Article
Communication
Freddie J. Jennings, Josh C. Bramlett, Kaleb Turner, Benjamin Figueroa
Summary: Political parties and social identities can bias individuals' processing of political information and evaluation of candidates. This study found that partisans evaluated out-party candidates lower than in-party candidates on all measured brand attributes, including personal and nonpolitical attributes. The affective polarization caused by partisan social identities creates divisions among social and personal issues.
COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Juan Pablo Luna, Daniel Alcatruz, Cristian Perez Munoz, Fernando Rosenblatt, Sergio Toro Maureira, Sebastian Valenzuela
Summary: This paper examines the role of structural and political variables in the political communication strategies of Chilean mayors during 2020-2021. The findings suggest that social media communication strategies vary based on the functions of different municipalities and are influenced by socioeconomic factors. Mayors of poorer communities used social media more extensively during lockdown periods compared to mayors of more affluent municipalities.
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Eric Taylor Woods, Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, Marcus Closen, Catherine Ouellet, Robert Schertzer
Summary: This article examines the nationalist rhetoric of Biden and Trump in the 2020 presidential election, highlighting the contestation and representation of American national identity. The study shows that the meaning of national identity was a significant point of contention in the election, aligning with the civic and ethnic nationalist traditions in American political culture. Biden drew upon the civic nationalist tradition, defending a conception of American national identity based on liberal myths and symbols, while Trump relied on the ethnic nationalist tradition, defending a conception of American national identity rooted in white American myths and symbols. Both candidates framed each other as threats to the nation's true identity and as un-American, contributing to a troubling nationalist polarization in presidential politics that may impact the future of American democracy.
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Business
Kasey Windels, Kelsey Lunsford, Noura Ibrahim
Summary: Despite efforts such as the Minorities in Advertising Internship Program for the past 50 years, U.S. advertising agencies continue to be predominantly white. This study conducted in-depth interviews with 32 advertising professionals of different races and ethnicities, revealing that racial and ethnic minorities often feel obliged to perform invisible labor in order to navigate the industry, including assimilating to white norms, working harder to prove themselves, educating agency leaders, and challenging stereotypes. The findings also highlight how agencies benefit from and exploit workers' race and ethnicity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING
(2023)
Article
Communication
Rong Ma, Xinyan Zhao
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of considering the social identity implications of risk communication, especially when communicating mpox risk to gay and bisexual men. The study found that conveying risk messages framed in the ingroup context to gay and bisexual men can enhance protective behavioral intention through increased risk perception. However, this intended effect is negated by an unintended effect through perceived morality threat to sexual identity and defensive processing.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Erin E. Donovan, Abigail Dalgleish Hazlett
Summary: This article introduces an Integrative Theory of Communication Work, which proposes that people experience communication stressors while coping with health stressors. It presents a typology of communication work tasks and suggests opportunities for further research in understanding the factors that influence the ease or difficulty of communication.
HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Communication
Fuzhong Wu, Zheng Zhang
Summary: This study suggests that science fiction can facilitate self-transcendence and prosocial behavior by inducing epistemic humility.
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Marcela Suarez Estrada
Summary: This article analyzes how feminist collectives approach the internet as a feminist territory to defend it from violence. It argues that the internet can be conceptualized as a territory and presents evidence of current feminist strategies for defending digital territory. The article contributes to the theorization of the internet as a territory and expands the analysis of power relations and inequalities in feminist media studies.
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Min-Hsin Su, Jiyoun Suk, Porismita Borah, Shreenita Ghosh, Christine Garlough, Dhavan Shah
Summary: This study explores the framing strategies and language features of news coverage on sexual violence and gender issues in the U.S., focusing on two pivotal phases of the #MeToo movement. The study reveals an increased use of political framing during the Kavanaugh accusations. The findings also show clear partisan differences in topical prevalence and language use, consistent with theories of moral foundation and issue ownership.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Hyacinth Balediata Bangero
Summary: ePuzsolved is designed to help students understand the advantages and disadvantages of different communication models through the example of online puzzles, and to master their application scenarios and importance.
COMMUNICATION TEACHER
(2023)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Emma Putland, Chris Chikodzore-Paterson, Gavin Brookes
Summary: This article examines the ideologies reproduced in AI-generated images, focusing on representations of dementia. Through multimodal analysis of 171 images generated from the prompt "dementia," the study finds a lack of visual diversity and a tendency to recycle existing visual discourses. These discourses depict dementia as a disease, with narratives of loss and living death, and create emotional distance between viewers and people with dementia. The study highlights the potential for AI-generated images to reinforce harmful stereotypes and biases, emphasizing the need for critical interrogation of such imagery and ethical considerations in AI design and usage.
Article
Communication
Rong Wan
Summary: This article focuses on the prominent misogynistic discourse in Chinese cyberspace. Through online observations of debates surrounding feminist proposals, it identifies three misogynistic forces: married women, future brides, and lower-class men seeking wives. Each group opposes women's rights proposals in their own way. The article argues that upholding the patriarchal marriage institution comes at the cost of vilifying women, oversimplifying issues with unwed childbirth, and dismissing non-heterosexuality.
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Mojca Pajnik
Summary: This article examines the significance of emotions and emotion-related forms of journalism, which have been traditionally dismissed, through exploring journalists' perspectives. Results from interviews with journalists in Slovenia reveal emotionality as a professional conduct in journalism, but also critique the manipulation of emotions for commercial interests.
JOURNALISM STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Lene Aaroe, Kim Andersen, Morten Skovsgaard, Flemming Svith, Rasmus Schmokel
Summary: This article investigates the influence of educational socialization, psychological biases, and editorial policy on journalistic preferences for extreme negative exemplars in news reporting. Through large-scale survey experiments, significant support is found for the role of editorial policy, while limited support is found for the role of educational socialization and psychological biases. These findings suggest that economic pressures and the proliferation of digital media may exacerbate structural biases in news coverage.
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Jon Gunnar Olafsson
Summary: This article examines the journalist-politician relationship in Iceland and argues that the existing literature on journalist-source relations is limited when studying this relationship in small states. The author introduces research from small state studies and highlights the need to expand existing frameworks to study journalist-politician relations in other small states.
JOURNALISM STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Julia Khrebtan-Horhager, Evgeniya Pyatovskaya
Summary: This article argues that Russian feminist and resistance groups, such as Pussy Riot, Feminist Antiwar Resistance, and Les Pleureuses, play a significant role as agents of social change and leaders of cultural opposition during the Russia-Ukraine war. These groups have consistently protested against the totalitarian control of the Russian state, its corruption, and the oppression of women by the Russian Orthodox Church and the government. Additionally, the article examines the emergence of the anti-war resistance movement and its fight against war, patriarchy, authoritarianism, and militarism. The authors emphasize the potential contribution of these Russian feminists and resistance groups to transnational feminist alliances and advocate for the inclusion of Russian and Second World Feminisms within the framework of transnational feminism.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Thu Luong Le, Elena Block
Summary: This article examines the communication strategies employed by Vietnam's communist government during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study utilizes a mixed qualitative method, combining case study and manual and computational thematic analyses of government, news media, and social media texts to identify the dominant strategies and themes during the first outbreaks of COVID-19. The research sheds light on the effectiveness and challenges of using a mixture of public relations and propaganda strategies during a global pandemic and raises questions about the necessity of establishing a country-specific pandemic communication framework and reassessing the theories and applications of propaganda and public relations today.
PUBLIC RELATIONS INQUIRY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Sakina Jangbar
Summary: Although sexuality is prominent in traditional Islam, it has become a taboo subject in Pakistan, particularly female sexuality. Prudish attitudes towards female sexuality not only contribute to population explosion but also impact women's health. This paper examines thirteen Josh condom commercials which were initially banned due to indecent content in Pakistan. The study explores how female sexuality is portrayed in the ads and identifies three common themes. By using Kenneth Burke's rhetorical theory, the paper argues that the commercials failed to resonate with viewers because they overlooked cultural views and social expectations on female sexuality. The conclusion highlights the importance of addressing social factors that restrict women's sexual and reproductive agency to effectively control the population growth. Additionally, commercials that reinforce blame on women can further harm them and fail in achieving the goal of population control.
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Nael Jebril, Safea Altef
Summary: This study explores the perceptions of data journalism among specialised Arab audiences in the context of declining trust in media and government institutions. The findings reveal that data journalism has the ability to validate misleading information, provide direction for decision-making, and distinguish itself from common information found on social media or other public sites. However, the effectiveness of data journalism depends on context and audience, and there are constraints to its potential in democratising the media environment.
Article
Communication
Julie Vulpius
Summary: This study examines the role and impact of non-journalistic actors in news organizations. It identifies four key aspects of their work: understanding audience needs, organizationally controlling audience participation in innovation, facilitating audience interaction, and shaping the data culture within organizations.
DIGITAL JOURNALISM
(2023)
