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2023, volume 11, articles 4

Charting the Impacts of Media Discourses on the European Integration Project pp. 1-4

Ana Pérez-Escoda and Tetyana Lokot

Downplaying Euroscepticism in Mainstream Media: The Schengen Accession of Romania and Bulgaria pp. 5-19

Adriana Ștefănel, Antonio Momoc and Romina Surugiu

The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses pp. 20-33

Gracia Abad Quintanal, Sonia Boulos and Branislav Radeljić

Measuring Receptivity to Eurosceptic Media Discourses in the Vicinity of War: Evidence from Romania pp. 34-46

Mihnea S. Stoica and Andreea Voina

Rhetorics of Hope and Outrage: Emotion and Cynicism in the Coverage the Schengen Accession pp. 47-61

Radu M. Meza

How Public Service Media Disinformation Shapes Hungarian Public Discourse pp. 62-72

Ágnes Urbán, Gábor Polyák and Kata Horváth

The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory: Twitter’s Political Influencers, Narratives, and Information Sources pp. 73-85

Sara Monaci, Domenico Morreale and Simone Persico

The EU as an ATM? Media Perception Analysis of Next Generation Funds in Spain pp. 86-100

Marcos Mayo-Cubero, Lucía García-Carretero, María-José Establés and Luis-Miguel Pedrero-Esteban

EU Representations in Portuguese Media and Populism: Embodying Political Antipodes? pp. 101-112

Maria Raquel Freire, Sofia José Santos, Moara Assis Crivelente and Luiza Almeida Bezerra

Overcoming the Age Barrier: Improving Older Adults’ Detection of Political Disinformation With Media Literacy pp. 113-123

Charo Sádaba, Ramón Salaverría and Xavier Bringué

Digital Media and Younger Audiences pp. 124-128

Olga Kolotouchkina, Celia Rangel and Patricia Núñez Gómez

Adolescents’ Augmented Reality Filter Usage on Social Media, Developmental Process, and Well-Being pp. 129-139

Julia Szambolics, Sonia Malos and Delia Cristina Balaban

Can an Awareness Campaign Boost the Effectiveness of Influencer Marketing Disclosures in YouTube Videos? pp. 140-150

Sophie C. Boerman, Eva A. van Reijmersdal and Esther Rozendaal

The EU Approach to Safeguard Children’s Rights on Video-Sharing Platforms: Jigsaw or Maze? pp. 151-163

Valerie Verdoodt, Eva Lievens and Argyro Chatzinikolaou

Conceptualising Liveness and Visibility in the News Repertoires of Adolescents in a Polymedia Environment pp. 164-174

Dejan Jontes, Tanja Oblak Črnič and Breda Luthar

Emotional Resonance and Identity Recognition in Chinese Late Adolescent Digital Music Consumption pp. 175-186

Lina Li, Yubin Li, Jing Wu and Hao Gao

Idols of Promotion and Authenticity on TikTok pp. 187-202

Radu M. Meza, Andreea-Alina Mogoș and George Prundaru

Online Success as Horizon of Survival: Children and the Digital Economy in Lagos, Nigeria pp. 203-213

Jaana Serres

Advertising on Video-Sharing Platforms in the Toy and Food Categories in Spain pp. 214-226

Miguel Ángel Nicolás-Ojeda and Esther Martínez-Pastor

Generation Alpha Media Consumption During Covid-19 and Teachers’ Standpoint pp. 227-238

Blandína Šramová and Jiří Pavelka

Tethered Disparities: Adolescent Smartphone Use in Rural and Urban China pp. 239-251

Huan Chen and Zixue Tai

Representing Trust in Digital Journalism pp. 252-263

Caryn Coatney

News Representation and Sense of Belonging Among Multicultural Audiences pp. 264-273

Sora Park, Jee Young Lee, Kieran McGuinness, Rebecca Griffiths and Thu Nguyen

Watching the Watchdogs: Using Transparency Cues to Help News Audiences Assess Information Quality pp. 274-285

Brian Keith Norambuena, Katharina Reis Farina, Michael Horning and Tanu Mitra

“They Always Get Our Story Wrong”: Addressing Social Justice Activists’ News Distrust Through Solidarity Reporting pp. 286-296

Anita Varma, Brad Limov and Ayleen Cabas-Mijares

Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study From the Czech Republic pp. 297-307

Marína Urbániková and Klára Smejkal

Distrust Profiles: Identifying the Factors That Shape Journalism’s Credibility Crisis pp. 308-319

Thomas B. Ksiazek, Su Jung Kim, Jacob L. Nelson, Ahran Park, Sushobhan Patankar, Olivia Sabalaskey and Harsh Taneja

Confusing Content, Platforms, and Data: Young Adults and Trust in News Media pp. 320-331

Veera Ehrlén, Karoliina Talvitie-Lamberg, Margareta Salonen, Minna Koivula, Mikko Villi and Turo Uskali

Trust Signals: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Women of Color’s News Trust pp. 332-343

Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin

The Awkward Moment When You Agree With News Outlets That You Normally Distrust pp. 344-354

Robin Blom

Factors Affecting Trust in Chinese Digital Journalism: Approach Based on Folk Theories pp. 355-366

Shaoqiang Liu, Jinghong Xu, Zi’an Zhao and Xiaojun Li

Free Press Under Pressure? Experiences and Consequences of Hateful Harassment on Journalists in Germany pp. 367-379

Yann P. M. Rees

Doctors Fact-Check, Journalists Get Fact-Checked: Comparing Public Trust in Journalism and Healthcare pp. 380-391

Young Eun Moon, Kristy Roschke, Jacob L. Nelson and Seth C. Lewis

2023, volume 11, articles 3

Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing pp. 1-5

Carmen Llorente-Barroso, Leopoldo Abad-Alcalá and Fausto Colombo

Digital Ageism: Emerging Challenges and Best Practices of Age-Friendly Digital Urban Governance pp. 6-17

Olga Kolotouchkina, Monica Viñarás-Abad and Luis Mañas-Viniegra

Digitalised Welfare: Access, Usage, and Outcomes Among Older Adults pp. 18-28

Tobias Olsson and Dino Viscovi

Digital Media Domestication and Job Paths Among Older People: An Ethnographic Investigation pp. 29-39

Simone Carlo and Giulia Buscicchio

Set in Stone? Mobile Practices Evolution in Later Life pp. 40-52

Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Andrea Rosales and Francisca Morey Cortès

Older Adults Learning Digital Skills Together: Peer Tutors’ Perspectives on Non-Formal Digital Support pp. 53-62

Viivi Korpela, Laura Pajula and Riitta Hänninen

Applicability of the User Experience Methodology: Communication and Employment Web Portal for Older Adults pp. 63-76

María de los Ángeles Ferrer-Mavárez, Erwin Robert Aguirre-Villalobos and Janeth Beatriz Valecillos-Pereira

Age-Based Digital Divide: Uses of the Internet in People Over 54 Years Old pp. 77-87

Natalia Papí-Gálvez and Daniel La Parra-Casado

Assessing Older Adults’ Perspectives on Digital Game-Related Strategies to Foster Active and Healthy Ageing pp. 88-100

Francisco Regalado, Cláudia Pedro Ortet, Liliana Vale Costa, Carlos Santos and Ana Isabel Veloso

Elder People and Personal Data: New Challenges in Health Platformization pp. 101-111

Ana Rivoir and Katherine Reilly

The Perception of Older Adults Regarding Socio-Political Issues Disseminated on Social Networks pp. 112-123

María Sánchez-Valle

Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media pp. 124-128

Jörg Haßler, Melanie Magin and Uta Russmann

Mobilization in the Context of Campaign Functions and Citizen Participation pp. 129-140

Anna-Katharina Wurst, Katharina Pohl and Jörg Haßler

In the Web of the Parties: Local Politicians on Facebook in Hungary pp. 141-152

Márton Bene and Gábor Dobos

The Value of a Like: Facebook, Viral Posts, and Campaign Finance in US Congressional Elections pp. 153-163

Michael Kowal

Social Media Influencers’ Role in Shaping Political Opinions and Actions of Young Audiences pp. 164-174

Christina Peter and Luisa Muth

Are Online Political Influencers Accelerating Democratic Deconsolidation? pp. 175-186

Rachel Gibson, Esmeralda Bon, Philipp Darius and Peter Smyth

“Anti-Regime Influentials” Across Platforms: A Case Study of the Free Navalny Protests in Russia pp. 187-202

Sofya Glazunova and Malmi Amadoru

The Limits of Social Media Mobilization: How Protest Movements Adapt to Social Media Logic pp. 203-213

Marlene Schaaf and Oliver Quiring

Stuck With the Algorithm: Algorithmic Consciousness and Repertoire in Fridays for Future’s Data Contention pp. 214-225

Giuliana Sorce

Fridays for Future and Mondays for Memes: How Climate Crisis Memes Mobilize Social Media Users pp. 226-237

Michael Johann, Lukas Höhnle and Jana Dombrowski

Instaworthy? Examining the Effects of (Targeted) Civic Education Ads on Instagram pp. 238-249

Emilia Errenst, Annelien Van Remoortere, Susan Vermeer and Sanne Kruikemeier

Is Personality Key? Persuasive Effects of Prior Attitudes and Personality in Political Microtargeting pp. 250-261

Hannah Decker and Nicole Krämer

Datafication Markers: Curation and User Network Effects on Mobilization and Polarization During Elections pp. 262-273

Emilija Gagrčin, Jakob Ohme, Lina Buttgereit and Felix Grünewald

Barriers to Participation in Polarized Online Discussions About Covid-19 and the Russo-Ukrainian War pp. 274-284

Martina Novotná, Alena Macková, Karolína Bieliková and Patrícia Rossini

Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts pp. 285-289

Agnes Gulyas, Joy Jenkins and Annika Bergström

News Deserts: A Research Agenda for Addressing Disparities in the United States pp. 290-292

Penelope Muse Abernathy

No People, No News: News Deserts and Areas at Risk in Spain pp. 293-303

María-Cruz Negreira-Rey, Jorge Vázquez-Herrero and Xosé López-García

The Geography of Newspaper Circulations: A Spatial Taxonomy of “News(Paper) Deserts” in the United States pp. 304-317

Ryan Yang Wang

The News Crawler: A Big Data Approach to Local Information Ecosystems pp. 318-329

Asma Khanom, Damon Kiesow, Matt Zdun and Chi-Ren Shyu

A Computational Mapping of Online News Deserts on African News Websites pp. 330-342

Dani Madrid-Morales, Joan Ramon Rodríguez-Amat and Peggy Lindner

Investigating News Deserts on the Content Level: Geographical Diversity in Swiss News Media pp. 343-354

Daniel Vogler, Morley Weston and Linards Udris

Co-Creating News Oases in Media Deserts pp. 355-359

Michelle Barrett Ferrier

Rise of the Zombie Papers: Infecting Germany’s Local and Regional Public Media Ecosystem pp. 360-370

Karin Assmann

A Discursive Evolution: Trade Publications Explain News Deserts to United States Journalists pp. 371-380

Patrick Ferrucci, Teri Finneman, Meg Heckman and Pamela E. Walck

Backed Into a Corner: Structural Changes That Lead to Local News Deserts pp. 381-389

Lenka Waschková Císařová

Deserted Local News: Exploring News Deserts From a Journalistic Recruitment Perspective pp. 390-400

Ragnhild Kr. Olsen and Birgit Røe Mathisen

Local Journalism With State Support pp. 401-403

Gunnar Nygren

Examining the Social, Civic, and Political Impact of Local Newspaper Closure in Outback Australia pp. 404-413

Marco Magasic, Kristy Hess and Julie Freeman

Dealing With Covid-19 in Casual Democracies pp. 414-425

Steen Steensen

Local News Deserts in China: The Role of Social Media and Personal Communication Networks pp. 426-436

Zixue Tai, Bai He and Jianping Liu

2023, volume 11, articles 2

(Dis)Information Literacy: A Democratic Right and Duty of All Citizens pp. 1-4

José Antonio Muñiz-Velázquez

The (Un)Intended Consequences of Emphasizing the Threats of Mis- and Disinformation pp. 5-14

Michael Hameleers

An Overview of the Fake News Phenomenon: From Untruth-Driven to Post-Truth-Driven Approaches pp. 15-29

Raúl Rodríguez-Ferrándiz

Exploring European Citizens’ Resilience to Misinformation: Media Legitimacy and Media Trust as Predictive Variables pp. 30-41

Carlos Rodríguez-Pérez and María José Canel

Vulnerability to Disinformation in Relation to Political Affiliation in North Macedonia pp. 42-52

Edlira Palloshi Disha, Albulena Halili and Agron Rustemi

Teaching Journalism Literacy in Schools: The Role of Media Companies as Media Educators in Germany pp. 53-63

Michael Sengl and Elfi Heinke

Accessing to a “Truer Truth”: Conspiracy and Figurative Reasoning From Covid-19 to the Russia–Ukraine War pp. 64-75

Bianca Terracciano

A Systematic Literature Review of the Phenomenon of Disinformation and Misinformation pp. 76-87

Marta Pérez-Escolar, Darren Lilleker and Alejandro Tapia-Frade

Combating Disinformation or Reinforcing Cognitive Bias: Effect of Weibo Poster’s Location Disclosure pp. 88-100

Chang Luo, Juan Liu, Tianjiao Yang and Jinghong Xu

Pre-Truth: Fake News, Semiological Guerrilla Warfare, and Some Other Media and Communication “Revolutions” pp. 101-108

Claudio Paolucci

New Frontiers for Political Communication in Times of Spectacularization pp. 109-112

Salvador Gómez-García, Rocío Zamora and Salomé Berrocal

Partisanship, Ideology, and Selective Exposure: A Longitudinal Analysis of Media Consumption in Spain (2008–2019) pp. 113-126

María Luisa Humanes and Lidia Valera-Ordaz

Experiencing Political Advertising Through Social Media Logic: A Qualitative Inquiry pp. 127-136

Martin Echeverría

Technopopulism and Politainment in Brazil: Bolsonaro Government’s Weekly YouTube Broadcasts pp. 137-147

Karina Di Nubila, Carlos A. Ballesteros-Herencia, Dunia Etura and Virginia Martín-Jiménez

The Spectacle of “Patriotic Violence” in Romania: Populist Leader George Simion’s Mediated Performance pp. 148-162

Teodora-Elena Grapă and Andreea-Alina Mogoș

Politainment on Twitter: Engagement in the Spanish Legislative Elections of April 2019 pp. 163-175

Salomé Berrocal-Gonzalo, Patricia Zamora-Martínez and Ana González-Neira

Journalism in Democracy: A Discourse Analysis of Twitter Posts on the Ferrerasgate Scandal pp. 176-187

Itziar Reguero-Sanz, Pablo Berdón-Prieto and Jacobo Herrero-Izquierdo

Selfies and Speeches of a President at War: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Strategy of Spectacularization on Instagram pp. 188-202

Maite Plazas-Olmedo and Pablo López-Rabadán

TikTok and Political Communication: The Latest Frontier of Politainment? A Case Study pp. 203-217

Laura Cervi, Santiago Tejedor and Fernando García Blesa

Securing the Youth Vote: A Comparative Analysis of Digital Persuasion on TikTok Among Political Actors pp. 218-231

Rocío Zamora-Medina, Andrius Suminas and Shahira S. Fahmy

Populist Right Parties on TikTok: Spectacularization, Personalization, and Hate Speech pp. 232-240

Juan Manuel González-Aguilar, Francisco Segado-Boj and Mykola Makhortykh

Music as Soft Power: The Electoral Use of Spotify pp. 241-254

Raquel Quevedo-Redondo, Marta Rebolledo and Nuria Navarro-Sierra

Spanish-Portuguese Serial Fiction as a Politainment Tool: Representations of Politics on Iberian Television pp. 255-265

Mar Chicharro-Merayo, Fátima Gil-Gascón and Carla Baptista

Digital Games as Persuasion Spaces for Political Marketing: Joe Biden’s Campaign in Fortnite pp. 266-277

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

Games as Political Actors in Digital Journalism pp. 278-290

Salvador Gómez-García and Teresa de la Hera

Datafied Societies: Digital Infrastructures, Data Power, and Regulations pp. 291-295

Raul Ferrer-Conill, Helle Sjøvaag and Ragnhild Kr. Olsen

Digital Platforms and Infrastructure in the Realm of Culture pp. 296-306

David Hesmondhalgh, Raquel Campos Valverde, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye and Zhongwei Li

The Infrastructure of News: Negotiating Infrastructural Capture and Autonomy in Data-Driven News Distribution pp. 307-318

Lisa Merete Kristensen and Jannie Møller Hartley

Follow the Data! A Strategy for Tracing Infrastructural Power pp. 319-329

Sofie Flensburg and Signe Sophus Lai

Google News Initiative’s Influence on Technological Media Innovation in Africa and the Middle East pp. 330-343

Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos, Allen Munoriyarwa, Adeola Abdulateef Elega and Charis Papaevangelou

“I Think Quality is More Important Than a Lot of Data” in Cities Datafication pp. 344-354

Carl Chineme Okafor

Wellbeing Amid Digital Risks: Implications of Digital Risks, Threats, and Scams on Users’ Wellbeing pp. 355-366

Bindiya Dutt

Post-Publication Gatekeeping Factors and Practices: Data, Platforms, and Regulations in News Work pp. 367-378

Margareta Salonen, Veera Ehrlén, Minna Koivula and Karoliina Talvitie-Lamberg

Platforms and Exposure Diversity: Towards a Framework to Assess Policies to Promote Exposure Diversity pp. 379-391

Heritiana Ranaivoson and Nino Domazetovikj

Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises in the Digital Age pp. 392-405

Theresa Josephine Seipp

The Fact of Content Moderation; Or, Let’s Not Solve the Platforms’ Problems for Them pp. 406-409

Tarleton Gillespie

2023, volume 11, articles 1

Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age: Towards (More) Comparative Analyses in Hybrid Media Systems pp. 1-5

Linards Udris and Mark Eisenegger

Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums pp. 6-18

Daniel Vogler, Morley Weston, Quirin Ryffel, Adrian Rauchfleisch, Pascal Jürgens, Mark Eisenegger, Lisa Schwaiger and Urs Christen

Googling Referendum Campaigns: Analyzing Online Search Patterns Regarding Swiss Direct-Democratic Votes pp. 19-30

Sina Blassnig, Eliza Mitova, Nico Pfiffner and Michael V. Reiss

Do Intensive Public Debates on Direct-Democratic Ballots Narrow the Gender Gap in Social Media Use? pp. 31-42

Laurent Bernhard and Daniel Kübler

Level Playing Field or Politics as Usual? Equalization–Normalization in Direct Democratic Online Campaigns pp. 43-55

Michaela Fischer and Fabrizio Gilardi

Referendum Campaigns in Hybrid Media Systems: Insights From the New Zealand Cannabis Legalisation Referendum pp. 56-68

Marta Rychert and Chris Wilkins

Beyond Brexit? Public Participation in Decision-Making on Campaign Data During and After Referendum Campaigns pp. 69-80

Julia Rone

Does Social Media Use Matter? A Case Study of the 2018 Irish Abortion Referendum pp. 81-85

Theresa Reidy and Jane Suiter

Countering or Reinforcing (Gendered) Inequalities? Ramifications of the Covid-19 Pandemic in and Through Media pp. 86-90

Margreth Lünenborg, Wolfgang Reißmann and Miriam Siemon

All’s Fair in Pandemic and War? A Gendered Analysis of Australian Coverage of Covid-19 pp. 91-101

Blair Williams and Brent Greer

The Frontlines and Margins: Gendered Care and Covid-19 in the Indian Media pp. 102-113

Usha Raman and Sumana Kasturi

8M Demonstrations, the Spanish Far Right, and the Pandemic in a Hybrid Media System pp. 114-124

Aurora Labio-Bernal and Laura Manzano-Zambruno

Negotiating Care Work: Gendered Network Structures of Pandemic Care Discourses on Twitter in Germany pp. 125-138

Miriam Siemon and Wolfgang Reißmann

Reframing Leadership: Jacinda Ardern’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic pp. 139-149

Andreea Voina and Mihnea S. Stoica

Cartographies of Resistance: Counter-Data Mapping as the New Frontier of Digital Media Activism pp. 150-162

Sandra Jeppesen and Paola Sartoretto

Representing Life and Death in Care Institutions: Between Invisible Victims and Suffering Old Women pp. 163-172

Shari Adlung and Annabella Backes

Maternal Health Information Disparities Amid Covid-19: Comparing Urban and Rural Expectant Mothers in Ghana pp. 173-183

Sahar Khamis and Delight Jessica Agboada

Career, Covid-19, and Care: (Gendered) Impacts of the Pandemic on the Work of Communication Scholars pp. 184-196

Kathrin Friederike Müller, Corinna Peil and Franzisca Weder

Knowledge Gap Hypothesis and Pandemics: Covid-19 Knowledge, Communication Inequality, and Media Literacy in Lebanon pp. 197-211

Jad Melki

Editorial: Science Communication in the Digital Age—New Actors, Environments, and Practices pp. 212-216

Julia Metag, Florian Wintterlin and Kira Klinger

“You Can Do Better Than That!”: Tweeting Scientists Addressing Politics on Climate Change and Covid-19 pp. 217-227

Kaija Biermann, Nicola Peters and Monika Taddicken

Maximizing Science Outreach on Facebook: An Analysis of Scientists’ Communication Strategies in Taiwan pp. 228-239

Adrian Rauchfleisch, Jo-Ju Kao, Tzu-Hsuan Tseng, Chia-Tzu Ho and Lu-Yi Li

Women Scientists on TikTok: New Opportunities to Become Visible and Challenge Gender Stereotypes pp. 240-251

Brigitte Huber and Luis Quesada Baena

Content Analysis From a Gender Perspective of Comments Received by Spanish Science YouTubers pp. 252-236

Belén Cambronero-Saiz, Carmen Cristófol-Rodríguez and Jesús Segarra-Saavedra

Higher Education Institutions on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Comparing Swiss Universities’ Social Media Communication pp. 264-277

Isabel Sörensen, Silke Fürst, Daniel Vogler and Mike S. Schäfer

Between Calls for Action and Narratives of Denial: Climate Change Attention Structures on Twitter pp. 278-292

Hendrik Meyer, Amelia Katelin Peach, Lars Guenther, Hadas Emma Kedar and Michael Brüggemann

The Multilingual Twitter Discourse on Vaccination in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemic pp. 293-305

Hannah Schmid-Petri, Moritz Bürger, Stephan Schlögl, Mara Schwind, Jelena Mitrović and Ramona Kühn

How Do Multiple Actors Conduct Science Communication About Omicron on Weibo: A Mixed-Method Study pp. 306-322

Jinghong Xu, Difan Guo, Jing Xu and Chang Luo

Covid-19 Research in Alternative News Media: Evidencing and Counterevidencing Practices pp. 323-334

Markus Schug, Helena Bilandzic and Susanne Kinnebrock

Scientific Information Literacy: Adaption of Concepts and an Investigation Into the Chinese Public pp. 335-248

Han Wang, Lina Li, Jing Wu and Hao Gao

Meet Bob and Offset Your Flight: Optimising Explainer Videos to Promote Voluntary Carbon Offsetting pp. 349-360

Anna Schorn and Werner Wirth

How Politicians’ Attacks on Science Communication Influence Public Perceptions of Journalists and Scientists pp. 361-373

Jana Laura Egelhofer