Critical Studies in Media Communication

Advertising disability

Published on 5 Aug 2025

by Matthew Parnell Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

Advertising disability

Published on 5 Aug 2025

by Matthew Parnell Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

Pandemic death discourse: denial, disparity and the promise of communication

Published on 29 Jul 2025

by Cheyenne Zaremba Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Pandemic death discourse: denial, disparity and the promise of communication

Published on 29 Jul 2025

by Cheyenne Zaremba Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Contested airwaves: American radio at home and abroad, 1914–1946

Published on 22 Jul 2025

by Mark Ward Sr. College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Texas A&M University-Victoria

Contested airwaves: American radio at home and abroad, 1914–1946

Published on 22 Jul 2025

by Mark Ward Sr. College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Texas A&M University-Victoria

In the Spirit of ʔAtatíc̓eʔ: telling decolonial allotment stories amid pending litigation

Published on 22 Jul 2025

by T. Jake Dionne Department of Communication, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

In the Spirit of ʔAtatíc̓eʔ: telling decolonial allotment stories amid pending litigation

Published on 22 Jul 2025

by T. Jake Dionne Department of Communication, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

“Nazis, I hate these guys”: Indiana Jones as an antifascist memetic icon

Published on 21 Jul 2025

by Emil Stjernholm Alaina Schempp a Media and Communication Studies, Department of Communication, Lund University, Lund, Swedenb Department of Film and Creative Writing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

“Nazis, I hate these guys”: Indiana Jones as an antifascist memetic icon

Published on 21 Jul 2025

by Emil Stjernholm Alaina Schempp a Media and Communication Studies, Department of Communication, Lund University, Lund, Swedenb Department of Film and Creative Writing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Blaming Blackness: Travis Scott, the Astroworld concert tragedy, and news media’s racialized search for responsibility

Published on 21 Jul 2025

by John Vilanova Lehigh University, Journalism & Communication Department, Africana Studies Program, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Blaming Blackness: Travis Scott, the Astroworld concert tragedy, and news media’s racialized search for responsibility

Published on 21 Jul 2025

by John Vilanova Lehigh University, Journalism & Communication Department, Africana Studies Program, Bethlehem, PA, USA

The rhetoric of outrage: Why social media is making us angry

Published on 10 Jul 2025

by Paromita Pain

The rhetoric of outrage: Why social media is making us angry

Published on 10 Jul 2025

by Paromita Pain

Shutting down the Crossfire: lessons on digitality from the short history of Apple AirDrop

Published on 3 Jul 2025

by Matthew Salzano Damien S. Pfister a Communication, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USAb Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Shutting down the Crossfire: lessons on digitality from the short history of Apple AirDrop

Published on 3 Jul 2025

by Matthew Salzano Damien S. Pfister a Communication, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USAb Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Trump and the truthers: populist demophobia and the Sandy Hook conspiracy theory

Published on 23 Jun 2025

by Ryan Neville-Shepard Department of Communication, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USARyan Neville-Shepard (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Arkansas where he teaches and researches in areas related to political communication, rhetorical theory, and argumentation.

Trump and the truthers: populist demophobia and the Sandy Hook conspiracy theory

Published on 23 Jun 2025

by Ryan Neville-Shepard Department of Communication, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USARyan Neville-Shepard (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Arkansas where he teaches and researches in areas related to political communication, rhetorical theory, and argumentation.

Migrants and refugees in Southern Europe beyond the news stories: photographs, hate, and journalists’ perceptions

Published on 20 May 2025

by Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager Colorado State University

Migrants and refugees in Southern Europe beyond the news stories: photographs, hate, and journalists’ perceptions

Published on 20 May 2025

by Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager Colorado State University

Minorities, free speech and the internet

Published on 14 May 2025

by Jiarui Gong Xinli Chen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Minorities, free speech and the internet

Published on 14 May 2025

by Jiarui Gong Xinli Chen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

The digital double bind: change and stasis in the Middle East

Published on 12 May 2025

by Egor Korneev Department of Middle East Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

The digital double bind: change and stasis in the Middle East

Published on 12 May 2025

by Egor Korneev Department of Middle East Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

The end of reality: how four billionaires are selling a fantasy future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto

Published on 12 May 2025

by Giovanni Francischelli School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

The end of reality: how four billionaires are selling a fantasy future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto

Published on 12 May 2025

by Giovanni Francischelli School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

The extraction ideology: Brazilian pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency

Published on 16 Apr 2025

by James Fitzgerald Rose Marie Santini Débora Salles a School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Dublin, Irelandb School of Communications, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilc School of Communications, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The extraction ideology: Brazilian pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency

Published on 16 Apr 2025

by James Fitzgerald Rose Marie Santini Débora Salles a School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Dublin, Irelandb School of Communications, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Making the human: race, allegory, and Asian Americans

Published on 15 Apr 2025

by Christine Choi University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Making the human: race, allegory, and Asian Americans

Published on 15 Apr 2025

by Christine Choi University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Live from the underground: a history of college radio

Published on 3 Apr 2025

by Simon-Olivier Gagnon Université Laval, Québec (QC), Canada

Live from the underground: a history of college radio

Published on 3 Apr 2025

by Simon-Olivier Gagnon Université Laval, Québec (QC), Canada

Badvertising: an exposé

Published on 25 Mar 2025

by Gao Jingquan University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, Shanghai, China

Badvertising: an exposé

Published on 25 Mar 2025

by Gao Jingquan University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, Shanghai, China

A century of repression: the espionage act and freedom of the press,

Published on 17 Mar 2025

by Sheila B. Lalwani Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

A century of repression: the espionage act and freedom of the press,

Published on 17 Mar 2025

by Sheila B. Lalwani Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

How propaganda exploits the infrastructure of truth: A case study of #IStandWithPutin

Published on 12 Mar 2025

by Timothy Graham School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

How propaganda exploits the infrastructure of truth: A case study of #IStandWithPutin

Published on 12 Mar 2025

by Timothy Graham School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Simulated diversity and racial couvade: re-casting the past in historically based television dramas

Published on 10 Mar 2025

by June Deery Communication & Media, Rensselaer, Troy, NY, USA

Simulated diversity and racial couvade: re-casting the past in historically based television dramas

Published on 10 Mar 2025

by June Deery Communication & Media, Rensselaer, Troy, NY, USA

“The revolution will be hilarious: comedy for social change and civic power”

Published on 10 Mar 2025

by Paul Alonso Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

“The revolution will be hilarious: comedy for social change and civic power”

Published on 10 Mar 2025

by Paul Alonso Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Trafficking data

Published on 10 Mar 2025

by James P. Mahon School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland, UK

Trafficking data

Published on 10 Mar 2025

by James P. Mahon School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland, UK

Propaganda à la Russe: historical continuance and modern adaptation

Published on 7 Mar 2025

by Chang Zhang Yong Jin Ran Si a School of Government and Public Affairs, Communication University of China, Beijing, People's Republic of Chinab Advertising Institute, Communication University of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Propaganda à la Russe: historical continuance and modern adaptation

Published on 7 Mar 2025

by Chang Zhang Yong Jin Ran Si a School of Government and Public Affairs, Communication University of China, Beijing, People's Republic of Chinab Advertising Institute, Communication University of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China

“Hacking and information disorder: the weaponization of leaking”

Published on 7 Mar 2025

by Philip Di Salvo School of Umanities and Social Sciences, Universität St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

“Hacking and information disorder: the weaponization of leaking”

Published on 7 Mar 2025

by Philip Di Salvo School of Umanities and Social Sciences, Universität St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Media and Nigeria’s constitutional democracy: civic space, free speech and the battle for freedom of the press

Published on 6 Mar 2025

by Will Mari Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Media and Nigeria’s constitutional democracy: civic space, free speech and the battle for freedom of the press

Published on 6 Mar 2025

by Will Mari Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Distancing representations in transgender film: Identification, affect, and the audience

Published on 5 Mar 2025

by Mary Alice Adams School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA

Distancing representations in transgender film: Identification, affect, and the audience

Published on 5 Mar 2025

by Mary Alice Adams School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA

A century of propaganda studies: from pen and sword to surveillant smartphone

Published on 3 Mar 2025

by Emma L. Briant Marc Owen Jones a Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, USAb Communication Program, Northwestern University, Doha, Qatar

A century of propaganda studies: from pen and sword to surveillant smartphone

Published on 3 Mar 2025

by Emma L. Briant Marc Owen Jones a Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, USAb Communication Program, Northwestern University, Doha, Qatar

Participatory propaganda and the intentional (re)production of disinformation around international conflict

Published on 28 Feb 2025

by Dmitry Chernobrov School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Participatory propaganda and the intentional (re)production of disinformation around international conflict

Published on 28 Feb 2025

by Dmitry Chernobrov School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

News media’s legitimization of disinformation: propaganda and the length of the Uluru Statement

Published on 28 Feb 2025

by Victoria Fielding Robert Boucaut Catherine Son Alexander H. Beare School of Humanities, Department of Media, The University of Adelaide, South Australia

News media’s legitimization of disinformation: propaganda and the length of the Uluru Statement

Published on 28 Feb 2025

by Victoria Fielding Robert Boucaut Catherine Son Alexander H. Beare School of Humanities, Department of Media, The University of Adelaide, South Australia

“This is real beauty”: pushing the boundaries of aesthetic citizenship online

Published on 28 Feb 2025

by Jordan Foster David Pettinicchio a DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canadab University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

“This is real beauty”: pushing the boundaries of aesthetic citizenship online

Published on 28 Feb 2025

by Jordan Foster David Pettinicchio a DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canadab University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Spinning into control: the spin/propaganda thesis challenged

Published on 25 Feb 2025

by Abdelwahab El Affendi Gregory Gondwe a Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatarb Department of Communication and Media, California State University – San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USAc Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Cambridge, MA, USA

Spinning into control: the spin/propaganda thesis challenged

Published on 25 Feb 2025

by Abdelwahab El Affendi Gregory Gondwe a Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatarb Department of Communication and Media, California State University – San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USAc Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Cambridge, MA, USA

Algorithmic worldmaking: The rhetorical craft of networked order

Published on 25 Feb 2025

by Matthew Salzano School of Communication and Journalism, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Algorithmic worldmaking: The rhetorical craft of networked order

Published on 25 Feb 2025

by Matthew Salzano School of Communication and Journalism, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

“America was terrified … of an orange”: using film to subvert hegemonic narratives on Asian identity

Published on 12 Feb 2025

by Aarum F. Youn-Heil Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed a Department of Communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USAb Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

“America was terrified … of an orange”: using film to subvert hegemonic narratives on Asian identity

Published on 12 Feb 2025

by Aarum F. Youn-Heil Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed a Department of Communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USAb Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

“Break something!”: Abjection and the mutability of white masculinity in the Woodstock ‘99 documentaries

Published on 10 Feb 2025

by Linsay M. Cramer Andrew R. Donofrio a Department of Communication, Media, and Culture, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USAb Department of Performance and Communication Arts, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA

“Break something!”: Abjection and the mutability of white masculinity in the Woodstock ‘99 documentaries

Published on 10 Feb 2025

by Linsay M. Cramer Andrew R. Donofrio a Department of Communication, Media, and Culture, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USAb Department of Performance and Communication Arts, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA

Between parochialism and planetary in Cultural Studies: an interview with Lawrence Grossberg

Published on 10 Dec 2024

by Raka Shome Lawrence Grossberg a Department of Communication, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USAb Department of Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

Between parochialism and planetary in Cultural studies: an interview with Lawrence Grossberg

Published on 10 Dec 2024

by Raka Shome Lawrence Grossberg a Department of Communication, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USAb Department of Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

Social media critical discourse studies

Published on 9 Dec 2024

by Baoqin Wu Shanghai Normal University

Social media critical discourse studies

Published on 9 Dec 2024

by Baoqin Wu Shanghai Normal University

A sense of urgency: how the climate crisis is changing rhetoric

Published on 7 Dec 2024

by Seth Simon Davis Teaching Fellow, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

A sense of urgency: how the climate crisis is changing rhetoric

Published on 7 Dec 2024

by Seth Simon Davis Teaching Fellow, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Neo-patriarchal representations of “Pink” divorce in contemporary Egyptian TV dramas

Published on 2 Dec 2024

by Ouidyane Elouardaoui Department of English Studies, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco

Neo-patriarchal representations of “Pink” divorce in contemporary Egyptian TV dramas

Published on 2 Dec 2024

by Ouidyane Elouardaoui Department of English Studies, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco

Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment

Published on 25 Nov 2024

by Steven Dashiell Center for Urban Health Equity, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USASteven Dashiell is a Research Assistant Professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. He is appointed to the Center for Urban Health Equity. His primary research interest involves the relationships between masculinity, discourse, culture, and society in male dominated subcultures. Particularly his research looks at gaming spaces, leisure subcultures, the military, and organizations for marginalized men.

Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment

Published on 25 Nov 2024

by Steven Dashiell Center for Urban Health Equity, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USASteven Dashiell is a Research Assistant Professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. He is appointed to the Center for Urban Health Equity. His primary research interest involves the relationships between masculinity, discourse, culture, and society in male dominated subcultures. Particularly his research looks at gaming spaces, leisure subcultures, the military, and organizations for marginalized men.

Glitching the simulated carnival: “Girls like us” in MTV's Ex on the Beach

Published on 25 Nov 2024

by Jamison K. Warren Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Glitching the simulated carnival: “Girls like us” in MTV's Ex on the Beach

Published on 25 Nov 2024

by Jamison K. Warren Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Cultural Studies, what is it (and is not): once more with feeling

Published on 20 Nov 2024

by Raka Shome Communication Department, Villanova University, Radnor, PARaka Shome is Professor and Harron Family Endowed Chair at Villanova University, Communication department.

Cultural studies, what is it (and is not): once more with feeling

Published on 20 Nov 2024

by Raka Shome Communication Department, Villanova University, Radnor, PARaka Shome is Professor and Harron Family Endowed Chair at Villanova University, Communication department.

Engaging with culture and modernity: Cultural studies in India

Published on 19 Nov 2024

by Tejaswini Niranjana Centre for Inter-Asian Research, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat, IndiaTejaswini Niranjana is Founding Director (2021–4), Centre for Inter-Asian Research, at Ahmedabad University, prior to which she was Professor and Head, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She is co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, which offered an innovative inter-disciplinary PhD program from 2000–12. She is the author of Siting Translation: History, Post-structuralism and the Colonial Context (University of California Press, 1992), Mobilizing India: Women, Music and Migration between India and Trinidad (Duke University Press, 2006), and Musicophilia in Mumbai: Performing Subjects and the Metropolitan Unconscious (Duke University Press, 2020). Her most recent edited volumes include Genealogies of the Asian Present: Situating Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (Orient Blackswan, 2015) with Wang Xiaoming; and Music, Modernity and Publicness in India (Oxford University Press, 2020). She is curator of the Saath-Saath Project, a musical collaboration between Indian and Chinese performers: http://saathsaathmusic.com, and producer of three documentary films based on her music research (directed by Surabhi Sharma).

Engaging with culture and modernity: Cultural Studies in India

Published on 19 Nov 2024

by Tejaswini Niranjana Centre for Inter-Asian Research, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat, IndiaTejaswini Niranjana is Founding Director (2021–4), Centre for Inter-Asian Research, at Ahmedabad University, prior to which she was Professor and Head, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She is co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, which offered an innovative inter-disciplinary PhD program from 2000–12. She is the author of Siting Translation: History, Post-structuralism and the Colonial Context (University of California Press, 1992), Mobilizing India: Women, Music and Migration between India and Trinidad (Duke University Press, 2006), and Musicophilia in Mumbai: Performing Subjects and the Metropolitan Unconscious (Duke University Press, 2020). Her most recent edited volumes include Genealogies of the Asian Present: Situating Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (Orient Blackswan, 2015) with Wang Xiaoming; and Music, Modernity and Publicness in India (Oxford University Press, 2020). She is curator of the Saath-Saath Project, a musical collaboration between Indian and Chinese performers: http://saathsaathmusic.com, and producer of three documentary films based on her music research (directed by Surabhi Sharma).

Assessing inequalities in storytelling & narrative media: conceptualizing A Freirean methodology

Published on 11 Nov 2024

by John C. Hayvon SSHRC Canada CGS-D Scholar in Honor of Nelson Mandela, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Assessing inequalities in storytelling & narrative media: conceptualizing a Freirean methodology

Published on 11 Nov 2024

by John C. Hayvon SSHRC Canada CGS-D Scholar in Honor of Nelson Mandela, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Latin American, Caribbean, and Colombian cultural studies trajectories: Cartographies of the relation between culture and power in the region

Published on 30 Oct 2024

by Juan Ricardo Aparicio Cuervo Department of Languages and Culture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Latin American, Caribbean, and Colombian Cultural Studies trajectories: Cartographies of the relation between culture and power in the region

Published on 30 Oct 2024

by Juan Ricardo Aparicio Cuervo Department of Languages and Culture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Correction

Published on 20 Sep 2024

Gays Against Groomers and the politics of digital ventriloquism

Published on 17 Sep 2024

by Ragan Fox Communication Studies, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA

“This isn’t a place like Iraq or Afghanistan”: coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Middle Eastern other

Published on 16 Sep 2024

by Haneen Shafeeq Ghabra Department of Mass Communication, Kuwait University, KuwaitHaneen Ghabra is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Culture at Kuwait University.

“This isn’t a place like Iraq or Afghanistan”: coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Middle Eastern other

Published on 16 Sep 2024

by Haneen Shafeeq Ghabra Department of Mass Communication, Kuwait University, KuwaitHaneen Ghabra is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Culture at Kuwait University.

Superman, superwoman, or superhero? A thematic analysis of Reddit user discussions of female superheroes

Published on 13 Sep 2024

by Natalie S. Wellman Tiffany A. Dykstra-DeVette Alanna L. Peebles a Department of Communication Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USAb School of Communication, San Diego State University, San Diego, USAc School of Journalism and Media Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

Dialectics of cinematic co-production: ambivalent Korean fantasy romance in Ultimate Oppa

Published on 13 Sep 2024

by David C. Oh Department of Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

Dialectics of cinematic co-production: ambivalent Korean fantasy romance in Ultimate Oppa

Published on 13 Sep 2024

by David C. Oh Department of Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

Priming “American carnage:” reality television and Donald J. Trump

Published on 11 Sep 2024

by Christopher J. Wernecke Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA

“De eso no se habla”: the complexities of representation in Love, Victor

Published on 11 Sep 2024

by Camille Ruiz Mangual Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USACamille Ruiz Mangual (MA, University of South Florida) is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication.

Oprah and Ozempic: a commentary on Oprah Winfrey’s “shame, blame and the weight loss revolution”

Published on 10 Sep 2024

by Apryl Williams Mel Monier a Digital Studies and Communication, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAb Department of Media and Communication, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAApryl Williams is jointly appointed Assistant Professor in the Digital Studies Institute and the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. She is also a Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.Mel Monier is a PhD candidate in the Departments of Communication and Media and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan. Their research is grounded in queer and trans of color feminist praxis and focuses on the intersections of identities (particularly race, gender, sexuality) and embodiment in digital spaces.

“Get Woke, Go Broke”: sport media’s monetization of white male grievance in the age of Trump

Published on 9 Sep 2024

by Taylor M. Henry Visual and Sound Media, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA

The role of news coverage in constructing the putative voter: a critical discourse analysis of local news coverage of same-sex marriage

Published on 5 Sep 2024

by Shelby Lake Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Vlogging truth to power: a study of the postcolonial rhetoric of disenfranchised Ghanaian migrants’ political vlogs

Published on 5 Sep 2024

by Wincharles Coker Department of Communication Studies, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Media of the masses: cassette culture in modern Egypt

Published on 2 Sep 2024

by Mejgan Massoumi Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE) Program, Stanford Introductory Studies (SIS)

Black hair technologies at the “post-natural” turn

Published on 2 Sep 2024

by Cienna Davis Sarah J. Jackson Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

The Strong Black Women of the film American Fiction: An Exploration Using the Africana Media Representations Quadrants Model

Published on 2 Sep 2024

by Heather E. Harris Professor of Communication, Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD, USA

Black girlhood media studies: bridging multidisciplinary approaches from old to new media

Published on 30 Aug 2024

by Maryann Erigha Lawer Department of Sociology, Institute for African American Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Black girl joy in the media: an intergenerational perspective

Published on 29 Aug 2024

by Tina M. Harris Rockia K. Harris a Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAb Communication Department, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, USADr. Tina M. Harris is the Manship-Maynard Endowed Chair of Race, Media, and Cultural Literacy in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Her primary research interests are interracial communication, critical communication pedagogy, race and identity, diversity and media representations, racial social justice, mentoring, and racial reconciliation, among others. Dr. Harris is author of the groundbreaking book Dismantling Racism, One Relationship at a Time (2023), she is 2nd Vice President of the National Communication Association, and an NCA Distinguished Scholar. Dr. Harris is a prolific author who contributes original research to books, top-tier peer reviewed journals, and encyclopedias.Dr. Rockia K. Harris is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Communication at Villanova University. As a critical cultural scholar, her expertise locates social justice and identity at the nexus of communication and media. Dr. Harris’ research, teaching, and service are twofold: (1) Advancing DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging) language and policies; and (2) Exploring the role and impact of news media and popular culture on communication to uplift and prioritize marginalized voices and representations.

Editors’ note for “lifting as we climb: elevating mediated epistemologies by and about black women”

Published on 27 Aug 2024

by Kimberly R. Moffitt Rachel Alicia Griffin

African girl, African woman: how agile, empowered and tech-savvy females will transform the continent … for good

Published on 21 Aug 2024

by Ivy M. Fofie School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

The content of our caricature: African American comic art and political belonging

Published on 21 Aug 2024

by Jasmine Hope Jackson College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States

“What makes you think I’m African American?”: identity performance, code switching and the Strong Black Woman on Love Is Blind

Published on 21 Aug 2024

by Helen Rosenboom Ralina L. Joseph Communication department, University of Washington, Seattle, USAHelen Rosenboom is a first-year graduate student in the communication department at the University of Washington. Her desired studies flit between intercultural, relational, and nonverbal communication. Using a critical and interpretive approach, she constantly strives to find a way to understand and improve her community and cultural connections.Dr. Ralina L. Joseph is a scholar, teacher, and facilitator of race and communication. She is Presidential Term Professor of Communication, Founding Director of the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity, and Associate Dean of Equity & Justice in the Graduate School at the University of Washington, Seattle. Ralina is the author of three books on race and communication. She is currently writing Moving through Racial Exhaustion: Interrupting Privilege by Critically Communicating Race, a book based on her public scholarship.

Misogynoir transformed: Black women’s digital resistance

Published on 14 Aug 2024

by Desiree Sterling, M.A. Department of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Breaking bridges to the Pied Piper: how Black feminists digitally wreck the legacy of R. Kelly on Ebony.com

Published on 7 Aug 2024

by Alisa Hardy The Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, Chapel Drive, College Park, Maryland, USA

“It’s hard to be something you can’t see!”: representing Black transgender women on “The Breakfast Club” morning show

Published on 7 Aug 2024

by Victoria E. Thomas Department of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, CanadaDr. Victoria E. Thomas is an assistant professor of Media, Communication, and Public Engagement at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia Canada. She earned her PhD from the University of Washington in 2020. Her research examines representations of Black transgender and gender-nonconforming identities in television. Her research has been published in the journals Communication, Culture, and Critique and Critical Studies in Television.

Race, romance, and Hollywood: Black women filmmakers and the cultural production of Black love

Published on 6 Aug 2024

by Brandale Mills Cox Jasmin M. Goodman a Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication, Cathy Hughes School of Communication, Howard University, Washington, DC, USAb Department of Mass Media Arts, Division of Communication Arts, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Black vegan rhetoric: race, healing, and conflict in Black women’s blog posts

Published on 26 Jul 2024

by Ryan Tabrizi Keven James Rudrow Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, SyracuseRyan Tabrizi is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. Tabrizi’s work emerges at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and liberation. Their work has appeared in the journal Review of Communication.Keven James Rudrow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and the African American Studies Program at Mississippi State University. Rudrow’s scholarship explores contemporary discourses concerning race, gender, and sexuality in U.S. American popular culture. His work can be read in ranked communication and ethnic studies journals such as Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies; Critical Studies in Media Communication; Communication, Culture and Critique; and the Journal of Black Studies.

Mediated misogynoir: erasing Black women’s and girls’ innocence in the public imagination

Published on 26 Jul 2024

by Nora Suren University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Double negative: the Black image and popular culture

Published on 26 Jul 2024

by Aysha LaBon Ph.D. Student, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USAAysha LaBon is an instructor of Human Communication and a doctoral student at Georgia State University. Her research interests include African Americans, romantic relationships, and media stereotypes. LaBon aspires to publish her original work, “Televised media, Black stereotypes, and low marriage rates: A qualitative study,” in which she examines the role that Black women participants feel media stereotypes have played in their hesitance to marry. Findings suggest that media stereotypes of Black men may be causing some Black women to resist love in their real lives.Ms. LaBon resides in Atlanta, GA, with her son and thoroughly enjoys hiking, participating in wine tastings, and taking solo trips.

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Published on 18 Jul 2024

by Keya Saxena School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

Legal spectatorship: slavery and the visual culture of domestic violence

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Branding black womanhood: media citizenship from black power to black girl magic

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“Presented as originally created”: how Disney profits off racist content from the past on its streaming platform of the future

Published on 20 May 2024

by Margot Susca Atika Alkhallouf American University, Washington, D.C., USA

“We have a lot weighing on us:” a Black Feminist analysis of U.S. newspaper quotes of Black women in year 1 of the COVID-19 pandemic

Published on 20 Feb 2024

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