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Free Press Under Pressure? Experiences and Consequences of Hateful Harassment on Journalists in Germany 新闻自由面临压力?德国记者遭受仇恨骚扰的经历和后果

2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-09-14 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7179

Yann P. M. Rees

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Downplaying Euroscepticism in Mainstream Media: The Schengen Accession of Romania and Bulgaria 主流媒体淡化欧洲怀疑主义:罗马尼亚和保加利亚加入申根

2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-09-14 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7131

Adriana Ștefănel, Antonio Momoc, Romina Surugiu

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引用次数: 1

The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses 乌克兰战争与欧盟在西班牙媒体话语中的地缘政治角色

2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-09-11 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7073

Gracia Abad Quintanal, Sonia Boulos, Branislav Radeljić

{"title":"The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses","authors":"Gracia Abad Quintanal, Sonia Boulos, Branislav Radeljić","doi":"10.17645/mac.v11i4.7073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i4.7073","url":null,"abstract":"The EU’s ability to protect common interests and effectively address the challenges faced by its members relating to external threats is one of the most debated questions in the European landscape. Understandably, the war in Ukraine has had a major impact on discourses regarding the EU Common Security and Defense Policy, granting them more space and thus visibility in the media and public debates. Our study examines Spanish media discourses about the EU’s geopolitical role and, more specifically, to what extent such discourses foster or hamper European integration processes. To collect data and carry out this study, we selected six media outlets based on their ownership, ideological stance, consumption frequency, and impact on public opinion. Our sample includes 540 news items, collected between July 2021 and March 2022. Our discourse analysis benefits from, inter alia, a Foucauldian framework that focuses on the sayable, conservation, memory, reactivation, and appropriation. In addition, we also identify communicative strategies that are employed to promote different discourses, as well as possible policy alternatives, concerning the EU’s geopolitical role and future prospects.","PeriodicalId":18348,"journal":{"name":"Media and Communication","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135935460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory: Twitter’s Political Influencers, Narratives, and Information Sources 欧拉比亚阴谋论:推特的政治影响者、叙事和信息来源

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-09-06 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7247

S. Monaci, Domenico Morreale, Simone Persico

引用次数: 1

Local News Deserts in China: The Role of Social Media and Personal Communication Networks 中国本土新闻沙漠：社交媒体和个人传播网络的作用

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6812

Zixue Tai, B. He, Jianping Liu

引用次数: 2

The Geography of Newspaper Circulations: A Spatial Taxonomy of “News(Paper) Deserts” in the United States 报纸发行的地理：美国“新闻（纸）沙漠”的空间分类

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6856

R. Wang

引用次数: 1

Overcoming the Age Barrier: Improving Older Adults’ Detection of Political Disinformation With Media Literacy 克服年龄障碍：通过媒体素养提高老年人对政治虚假信息的检测

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7090

C. Sádaba, Ramón Salaverría, X. Bringué

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引用次数: 1

Backed Into a Corner: Structural Changes That Lead to Local News Deserts 陷入困境：导致地方新闻沙漠的结构变化

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6731

L. Císařová

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Representing Trust in Digital Journalism 代表数字新闻中的信任

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.6982

Caryn Coatney

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The EU as an ATM? Media Perception Analysis of Next Generation Funds in Spain 欧盟是自动取款机吗?西班牙下一代基金的媒体认知分析

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7130

Marcos Mayo-Cubero, Lucía García-Carretero, María-José Establés, L. Pedrero-Esteban

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