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Film, Radio, Television
Miguel A. Casado, Josep A. Guimera, Montse Bonet, Jordi Perez Llavador
Summary: This paper analyzes the adaptation of traditional broadcasters to the new environment through online platforms in order to reach young audiences.
CRITICAL STUDIES IN TELEVISION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Rodrigo Gomez, Argelia Munoz Larroa
Summary: This article analyzes Netflix's position as the largest global streaming platform challenging traditional US studios as a tech company and explores its transnational business strategies using Mexico as an example. By employing the framework of Political Economy, the research examines the structural conditions of the Mexican audiovisual system, Netflix's expansion strategies, and the movie Roma as a pivotal tactic to achieve different company goals. The article argues that Netflix has disrupted the audiovisual market value chain and gained global dominance by introducing innovative technology for audiovisual circulation.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2023)
Article
Communication
Hyungjin Gill
Summary: This study examines the impact of cross-cutting exposure to political news on affective polarization and explores whether the type of media consumed plays a role. The findings suggest that exposure to uncivil cable TV news may lead to increased negative affect towards candidates from the opposing party, with anger and political certainty serving as mediators. This study highlights the importance of elite incivility, along with citizens' partisan predispositions, in contributing to the growing affective divide in American politics.
JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
(2022)
Article
Communication
Rhianne W. Hoek, Esther Rozendaal, Hein T. van Schie, Moniek Buijzen
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of children's advertising literacy activation on their susceptibility to advertising, and found that this relationship is moderated by inhibitory control. Both conceptual and attitudinal advertising literacy activation were found to be related to implicit desire for advertised products, and this relationship was influenced by inhibitory control.
Article
Communication
Marlene Hecht, Andrea Kloss, Anne Bartsch
Summary: Research investigates the role of media messages in reducing mental health stigma, finding that empathy and reflective thoughts play key roles in changing attitudes towards individuals with mental illness.
Article
Film, Radio, Television
Thomas J. Billard, Erique Zhang
JCMS-JOURNAL OF CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Communication
Olivia Khoo
Summary: This essay poses two interrelated questions: what sets streaming services (especially Netflix) apart in terms of greater investment in content diversity, and how does streaming technology, particularly algorithmic recommendation systems, facilitate engagement with diversity and inclusion? To answer these questions, the essay explores the intricate relationship between Netflix's Inclusion Strategy, its Recommender Algorithm, and the perceived diversity of its content.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2023)
Article
Communication
Julia R. Winkler, Markus Appel, Marie-Luise C. R. Schmidt, Tobias Richter
Summary: Recent theory suggests that emotional shifts are characteristic of immersed story processing and precursors of narrative impact. Two experiments and a pilot study found a positive association between transportation and the number and intensity of emotional shifts, particularly with affective-level attitudes.
Article
Communication
Ilan Tamir, Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Summary: This article discusses the application of media events theory in sports broadcasting. Sports broadcasts have become a main resource for television, playing a crucial role in retaining audience and utilizing television's advantage. Therefore, there is a need to revise certain elements of media theory.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2023)
Article
Communication
Sarah Lutz
Summary: This preregistered diary study examines the effects of computer-mediated communication on users' fundamental needs and well-being. The results show that cyber-ostracism is negatively associated with users' needs satisfaction and well-being. Users with trait mindfulness are less affected by low satisfaction of meaningful existence needs, and cyber-ostracized users show an increased desire to use these services the following day.
Article
Communication
Vassilis Charitsis, Tuukka Lehtiniemi
Summary: This article examines the marginalization faced by underprivileged individuals and communities in the digitalized world due to datafication. It introduces the concepts of data ableism and data disablism, highlighting privileged ability expectations and exclusion mechanisms. The role of free market ideology in producing and sustaining data ableism is also addressed.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2023)
Article
Communication
Christine H. Tran
Summary: This paper analyzes the transformation of the term "egirl" from a sexualized slur to a self-branding phenomenon, highlighting the role of live streaming platforms and cultural logics. It discusses the challenges faced by women gamers in the entertainment industry.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2022)
Article
Communication
Annika Schwabe, Fabienne Lind, Lukas Kosch, Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Summary: The study found that digital reading media did not have a significant impact on reading comprehension when it comes to narrative texts, and the use of multimedia and interactive functions also did not result in differences in comprehension.
Article
Communication
Avi Marciano, Nadav Antebi-Gruszka
Summary: This study examined the associations between 18 forms of discrimination and mental distress among LGB individuals in offline, Facebook, and dating platform spaces. The results showed positive associations between multiple forms of discrimination and mental distress in all three spaces. LGBTQ Facebook use had a moderating effect on this association, particularly for gay men. The findings also indicated differences in the number of discrimination forms faced by LGB individuals from different demographic backgrounds, as well as slightly different results in each space. Overall, the study highlights the potential of social media in buffering against the negative impact of discrimination on the mental health of LGB people.
Article
Cultural Studies
Andreas Hepp, Anne Schmitz
Summary: By investigating two Makerspaces' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, we found limitations in the ideological foundations of the Maker movement. The pandemic revealed constraints in practice for individual spaces' members and for the movement as a whole.
CONTINUUM-JOURNAL OF MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Communication
Jockum Hilden
Summary: This study reveals that data scientists within PSM organizations are highly aware of the impact recommendations have on media consumption, and design PSM online services accordingly. The research also provides insights into how diversity is interpreted operationally within PSM and how recommender systems are being adapted to a non-commercial setting.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2022)
Article
Communication
Marie-Louise Mares, Y. Anthony Chen, Bradley J. Bond
Summary: Recent studies have shown that LGBTQ teens use media to socialize their parents about their sexual and gender identities, and that parents' responses can have implications for the teens. The perception of parental support for their LGBTQ identity is positively associated with teens' LGBTQ-media-related behavior and perceptions of parental receptivity, which in turn are linked to teens' self-esteem and depressive symptoms. Despite some inconsistencies between studies and limitations of the data, the findings overall support the concept of mutual influence.
Article
Communication
Silvana Weber, Tanja Messingschlager, Jan-Philipp Stein
Summary: Social networking sites like Instagram can lead to envy and lower self-esteem among users. Two experiments showed that brief cognitive interventions were not effective in reducing the negative consequences of social comparisons.
Article
Communication
Michael L. Wayne, Matt Sienkiewicz
Summary: This article examines the acquisition strategies and licensing practices employed by three niche Jewish/Israeli subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services using media industry studies approach. The findings reveal that these services acquire content through a combination of traditional and innovative licensing arrangements to maximize access to Jewish-themed or Israeli-produced content. It also highlights the limitations of using the mainstream/niche binary to understand streaming distribution.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
(2023)
Article
Communication
Zijian Lew, Joseph B. Walther
Summary: As artificial intelligence (AI) agents become increasingly prominent in daily life, questions about how people evaluate their communication with these agents arise. This study examines the role of communication scripts and expectancy violations in shaping evaluations of human-AI interactions. The findings suggest that factors such as conversational contingency and response latencies play a significant role in determining credibility, regardless of whether the communicator is a human or a chatbot. However, chatbots are consistently perceived as less socially attractive than humans. The results indicate that functional aspects of communication are evaluated similarly for humans and chatbots, but there is greater support for the communication script perspective rather than the expectancy violations perspective when it comes to interactions with chatbots.
