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A Systems Approach to Studying Online Communities Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Jeremy Foote
Much early communication research was inspired by systems theory. This approach emphasizes that individuals and groups use communication to interact with and respond to their larger environment and attempts to outline the ways that different levels interact with each other (e.g., work groups within departments within firms). Many concepts from systems theory—such as emergence and feedback loops—have
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Editorial: Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Seungyoon Lee
Online social media present unprecedented opportunities and challenges for a range of organizing processes such as information sharing, knowledge creation, collective action, and post-disaster resource mobilization. Concepts and tools of network research can help highlight key aspects of online interaction. This editorial introduction frames the thematic issue along three themes of networked processes:
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Entanglements of Identity and Resilience in the Camp Fire’s Network of Disaster-Specific Facebook Groups Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Bailey C. Benedict
The Camp Fire in California (November 2018) was one of the most destructive wildfires in recorded history. Dozens of Facebook groups emerged to help people impacted by the Camp Fire. Its variety and prevalence throughout recovery make this network of disaster-specific, recovery-oriented social media groups a distinct context for inquiry. Reflexive thematic analysis was performed on 25 interviews with
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Expertise, Knowledge, and Resilience in #AcademicTwitter: Enacting Resilience-Craft in a Community of Practice Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Sean M. Eddington,Caitlyn Jarvis
Online communities of practice are a useful professional development space, where members can exchange information, aggregate expertise, and find support. These communities have grown in popularity within higher education—especially on social networking sites like Twitter. Although popular within academe, less is known about how specific online communities of practice respond and adapt during times
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The Use of Social Media by Spanish Feminist Organizations: Collectivity From Individualism Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Celina Navarro,Gemma Gómez-Bernal
In recent years, social media platforms have become a popular tool for feminist activists and the main medium of communication for new feminist organizations to gain higher visibility. However, along with opportunities, they also bring a reshaping of communication forms and challenges in the modes of organization of these groups, which seek to transform the prevailing individualist logic of the mediated
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Election Fraud and Misinformation on Twitter: Author, Cluster, and Message Antecedents Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Ming Ming Chiu,Chong Hyun Park,Hyelim Lee,Yu Won Oh,Jeong-Nam Kim
This study determined the antecedents of diffusion scope (total audience), speed (number of adopters/time), and shape (broadcast vs. person-to-person transmission) for true vs. fake news about a falsely claimed stolen 2020 US Presidential election across clusters of users that responded to one another’s tweets (“user clusters”). We examined 31,128 tweets with links to fake vs. true news by 20,179 users
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Homophily and Polarization in Twitter Political Networks: A Cross-Country Analysis Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Marc Esteve-Del-Valle
Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental pattern to understand human relations. As such, the study of homophily can provide key insights into the flow of information and behaviors within political contexts. Indeed, some degree of polarization is necessary for the functioning of liberal democracies, but too much polarization can increase the adoption
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The “Greta Effect”: Networked Mobilization and Leader Identification Among Fridays for Future Protesters Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Giuliana Sorce
Drawing on walking interviews with 19 Fridays for Future (FFF) activists in Germany, this study focuses on Greta Thunberg by researching strikers’ perception, identification, and online networking practices with the movement’s central figure. With respect to protest mobilization and collective identity formation, this study finds that participants primarily identify with Thunberg via her class standing
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Adolescents’ Understanding of the Model of Sponsored Content of Social Media Influencer Instagram Stories Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Delia Cristina Balaban,Meda Mucundorfeanu,Larisa Ioana Mureșan
Our study stresses the importance of developing understandable and easily recognizable ad disclosures for adolescents as a specific target group of social media influencer (SMI) advertising. A comprehensive advertising literacy concept that includes a cognitive, performative, and attitudinal component builds the theoretical background of the present research. We examine the effectiveness of ad disclosure
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Editorial: Digital Child- and Adulthood—Risks, Opportunities, and Challenges Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Claudia Riesmeyer,Arne Freya Zillich,Thorsten Naab
This thematic issue discusses risks, opportunities, and challenges of digital child- and adulthood based on different theoretical and methodological perspectives. It focuses on three topics: First, the challenges children and adolescents face in developing skills for dealing with promotional content are highlighted. Second, several contributions discuss the actions of parents and instructors and their
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Does Digital Media Use Harm Children’s Emotional Intelligence? A Parental Perspective Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Robin L. Nabi,Lara N. Wolfers
Emotional intelligence (EI) is comprised of a set of critical life skills that develop, in part, through practice in social interaction. As such, some have expressed concern that the heavy screen media diet of today’s youth threatens the development of those crucial abilities. This research assesses how the media diet of children and the media use of their parents relates to child EI levels to assess
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Divergent Fan Forums and Political Consciousness Raising Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Lauren Levitt
This article conducts a thematic analysis of 40 threads related to sociopolitical issues on two Divergent fan forums, one on Divergent Fans and another on Divergent Wiki, to determine whether these forums raise political consciousness, especially among young people. As scholars of civic imagination show, popular culture narratives may lead to the ability to imagine a better future. Utopian narratives
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Exploring Teenagers’ Folk Theories and Coping Strategies Regarding Commercial Data Collection and Personalized Advertising Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Sanne Holvoet,Steffi De Jans,Ralf De Wolf,Liselot Hudders,Laura Herrewijn
New data collection methods and processing capabilities facilitate online personalization of advertisements but also challenge youth’s understanding of how these methods work. Teenagers are often unaware of the commercial use of their personal information and are susceptible to the persuasive effects of personalized advertising. This raises questions about their ability to engage in privacy-protecting
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The Privacy Paradox by Proxy: Considering Predictors of Sharenting Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Niamh Ní Bhroin,Thuy Dinh,Kira Thiel,Claudia Lampert,Elisabeth Staksrud,Kjartan Ólafsson
Despite being worried that children may compromise their privacy by disclosing too much personal data online, many parents paradoxically share pictures and information about their children themselves, a practice called sharenting. In this article we utilise data from the EU Kids Online survey to investigate this paradox. We examine both how individual characteristics such as demographics and digital
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The Ethics of Gatekeeping: How Guarding Access Influences Digital Child and Youth Research Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Malin Fecke,Ada Fehr,Daniela Schlütz,Arne Freya Zillich
Digital child and youth research is often conducted in schools involving minors. Corresponding research designs raise two related sets of problems: Ethical issues with regard to working with vulnerable groups like children and adolescents and access to these groups. The latter pertains to the concept of gatekeeping which is an ethical issue in and of itself if certain groups or areas of research are
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Spanish Tipsters and the Millennial and Centennial Generations in the Scenario of a Pandemic Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Almudena Barrientos-Báez,Juan Enrique Gonzálvez-Vallés,José Daniel Barquero-Cabrero,David Caldevilla-Domínguez
The growth and popularization of sports betting have led to the emergence of a new type of influencer: Tipsters, people and betting houses who influence and advise through social networks on the bets they consider most profitable. Both agents are also content-generating, forming a particular ecosystem with a specific narrative. The research examines the narratives of both the personal and betting houses
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OK, Boomer: New Users, Different Platforms, New Challenges Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez,Santiago Tejedor,Inmaculada Berlanga
The popularization of new interaction spaces brings new narratives and social phenomena that merit attention from the scientific community. Based on the existing literature on the new challenges facing the communication discipline with these emerging narratives, this editorial summarizes the empirical and theoretical contributions of the thematic issue entitled “New Narratives for New Consumers: Influencers
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Political Influencers on YouTube: Business Strategies and Content Characteristics Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Tasja-Selina Fischer,Castulus Kolo,Cornelia Mothes
Young media users increasingly engage with public affairs via social media such as YouTube, where content is increasingly produced by influencers who neither represent established professional news media nor political parties. Although the audience of these channels is already substantial in absolute terms and still growing enormously—making alternative influencers serious competitors to professional
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Influencers With Intellectual Disability in Digital Society: An Opportunity to Advance in Social Inclusion Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-22 Mónica Bonilla-del-Río,Bárbara Castillo-Abdul,Rosa García-Ruiz,Alejandro Rodríguez-Martín
Social networks are appointed as an opportunity to socially normalize disability, as demonstrated by the growing number of influencers with a disability who are followed by millions of users. Likewise, intellectual disability has its place in the networks, with special relevance among influencers with Down syndrome. In this study, a content analysis of 10 accounts of influencers with Down syndrome
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Promoting Social Media Engagement Via Branded Content Communication: A Fashion Brands Study on Instagram Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 Bárbara Castillo-Abdul,Ana Pérez-Escoda,Estela Núñez-Barriopedro
Social networks have become crucial communication channels for brands through awareness, engagement, and word of mouth. Instagram is firmly positioned as a direct gateway between brands and consumers, as it became the fifth most-used social network globally in 2021. As such, branded content is expected to increase the brand’s likability, by capturing the interest and attention of the consumer, which
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Narrative of Young YouTubers From the Andean Community and Their Media Competence Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 Diana Rivera-Rogel,Claudia Rodríguez-Hidalgo,Ana María Beltrán-Flandoli,Rebeca Córdova-Tapia
Young people spend an increasing amount of time in front of a screen, developing new forms of content consumption and production. In this context, the so-called YouTubers emerge. They are the new actors of the information society, who acquire prominence specially in the creation of audiovisual content. This article studies the narrative of YouTubers and the media competition behind the process. To
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Immigrant Influencers on TikTok: Diverse Microcelebrity Profiles and Algorithmic (In)Visibility Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 Daniela Jaramillo-Dent,Paloma Contreras-Pulido,Amor Pérez-Rodríguez
Internet celebrity has become a phenomenon of great interest for scholars in the last few years. This is partly due to its impact in contemporary media ecosystems, and its influence in political, social, cultural, and commercial behaviors around the world. Meanwhile, some segments of the population continue to be marginalized by sociotechnical configurations that perpetuate structures of dominance
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Nano-Influencers Edutubers: Perspective of Centennial Generation Families in Spain Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Javier Gil-Quintana,Emilio Vida de León,Sara Osuna-Acedo,Carmen Marta-Lazo
In recent decades, the incipient technological development has generated a radical change in the way people access and transmit knowledge. Educational institutions must have a teaching staff adapted to new forms of consuming information. The purpose of this research is to know the media competence of Spanish teachers, from the perspective of families of schoolchildren in primary education. This analysis
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A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Delia Cristina Balaban,Julia Szambolics
It is rather contradictory that there is a high demand for authenticity in today’s virtual space, where some platforms encourage the proliferation of idealized images, the products of digital alteration. Previous studies have examined how social media users perceive the authenticity and credibility of new digital celebrities—influencers—and the impacts on advertising outcomes. Authenticity in media
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Why Do People Return to Video Platforms? Millennials and Centennials on TikTok Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Pedro Cuesta-Valiño,Pablo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez,Patricia Durán-Álamo
While some social networks like Facebook are losing interest among digital influencers, TikTok continues to grow, capturing and impacting centennials and millennials alike. This situation highlights the new generations’ increasing interest in short video formats, which are also becoming a new window of communication between companies and consumers. TikTok allows users to create, share, and discover
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In/Visibility in Social Media Work: The Hidden Labor Behind the Brands Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Brooke Erin Duffy,Megan Sawey
Despite the staggering uptick in social media employment over the last decade, this nascent category of cultural labor remains comparatively under-theorized. In this article, we contend that social media work is configured by a visibility paradox: While workers are tasked with elevating the presence—or visibility—of their employers’ brands across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more, their identities
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Newsworthiness as a Governing Principle in Public Sector Communication Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Maria Grafström,Hanna Sofia Rehnberg
This article examines what qualifies as news when public agencies in Sweden claim to engage in media work. We unwrap and explore what happens when ideas about “newsworthiness” enter the practice of public sector communication. What becomes news, and how? What kinds of content are favored, how are stories told, and what voices are heard? The ideas of newsworthiness in a public sector context are here
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When Ads Become Invisible: Minors’ Advertising Literacy While Using Mobile Phones Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Beatriz Feijoo,Charo Sádaba
It has been traditionally estimated that children begin to understand the persuasive intent of advertising at about the age of 8 which is when they acquire the skills of adult consumers. The ability to identify and interpret the persuasive content that minors are exposed to via mobile phones was analyzed through semi-structured interviews of children aged 10 to 14 years along with their parents in
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Disguising Commercial Intentions: Sponsorship Disclosure Practices of Mexican Instamoms Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Luisa Zozaya-Durazo,Charo Sádaba-Chalezquer
Influencers have established themselves as key allies for brands by cultivating a powerful public image to promote them. In the case of Instamoms, these collaborations can offer moms a means of achieving economic stability. In a country like Mexico, where the gender gap in the labor market remains a contentious issue, digital work represents an opportunity for women. The similarity between the organic
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Remixing News: Appropriation and Authorship in Finnish Counter-Media Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Olli Seuri,Kim Ramstedt
This article outlines a first attempt at analysing counter-media publishing through the lens of remix theory. We concentrate on two key concepts—appropriation and authorship—which have a permanent standing in the remix research literature. To support our theoretical analysis, we investigate the coverage of two cases in the Finnish right-wing counter-media online publication MV-lehti. Our findings enable
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Negotiating Journalistic Professional Ethos in Nordic Business Journalism Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Johanna Suhonen
News work conducted more like business creates clashes between the journalistic and managerial professional ethos of editors. While journalists’ professional ethos includes values of self-regulation, autonomy, and public service, managerialism promotes business ideals, measurable outcomes, and organizational efficiency—values that business journalism is claimed to support. This article aims to show
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Editorial: New Forms of Media Work and Its Organizational and Institutional Conditions Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Salla-Maaria Laaksonen,Mikko Villi
This thematic issue explores the widening scope of media work and the institutional and organizational conditions that support new forms of media work. The media industry has undergone significant economic, structural, and technological changes during the past few decades, including changing patterns of ownership and digitalization of media production, distribution, and consumption. Simultaneously
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#ThisIsMeChallenge and Music for Empowerment of Marginalized Groups on TikTok Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú,Ignacio Aguaded
Media convergence is generating many collective performances on social media, where the rise of short-form videos has created a new opportunity for the empowerment of society on online platforms. In this context, TikTok appears as an application for creative expression through music clips and lip-syncs. Through the #ThisIsMeChallenge hashtag, which introduces the musical theme of The Greatest Showman
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The Engagement Imperative: Experiences of Communication Practitioners’ Brand Work in the Music Industry Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Jessica Edlom
Due to societal trends, such as digitalisation, platformisation, and active and co-creative audiences, new organisational practices have surfaced. This study examines how communication practitioners experience their changing work in a new communication environment in which participatory cultural norms are becoming standard in strategic communication. I argue that the requirements to produce audience
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Digital Competencies for New Journalistic Work in Media Outlets: A Systematic Review Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Salvador Reyes-de-Cózar,Marta Pérez-Escolar,Pablo Navazo-Ostúa
Media organizations operate in a rivalry-charged ecosystem nowadays, as a consequence of emerging patterns of news production, distribution, and consumption. Furthermore, the growing of public social media manifestations and the arrival of digital journalism require new professional roles, responsibilities, and skills inside the media industry. In this context, Faculties of Communication need to equip
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Media Work as Field Advancement: The Case of Science Media Center Germany Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Christopher Buschow,Maike Suhr,Hauke Serger
In the wake of the news industry’s digitization, novel organizations that differ considerably from traditional media firms in terms of their functional roles and organizational practices of media work are emerging. One new type is the field repair organization, which is characterized by supporting high-quality media work to compensate for the deficits (such as those which come from cost savings and
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ProPublica’s Data Journalism: How Multidisciplinary Teams and Hybrid Profiles Create Impactful Data Stories Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Mathias-Felipe De-Lima-Santos
Despite growing interest in the emergence of technologies in journalistic practices, especially from the production perspective, there is still very little research on organizational structures and professional culture in relation to the deployment of these technologies. Drawing on six interviews and observation in staff meetings, this study aims to explore the nuances behind the professional roles
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A Relational Approach to How Media Engage With Their Audiences in Social Media Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Mark Badham,Markus Mykkänen
People are increasingly turning to social media for their news and for sharing and discussing news with others. Simultaneously, media organizations are becoming platform-dependent and posting short forms of their news on their social media sites in the hope that audiences will not only consume this news but also comment on and share it. This article joins other media and journalism studies exploring
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(Not) Very Important People: Millennial Fantasies of Mobility in the Age of Excess Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-07 Susan Hopkins
In her fascinating but frustrating new book, Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit, American sociologist, Ashley Mears (2020) offers both academic and mainstream readers a titillating, cross-over tour around the “cool” nightclub and party scene of the “global elite.” It is perhaps not so much global, however, as American, in the sense of the heteropatriarchal, middle-aged
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Obesogenic Features of Food-Related Content Aimed at Children on YouTube Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-07 Victoria Tur-Viñes,Araceli Martínez-Castelló,Cecilia Barrilero-Carpio
Obesity, and particularly childhood obesity, is considered an epidemic by the WHO because of the health problems it causes and its impact on the lives and environment of those who suffer from it. In this article, the term “obesogenic features” refers to the set of supposedly aggravating risk factors that could intensify the proven effect on minors of exposure to food-related media content. The article
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Blurring Boundaries Between Journalists and Tiktokers: Journalistic Role Performance on TikTok Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2022-01-07 María-Cruz Negreira-Rey,Jorge Vázquez-Herrero,Xosé López-García
In recent years, media has adapted to the logic of each new social network to respond to renewed consumption habits and journalists have developed new roles on these platforms. TikTok is an emerging platform with its own influencer culture and in which the main audiences are the millennial and centennial generations. The main objective of this study is to analyze the presence of journalists on TikTok
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Mediatizing Slum Relocation in Egypt: Between Legitimization and Stigmatization Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Hassan Elmouelhi,Martin Meyer,Reham Reda,Asmaa Abdelhalim
In Egypt, the relocation of residents of informal areas of housing into “proper” living environments is presented as a major political achievement offering citizens a much-improved quality of life. Therefore, it is not surprising that, following the Arab Uprisings, the current regime is widely publicizing relocation projects as success stories on TV and social media. As a way of garnering legitimization
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Understanding Emerging Media: Voice, Agency, and Precarity in the Post-2011 Arab Mediasphere Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Yazan Badran
The decade following the 2010–2011 Arab uprisings saw a flourishing of emerging media organisations across the region. The most recognisable examples of these new independent media actors include Enab Baladi in Syria, Mada Masr in Egypt, and Inkyfada in Tunisia. However, this phenomenon comprises a much more diverse set of actors from small-scale associative radio stations in Tunisia to numerous exilic
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The Voice of Silence: Patterns of Digital Participation Among Palestinian Women in East Jerusalem Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Maya De Vries,Maya Majlaton
Facebook is one of the world’s largest social networks, with more than 2,7 billion active users globally. It is also one of the most dominant platforms and one of the platforms most commonly used by Arabs. However, connecting via Facebook and sharing content cannot be taken for granted. While many studies have focused on the role played by networked platforms in empowering women in the Arab world in
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The Subtle Dynamics of Power Struggles in Tunisia: Local media since the Arab Uprisings Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Noah Bassil,Nourhan Kassem
This article contributes to the analysis of local media and democratic transformation in Tunisia since the Arab Uprisings. It aims to assess the extent to which pluralism, freedom of expression, and participation—central tenets of democratisation—are evident at the local level. Tunisian local media, unlike the national media, is relatively free of governmental control. Local media is also decentralised
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The Role of Media and Communication in Reducing Uncertainty During the Syria War Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Claudia Kozman,Rana Tabbara,Jad Melki
Ten years after the uprising in Syria, millions of its citizens remain displaced and uncertain about their fate. Throughout that period, media coverage about the ensuing civil war played a major role in informing Syrians and contributed to altering their levels of fear and anxiety about their country’s future and their survival prospects. This study examined the role of legacy media, online media,
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A Case Study: Mada Masr—A Progressive Voice in Egypt and Beyond Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Nadia Leihs
This article questions the role of the media in times of political transformation. In doing so, it draws on theories on the interconnectedness of the different fields of society to explain the sets of roles that media outlets and journalists adopt during phases of transition. Before 2011, the Egyptian media mostly acted as collaborators of the ruling regime and rarely as an agent of change. Journalists
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Beyond Mainstream Media and Communication Perspectives on the Arab Uprisings Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Hanan Badr,Lena-Maria Möller
This editorial argues for more research connecting media and communication as a discipline and the Arab Uprisings that goes beyond the mainstream techno-deterministic perceptions. The contributions in this thematic issue can be summarized around three central arguments: First, mainstream media, like TV and journalism, are central and relevant actors in the post-Arab Uprisings phase which have often
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From Chiapas to Palestine: Historicizing Social Movement Media Before and Beyond the Arab Uprisings Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Gretchen King
Critical scholarship investigating media and the Arab uprisings has called for “a return to history.” This article argues that researching the contemporary constraints and opportunities of social movement media in the Arab region requires historicizing such practices. Reflecting on the role of media activism within the Arab uprisings necessitates broadening the historical context of social movement
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Epistemic Overconfidence in Algorithmic News Selection Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Mariken Van der Velden,Felicia Loecherbach
The process of news consumption has undergone great changes over the past decade: Information is now available in an ever-increasing amount from a plethora of sources. Recent work suggests that most people would favor algorithmic solutions over human editors. This stands in contrast to public and scholarly debate about the pitfalls of algorithmic news selection—i.e., the so-called “filter bubbles.”
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Algorithmic Self-Tracking for Health: User Perspectives on Risk Awareness and Coping Strategies Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Noemi Festic,Michael Latzer,Svetlana Smirnova
Self-tracking with wearable devices and mobile applications is a popular practice that relies on automated data collection and algorithm-driven analytics. Initially designed as a tool for personal use, a variety of public and corporate actors such as commercial organizations and insurance companies now make use of self-tracking data. Associated social risks such as privacy violations or measurement
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Investigating Algorithmic Misconceptions in a Media Context: Source of a New Digital Divide? Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Brahim Zarouali,Natali Helberger,Claes H. De Vreese
Algorithms are widely used in our data-driven media landscape. Many misconceptions have arisen about how these algorithms work and what they can do. In this study, we conducted a large representative survey (N = 2,106) in the Netherlands to explore algorithmic misconceptions. Results showed that a significant part of the general population holds (multiple) misconceptions about algorithms in the media
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Automated Trouble: The Role of Algorithmic Selection in Harms on Social Media Platforms Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Florian Saurwein,Charlotte Spencer-Smith
Social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have become major objects of criticism for reasons such as privacy violations, anticompetitive practices, and interference in public elections. Some of these problems have been associated with algorithms, but the roles that algorithms play in the emergence of different harms have not yet been systematically explored. This article contributes
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A literature review of personalization transparency and control: Introducing the Transparency-Awareness-Control Framework Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Claire Segijn,Joanna Strycharz,Amy Riegelman,Cody Hennesy
Through various online activities, individuals produce large amounts of data that are collected by companies for the purpose of providing users with personalized communication. In the light of this mass collection of personal data, the transparency and control paradigm for personalized communication has led to increased attention of legislators and academics. However, in the scientific literature no
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Mediated by Code: Unpacking Algorithmic Curation of Urban Experiences Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Annelien Smets,Pieter Ballon,Nils Walravens
Amid the widespread diffusion of digital communication technologies, our cities are at a critical juncture as these technologies are entering all aspects of urban life. Data-driven technologies help citizens to navigate the city, find friends, or discover new places. While these technology-mediated activities come in scope of scholarly research, we lack an understanding of the underlying curation mechanisms
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When Algorithms Recommend What’s New(s): New Dynamics of Decision-Making and Autonomy in Newsgathering Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Hannes Cools,Baldwin Van Gorp,Michaël Opgenhaffen
Newsroom innovation labs have been created over the last ten years to develop algorithmic news recommenders (ANR) that suggest and summarise what news is. Although these ANRs are still in an early stage and have not yet been implemented in the entire newsroom, they have the potential to change how newsworkers fulfil their daily decisions (gatekeeping) and autonomy in setting the agenda (agenda-setting)
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How Algorithmic Systems Changed Communication in a Digital Society Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Sanne Kruikemeier,Sophie C. Boerman,Nadine Bol
This thematic issue invited submissions that address the opportunities and controversies related to algorithmic influence in a digital society. A total of 11 articles address how the use of algorithms has changed communication in various contexts, and cover topics such as personalized marketing communication, self-tracking for health, political microtargeting, news recommenders, social media algorithms
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One Recommender Fits All? An Exploration of User Satisfaction With Text-Based News Recommender Systems Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Mareike Wieland,Gerret Von Nordheim,Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw
Journalistic media increasingly address changing user behaviour online by implementing algorithmic recommendations on their pages. While social media extensively rely on user data for personalized recommendations, journalistic media may choose to aim to improve the user experience based on textual features such as thematic similarity. From a societal viewpoint, these recommendations should be as diverse
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What’s “Up Next”? Investigating Algorithmic Recommendations on YouTube Across Issues and Over Time Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández,Joanne E. Gray,Louisa Bartolo,Jean Burgess,Nicolas Suzor
YouTube’s “up next” feature algorithmically selects, suggests, and displays videos to watch after the one that is currently playing. This feature has been criticized for limiting users’ exposure to a range of diverse media content and information sources; meanwhile, YouTube has reported that they have implemented various technical and policy changes to address these concerns. However, there is little
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Algorithmic or Human Source? Examining Relative Hostile Media Effect With a Transformer-Based Framework Media and Communication (IF 3.043) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Chenyan Jia,Ruibo Liu
The relative hostile media effect suggests that partisans tend to perceive the bias of slanted news differently depending on whether the news is slanted in favor of or against their sides. To explore the effect of an algorithmic vs. human source on hostile media perceptions, this study conducts a 3 (author attribution: human, algorithm, or human-assisted algorithm) x 3 (news attitude: pro-issue, neutral