Media and Communication

2013 - 2025

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2025, volume 13

Editorial: Gendered Cultures in Platform Economies—Entertainment, Expertise, and Online Selfhood

Panos Kompatsiaris, Cláudia Álvares and Sofie Van Bauwel

Balancing Intimacy and Trust in Audio Journalism

Mia Lindgren

Editorial: Redefining Televisuality—Programmes, Practices, and Methods

Susanne Eichner and Lothar Mikos

Emotions on Social Media as Catalysts for Change: Epistemic and Motivational Potentialities for Gender Equality

Babette Lagrange

Amplifying Player Experience to Facilitate Prosocial Outcomes in a Narrative-Based Serious Game

Lewen Wei, Mike Schmierbach, Bingjie Liu, Jin Kang, Cheng Chen, Frank E. Dardis, Ryan Tan and Olivia Cohen

FABLE: A New Horizon in Digital Learning and Serious Game Design

Salvador Reyes- de-Cózar and Alba Merino-Cajaraville

Parasocial Interactions in Otome Games: Emotional Engagement and Parasocial Intimacy Among Chinese Female Players

Hao Gao, Ruoqing Guo and Qingqing You

Experiencing the Call of Duty: Exploring Emotions in Commercial War Games

Joseph Pattison

Sympathy for the Devil: Serial Mediation Models for Toxicity, Community, and Retention

Mingxuan Liu, Jack Lipei Tang and Dmitri Williams

Contemporary Political Discourse in Digital Games: A Systematic Approach

Jenniffer Soto de la Cruz, Sara Cortés Gómez and Pilar Lacasa

A Survey Study on Public Attitudes Toward Gaming Disorder

Felix Reer, Lena Maria Küpper, Florian Wintterlin and Thorsten Quandt

Empowered by the Experience: Playing as Female Characters in Video Games

Teresa Lynch, Annie Dooley and David M. Markowitz

Introduction of the Digital Gaming Relationship

Miikka Sokka, Kwok Ng, Sami Kokko and Pasi Koski

“Finally, Me Time!”: Korean Middle-Aged Women’s Platform Practices

Eujong Kim and Yeran Kim

The Case of Cities: Skylines Versions—Affordances in Urban Planning Education

Laura Cañete Sanz, Sjors Martens and Teresa de la Hera

Dive Into the Past: Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Represented in Chinese Mobile Games

Yixiang Que, Teresa de La Hera and Jeroen Jansz

Father Influencers’ Short Videos in China: Representations of Hybrid Fatherhood and Commercialisation on Xiaohongshu

Min Xu, Xinchen Liu and Hao Zhang

Instagram and #Wellness: Uncovering Gender and Body Patterns

Ana Marta M. Flores and Rita Sepúlveda

Gender Rhetoric for Sale: Ferragni and the Platformization of the Female Body That Crushes Ideologies

Elisabetta Risi and Maria Angela Polesana

Gendered Zootopia on Instagram: Curation of Pet Accounts and Identity Representation

Natalia Vereshchagina and Irina Dushakova

Beyond Play: Researching the Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in Deeply Mediatized Societies

Christian Schwarzenegger, Erik Koenen, Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Karsten D. Wolf

“I bet she’s ‘not like other girls’”: Discursive Construction of the Ideal Gaming Woman on r/GirlGamers

Maria Ruotsalainen and Mikko Meriläinen

Mediating the Sugar Baby Imaginary: Popular Narratives About Gender and Sexuality in Sugar Dating

Megan Sawey

Reinforcing or Rethinking? What do News Consumers Want from Journalism in the Post-Truth Era?

Martin Moland, Jacopo Custodi and Hans-Jörg Trenz

360 Degrees of Feminine Competence: Surface Aesthetics, Expertise, and Authority Among Drip Cake Baker-Influencers

Vanessa Brown and Steve Jones

Fostering Media Literacy: A Systematic Evidence Review of Intervention Effectiveness for Diverse Target Groups

Leen d'Haenens, Joyce Vissenberg, Marit Puusepp, Natalia Edisherashvili, Diego Martinez-Castro, Ellen Johanna Helsper, Łukasz Tomczyk, Tania Azadi, Sylwia Opozda-Suder, Erika Maksniemi, Guna Spurava, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Niina Sormanen, Sini Tiihonen, Terhi-Anna Wilska, Lauri Hietajärvi, Gemma Martínez, Nekane Larrañaga, Maialen Garmendia, Rubén Olveira-Araujo, Verónica Donoso, Margus Pedaste and Dominika Sepielak

Beyond Digital Literacy: Exploring Factors Affecting Digital Performance of University Staff

Carmen Koch and Fiona Fehlmann

Digital Skills’ Role in Intended and Unintended Exposure to Harmful Online Content Among European Adolescents

Natalie Tercova and David Smahel

Intimate Yet Exploitative: Representations of Gender-Based Violence in Platformed True Crime Narratives

Christine Linke and Lisa Brune

A Flexible Framework Integrating Digital and Social Competences in Vocational Education Across Diverse Contexts

María José Hernández-Serrano, Joe Cullen, Barbara Jones and Noelia Morales Romo

Advocacy and Activism in Sports Podcasts: Expanding Journalistic Roles

Kim Fox, David O. Dowling and Kyle J. Miller

Effects of a News Literacy Video on News Literacy Perceptions and Misinformation Evaluation

Rita Tang, Melissa Tully, Leticia Bode and Emily K. Vraga

Podcasting the Truth: Challenging Journalistic Knowledge and Building Epistemic Authority in Independent YouTube Podcasts

Viljami Vaarala

Developing Performance Tests to Measure Digital Skills: Lessons Learned From a Cross-National Perspective

Ester van Laar, Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen, Ellen J. Helsper and Luc S. Schneider

Intimacy in Podcast Journalism: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities in Daily News Podcasts and Documentaries

Elvira García de Torres, José M. Legorburu, David Parra-Valcarce, Concha Edo and Lilly Escobar-Artola

Strengthening Responsible Journalism Through Self-Efficacious Learning-Oriented Media Literacy Interventions

Auksė Balčytienė

Podcasting in Serbia: Podcasters’ Perspectives on Emerging Roles, Practices, and Functions

Simona Žikić and Čedomir Markov

Reflecting With Teachers on Research-Based Tools: The ySKILLS Education Toolkit

Susana Batista, Cristina Ponte and Rita Baptista

Intimacy and Professionalism: Dilemmas in the Practice of Chinese Podcasters

Haiyan Wang, Zhengqing Yan and Jing Meng

Parasocial Intimacy, Change, and Nostalgia in Podcast Listener Reviews

M. Olguta Vilceanu

Intimacy, Trust, and Justice on The Greatest Menace, a Podcast Exposing a “Gay Prison”

Siobhán McHugh

Unveiling Disability Empowerment: Evaluating ICT Skill Enhancement Initiatives in Indonesia

Amri Dunan, Bambang Mudjiyanto, Karman and Djoko Walujo

Analysis of Narrative Strategies in Independent Non-Fiction Narrative Podcasts in Ibero-America

Raúl Rodríguez-Ortiz and Manuel Fernández-Sande

Exploring Media Literacy Formation at the Intersection of Family, School, and Peers

Nika Šušterič, Katja Koren Ošljak and Veronika Tašner

The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility

Eduard-Claudiu Gross and Delia Cristina Balaban

Strategic Choices for Balancing Intimacy and Professionalism: Content Analysis of Chinese Podcasts on Himalaya

Jinghong Xu, Zining Wang, Tong Luo and Shiyu Liu

Listening in Good Faith: Cosmopolitan Intimacy and Audio Journalism

Kate Lacey

Trust in Pod: Listener Trust of News Content Heard on Different Genre Podcasts

Kristine Johnson and Michael McCall

Beyond Numeracy, a Data Literacy Topical Scoping Review (2011–2023)

Lotte Vermeire, Wendy Van den Broeck, Fazlyn Petersen and Leo Van Audenhove

Rewatching Content on Streaming Platforms: The Pursuit of Ontological Comfort

Ignacio Siles, Rodrigo Muñoz-González, Luciana Valerio-Alfaro and Vanessa Valiati

Televisuality on a Global Scale: Netflix’s Local-Language Strategy

Frédérique Khazoom

Binge-Watching Netflix? Insights From Data Donations

Karin van Es and Dennis Nguyen

Gen Z Sexual and Gender Fluidity in US Scripted Television

Traci B. Abbott

Building a Cross-Border European Information Network: Hyperlink Connections Among Fact-Checking Organizations

Regina Cazzamatta

Datacasting: TikTok’s Algorithmic Flow as Televisual Experience

Ellenrose Firth and Alberto Marinelli

Televisual Inequalities and Gender Dynamics in German News: Health Experts During the Covid-19 Crisis

Juliane Wegner

Cultural Authenticity as Netflix Televisuality: Streaming Industry Discourse and Globally Commissioned Original Series

Michael L. Wayne and Deborah Castro

Between Memeability and Televisuality: The (Self-)Memefication of Television Series

Jana Zündel

Producing Diversity: On the Discourses at the Heart of Netflix’s Production Culture

Axelle Asmar, Tim Raats and Leo Van Audenhove

AI Transparency: A Conceptual, Normative, and Practical Frame Analysis

Sónia Pedro Sebastião and David Ferreira-Mendes Dias

The Fact-Checking Initiatives in the EU: A Diverse Ecosystem Against Disinformation

Mar García-Gordillo, Rubén Rivas- de-Roca and Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos

Romanian Televisuality in the Post-Broadcast Era: Visual Signature of Popular News TV Talk Shows

Andreea Alina Mogoș and Constantin Trofin

Easy to Snack—Hard to Digest? Strategies of Dis/Array in Streaming, Social Media, and Television

Kim Carina Hebben and Christine Piepiorka

21st Century Televisuality? Golden Ages and Collateral Damage in Industry Stress Research

John T. Caldwell

From Fact-Checking to Debunking: The Case of Elections24Check During the 2024 European Elections

Carlos Rodríguez-Pérez, Rocío Sánchez-del-Vas and Jorge Tuñón-Navarro

Detecting Covid-19 Fake News on Twitter/X in French: Deceptive Writing Strategies

Ming Ming Chiu, Alex Morakhovski, Zhan Wang and Jeong-Nam Kim

Reversing the Privatisation of the Public Sphere: Democratic Alternatives to the EU’s Regulation of Disinformation

Alvaro Oleart and Julia Rone

Motivations and Affordances of ChatGPT Usage for College Students’ Learning

Sun Kyong Lee, Jongsang Ryu, Yeowon Jie and Dong Hoon Ma

Post-Truth Politics in Action? Representation of the Media in Spanish Radical Parties’ Electoral Campaigns

Taru Haapala and Juan Roch

How Generative AI Went From Innovation to Risk: Discussions in the Korean Public Sphere

Sunghwan Kim and Jaemin Jung

Spreading False Content in Political Campaigns: Disinformation in the 2024 European Parliament Elections

Andreu Casero-Ripollés, Laura Alonso-Muñoz and Diana Moret-Soler

Countering Disinformation: A Delicate Balance Between International Action and National Particularities

Flavia Durach, Mălina Ciocea and Cătălina Nastasiu

SMART 2.0: Social Media Analytics and Reporting Tool Applied to Misinformation Tracking

Mahmoud Mousa Hamad, Gopichandh Danala, Wolfgang Jentner and David Ebert

When Latin American Melodrama Meets Nordic Noir: How SVOD Reshapes Chilean TV Fiction

Consuelo Ábalos

Beyond the Dutch Quota: Media Policy and Cultural Diversity in Local Video-on-Demand Production (2013–2023)

Berber Hagedoorn and Sandra Becker

Oblique Agency: Mapping the Globalised Workflows of Television Dubbing and Their Impact on Practitioners

Simone Knox and Kai Hanno Schwind

Media Literacy in a Digital Age: Taking Stock and Empowering Action

Leen d'Haenens and Willem Joris

Games and Game Studies Are Meaningful—Are They?

Felix Reer, Teresa de la Hera and Salvador Gómez-García