{"title":"Seeing “Us” and “Them”: How Political Symbols Polarize Through Anger, Anxiety, and Enthusiasm","authors":"Christian Staal Bruun Overgaard, Renita Coleman","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2313082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2313082","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated how political symbols influence affective polarization through emotions. Integrating research on visual communication, social identity theory, and the affective contagion hy...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140016899","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}
Teresa Lynch, Jessica E. Tompkins, Michael Gilbert, Sage Burridge
{"title":"Evidence of Ambivalent Sexism in Female Video Game Character Designs","authors":"Teresa Lynch, Jessica E. Tompkins, Michael Gilbert, Sage Burridge","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2311229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2311229","url":null,"abstract":"This report shares the results of a systematic, quantitative analysis of themes resonant with ambivalent sexism in playable female video game characters. Applying principles of ambivalent sexism’s ...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139921457","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}
{"title":"Opinion Leadership via Conversation: How Opinion Leaders Talk About the Media","authors":"Nicole Podschuweit, Stephanie Geise","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2308844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2308844","url":null,"abstract":"Opinion leadership is an influential concept in communication research. Although opinion leadership is established through the transmission, classification, and interpretation of mass media content...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770575","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}
{"title":"User Engagement on Facebook: Examining the Role of Visual and Verbal Politeness Cues","authors":"Fabienne Bünzli, Omid Alizadeh-Afrouzi","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2311230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2311230","url":null,"abstract":"Nonprofit organizations have eagerly embraced Facebook as a strategic tool to reach large audiences and promote their advocacy. While there are numerous means to motivate users to engage with Faceb...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770800","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}
Sofie Vranken, Sebastian Kurten, Kathleen Beullens
{"title":"Time to ‘Wine’: A Content Analysis Investigating How Social Media Influencers Refer to Alcohol Use in Instagram’s Feed Posts and Stories","authors":"Sofie Vranken, Sebastian Kurten, Kathleen Beullens","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2309337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2309337","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory content analysis examines how well-known social media influencers (SMIs) refer to alcohol in their Instagram stories and feed messages. Guided by the attention, retention, and moti...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139769702","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}
Juliana L. Barbati, Stephen A. Rains, Kate Kenski, Yotam Shmargad, Steven Bethard, Kevin Coe
{"title":"Examining the Dynamics of Uncivil Discourse Between Sub-National Political Officials and the Public on Twitter","authors":"Juliana L. Barbati, Stephen A. Rains, Kate Kenski, Yotam Shmargad, Steven Bethard, Kevin Coe","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2313095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2313095","url":null,"abstract":"Despite agreement about the challenges posed by incivility for democratic discourse, much remains to be learned about how incivility manifests in interactions between the public and political elite...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"94 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770712","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}
Yujin Heo, Junghyun Moon, S Mo Jones-Jang, Sungeun Chung
{"title":"Why Do People Underestimate Polling Effects? Examining the Gap Between Actual and Perceived Polling Effects","authors":"Yujin Heo, Junghyun Moon, S Mo Jones-Jang, Sungeun Chung","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2308840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2308840","url":null,"abstract":"Two major challenges have limited the advance of our knowledge about people’s bias in perceived polling effects compared with actual polling effects. The first challenge comes from a methodological...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770004","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}
{"title":"The Future of Feminism in Public Relations and Strategic Communication: A Socio-Ecological Model of Influences","authors":"Breann Murphy","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2024.2307854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2307854","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Mass Communication and Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770619","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}
Monika Djerf-Pierre, Adam Shehata, Bengt Johansson
{"title":"Media Salience Shifts and the Public’s Perceptions About Reality: How Fluctuations in News Media Attention Influence the Strength of Citizens’ Sociotropic Beliefs","authors":"Monika Djerf-Pierre, Adam Shehata, Bengt Johansson","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2299209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2299209","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines whether shifts in news media attention to societal issues matter for how strong beliefs citizens have about those issues. Based on an issue signal approach, in which media sal...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139769710","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}
Daniel S. Lane, Nancy Molina-Rogers, Emilija Gagrčin
{"title":"Worn Out & Tuned Out: Does Politics Fatigue on Social Media Foster Participatory Inequality Among Americans?","authors":"Daniel S. Lane, Nancy Molina-Rogers, Emilija Gagrčin","doi":"10.1080/15205436.2023.2289650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2289650","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we take seriously evidence of growing politics fatigue on social media among Americans and consider how this fatigue might ultimately foster participatory inequalities on these platf...","PeriodicalId":47869,"journal":{"name":"Mass Communication and Society","volume":"92 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138560100","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}