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An international forum for research and discussion on the media, including the newer information and communication technologies. Also on http://mcsjournal.bsky.social

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Yangzi Chen & Stella C Chia examines how the popular TV series Delicious Romance reflects a distinctly Chinese form of postfeminism that celebrate women’s autonomy while quietly reinforcing patriarchal norms. @Concordia journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @grohmann_rafael & Alexandre Costa Barbosa introduce “sovereignty-as-a-service” to show how #BigTech redefine digital sovereignty through cloud programs, turning it into a purchasable, platform-driven service. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Katherine Sender & colleagues propose “strategic methodological essentialism” for researching transnational LGBTQ+ audiences—balancing identity categories with their limits to study #QueerEye viewers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Maren Hartmann, David Lowis & Vera Klocke show how digital (dis)connection is both precarious and sometimes chosen as coping or resistance, through research with roofless people in Berlin. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @anirbanbaishya & Darshana S. Mini analyse how streaming platforms like Sling TV & #ZEE5 Global market #SouthAsian media to diasporic audiences, turning cultural identity into a global market category. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Nduka N. Nwankpa, Leton C. Kuru & Ngozi A. Onwuka examine #Nigeria’s pledged clean-up of #Ogoniland. They find slow progress, low trust & highlight how media advocacy can pressure accountability & drive real change. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @DrTVLotz explores the rise of “hosted media” & “simple-professional” production on platforms like #YouTube & #TikTok, showing how new media logics reshape autonomy, creativity & capitalism in digital video. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Annabella Backes, @mluenenborg & @kerstinschankw1 analyse TikTok activism around the #Mazan rape cases. They show how feminist users turn shame into solidarity through affective media practices & networked feminism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @HiuFungChung1 reflects on how #CriticalAIStudies travels across contexts. From an East Asian standpoint, Chung introduces “tangle, transplant & transmute” to show how local histories reshape global AI critique. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @elenaescalanteb & Jan Blockx analyse EU media coverage of the Digital Markets Act. They reveal how media became both a stage for stakeholder influence & a tool for policymakers, while citizen voices remained marginal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @AniruddhaJena & Mark Hayward explore how Radio Dhimsa in Eastern India uses #CommunityRadio to foster belonging, cultural preservation & participation, reframing ‘rural’ as active, dynamic & central to media practices. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Jeroen de Kloet & Thomas Poell show how WeChat users in Beijing weave sensitive messages into everyday chats, navigating censorship & surveillance by hiding in plain sight, yet remaining vulnerable to repression. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Riccardo Ferrigato & @gabriele_balbi propose the Media Maintenance Approach (MEMA) to advance a unified and integrated approach able to combine continuity and change, but also conservation and innovation in media studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, @nevegordon traces how The Jewish Chronicle has weaponised ‘#antisemitism’—mobilising moral panic, reinforcing Jewish victimhood & shielding violent racial governance, especially around Oct 7, 2023. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Qiuxin Chen, Yuanyuan Shi & Yeheng Pan trace the transformation in the socio-technical imaginary of the loudspeaker in Shanghai’s #COVID19 response. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Nina Willment & Jack Newsinger show how #TV production workers in the UK remain in the industry despite precarity. They reveal how symbolic, social & economic capital shape worker motivations. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Deqiang Ji & Haodong She revisit the #DigitalDivide during & beyond #COVID19. They highlight how the pandemic deepened digital inequalities & call for a holistic approach to promote true digital inclusivity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Nahuel Ivan Faedo, @xavierginesta & Montse Corrius examine the persistent gender inequalities in Spanish sports journalism. Female journalists face barriers to content production & career progression despite some progress. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Afshin Omidi uses labor process theory to rethink work in the #CreatorEconomy. Social media platforms act as workplaces where algorithms control labour, reshape skills, & degrade creative work to benefit platforms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


In this new #OnlineFirst article, Christoph Bareither and Sabine Wirth propose the concept of the feed-as-assemblage to analyse how algorithms, interfaces and user practices shape value production on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…


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