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Be super, be white: perceptions of representation and inclusion in superhero films from a Mexican audience
Published on 27 Mar 2026
by Gabriel Dominguez Partida Brenda Ledesma Perez Luis Fernando Montaño Rodriguez School of Communication, Universidad Panamericana, Zapopan, MexicoGabriel Dominguez Partida has a bachelor’s degree in Communication from the Universidad Panamericana, Campus Guadalajara, a master’s in Film Studies from the University of Guadalajara, and a Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Texas Tech University. He is a UCLA-certified screenwriter for film and television, participating as a director and scriptwriter for local and national advertising campaigns. He has also been a speaker at different national and international conferences. In addition, he has published articles and book chapters that provide textual analyses of Mexican series and films. His area of study is cultural identity and its intersection with media representations. Finally, he has worked as a university professor for over ten years. He was also Chair of the Audiovisual Academy, Director of Multimedia GDL, and Director of the Communication and Audiovisual Production Program at Universidad Panamericana. After that, he served as Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director of the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication at Texas Tech University. He is currently the Dean of the School of Communication at Universidad Panamericana.Brenda Veronica Ledesma Perez holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s in Art History from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a Bachelor’s in History from the University of Guadalajara. She is the Associate Dean of Research of the School of Communication at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus, and a member of the National System of Researchers of Conacyt at the Candidate level. She is the co-author of the books Librado García Smarth: La vanguardia fotográfica en Jalisco (Antonio García Cubas Award 2020, “Art Book” category, INAH-Federal Ministry of Culture), 100 años de fotografía en El Universal (Federal Ministry of Culture-El Universal, 2016), and Ciudad de México 1917–2017: Crónica de una conquista democrática (Legislative Assembly of the Federal District-El Universal, 2017), among others. Brenda is also the author of Fotografía en las aceras de Guadalajara: Representación, imagen e historia (State Council for Culture and the Arts of Jalisco, 2010). In 2018, she worked for the government of Zapopan, preparing dossiers for intangible cultural heritage declarations, and from 2019–2020, she was a researcher in the same area at the Ministry of Culture of the State of Jalisco.Luis Fernando Montaño Rodriguez is an undergraduate student in Communication and Audiovisual Creation at Universidad Panamericana, currently in his seventh semester. He won the Best International Short Film award at the Festival de los Marcs in Barcelona and placed third in the Ecom Opening 2020 competition at Universidad Panamericana. He has participated as a speaker in both national and international research forums and has served as an invited judge for the Communication Research Symposium 2025 at Universidad Panamericana. He currently works as an audiovisual producer at a marketing agency.
“What do you want?!”: Black messianic masculinity in Netflix’s Last Chance U: Basketball
Published on 21 Mar 2026
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, USALinsay M. Cramer, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture at Coastal Carolina University located at 100 Chanticleer Drive East, Conway, SC 29528. Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to lcramer@coastal.edu.Andrew R. Donofrio, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University located at 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, New York 13617.
“What do you want?!”: Black messianic masculinity in Netflix’s Last Chance U: Basketball
Published on 21 Mar 2026
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, USALinsay M. Cramer, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture at Coastal Carolina University located at 100 Chanticleer Drive East, Conway, SC 29528. Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to lcramer@coastal.edu.Andrew R. Donofrio, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University located at 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, New York 13617.
Media materialities: form, format, and ephemeral meaning
Published on 21 Mar 2026
by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy Miami University
Media materialities: form, format, and ephemeral meaning
Published on 21 Mar 2026
by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy Miami University
“This is my spot. It’s all mine.”: The queer anatopism of place in Call Me by Your Name
Published on 21 Mar 2026
by Sneha Goswami Kyle Christensen a Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USAb Department of Language, Literature, and Communication, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL, USA
“This is my spot. It’s all mine.”: The queer anatopism of place in Call Me by Your Name
Published on 21 Mar 2026
by Sneha Goswami Kyle Christensen a Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USAb Department of Language, Literature, and Communication, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL, USA
Intersectional activism in environmental communication: changemakers respond to ecological crises
Published on 16 Mar 2026
by T. Jake Dionne University of Arkansas
Intersectional activism in environmental communication: changemakers respond to ecological crises
Published on 16 Mar 2026
by T. Jake Dionne University of Arkansas
Searching for solidarity: Revolutionary dreams and radical social movements
Published on 15 Mar 2026
by Anjana Mudambi Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Searching for solidarity: Revolutionary dreams and radical social movements
Published on 15 Mar 2026
by Anjana Mudambi Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Unity and the Story of “9/12”: sport, public memory, and the rhetorical reinvention of 9/11
Published on 10 Mar 2026
by Michael L. Butterworth Nathaniel R. Repay a Department of Communication Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USAb Department of Communication & Film, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USAMichael L. Butterworth is Director of the Center for Sports Communication & Media, Governor Ann W. Richards Chair for the Texas Program in Sports and Media, and Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.Nathaniel R. Repay is an Assistant Professor of Teaching and the Oral Communication Coordinator in the Department of Communication & Film at the University of Memphis.A preliminary version of this essay appeared as “The 20 Anniversary of 9/11 and Sports’ Reliance on ‘Unity,’” in the 2022 “Politics in Sports Media” report: https://moody.utexas.edu/centers/sports-communication-media/politics-sports-media; an updated version was presented as the annual “Low Lecture” at Southeast Missouri State University in April, 2024. Correspondence should be directed to Michael L. Butterworth at michael.butterworth@austin.utexas.edu
Unity and the Story of “9/12”: sport, public memory, and the rhetorical reinvention of 9/11
Published on 10 Mar 2026
by Michael L. Butterworth Nathaniel R. Repay a Department of Communication Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USAb Department of Communication & Film, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USAMichael L. Butterworth is Director of the Center for Sports Communication & Media, Governor Ann W. Richards Chair for the Texas Program in Sports and Media, and Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.Nathaniel R. Repay is an Assistant Professor of Teaching and the Oral Communication Coordinator in the Department of Communication & Film at the University of Memphis.A preliminary version of this essay appeared as “The 20 Anniversary of 9/11 and Sports’ Reliance on ‘Unity,’” in the 2022 “Politics in Sports Media” report: https://moody.utexas.edu/centers/sports-communication-media/politics-sports-media; an updated version was presented as the annual “Low Lecture” at Southeast Missouri State University in April, 2024. Correspondence should be directed to Michael L. Butterworth at michael.butterworth@austin.utexas.edu
Truth be told: white nostalgia and antiracist queer resistance in “post-truth” America
Published on 3 Mar 2026
by Robert Mejia Department of Communication Studies, California State University, Long Beach
Truth be told: white nostalgia and antiracist queer resistance in “post-truth” America
Published on 3 Mar 2026
by Robert Mejia Department of Communication Studies, California State University, Long Beach
Spanish-language television: cultural and industrial transformations
Published on 25 Feb 2026
by Angharad N. Valdivia University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Spanish-language television: cultural and industrial transformations
Published on 25 Feb 2026
by Angharad N. Valdivia University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
What does anon want of me? De-idealizing transgender digital media on 4chan’s /lgbt/ imageboard
Published on 25 Feb 2026
by Reed Van Schenck Communication & Media, IE University, Madrid, SpainReed Van Schenck is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media at IE University in Spain. They received their PhD in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States.
What does anon want of me? De-idealizing transgender digital media on 4chan’s /lgbt/ imageboard
Published on 25 Feb 2026
by Reed Van Schenck Communication & Media, IE University, Madrid, SpainReed Van Schenck is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media at IE University in Spain. They received their PhD in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States.
The rhetoric of white slavery and the making of national identity
Published on 25 Feb 2026
by Jennifer Lin LeMesurier Writing and Rhetoric, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA
The rhetoric of white slavery and the making of national identity
Published on 25 Feb 2026
by Jennifer Lin LeMesurier Writing and Rhetoric, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA
Digital authoritarianism in the making: repression and resistance on the Russian internet
Published on 18 Feb 2026
by Kristen M. Einertson University of St. Thomas
Digital authoritarianism in the making: repression and resistance on the Russian internet
Published on 18 Feb 2026
by Kristen M. Einertson University of St. Thomas
Forms as the Fordization of communication
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by Eran Fisher Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication, The Open University of Israel, Ra’anana, Israel
Forms as the Fordization of communication
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by Eran Fisher Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication, The Open University of Israel, Ra’anana, Israel
The erotic as rhetorical power: archives of romantic friendship between women teachers
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by J Palmeri Georgetown University
The erotic as rhetorical power: archives of romantic friendship between women teachers
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by J Palmeri Georgetown University
WhatsApp in the world: disinformation, encryption, and extreme speech
Published on 11 Feb 2026
by David Nemer University of Virginia