital media in preparation for and during forced migration. We also asked whether digital media shaped images of and expectations about the refugees’ target country Germany. The
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Understanding the characteristics of broadcast media policy in Iran: A thematic policy analysis Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-06-07 Sara Talebian
This article aims to explore the characteristics of broadcasting media policy in Iran. Ratified laws and regulatory documents concerning broadcast media in Iran are collected and analysed using qualitative content analysis and thematic coding. The results indicate that rigid state ownership, promoting political and cultural discourses, unification, using state-secured budgets, focussing on mass audience
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Book review: Digital China’s Informal Circuits: Platforms, Labor, and Governance Global Media and Communication (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2020-03-27 Angela Ke Li