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Social Media; Communication Studies; Cyberculture; Sociology; Political Communication; Internet Studies. Published by Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rics20
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 5h
#Now in #iCS
Marking the first year of a new editorial team,
@danmercea.bsky.social reflects on iCS’s evolving role in the field. The journal looks back to move forward, reaffirming our commitment to rigour and to the well-being of the academic community.
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Editorial comment: looking back to go forward
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Dan Mercea @danmercea.bsky.social · 4h
I have penned an @icsjournal.bsky.social editorial: a reflective pause, lookong back on the journey iCS has been on since 1998. lt's helped assemble a vibrant academic community, nurtured new ideas, intellectual discontinuities, critical & rigorous scholarship. Great research, lots more to come!
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 5h
#Now in #iCS
Marking the first year of a new editorial team,
@danmercea.bsky.social reflects on iCS’s evolving role in the field. The journal looks back to move forward, reaffirming our commitment to rigour and to the well-being of the academic community.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Editorial comment: looking back to go forward
Published in Information, Communication & Society (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 5h
#Now in #iCS
Marking the first year of a new editorial team,
@danmercea.bsky.social reflects on iCS’s evolving role in the field. The journal looks back to move forward, reaffirming our commitment to rigour and to the well-being of the academic community.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Editorial comment: looking back to go forward
Published in Information, Communication & Society (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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Analysing US media coverage of China’s Social Credit System, von Blomberg and Liu show how techno-orientalism frames it as a dystopian emblem of digital authoritarianism, reflecting Western anxieties about technology and control.
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Techno-orientalism in the US media: the case of ‘China’s social credit system'
The portrayal of China’s Social Credit System (SCS) as an Orwellian scoring scheme through which the Communist Party controls citizens’ every step proliferates in Western media, despite scholarship...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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This article explores far-right social movements in Germany. Gong demonstrates that platform governance, affordances, and user cultures influence opportunities for mobilisation and dissemination of extremist content.
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Opportunities for extremism: a comparative study of German far-right social movement networks on Twitter/X, Telegram, and Gettr
This paper contributes to platform-comparative research through a case study of Twitter/X, Telegram, and Gettr in the context of German far-right social movements. It introduces the conceptual fram...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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This article links everyday social media use to algorithmic literacy in China. It shows how more active, critical engagement, not just exposure, enhances users’ awareness of how recommendation systems shape what they see online.
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The impact of social media usage on algorithmic literacy among Chinese adults
In an era where algorithms dominate digital platforms, algorithmic literacy has become essential for understanding platform features, reducing informational biases, and empowering informed user dec...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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Wiesner examines beliefs on managing online incivility and misinformation. Survey data from Austria reveal broad backing for eliminating personal insults, yet a preference for dialogue-based methods against false claims.
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Tackling (misleading) incivility online: a user-centric evaluation of different comment moderation strategies
Uncivil online comments, e.g., in the form of insults or misinformation, come with severe consequences for platforms, users, and democratic processes – making effective moderation essential. Howeve...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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Analysing Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts from Ugandan LGBTI organisations, this article shows how online engagement is shaped by fear of visibility and state surveillance. In this context, to be seen means both safety and risk.
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I have seen it! Have you seen me?
In this article, we study engagement on Ugandan LGBTI organizations and activist’s posts on three different platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Our aim is to study how a historically under...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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Surveying 1,010 users of China’s Doubao chatbot, this study shows that warmth, competence, and civility increase perceived value, but moral traits can undermine trust—challenging the ‘more human is better’ idea.
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Anthropomorphic traits and user loyalty: exploring the mediating role of perceived value in chatbot usage in China
Recent advances in large language model (LLM)-based chatbots have increased interest in anthropomorphizing AI systems. However, current research emphasizes human-like appearance and behavior rather...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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This study maps fact-checked claims across German public broadcasting, showing that misinformation largely remains separate from social media content. Yet in political talk shows, unverified statements often persist unchallenged.
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Separate worlds of misinformation. An explorative study of checked claims in German public broadcast news and talk shows
Research on misinformation has mostly focused on social and alternative media. By contrast, we know little about the extent of misinformation in mainstream media. While many argue that it acts as a...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 6h
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House chat groups are reshaping civic life. Through interviews in Germany and Israel, this study shows how everyday messaging facilitates local coordination while fostering “ambient responsibility,” where awareness supplants action.
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Hyperlocal, ambient & stratified: the civic life of residential chat groups on instant messengers
Broken elevators, leaking pipes, and noisy neighbors – everyday frustrations of urban living increasingly appear in instant messaging apps (IMs) chat groups. In turn, IMs become a part of digital c...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 7h
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What drives students to use ChatGPT for assignments, and how do they decide what counts as ethical use? This study demonstrates that expectations of better grades and peer approval influence intention.
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How to prompt ethical use? Investigating students’ intention to use ChatGPT for graded assignments
This study investigates the factors influencing university students’ intention to use ChatGPT for schoolwork, as well as how they determine when such use is acceptable. Focusing on university stude...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 7h
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This study examines how digital democracy operates across different policy domains in Taiwan. It shows that citizen petitions gain traction in open and collaborative areas, but face limits in technocratic or adversarial settings.
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When does digital democracy work? How policy domains shape government responses to online petitions in Taiwan
Governments around the world have implemented digital channels of participation in recent years, but the policy effects of these new forms of participatory democracy remain unclear. Focusing on a w...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 7h
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Na Liu and Yutian Xiong trace how digital media shape motherhood and womanhood across generations in Chinese migrant families, showing how technology deepens feminist aspirations yet remains bound by patriarchy.
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Technofeminism enclosed among females? Mediated motherhood and womanhood across three generations in patriarchal families
This study examines how technology (re)shapes maternal negotiations against the patriarchal structure of Chinese migrant families, investigating the impacts on females’ autonomy and their intergene...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 7h
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In her review of Crooks’ Access Is Capture, Ciccone emphasises how the book highlights datafication in schools as both extractive and incomplete. This ethnography fits within critical debates on edtech, equity, and racial inequality.
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Access is capture: how edtech reproduces racial inequality
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 7h
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Analysing Facebook discussions in Italy and Germany, this article shows how prenatal and newborn screening debates express digital biocitizenship. Crabu et al. reveal contrasting ways people engage with biomedical authority and reproductive health.
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Social media discourses on prenatal and newborn screening
This study examines public discourses on prenatal testing and newborn screening on Facebook among Italian and German users from 2013–2023. Using a computational content analysis technique – specifi...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 7h
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This article tests “deepfake self-debunking,” where AI-generated videos show a misinformation source retracting its own false claims. Hang Lu finds that humorous versions can reduce misbeliefs and engage resistant audiences.
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Fighting fake news with fake faces: the effects of deepfake self-debunking on misinformation correction
Misinformation remains a persistent challenge, particularly when spread by influential figures. This study introduces deepfake self-debunking – a novel misinformation correction method that uses de...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 15d
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Why does AI regulation look so different across countries? This article shows how legal frameworks vary, shaped by risk perceptions, political priorities, and institutional legacies.
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How and why governments are regulating AI: a comparison of legislative frameworks
This paper examines different legislative approaches to regulate the production, deployment, and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Specifically, it compares how the European Union (EU), Canada, ...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 15d
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This article examines the social lives of COVID-19 data, illustrating how statistics on infections and deaths have become tools of governance, sources of anxiety, and everyday reference points.
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The social lives of COVID-19 data: following disease surveillance from institutions of power into everyday pandemic society
In the early stages of COVID-19, investments in digital infrastructures supported the rapid circulation of disease surveillance data throughout pandemic society. Scholarship on the social lives of ...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 15d
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This article reveals how Danish regulators frame influencers within the context of welfare traditions. The result is a mix of protection and constraint, with implications for digital labour and media policy.
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The welfare state vs influencers: the regulatory attitude towards social media in Denmark and its implications for influencers
In this article we investigate the Danish government’s regulatory attitude towards social media influencers and how this has impacted the current debate on the regulation of influencers in Denmark....
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 15d
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Across 46 countries, concerns about false news look very different. This article maps the global patterns, linking them to trust, politics, and media environments.
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Who is concerned about online false news and why? Evidence from 46 countries between 2018 and 2023
People are concerned about false news online and media coverage of the problem is on the rise. Yet little is known about how these concerns have changed over time, and how they vary across countrie...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 15d
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Based on survey research with disabled emerging adults, this article explores the links between social media practices and mental health. It highlights the importance of studying digital life in contexts of disability.
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Problematic social media use and mental health among disabled emerging adults
Very little research has been conducted with disabled emerging adults regarding whether they experience problematic social media use and negative consequences of such use. An online survey of U.S. ...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 15d
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This article reports on surveys in Germany, Norway and the UK to study awareness of algorithmic personalisation. The findings highlight differences in how people notice and interpret platform curation.
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Being aware of algorithmic personalization? Insights from three European Countries
News recommender systems offer significant benefits for news media organizations by enabling the algorithmic selection and personalization of content based on individual user preferences. However, ...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 21d
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Drawing on a qualitative analysis of digital platforms during the 2022 Brazilian elections, this article uncovers how online misogyny targeted women candidates, highlighting the dangers such abuse poses to democratic participation.
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Online misogyny against female candidates in the 2022 Brazilian elections: a threat to women's political representation?
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence has become a global threat to women’s political representation and democracy. Understanding how online hate affects its targets is thus paramount. We an...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 21d
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What does “social cohesion” mean in practice? This article examines civil-society debates, revealing how organisations use value talk (trust, participation, solidarity) to promote different visions of collective life.
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Value orientations and social cohesion in organizational discourses: a civil-society perspective
Against the backdrop of political polarization and societal fragmentation, liberal democracy, more than ever, rests on social cohesion. Civil-society organizations (CSOs) are pivotal in fostering t...
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 21d
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Analysing patterns of online commenting, this article shows how a small group of conservative “super-commenters” fuels conspiracy beliefs and drives a hook-shaped curve of polarisation across the political spectrum.
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‘Hook’-shaped polarization: how conservative super-commenters shape conspiracy beliefs and news engagement across the political spectrum
Conservative news comment sections are raising concerns about polarization. These sections have become hotbeds for participatory propaganda, as some conservative media outlets employ this strategy ...
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