Communication Theory

Journal of Communication

The art of delirium: social media suppression in authoritarian regimes

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Words that trigger: a meta-analysis of threatening language, reactance, and persuasion in health Get access

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Toward an intersectional communicology of stigma Get access

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Diagnosticity of perceived message effectiveness in campaign message pretesting: multilevel analysis of the between-message correlation and message-pair standing comparisons Get access

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Understanding news media trust through the lens of phenomenological sociology

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Authenticity at the heart of communication Get access

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An intellectual history of digital colonialism

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Decolonizing the public sphere(s)?: A historical trajectory of justice-seeking subaltern public communication in the Middle East

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Can conspiracy theories ever be plausible? The role of narrative rationality in the assessment of online conspiracy theories Get access

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The Swiss cheese model of social cues: a theoretical perspective on the role of social context in shaping social media’s effect on adolescent well-being

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Let me be perfectly unclear: strategic ambiguity in political communication

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A meta-analysis of gain–loss framing effects in narrative persuasion Get access

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A forum for books Get access

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A systematic review of applications, manipulations and manipulation checks of construal level theory in advertising Get access

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Beyond the hype: Reframing AI through algorithms and culture Get access

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Media consolidation and news content quality

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Avoidance, fear, helplessness: young Africans contemplate a future shaped by climate change

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The queer vanguard: how television streaming platforms promoted intersectional LGBTQ+ content to establish their brands Get access

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