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Academic freedom: defending a public good 学术自由：捍卫公共利益

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag017

Thomas Hanitzsch

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Inoculating against fatalistic beliefs: a comparative test of narrative and non-narrative strategies 预防宿命论：叙述与非叙述策略的比较检验

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag018

Minyi Chen,Hye Kyung Kim

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Rejection of cross-cutting news depends on content, sources, and cultural contexts: evidence from online trace data 拒绝跨领域新闻取决于内容、来源和文化背景：来自在线追踪数据的证据

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag014

Wonjeong Jo,Magdalena Wojcieszak

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Looking good, fitting in: co-trajectories of appearance- and friendship-related identity distress and positive online self-presentation in adolescence 长得好看，合群：青少年与外表和友谊相关的身份困扰和积极的网络自我表现的共同轨迹

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag015

Gaëlle Vanhoffelen,Lara Schreurs,Laura Vandenbosch

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Loneliness and the local news environment 孤独与当地的新闻环境

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag016

Danny Hayes,Anusha Trivedi

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Do good chat groups make good neighbors? Continuity and change of norms in neighbor relations under digital co-presence 好的聊天群能造就好的邻居吗？数字共在场下邻里关系规范的延续与变化

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-08-30 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag013

Emilija Gagrčin,Olga Pasitselska

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“Communicating in the Air Force”: the National Society for the Study of Communication, the Journal of Communication , and U.S. military education, 1950–1962 “空军中的通信”：全国通信研究学会、《通信杂志》和美国军事教育，1950-1962

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-08-05 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag012

Dominique Trudel,David W Park

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Through their eyes: neural and behavioral evidence for enhanced immersion via point-of-view editing 通过他们的眼睛：通过观点编辑增强沉浸感的神经和行为证据

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-08-04 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag011

Moran Ovadia,Shiri Davidovitch,Romi Sion,Naama Shoham,Nimrod Keren,Sergei Freedman,Cynthia Cabañas,Dov Rubinstein,Mark A Thornton,Jonathan Frome,Liad Mudrik,Tim J Smith,Gal Raz

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Media emotion regulation and executive functions: individual differences in temporal ordering among young children 媒介情绪调节与执行功能：幼儿时间顺序的个体差异

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag009

Jane Shawcroft, McCall A Booth, Chris L Porter, Megan Van Alfen, Megan Gale, Lara A Maximiano, Elena K Holmes, Sarah M Coyne, Hailey G Holmgren, Blake L Jones

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Modes of dialogic communication, modes of reality 对话交流的模式，现实的模式

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Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2026-05-29 DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqag006

Boris H J M Brummans

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