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Zizi Papacharissi

@zizip.bsky.social

UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series

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The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Democracy A comprehensive collection that offers an overview of digital technologies and democratic practice, this Companion explores the topic of digital media and democracy from a historically rich and socio‑...

PhD alum Yin Yang, PhD candidate Timilehin Durotoye, and Distinguished Professor Homero Gil de ZΓΊΓ±iga contribute "The Impact of AI on Democracy," in the forthcoming "The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Democracy," edited by @zizip.bsky.social. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

10.01.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Pub @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social πŸ“’

With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.

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A Complex New Media Ecology: Mapping Shifting Digital Players and Evolving Boundaries in Lifestyle Journalism - Lydia Cheng, Bunty Avieson, 2025 Guided by boundary work, this study aims to investigate how lifestyle journalism’s boundaries are changing in response to the rise of creator culture. Specifica...

Manuscript Monday! New on our feedπŸ“²A Complex New Media Ecology: Mapping Shifting Digital Players and Evolving Boundaries in Lifestyle Journalism - Lydia Cheng, Bunty Avieson, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

#academicsky #journalismsky

10.11.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New on our feedπŸ“²Why Do News Sharers Choose Not to Share News? A Self-Presentation Model of Deliberate News Withholding on Social Media - Jennifer Ihm, Eun-mee Kim, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

#academicsky #journalismsky

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(2/9) Black Twitter as β€œMaster” Social Architects: Maintaining Online Community Boundaries Through the Production of Time and Place - Cynthia N. McLeod, 2025
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(3/9) Fierce Feminism or False Promises? Netizens’ Perceptions of the Party-State in Gender Controversies on Weibo - Xiaoyi Liu, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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(4/9) Watch, Scroll, Repeat: How Interface Design Shapes Consumptive Curation Affordances on TikTok - Carlos Entrena-Serrano, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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(5/9) Flame Badges and Virtual Pets: Gamified Sociality on Douyin - Hui Lin, Rafal Zaborowski, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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(6/9) China Defenders From Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on X/Twitter - Leiyuan Tian, Fan Liang, Zhao Alexandre Huang, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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(7/9) β€œStop Being so Fkn Soft”: Masculinity, Politics, and the Acceptance of Gender-Based Online Violence Myths Among Young Canadian Men - Esteban Morales, Jaigris Hodson, Yimin Chen, Kaitlynn Mendes, George Veletsianos, Chandell Gosse, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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(8/9) Knowing Your Users by Heart: A Critical Examination of the Scientific Research on Emotions Conducted by Social Media Platforms - Camille Alloing, Elsa Fortant, Julien Pierre, Fabien Richert, RΓ©mi Palisser, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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(9/9) Social Media’s Midlife Crisis? How Public Discourse Imagines Platform Futures - Chelsea Butkowski, Frances Corry, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics
(1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#academicsky #socialmediasky

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(New) Manuscript Monday! Now posted on our feedπŸ“²Projecting Culture Through Hashtag Activism: The #IAmABlackMan Challenge on Instagram - Candice L. Edrington, Tara M. Mortensen, Odera Ezenna, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky

03.11.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manuscript Monday! More new on our feedπŸ“²Scrolling Through Chaos: The Implications of TikTok for Crisis Sensemaking - Christy Khoury, Jeff Hemsley, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky

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Echo Chambers of Digital Harm: Insights Into Layered Affordances From India and South Korea - Heesoo Jang, Narayanamoorthy Nanditha, 2025 This article introduces the concept of layered affordances to affordance theory, providing a framework for analyzing how digital platform affordances intersect ...

Manuscript Monday! New on our feedπŸ“² Echo Chambers of Digital Harm: Insights Into Layered Affordances From India and South Korea - Heesoo Jang, Narayanamoorthy Nanditha, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
#academicsky #MeTooIndia

03.11.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manuscript Monday! New on our feedπŸ“²Social Processes in the Intensification of Online Hate: The Effects of Verbal Replies to Anti-Muslim and Anti-Jewish Posts Following 7 October 2023 - Zachary P. Rosen, Joseph B. Walther, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Manuscript Monday! Check out what's new on our feed πŸ“² How do Healthy Political Discussions Invigorate Online Participation? Evidence from 17 European Countries - Laia Castro et al, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #polisky

27.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manuscript Monday! New on our feedπŸ“² State Interests, Global Platforms: How Chinese Journalists Use American Platforms at Work - Tucker Wang-Hai, Bibo Lin, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky

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Manuscript Monday! New on our feedπŸ“² Sad Dating Apps: Emotional Technological Determinism and Agency in Late Modernity - Łukasz Szulc, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky

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Manuscript Monday! More new on our feed πŸ“² From Politics to Entertainment: Exploring β€œNews Finds Me” Perceptions Across News Topics - Afrooz Mosallaei, Luxuan Wang, Katherine Ognyanova, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #polisky

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Introduction to 2K Special Issue on β€œChild Influencers in the Asia Pacific Region” - Crystal Abidin, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#child_influencers

03.09.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWhen I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Vlogger”: Child Influencers in the Philippines - Samuel I. Cabbuag, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue

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Family, Parenting, and Kid Influencers in Thailand: Balance Among Family Values, Cultures, and Child Development - Vimviriya Limkangvanmongkol, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue

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Korean Toddlers at Play or at Work? Commodifiable Authenticity of Sponsored Child-Rearing Vlogs - Hanwool Choe, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Kidfluencers in India: Commodification, Consumption, and Perpetuation of Dominant Culture - Devina Sarwatay, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Young People on Social Media: The Implications of Child Influencers in Vietnam - Nguyen Do Doan Hanh, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Performing Girlhood and Sisterhood in China: Chinese International Student Influencers’ Everyday Self-Presentation on RedNote - Wenxiang Zeng, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Negotiating Gender, Race, and Nationhood in Parenting on Douyin: White Mummy Bloggers in Chinese-Foreign Marriages in China - Xinxin Jiang, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue

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