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Current cases of and motivations for second screen use by generation Z: university students Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-15 Aydın Yeşilyurt, Sibel Karaduman
Second screen use is becoming increasingly popular among young people. Türkiye can be expressed as a place where the use of devices such as TV, phone, tablet and computer is widespread. This study,...
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Everyday conversations that impact health communication: developing and validating the everyday family health communication measure Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Emily Scheinfeld
Research has shown that targeted, or episodic, conversations impact health behavior outcomes, like drinking, smoking, and sex, even later in life during emerging adulthood. However, little is truly...
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Don’t try to make me laugh, let me do: persuading employees to action Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Yael Brender-Ilan, Adi Katz
As Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) gains prevalence in managerial practices, this study investigates the effect of managerial humor on employees’ perceptions of ability, motivation, and tende...
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Theories for social justice and reduction of inequalities: a review of freirean communications Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 John C. Hayvon
This paper assesses the contributions of Paulo Freire to communication theories, drawing upon a search for communication theory literature on the database Communication and Mass Media Open and the ...
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Development and problems of the national journalistic model of Kazakhstan, considering social, ethical, managerial, and marketing mechanisms of the media environment Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Aibarsha Zhaksylyk, Beibit Togtarbay, Kuat Auyesbay, Bakyt Shoiymbekova, Zhainagul Tolemissova
Journalistic activity in Kazakhstan is a complex system that occupies an important place in the development and promotion of a national modernized model of public consciousness. The purpose of the ...
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(Re)Framing abortion: the lamination of trafficking in reproductive rights discourse Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-21 Bond Benton, Daniela Peterka-Benton
Human trafficking has historically been exploited for political purposes and to reify social hierarchies. Popular media and conspiracies such as QAnon have reinforced many of these myths about huma...
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Polarized framing of scientific uncertainty during COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Hicham Zag, Mohamed Mifdal
Examining the representation of COVID-19-related scientific uncertainty in Moroccan media, this paper investigated how legacy and social media’s framing of scientific uncertainty contributed to sha...
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Bolivar can’t carry double? The impact of the Israel-Hamas war on media coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Anton Oleinik
The article describes how the first six months of the armed conflict in and around the Gaza Strip impacted political and media discourses about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which starte...
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A tale of three betrayals: news framing of women who enable abusive men Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Miglena Sternadori, Bethany Pitchford
This study identified the dominant frames in the news coverage of three lawyers – Lisa Bloom, Susan Estrich, and Tina Tchen – who have repeatedly self-identified as feminists and yet have sided wit...
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Linguistic agency in disaster messaging: differing strategies for threat and efficacy perceptions Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Braden Hale Bagley, Kathryn E. Anthony, Steven Venette
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of linguistic assignment of agency on individuals’ perceptions of source credibility; specifically, this study assessed the impact of lingui...
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The effects of online interruption pace and richness on task performance Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Eliat Chen Levy, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Yaron Ariel
This study investigates the impact of online interruption pace and information richness on managerial task performance. A computer game simulating external interruptions online was used to expose p...
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More than entertaining: a typology of family portrayals and inherent persuasive potential Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Chelsea E. Moss
Family portrayals in entertainment media represent a significant concern for both media and family communication scholars. These fictional families can model both effective and ineffective family b...
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I can’t stop myself! Doomscrolling, conspiracy theories, and trust in social media Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Barbara K. Kaye, Thomas J. Johnson
This study furthers understanding of doomscrolling – obsessively looking for bad news on a mobile device to the detriment of one’s well-being – by examining reactions (negative feelings, informatio...
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News personalization, narcissism, & the third-person effect: examining support for restrictions on audience data collection Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Lisa Farman
An online survey (N = 561) tested perceptions of the personalization of online political news. A third-person effect emerged: respondents believed others would be more affected by political news pe...
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When everyone loses: Exploring the emotional cost of broken trust and nonprofit wrongdoing Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Ashley Jones-Bodie
This project explores narratives of nonprofit wrongdoing through media coverage and organizational responses exhibited in four individual cases, representing four common types of nonprofit organiza...
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“Math is for life. We use it everyday:” examining memorable messages parents give to their children about math education and predictors of their own math self-anxiety, math self-concept, and math self-efficacy Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Angela M. Hosek, Carly Densmore, Valerie Rubinsky, Caroline Waldbuesser, Mellissa Rizzo, John Marc Cueller
This study explored various aspects of the memorable messages about math education that parents shared with their college aged children and parents’ own experiences with math education. Findings re...
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Stakeholder identity orientations: understanding the perceptions of a public university’s identity through the lenses of students, faculty, and staff Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Nell C. Huang-Horowitz, Maggie Boyraz, Sunny Lie Owens
This paper examines the organizational identity orientations (IDOs) of members in the higher education context. We conducted a survey of students, faculty, and staff at a large public university to...
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Exploring the surge of negativity during the COVID-19 pandemic: computational text and sentiment analysis across eight newsrooms’ tweets Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Elif Kahraman-Gokalp, Sadettin Demirel, Uğur Gündüz
The rise of Twitter as a news platform has radically changed the way we access, consume, and share news. Twitter becomes an important hub to quickly and easily access accurate information in times ...
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“I would not want to be viewed as someone that complains”: a mixed methods analysis of the factors that contribute to concealment and disclosure of workplace cyberbullying Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Rhiannon B. Kallis, Andrea L. Meluch
Almost half of all U.S. employees have experienced some form of workplace bullying . Stress and decreased job satisfaction are just some of the negative impacts victims or bystanders of workplace b...
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Engagement with and persuasiveness of HPV vaccination promotion videos: an examination of narrative engagement theory Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Rikishi T. Rey, Michelle Miller-Day, Erin S. Craw, Tess M. Buckley, Tayah R. Wozniak, Suellen Hopfer
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States (CDC, 2023). Although a vaccine for HPV exists, the vaccination rate in young adults is still s...
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The role of social media in political communication: how alternative journalists illuminate information in Central America’s declining democracies Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Gabriella M. Pruitt Santos
Declining democracy in Central America, from oppressive policies in El Salvador and detaining journalists in Guatemala to emerging anti-press rhetoric in Costa Rica, reinforces a history of violent...
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Engaging with misinformation and misinformation corrective messages on social media: Examining the role of source cues, social endorsement cues, and prior attitudes Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Yuan Wang
This study seeks to understand how individuals engage with misinformation and corrective messages about genetically modified (GM) food safety on social media. Based on a 2 (expert source vs. social...
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Before the law: A Ricoeurian approach to civil discourse Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Fadoua Loudiy
The discussion on free speech is often framed in terms of the rights of the speaker (civil liberties) and those of the addressee (civil rights). This legalistic framework is not always a good measu...
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Struggling to recover or recovering the struggle: a critical examination of recovery narratives as discourses-in-practice for people suffering from postpartum depression Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Alanna R. Miller, Alexandru Stana
Postpartum depression is a prevalent condition, and preliminary data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic further increased its incidence. Building on scholarship that has shown the value of explorin...
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Vaccine confidence in New Zealand: understanding the influences of demographic characteristics and patient self-advocacy Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Stephen M Croucher, Douglas Ashwell, Joanna Cullinane, Nicola Murray, Thao Nguyen
Based on uncertainty management theory, this study examined the extent to which demographic factors and patient self-advocacy predict COVID-19 vaccine confidence in New Zealand. Based on a national...
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Apprehending the elusive and ambiguous: communication, language and literacy Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Corey Anton
ABSTRACT This paper surveys some of the peculiar challenges facing those who would study communication. It draws heavily upon the recent work of David R. Olson to show how ‘meaning’ and ‘context’ have elusive and ambiguous dimensions. It explores how literacy is related to reasoning about reasoning and forms of literate humor, and it documents how literacy makes the phenomena of meaning and context
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Resistive reviews and early cancel culture: delegitimation and The Chronicles of Narnia Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Brent Yergensen
ABSTRACT In the context of the George W. Bush presidency’s reawakening of public religiosity, journalists delegitimized, to borrow wording from Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Chronicles of Narnia film and its funder, Philip Anschutz. Journalistic concerns about the film were articulated in describing Anschutz’s reputation as greedy, hyper-religious, and geared toward imperialistic business ventures. By
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Stepping outside of comfort zones: Transformational learning in online asynchronous communication courses Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Alex Spadaro, Desiree Doyle, April Chatham-Carpenter
This paper investigates the impact of communication educators’ teaching practices on student transformation and growth in asynchronous online communication courses. The literature focuses on high-i...
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Breaking the mold: examining the effectiveness of techniques to reduce motivated reasoning Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Justin Parvizi, Jay D. Hmielowski
ABSTRACT Extensive research in the social sciences has shown that people tend to engage in motivated reasoning when processing information. However, one area of inquiry that has been lacking is examining the effectiveness of different strategies that aim to decrease motivated reasoning. In this paper, we examine three strategies that have been shown to decrease motivated reasoning: accuracy motivation
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Unmasking twitter discourse: an infodemiology study of covid-19 mitigation practices Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Barbe Fogarty, Keith Massie, Juliana Svistova
Social media is emerging as a useful tool in tracking public health concerns and provides timely insights into how individuals understand and respond to public health threats. Almost 85 million twe...
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Overcoming hurdles of gender and race: seasoned U.S. practitioners reflect on their career progressions in journalism and public relations Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Jiangxue (Ashley) Han, Olga Zatepilina-Monacell
ABSTRACT This study gives voice to US women who overcame the challenges of their gender or race and had to switch jobs or industries to achieve success in the journalism and public relations professions. A feminist theoretical approach was adopted to conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with 18 racially diverse journalists and public relations practitioners over the age of 50 who reflected on their
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The effects of CSR perceptions and agreements: applying the heuristic-systematic information processing model in CSR campaigns Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Wen Zhao
ABSTRACT Although some scholars explored the heuristic-systematic information processing model in communication studies, little is known about how consumers’ CSR perceptions influence CSR information processing and how the different information process strategies can affect consumers’ purchase intentions. To address this research gap, this paper conducted an online survey to understand how consumers’
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“I feel like the risks far outweigh the benefits of the vaccinations”: investigating vaccine risk perceptions, emotions, and the PRISM framework Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Ashleigh M. Day, Julie E. Volkman, Chris R. Morse, Kirsten L. Hokeness
Vaccinations are important tools in public health. Yet, heightened risk perceptions toward vaccines as well as vaccine hesitancy are increasing in society. Thus, the purpose of this study was to le...
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The last remaining thing we have in common: journalists publicly perform their addiction to former President Trump Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Ron Bishop
A rhetorical analysis was performed on stories by journalists from 2016 to early 2021 about former President Trump in which they invoked addiction to reflect on their performance. My analysis confi...
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Looking beyond the punchline: the effect of political entertainment on evaluations of political candidates Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Eliana DuBosar, Myiah J. Hutchens
This study examined the effects of three different television genres on perceptions of a political candidate during an election period. Students at a large Southeastern university (n = 172) were as...
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Tweeting about the COVID-19 vaccine: A content analysis Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Michael K Hauer, Alexander Jenkins, Janna MacPherson, Qingyue Sun, Marianne Swain
ABSTRACT Twitter has been an influential and often controversial strategy for disseminating, discussing, and sharing information about the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic. This study focuses on using Twitter as a data collection and analysis tool to understand the narrative surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine in the days after the first emergency-use authorization (EUA). We conducted a content analysis
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Instagram as one tool, two stages: self-presentational differences between main feed and story on Instagram Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Gulnur Yenilmez Kacar
Photo sharing is a common practice of self-presentation on social network sites (SNSs). As a highly popular site, Instagram has two spheres to share photos, main feed and story, and each offers div...
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Gunning for change: A content analysis of tweets following three mass shootings in the United States Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Amanda D. Damiano, W. Xie, C-H. Jong
This study examined public comments on Twitter in the wake of three mass shootings in the United States during the summer of 2022. A total of 1,500 tweets were assessed (N = 1,500) for sentiment, r...
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Fake news and partisan blame attribution: Exploring the mediating role of self-enhancing perceptual bias among young adults Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Hyungjin Gill, Moonhoon Choi, Swee Kiat Tay
The politicized public discourse on online ‘fake news’ today has contributed to the rise in scholarly interest on blame attribution for this fake news problem, particularly when the attribution is ...
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Cultivating paranormal beliefs: how television viewing, social media use, and podcast listening predict belief in UFOs Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Robert Stise, James Bingaman, Aysha Siddika, Wyatt Dawson, Ashley Paintsil, Paul R. Brewer
This study builds on cultivation theory to consider how use of different media – including television, social media, and podcasts – may predict belief in unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and extr...
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War propaganda effectiveness: a comparative content-analysis of media coverage of the two first months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Anton Oleinik
ABSTRACT The article discusses the coverage of the two first months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by mass media in four countries, Russia, Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In total, publications in seven mass media (online news portals and print newspapers) were content analyzed, along with war-related speeches of political leaders in those countries. An original method for assessing
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“The abuse explains why I am a certain way”: post-abuse disclosures in romantic relationships Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Valerie Rubinsky, Amber Collman, Catherine Tolman
This paper presents the results of an exploratory study that investigates the goals, characteristics, and relational effects of disclosure following experiences of relational abuse and image-based ...
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All distractions are not equal: the moderating role of autistic traits and technology multitasking on academic performance among college students Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Brenda Rourke, Saraswathi Bellur, Kristine Nowak
An increasing number of college students are continuously connected to media and their mobile devices even while in class or doing other activities. Research has shown some negative effects of this...
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An icon of dialogic courage: response to the absurd of the unity of contraries Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Natalia E. Tapsak
To those who find genuine dialogue embracing difference nearly impossible in an atmosphere of hate and violent polarization, Martin Buber’s notion of the “unity of contraries” can seem absurd. In r...
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Typologies of rejected requests and compliance-resistance strategies in various interpersonal influence contexts Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Jose Carlo G. de Pano
This study examined compliance resistance to highlight the active role of persuasion targets in interpersonal influence interactions. The data gathered from 242 respondents through an online questi...
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Exploring the concept of financial domination on social media: sentiment and text analysis on Twitter Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Uğur Gündüz, Sadettin Demirel, Işıl Tombul
In today’s digital culture, we face a new behavior that started on Twitter, a social media platform with a large user base. This study explores how users participate in the financial slave-themed T...
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The 2018 California wildfires: examining sex differences in response to crisis communication and underlying processes Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Kenneth A. Lachlan, Christine Gilbert, Emily Hutter, Patric R. Spence
ABSTRACT A sizable body of research has explored information seeking processes during crises and disasters, including the ways in which people seek mediated information to help make sense of the event and take action. Much of this research has postulated that information seeking is used as a mechanism for stress reduction, and that sex differences exist in terms of information seeking and risk perceptions
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Career development of postdocs: a qualitative study of mentoring communication patterns Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Henna A. Qureshi, Alexander Gröschner, Züleyha Ünlü
For the career development of postdocs in academia, universities in Germany are offering mentoring programs to postdocs. They aim to encourage, support and mentor the postdocs toward professorship ...
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Messengers of justice: social network analysis of public relations support for migrants Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Cindy Azucena Gómez-Schempp, Naoru Koizumi, Rajendra Kulkarni, William Yaworsky
This article applies Social Network Analysis (SNA) to illuminate the task forces created by US-based activists undertaking public relations on behalf of migrant caravan participants that travel fro...
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Inferential reasoning ability moderates the influence of mediated exemplars on risk perception Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 D. E. Bergan, R. M. Reynolds, D. Totzkay
Research has shown that vivid exemplars bias risk perceptions, raising concerns about the role of media in shaping public opinion. However, receiver characteristics that moderate the influence of v...
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Anxieties and ironies of marketing a higher education: toward a rooted reflexivity with Ulrich Beck Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 David Impellizzeri
Renowned German sociologist Ulrich Beck offers an interpretive understanding of the tectonic societal transformations associated with advanced modernization. The reach of these significant shifts e...
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Aristotle meets online endorsers – implications of ancient philosophy for modern marketing communications Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Walter von Mettenheim, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann
This work identifies the differences in the relevance of online endorsers’ physical attractiveness and expertise depending on whether an endorsed product is related to attractiveness. It provides a...
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The vanishing arcade redemption token: intermediate digitization and commercialization of local gaming exonumia Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Michael C. Zalot
This article examines vintage arcade redemption tokens, circulating from approximately the mid-20th century through the early 2010s as a communicative local exchange medium. The tokens are describe...
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News frames and differences in their application according to the author’s beliefs. Polish conservative vs. liberal press on the protests against tightening the abortion law Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Rafał Siekiera, Przemysław Szews
This article studies the application of framing in press publications concerning the protests against the ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal respecting the legality of abortion. Using the...
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Emotion, attachment, representation, and loss: a comparative study on what it means for objects to “spark joy” Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Kirara Nagatsuka, Valerie Manusov
The concept spark joy has a long history in Japan but only a brief one in the U.S. This study involved interviews with 25 Japanese and 25 U.S. nationals to capture their knowledge of and interpreta...
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Identity disruption and the observing-narrating self in Stanley Hayami’s internment diary Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Roger C. Aden, Anna V. Wilhelm
ABSTRACT Among the tens of thousands of young Japanese Americans imprisoned in internment camps during World War II, teenager Stanley Hayami decided to chronicle his thoughts and experiences in a diary. Hayami’s diary provides both a fascinating glimpse into the everyday experiences of teenage internees and, as we argue, an opportunity to learn more about how the process of journaling can reveal the
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“Distorted mirror”? 20 years of elders’ images in Time magazine advertising Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Hong Ji, Anne Cooper
This study of 5,796 models pictured in Time magazine’s advertising over the past 20 years supported Pollay’s view of advertising as a “distorted mirror” that misportrays Americans aged 60 or older....
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Toward a communication theory of coping: COVID-19 and the MotherScholar Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Sarah Symonds LeBlanc, Elizabeth Spradley, Heather Olson Beal, Lauren Burrow, Chrissy Cross
ABSTRACT MotherScholars are women, mothers, and academics that intentionally blend these identities as an act of resistance to the academic institutions that often devalue and under support their respective maternal and professional roles. As MotherScholars, we experienced dramatic shifts during the onset and persistence of COVID-19 that precipitated in a re-imagining of MotherScholar coping. This
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The impact of casual gameplay on health attitudes and behaviors: examining persuasion in a branded game about nutrition through narrative, gameplay, and flow Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-13 Brett Sherrick
This project tests the ability of narrative and gameplay to persuade in a casual health game, through two experimental studies. Study 1 (N = 212) explores how independently manipulated narrative an...
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Of media and mediums: illusion and the roots of virtual reality in Victorian era science, social change and Spiritualism Atlantic Journal of Communication (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 John V. Pavlik, Shravan Regret Iyer
ABSTRACT Drawing upon historical archives and through the lens of the experiential media theoretical framework, this paper presents findings that reveal the confluence of factors from the Victorian Era (VE) that laid the foundation for contemporary virtual reality (VR). Prior research has identified the stereoscope as a key technology from the 19th century as a precursor to VR. But this investigation