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Witnessing distress: Cultural workers’ processing of pandemic experiences on social media platforms 目睹痛苦：文化工作者在社交媒体平台上对大流行病经历的处理

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231221687

Anne Soronen, A. Koivunen

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Analysing podcast intimacy: Four parameters 分析播客亲密关系四个参数

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231220547

Freja Sørine Adler Berg

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Corrigendum to “Ja’miezing’s podcast persona: Intertextual and intercommunicative” Ja'miezing的播客角色：互文性和互通性 "的更正

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231220770

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Racism and the representation of the murder of Stephen Lawrence in audio: An analysis of audience experience of the immersive story environment 种族主义与斯蒂芬-劳伦斯谋杀案的音频表现形式：受众对沉浸式故事环境的体验分析

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231203105

Tahera Aziz

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Pluralising critical technical practice 批判性技术实践的多元化

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231192105

Daniela van Geenen, Karin van Es, Jonathan WY Gray

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Book Review: Passionate Work: Endurance After the Good Life 书评激情工作：美好生活后的耐力

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-10 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231221605

Yang Yi

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A framework of transmediation 转介框架

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-12-10 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231220325

Ernesto Peña, Kedrick James

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‘Do I pray when listening to a recorded prayer?’: Approval and critique of digital practices in the Russian Orthodox Church 我在听录音祈祷时会祈祷吗？俄罗斯东正教会对数字化做法的认可与批判

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231216940

E. Grishaeva, Alexei Busygin

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The assemblages of flagging and de-platforming against marginalised content creators 针对边缘化内容创作者的标记和去平台化组合

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231218629

Carolina Are

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The different worlds of Google – A comparison of search results on conspiracy theories in 12 countries 谷歌的不同世界--12 个国家的阴谋论搜索结果对比

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.1177/13548565231203102

Gerret von Nordheim, Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw, Paulina Barczyszyn-Madziarz, Halyna Budivska, Philip Di Salvo, Filip Dingerkus, L. Guazina, Kwaku Krobea Asante, Michał Kuś, Sandra Lábová, Antonia Matei, Norbert Merkovity, F. Paulino, László Petrovszki-Oláh, M. Serwornoo, Jonas Valente, A. Wake, Viktória Zakinszky Toma

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