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Congratulations to Ewa Nowak-Teter for publishing some great reflections on the difficulty inherent to attempts to reconcile social medialogic and journalistic independence. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

We welcome Miglena Sternadori to our editorial board! Her areas of expertise include gender and media (broadly defined) and magazine studies.

It is our pleasure to welcome Christian von Sikorski Christian von Sikorski to the editorial board! His areas of expertise include media effects, political communication, and media psychology.

Join us in welcoming Dror Walter to our editorial board! His areas of expertise include computational social science and political communication.

Welcome, dear Hong Vu, to our editorial board! His areas of expertise include science communication, climate change communication, journalism practice, and fact-checking.

What a massive undertaking! The study -- based on survey and content analysis data from 37 (!) countries -- examines the perceived relevance and implementation of competing normative ideals in journalism. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Regina Cazzamatta compared fact-checking initiatives in eight countries, focusing on content homogenization. Great read, available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Kaskeleviciute, Knupfer & Matthes investigated the effects of #terrorism news on attitudes and stereotypes about #Muslims. Differentiated news helps! It increases attitudinal differentiation of Muslims from terrorists. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

It is our pleasure to welcome Ran Wei to our editorial board! His area of expertise is media effects.

Read Jasmina P. Đorđević’s piece for intriguing insights in the tendency to silence rape victims in readers’ comments on Serbian newswebsites. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In their recent #JMCQ contribution, Utku Bozdağ, Tamás Tóth,and Márton Demeter explored the effects of #populist styles on user engagement in #Turkey. Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Alexander V. Laskin and Natalya M. Nesova delve into perceptions of #Nuclear #War, and analyze the views of Russian and American youth. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Join us in welcoming Xinzhi Zhang Dr. Xinzhi Zhang to our editorial board! His areas of expertise include digital journalism, political communication and public health communication.

A wholehearted welcome to Kaiping Chen to our editorial board! Her area of expertise is science communication. Kaiping Chen (@kaipingchen.bsky.social)

Good morning! 😃 Check out our brand new issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmqc/102/2. It includes studies on trending topics including #misinformation and #AI.

How is #OpenScience practiced in communication research? Read all about it here, in this piece by Gregory P. Perreault and Tobias Dienlin: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Karen McIntyre and Jesse Abdenour delved into the role of independence in Rwandan journalism, revealing the connection between quality journalism and editorial control. Read the article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

🤓 Thank you for a great meeting! EIC Daniela Dimitrova, AEs David Atkin, Renita Coleman, Colleen Connolly-Ahern, and Celeste González de Bustamante, Book Review Editor Gregory Perreault, Engagement Editor Viorela Dan, and Editorial Assistant Shaya Kraut.

Read all about how media enable social comparison with “attainable” role models here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…. This study was authored by Darian Harff, Heleen Dekoninck, and Desiree Schmuck. IPKW – Department of Communication, UNIVIE

Check out this Invited Forum focused on the institutionalization of #Open-source intelligence investigations (OSI) in journalism practice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…