Latest Research in Media Studies and Communication

16 research papers · 2026 median publication year

Top Research Topics in Media Studies and Communication

Highest-Cited Papers

  1. Deliberating with stories: Exploring the nature and role of small stories as informal deliberation in an online community
  2. Understanding online attention spikes related to states and non-state groups: A convergence of second-level agenda setting and proto-state media theories
  3. Victims of Their Own Making?
  4. Interrogating news sources in the Global War on Terror: Kenyan and US journalism's coverage of the 2013 Westgate Mall attack
  5. Dirty Cash (Or Money Talks)? New Adventures in Armed Group Financing and the Study of the Financialisation of Rebel Governance
  6. Inducing Motivated Reasoning: Confirmation Bias and Attitude Polarization Among Liberals and Conservatives
  7. From “DeepSeek Moment” to “Sputnik AI Moment”: Appraising the discursive construction of technological legitimacy in Sino-American Media
  8. Developing a Source-Verified Dictionary of Nihilistic Violent Extremism: Methods, Taxonomy, Contextual Boundaries, and Research Implications
  9. From Tonypandy to The Miners’ Next Step : industrial conflict, democracy, and the crisis of labour representation in South Wales, 1910–1912
  10. EMOTIONAL VIRALITY AND FRAGMENTED DIGITAL CULTURE: A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE #INDONESIAGELAP DISCOURSE
  11. EMOTIONAL VIRALITY AND FRAGMENTED DIGITAL CULTURE: A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE #INDONESIAGELAP DISCOURSE
  12. Intersectional identity and framing of Black Lives Matter news coverage
  13. When headlines get louder than the event: media framing, identity orientation and audience positioning in contested events across event phases
  14. Folk Theories of Journalistic Authority in the Wake of the 2024 Valencia Floods
  15. Effects of Internal Migration on the Life Satisfaction of Apprentices
  16. Affective articulation: Emotion as public reasoning in Filipino digital publics
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L3 Region - - 2026 Sep Q3

Media Studies and Communication

16 papers

Top Topics (10)

Social Media and Politics4
Media Studies and Communication3
Media Influence and Politics1
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism1
Social and Intergroup Psychology1
Digital Education and Society1
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence1
Historical Studies of British Isles1
Electoral Systems and Political Participation1
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts1

Top Publications (16)

1.Deliberating with stories: Exploring the nature and role of small stories as informal deliberation in an online community2.Understanding online attention spikes related to states and non-state groups: A convergence of second-level agenda setting and proto-state media theories3.Victims of Their Own Making?4.Interrogating news sources in the Global War on Terror: Kenyan and US journalism's coverage of the 2013 Westgate Mall attack5.Dirty Cash (Or Money Talks)? New Adventures in Armed Group Financing and the Study of the Financialisation of Rebel Governance6.Inducing Motivated Reasoning: Confirmation Bias and Attitude Polarization Among Liberals and Conservatives7.From “DeepSeek Moment” to “Sputnik AI Moment”: Appraising the discursive construction of technological legitimacy in Sino-American Media8.Developing a Source-Verified Dictionary of Nihilistic Violent Extremism: Methods, Taxonomy, Contextual Boundaries, and Research Implications9.From Tonypandy to The Miners’ Next Step : industrial conflict, democracy, and the crisis of labour representation in South Wales, 1910–191210.EMOTIONAL VIRALITY AND FRAGMENTED DIGITAL CULTURE: A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE #INDONESIAGELAP DISCOURSE11.EMOTIONAL VIRALITY AND FRAGMENTED DIGITAL CULTURE: A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE #INDONESIAGELAP DISCOURSE12.Intersectional identity and framing of Black Lives Matter news coverage13.When headlines get louder than the event: media framing, identity orientation and audience positioning in contested events across event phases14.Folk Theories of Journalistic Authority in the Wake of the 2024 Valencia Floods15.Effects of Internal Migration on the Life Satisfaction of Apprentices16.Affective articulation: Emotion as public reasoning in Filipino digital publics
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