"What happens to communication when AI machines join the conversation?"

IJoC's newly published #openaccess Forum, moderated by @ronidanz.bsky.social and @hadar2l.bsky.social, explores how AI is reshaping the very foundations of the communication discipline. Read at ijoc.org

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Our January publications include the Special Section on "Big Data Discourses," guest edited by Charlotte Knorr & Christian Pentzold, Forum on "AI and Communication Research," moderated by
@ronidanz.bsky.social & @hadar2l.bsky.social, as well as 13 book reviews.

📢IJoC published 43 papers in January, with a new look! Along with our upgraded website and enhanced accessibility, our #openaccess articles now also have DOIs. Read the new collection at ijoc.org

The Special Section "foregrounds the power of concepts, labels, and stories about Big Data that may circulate more widely than data itself. By unpacking these discourses, the contributions open space for critique—and for imagining alternative, more accountable data futures."

"How do we imagine Big Data—and why does our imagination matter?"

The Special Section on Big Data Discourses, guest edited by Christian Pentzold and Charlotte Knorr, probes this question through a collection of 11 interdisciplinary papers, newly published in the IJoC. Read at ijoc.org

New @ijoc-usc.bsky.social CFP on Distributed Citizenship!

How do we share democratic chores across platforms, networks and infrastructures? www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Timeline:
✏️Abstracts: 15 Dec 2025
🏛️Workshop in Bergen (March 2026)
📝Papers: 31 May 2026
#commsky #polisky

Now, if you DO want a more academic evaluation of the book, here's a great review of it in @ijoc-usc.bsky.social by Oscar Gómez Pascual, who I feel really gets what the book is going for!

⚠️The IJoC's website (ijoc.org) will be in a view only state 9/16-10/16 while we complete site maintenance.

❄️During this time, the website login option will be disabled. We will not be accepting new submissions, reviews, or revisions. You may still browse and download our content.

💚Thank you.

Book cover for The 21st Century in 100 Games

The 21st Century in 100 Games by Aditya Deshbandhu, reviewed by @devinasarwatay.bsky.social

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Book cover for Digital Masquerade

Digital Masquerade: Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China by Jia Tan, reviewed by Jing Cai / cc @nyupress.bsky.social

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Book cover for Aesthetics of Pop Music

Aesthetics of Pop Music by Diedrich Diederichsen, reviewed by David Z. Gehring / cc @politybooks.bsky.social

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Book cover for Unruly Souls

Unruly Souls: The Digital Activism of Muslim and Christian Feminists by Kristin M. Peterson, reviewed by Sahar Khamis / cc @rutgersupress.bsky.social

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Book cover for Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism

Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism by @lisadiedrich.bsky.social, reviewed by Liu Yang / cc @uminnpress.bsky.social

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Book cover images for Black Networked Resistance (on top) and Black Girl Autopoetics (on bottom)

A review essay by Rachel Williams on:

Black Networked Resistance: Strategic Rearticulations in the Digital Age by Raven Maragh-Lloyd / cc @ucpress.bsky.social

Black Girl Autopoetics: Agency in Everyday Digital Practice by Ashleigh Greene Wade / cc @dukepress.bsky.social

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Book cover for Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire

Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire: A Critical History by Burçe Çelik, reviewed by Aslı Tunç / cc @illinoispress.bsky.social

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Book cover for The Cancel Culture Panic

🎆IJoC publishes the following 8 #openaccess book reviews in June🎆

The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global by @adriandaub.bsky.social, reviewed by Jonathan Turcotte-Summers / cc @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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a man is flying through the air with the words coming in hot ALT: a man is flying through the air with the words coming in hot

🎆🎆JUNE PUBLICATION ALERT🎆🎆

Our 18 #openaccess papers published in June are HOT to go, complete with the Special Section on "True Costs of Misinformation," guest edited by
@joncong.bsky.social and @bostonjoan.bsky.social . Read at ijoc.org

Folks at #ica25 might wanna check out @ijoc-usc.bsky.social’s Special Section on True Costs of Misinformation, guest edited by me and @bostonjoan.bsky.social. The collection critiques mainstream frameworks of disinfo studies, written during a more hopeful "peak moment": ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc

A list of articles with bylines

🌳🌳APRIL PUBLICATION ALERT🌳🌳

We published 35 #openaccess papers, including the Forum on "Oops? Interdisciplinary Stories of Sociotechnical Error," guest edited by @mikeananny.bsky.social and Simogne Hudson. Read at ijoc.org

My article on “layered surveillance” and creative ways activists maneuvered it in the 2021 #SaveSheikhJarrah movement is now out in @ijoc-usc.bsky.social
This was a great collab with Dana Hasan and Amal Nazzal @ Birzeit university, so please check their other work as well!
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Finally! I can share that my article "Forced: Perceptions of 'Woke' Politics in Videogames" has been published by @ijoc-usc.bsky.social I dive into a bit of Reddit, a bit of YouTube and a whole lot of very strong opinions. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

Oops yes indeed!

Book cover for The City Authentic

The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America by @davidabanks.online, reviewed by Jian Xiao

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cc @columbiaup.bsky.social

Book cover for Pandemic Crossings

Pandemic Crossings: Digital Technology, Everyday Experience, and Governance in the COVID-19 Crisis by @guobin-yang.bsky.social, Bingchun Meng, and @elainejyuan.bsky.social (Eds.)

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cc @uofmpress.bsky.social

Book cover for Hollywood Remaking

Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture by @kathleenloock.bsky.social, reviewed by Ryan David Briggs

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cc @ucpress.bsky.social

Book cover for Kartemquin Films

Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy by @paufder.bsky.social, reviewed by Emily Rose Coleman

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cc @ucpress.bsky.social

Book cover for Anime's Knowledge Cultures

Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai by Jinying Li, reviewed by Serena Abdallah

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cc @uminnpress.bsky.social

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The Journalist’s Predicament: Difficult Choices in a Declining Profession by Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano, reviewed by Mir Ashfaquzzaman

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cc @columbiaup.bsky.social

Book cover image for Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate

Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate by @acadianjprof.bsky.social, reviewed by Jessica Roberts

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Book cover image for Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication

Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication by Daya Thussu, reviewed by Xin Xin

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