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Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic 公共服务媒体中的信任与不信任——以捷克共和国为例

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7053

Marína Urbániková, Klára Smejkal

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The News Crawler: A Big Data Approach to Local Information Ecosystems 新闻爬虫:本地信息生态系统的大数据方法

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6789

Asma Khanom, Damon Kiesow, Matt Zdun, C. Shyu

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引用次数: 2

A Computational Mapping of Online News Deserts on African News Websites 非洲新闻网站在线新闻沙漠的计算映射

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6857

Dani Madrid-Morales, Joan Ramon Rodríguez-Amat, Peggy Lindner

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引用次数: 2

News Representation and Sense of Belonging Among Multicultural Audiences 多元文化受众的新闻表征与归属感

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7002

Sora Park, J. Lee, Kieran McGuinness, R. Griffiths, Thu Nguyen

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引用次数: 0

Are Online Political Influencers Accelerating Democratic Deconsolidation? 网络政治影响者是否加速民主解体?

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6813

R. Gibson, Esmeralda V. Bon, Philipp Darius, P. Smyth

引用次数: 1

Is Personality Key? Persuasive Effects of Prior Attitudes and Personality in Political Microtargeting 个性是关键吗？先前态度和人格在政治微观目标中的说服作用

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6627

H. Decker, N. Krämer

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引用次数: 1

Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media 为什么我们在调查社交媒体时要区分动员和参与

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.7285

J. Haßler, M. Magin, U. Russmann

引用次数: 0

The Value of a Like: Facebook, Viral Posts, and Campaign Finance in US Congressional Elections 点赞的价值:Facebook、病毒式帖子和美国国会选举中的竞选资金

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6661

Michael S. Kowal

引用次数: 1

“Anti-Regime Influentials” Across Platforms: A Case Study of the Free Navalny Protests in Russia 跨平台的“反政权影响”——以俄罗斯纳瓦尔尼自由抗议活动为例

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6643

S. Glazunova, Malmi Amadoru

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引用次数: 2

Dealing With Covid-19 in Casual Democracies 在临时民主政体中应对新冠肺炎

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6807

Steen Steensen

引用次数: 1