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{"title":"Conceptualising communication: a survey of introduction to communication university units","authors":"T. Thomson, Glen Thomas, L. Irvine","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1964049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1964049","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Communication skills are essential to employment and to society’s smooth functioning. Universities are a prime environment for students to learn and hone these skills. However, communication within the academy has historically been conceptualised narrowly due to logocentric forces. When students experience different communication modes, it tends to be in a siloed fashion where they learn about one skill at a time, leading to a fragmented, uneven experience. As such, this study seeks to understand how communication is defined, assessed, and supported in Australian university introduction to communication classes. It does this first through reviewing relevant unit outlines to see how they define and position communication by mode (written, spoken, or visual). Second, using a national survey, academics who coordinate relevant units provided more concrete details about how their units are structured, supported, and about barriers that exist for equipping communication students to work in today’s multi-modal digital world.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"34 1","pages":"111 - 127"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86814763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smoke knows no boundaries: how Malaysian newspapers frame no-smoking policy","authors":"Sheau Wen Ong","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1917804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1917804","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Morbidity and mortality associated with tobacco use pose a serious health challenge worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries, including Malaysia. This empirical study examined how six major Malaysian newspapers presented a no-smoking policy issue using two key dimensions of framing: story theme and tone of coverage. The content analysis (N = 820 articles) revealed that the no-smoking policy was primarily depicted as a law enforcement issue rather than health effects, economic impact, or individual choice. Overall, no-smoking stories were described using a positive tone. Whereas mainstream media often presented a favourable view of the issue, alternative media were more likely to present it in a neutral and balanced manner. The findings of this study can help policymakers to comprehend the complexities surrounding the challenges of developing and sustaining public health policies, and more importantly, the importance of pursuing a policy devoid of partisan sentiment.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"315 1","pages":"189 - 201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80093484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letting the team down? Examining sport fans reactions to Aaron Smith’s ‘Toilet Tryst’ on social media","authors":"J. Jackson, Jagadish Thaker","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1905942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1905942","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recent scholarly attention in the field of sports crisis communication has focused on audience reception and participation in crisis communication messages in digital and social media. While studies find that fans launch their own defence of their favourite stars, a comparative analysis of fan enacted crisis communication across multiple social media networks is lacking. This study extends Situational Crisis Communication Theory in the context of athlete reputational crises (ARCs) and examines the use of crisis communication messages in the sporting arena through a study of New Zealand’s All Black Aaron Smith’s 2016 ‘Toilet Tryst’. It builds on previous findings by comparatively analysing 1) the crisis communication messages voiced by Smith and All Blacks management; 2) associated elite opinion in media coverage; and 3) comparative analysis of communication strategies used by fans across a range of social media networks. While Smith and All Blacks employed traditional strategies of apology, we found that fans on social media often defended Smith and the All Blacks, and used newer strategies of expression of disappointment and humour to diminish and curtail reputational impact. However, while there was a little variation in crisis response strategies between the social media networks, there was more within the sub-rhetorical spaces within a social media platform. Implications for and future research in sport fans social media crisis communication strategies are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"71 1","pages":"148 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83892750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Signifying nothing: the hyperreal politics of ‘apolitical’ games","authors":"Adam W. Ruch","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1902167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1902167","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Developers of AAA videogames which feature recognizable military forces, governmental law enforcement agencies, and geopolitical conflicts routinely make claims that their works do not make “political statements.” This article takes seriously the claims made by several developers, revealing their attempts to radically narrow the definition of the term “political.” Through a critical discourse analysis, this article will articulate several key theses held forth by the developers regarding systemic media and expressivity, the responsibility of the player, and the inevitable constraints of production and technology. These points are deployed by the developers to build an argument for a reduced scope of the term “political,” as well as to propose an ideological framing of videogames as an expressive medium, which ultimately serve to obscure the role that ideology plays in the production of videogames.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"78 1","pages":"128 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80858477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Virtual gift donation on live streaming apps: the moderating effect of social presence","authors":"L. Lin","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1889190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1889190","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Some types of live streaming platforms allow viewers to purchase virtual gifts and donate them to streamers. In the Greater China area, the purchase and donation of virtual gifts have created a unique ecological system where streamers benefit from splitting earnings with the platforms. This study aims to explore viewers’ motivation to participate in such systems. The concept of parasocial relationships is employed to examine the relationships between these viewers and streamers, whereas social presence theory is used to examine the relationships among viewers. The results of an online survey confirm that social presence moderates the relationships between parasocial relationships and other constructs. Meanwhile, constructs such as enjoyment, loyalty, and trust positively influence the virtual gift donation intention. The findings have both theoretical and practical implications.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"152 1","pages":"173 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86614969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating good news, bad news, and no news: issues associated with public and private communication online","authors":"Colleen E. Mills","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1894702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1894702","url":null,"abstract":"Social media platforms are certainly at the centre of some contentious topics at the moment. At the top of the ‘hot topics’ list, when this issue of Communication Research and Practice went to print, was Facebook’s latest audacious move which prevented news outlets’ content from being accessed via its platform. Commentary and condemnation have been widespread. Media scholars, journalists, and politicians did not hold back when it came to expressing their concerns about Facebook’s reaction to the Australian Federal Government’s plans to pass into law its News Media Bargaining Code which, if passed by the Senate, will require internet tech platforms like Facebook to negotiate compensation for news publishers whose content is accessed using the tech platform’s news sharing function. Facebook’s decision to follow through on its threat to block all news publishers’ in the face of this legislation being passed by the Australian House of Representatives, the lower house of the Australian Parliament, meant that the estimated 14 million Australians who use Facebook daily were unable to view or share news content produced by local or international news publishers and users outside Australia were denied the opportunity to view or post content sourced from Australian outlets for several days. While the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Facebook’s decision to block news rather than agree to negotiate payments for publishers as Google Search did as ‘arrogant’ (Quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, 18/2/21), it has been more graphically described as the ‘nuclear option’ (See Tim Murphy, Co-Editor of Newsroom, 2021, 18/2/ 21). Misha Ketchell (2021, 18/2/21), the Executive director of the Australian Edition of The Commentator labelled it ‘aggressive’, ‘a muscle-flex’ and ‘an attempt to throw its weight around’, in an article informed by analysis from leading Australia media scholars including Diana Bossio, a member of Communication Research and Practice Editorial Advisory Group. The action was also described as ‘holding its users hostage’ (John Anthony, 2021, 18/2/21); ‘grossly irresponsible’ (Chris Cooper, Executive Director of Reset, quoted on www.abc.net.au/news) and ‘dangerous’ by Maryke Steffens (AU Edition of The Commentator, 18/2/21). Julien Knight, Chairperson of the British Parliament’s digital, culture, media and sport committee went so far as to describe Facebook’s move as ‘this bullyboy action’ and suggested it will motivate legislators around the World to follow Australia’s example (Quoted in The Guardian, 2021, 18/2/21). With The Guardian framing Facebook’s motivation as ‘an attempt to bully a democracy’ (18/2/20), and others describing the company’s operating style in less than complementary terms, it is little wonder Facebook is facing an epic public relations crisis. Even in neighbouring New Zealand, where commentary can be less virulent, we saw Duncan Greive (2021), host of media podcast The Fold, describe Facebook as operating l","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"24 1","pages":"1 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76355989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Challenging post-communication: Beyond focus on a ‘few bad apples’ to multi-level public communication reform","authors":"J. Macnamara","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2021.1876404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1876404","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Since declaration of post-truth as Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year in 2016, studies show that ‘fake news’, ‘alternative facts’, and disinformation have continued unabated – and even increased. Fingers have pointed at individuals such as Donald Trump and the activities of Russian ‘troll farms’. Also, global outrage has risen in relation to the deceptive and manipulative practices of organisations such as Cambridge Analytica and social media oligopolies, notably Facebook. However, transdisciplinary research challenges the ‘few bad apples’ argument and proposes that a wide range of culprits are responsible for what this study calls post-communication. Based on a review of reports related to public communication practices, and key informant interviews, this discussion proposes that reforms are required at three levels: top-down, such as updated regulation and legislation; bottom-up, including new approaches to media literacy; and increased attention to ethics and standards by professionals in advertising, marketing, public relations, government and political communication, and journalism.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"565 1","pages":"35 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73423791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Malaysian press laws violate social responsibility and press freedom","authors":"Abhijit Mazumdar, Arron Richard Riffle","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2020.1824436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2020.1824436","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study researched how Malaysian press law prevents journalists from discharging their duties. Using social responsibility theory of the press, the research highlighted how the Malaysian press law can interfere with journalists providing objective news content to the audience. This research brought to the forefront how the country’s press law adversely impacts on press freedom and thereby ethical conduct of media outlets. The study brought out various provisions of the law that are an impediment to objective news reporting and suggested the setting up of a non-governmental organisation in Malaysia to arbitrate cases against the press in order to ensure press freedom in the country.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"7 1","pages":"56 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79653991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Everything is dimming out, little by little:’ examining self-censorship among Venezuelan journalists","authors":"Paromita Pain, Ezequiel Korin","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2020.1824435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2020.1824435","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using the conceptual frameworks of professional reflexivity and collective professional autonomy, our in-depth interviews with 25 journalists from Venezuela show that years of anti-press violence have ensured an atmosphere where journalists self-censor as the norm and where, through different forms, self-censorship has become a part of news routines. Journalists, especially those with over ten years of experience, clearly distinguished between self-censorship and other forms of suppression, but self-censorship has become so prevalent and infused in daily news routines, and so deeply internalised and reinforced that younger journalists and recent entrants into the profession consider self-censorship an integral part of their professional identity.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"37 1","pages":"71 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73322912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sharenting and parents’ digital literacy: an agenda for future research","authors":"Renee Barnes, A. Potter","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2020.1847819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2020.1847819","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The responsibility for protecting children in the digital environment is perceived to be that of parents who are provided with multiple guidelines for monitoring children’s screen time and online use. The societal understanding that parents are responsible for supervising– and controlling– their children’s online behaviour is clear. As a result, studies have tended to focus on parents’ digital literacy in relation to these policing and managing responsibilities. A growing body of research, however, has examined parents’ behaviour creating their own digital narratives using personal information and photographs of their children through ‘sharenting’. This paper contrasts parents’ digital literacy as publishers of personal information and narratives with their designated role in policing and managing their children’s media use. Parental power in this context inevitably extends to the control of their children’s privacy, however our study indicates breaches of children’s privacy by ‘sharenting’ practices is frequently not recognised or fully understood by parents.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"137 1","pages":"6 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86573331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}