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🗣️🚨⚠️ We’ve changed.
New name. New location. New projects.
Welcome to the Global Media Studies Working Group!
Our group has entered a new phase and is now based at the @uiowa. We’re proud to be part of the @UIOWA_SJMC!
The work continues — and so does the conversation.
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New article drop!
In "Effects of Immersive Experience in the Branded Metaverse" the authors explore the influence of consumer interactions on brand-related attitudes and behaviors.
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The study is an experiment involving participants who used the Meta Quest 2 headset to interact with objects or products in a branded metaverse.
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Findings reveal that presence positively impacted brand attitudes and enjoyment, whereas cybersickness had a negative effect, contributing with a theoretical and practical understanding of brand engagement in the metaverse.
Full article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Just published! 📚
In "Communication Research Inequalities and the Prestige Dilemma: Negotiating International Recognition and Local Representation in Global South Journals" the authors examine the editorial policies and structural characteristics of Global South-based journals.
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Analyzing how they balance international recognition and local audiences, the study involves two datasets, one detailing journal attributes and another mapping editorial board members, totalizing 71 journals across 27 non-Western countries.
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Findings reveal a prevailing adherence to Global North academic standards, which might constrain de-Westernization efforts and South-South collaboration.
Full article here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
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Another contribution! 📚
"Biased Processing of Political Fact-Checks on Social Media: Testing the Effects of User Comments and Partisan Worldview on Misbeliefs and Political Candidate Evaluation" considers how the efficacy of fact-checking hinges on individuals’ perceptions.
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The findings reveal significant main effects of user comments and partisan worldview on political misbelief and political attitudes. Contributions of this piece involve practical implications for fact-checking organizations and comment moderation against political misinformation.
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Full article here: emerald.com/intr/article-abs…
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New article drop!
"Others Are More Impacted by "Fake News"! Testing Third-Person Effects on Support for Censorship Among Kenyans" uses survey to extend the third-person effect hypothesis, investigating how fake news shapes attitudes toward media regulation in hybrid democracies.
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The finding show evidence of a self-other discrepancy, with respondents perceiving greater fake news effects on others than on themselves.
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Furthermore, third-person effects positively correlate with support for censorship, a relationship that is moderated by the perceived spread of fake news in a Global South context.
Full article here: academic.oup.com/jjpor/artic…
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Just published! 📚
The article "Visual Framing at Scale: A Theory-Driven Computational Framework for Analyzing Protest Imagery with Generative AI" examines how visual elements contribute to established frames in protest media coverage: protest paradigm and solidarity framing.
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Focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement, the results show strong alignment between human and machine annotations, as well as high predictive accuracy in identifying the protest paradigm or solidarity frame.
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This study offers a scalable, replicable, and interpretable approach to visual framing analysis, bridging communication theory with advanced computational tools in the study of visual political communication.
Full article here: aup-online.com/content/journ…
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We have published something new!
Our latest study dives deep into the question: Is the push to "de-Westernize" communication studies truly global? Or has it been shaped by Global North paradigms?
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Key finding: Most of these scholars were trained in or are connected to institutions in the Global North. The work examines the extent to which research on these issues has been "domesticated" to conform to mainstream academic norms.
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Read the full piece published in the International Journal of Communication here: ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/arti…
#GlobalMedia #DeWesternization #AcademicResearch #MediaStudies #GlobalSouth
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