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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 2d

In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article “Finishing the business: Disentangled narratives of gendered success, diasporic citizenship and the ongoing quest for balance”, by Radha Sarma Hegde.

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Over a dark plum background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink. Then it says “Online First”, the article’s title “Finishing the business: Disentangled narratives of gendered success, diasporic citizenship and the ongoing quest for balance”, and the author’s name, Radha Sarma Hegde, New York University, USA.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 5d

In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article “Transcultural fan studies with a ‘Queer Asia’ focus in the 2020s”, by Jamie J. Zhao.

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and the article: “Transcultural fan studies with a ‘Queer Asia’ focus in the 2020s”, by Jamie J. Zhao, City University of Hong Kong.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 8d

In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article "'I don’t want my parents to know I do video clips': Managing familial relations to pursue creative work in Accra, Ghana", by Nii Kotei Nikoi.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 15d

The article argues that polymedia is ultimately about a new relationship between the social and the technological, rather than merely a shift in the technology itself.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 15d

We are presenting the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. This week's article is “Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal communication”, authored by Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller.

Over a dark plum background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink. Then it reads: Most read articles in the last 6 months. Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal communication. Mirca Madianou (University of Leicester, England), Daniel Miller (University College London, England). volume 16, issue 2, 2013 (online in 2012).

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 20d

Situated in the intersection between cultural taste, audience reception, and fan studies, the article discusses how fans negotiate their appreciation of controversial issues in media.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 20d

We are presenting the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. This week's article is “‘I cringe at the slave portions’: How fans of Gone with the Wind negotiate anti-racist criticism”, authored by Marcel van den Haak, Liedeke Plate, and Selina Bick.

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Most read articles in the last 6 months.
‘I cringe at the slave portions’: How fans of Gone With The Wind negotiate anti-racist criticism.
Marcel van den Haak (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Liedeke Plate (Radboud University, The Netherlands), Selina Bick (Radboud University, The Netherlands).
volume 23, issue 6, 2020

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 27d

The article discusses digital platforms and communications as significant targets, facilitators, and instruments of panic production.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 27d

In this series, we present the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. The first article is “Social media and moral panics: Assessing the effects of technological change on societal reaction”, authored by James P. Walsh.

Over a light great background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink. Beside it, the image says: Most read articles in the last 6 months. Social media and moral panics: Assessing the effects of technological change on societal reaction. James P. Walsh, University of Ontario, Canada. volume 23, issue 6, 2020.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over a dark plum background, the names:

Adrienne Shaw (Temple University, USA), Lukasz Szulc (University of Manchester, UK), Nancy Thumim (University of Leeds, England, UK), Tracy Tinga (University of Maryland, USA), Tommy Tse (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Cecilia Uy-Tioco (California State University, USA), Daniel Vukovich (University of Hong Kong, China), Bilge Yesil (College of Staten Island, USA), Yiyi Yin (Beijing Normal University, China), Lin Zhang (University of New Hampshire, United States), Weiyu Zhang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over a grayish pink background, the names:

Susan Soomin Noh (Oglethorpe University, USA), David C. Oh (Syracuse University, USA), Luciana de Oliveira (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku, Finland), Zizi Papacharissi (University of Illinois Chicago, USA), Anna Cristina Pertierra (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Thao Phan (Monash University, Australia), Thomas Poell (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), Devon Powers (University of Michigan, USA), Aswin Punathambekar (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Kane Race (University of Sydney, Australia), Cornel Sandvoss (University of Bristol, UK)

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over a light gray background, the names:

Kate Lacey (University of Sussex, UK), Ramon Lobato (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Amanda Lotz (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Susan Luckman (University of South Australia, Australia), Jess Maddox (University of Georgia, USA), Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK), Alice Marwick (Data and Society, USA), Andrea Medrado (University of Exeter, UK), Aimée Vega Montiel (Universidade Nacional Autónoma do México, Mexico), Yoshitaka Mori (Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan), Nii Kotei Nikoi (North Carolina State University, USA)

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over a dark plum background, the names:

Paul Frosh (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), Anthony Fung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Myria Georgiou (London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom), Gerard Goggin (Western Sydney University, Australia), Jonathan Gray (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Larissa Hjorth (RMIT, Australia), Heather Horst (University of Sydney, Australia), Mehita Iqani (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Henry Jenkins (University of Southern California, USA), Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University, Canada), Derek Johnson (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA), Sukhmani Khorana (University of New South Wales, Australia)

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over a grayish pink background, the names:

Fernanda Carrera (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Tupur Chatterjee (Tulane University, USA), Bertha Chin (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Pei Sze Chow (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), David Craig (University of Southern California, USA), Camilo Díaz Pino (West Chester University, USA), Hatim El-Hibri (George Mason University, USA), Nicky Falkof (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Pablo Moreno Fernandes (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over a light gray background, the names: Giorgia Aiello (University of Milan, Italy), Donya Alinejad (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Melissa Aronczyk (Rutgers University, USA), Shakuntala Banaji (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), Burcu Baykurt (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA), (TJ Billard Northwestern University, USA), Tanja Bosch (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Matt Bui (University of Michigan, USA), Jean Burgess (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Earvin Charles Cabalquinto (Monash University, Australia), Bronwyn Carlson (Macquarie University, Australia)

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

We thank all members of the editorial board for joining us in IJCS.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 5

The editorial board members play a pivotal role as the journal’s ambassadors.

They are responsible not only for reviewing articles, but also for encouraging outstanding researchers to submit their work. They also help with issues of ethics, representation, and accountability in knowledge creation.

Over a grayish pink background, there’s the acronym IJCS, “Meet our editorial board”, “International Journal of Cultural Studies”

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our aim as Co-Editors is to maintain a community that supports bold, risky, thoughtful, globally minded, community-driven, and provocative scholarship that deepen a collective understanding on current issues as well as persistent crises.

Over a light gray background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink, and the phrase: “We have all been inspired by the journal’s vision to be the flagship title for critical scholarship in media, communication and cultural studies”. The words “critical scholarship” are highlighted with a different font color.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Jonathan Ong’s research focuses on the moral and political consequences of media and digital technologies, particularly technological interventions in the context of development, humanitarianism, media and democracy in the Global Majority. He was a Co-Editor of the journal Television & New Media.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Jonathan Ong is the founding Director of Global Technology for Social Justice Lab in the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published 3 books, 40+ articles, and 10+ public policy reports examining the uneven impacts of media interventions “for good” and technologies “advancing democracy”.

Over a dark plum background, there’s a photo of the co-editor, his name Jonathan On, his position in the journal (co-editor), and his position in his institution (Professor of Global Digital Media, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA). He is an Asian man, with short hair, and he is smiling in front of a garden in the photo.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wen Jin’s book “Pluralist Universalism” (2012) offers comparative readings of American, Chinese, and Chinese American fiction, while “Qinggan Shidai” (2024) deals with theories and representations of affect in the 18th-century. She now focuses on the effects of reading in digital media culture.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wen Jin is chair of the Department of Comparative Literature in the School of International Chinese Studies. She researches comparative modernities from the 18th century onward and their literary melieus. She has authored 4 books, co-edited a book and a book series, and published over 40 articles.

Over a light gray background, there’s a photo of the co-editor, her name Wen Jin, her position in the journal (co-editor), and her position in her institution (Professor of Comparative Literature, East China Normal University). She is an Asian woman, with straight Black hair, and is speaking at an academic conference in the photo.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Laura Guimarães Corrêa authored/edited 50+ publications in pt, eng & fr on gender, race, cultural studies, decoloniality and intersectionality. She was a Visiting Scholar at LSE and Goldsmiths, UK; member of the IJCS editorial board (2017-25); co-editor of the Brazilian journal E-Compós (2021-24).

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Laura Guimarães Corrêa is a National Council for Scientific and Technological Development researcher and a member of its Advisory Committee. Founder of the Research Group on Communication, Race and Gender at UFMG/PUC Minas and of the WG on Communications, Race and Intersectionalities at Compós.

Over a grayish-pink background, there’s a photo of the co-editor, her name Laura Guimarães Corrêa, her position in the journal (co-editor), and her position in her institution (Associate Professor of Communications, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil). She is a Black Brazilian woman, with short curly hair, and has her hand on her chin in the photo.

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Meet our new team! 🧶
Laura Guimarães Corrêa (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Wen Jin (East China Normal University, China), and Jonathan Ong (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA), co-editors of the International Journal of Cultural Studies, published by SAGE Publishing @sagepub.com

Over a dark plum background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink, the line “Meet our new team” in light gray and photos of the three co-editors currently leading the journal.

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