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Indeed, there are some three dozen English-language journals now that deal with one or another or multiple aspects of the field of media and (mass) communication. Would another journal not be redundant? We think not. Media and Communication, henceforth shortened to MaC, will possess a specific combination of attributes that are not replicated elsewhere and together result in the unique position of the journal.

AbstractMedia and communication studies is a comparatively young academic discipline in Sweden. The subject's establishment began with the 1960s—a time when the expansion of mass media led to a bigger demand for analysis, education and critical reflection. Along with that, political and commercial interests in more knowledge led to commissioned research, another considerable factor in the subject's development and institutionalization. The field was brought forth by humanistic and social-scientific strands, and some actors conveniently travel between these two since the demarcation lines are less pronounced in the North. Currently, roughly around 250 scholars are active in the field, with about 200 of them organized in DGPuK's Nordic sister organization FSMK. Media and communication research in Sweden is also greatly oriented towards the broader Nordic context, institutionalized for instance through the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom). For scholars, the labour market is comparatively open, not only for other Nordic academics but also for entries from countries outside Scandinavia. For students, the field provides a rich smorgasbord of general and highly specialized programmes or stand-alone courses of variable length offered in both Swedish and English. This article aims to inform about the history and the contemporary conditions of Swedish media and communication studies, with a personal note based on own experiences.

Articulation -- Audience -- Broadcasting -- Capitalism -- Communication(s) -- Convergence -- Criticism/critique -- Cultural form -- Culture -- Culture industry -- Cyberculture -- Deconstruction -- Digital -- Discourse -- Embodiment -- Encoding/decoding -- Freedom of communication -- Genre -- Globalization -- Hegemony -- Ideology -- Identity -- Image -- Influence -- Information society -- Interactivity -- Mass -- Media effects -- Media/medium -- Mobile privatization -- Modern -- Moral panic -- Network (society) -- News values -- Popular/populist -- Postmodernism -- Public sphere -- Regulation -- Ritual -- Sign -- Simulacra -- Tabloidization -- Technoculture -- Technological determinism -- Time-space compression

Sponsored by the Brazil-U.S.Colloquium on Communication Studies of the Brazilian Society for Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication and the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume of Emerald Studies in Media and Communications is entitled Creating Culture Through Media and Communication. The volume is a vibrant collaboration of global voices addressing the media and communications challenges of our time. Contributors ask us to reconsider the ethical implications of media and technology from historical, contemporary, and future perspectives. In addition, case studies show the diverse ways that cultural media production has ripple effects throughout larger society. Authors ask important questions about how digitalization is shaping our everyday lives, as well as how the ethics of tech is needed now more than ever with the sea change occasioned by AI.

Accessible to wide range of readers from student to lay people, this authoritative reference provides a complete listing of media concepts, figures, and techniques with illustrations and historical commentaries. Written by distinguished scholar and author Marcel Danesi, and with an Introduction by Arthur Asa Berger, a leading figure in the world of media and communications, the dictionary also includes terms related to psychology, linguistics, aesthetics, computer science, semiotics, culture theory, anthropology, and more that have relevance in media studies. Each entry includes a definition i

The article provides a synopsis of the issues discussed in the 6th international scientific conference Visuality 2021: Media and Communication. The background for the discussions was the tranformations of ways to communicate, also incrusted with the up-todate reflection on the influence of lockdown under COVID-19. The effects of the novel mediated communication on politics, education and art were discussed from different angles. Some presenters focused on the opening of new oppurtunities, others were worried about the disapperance of reality and authenticity. The possibility of visuality to communicate the most abstract scientific and philosophical ideas was also discussed, and visuality proved to be a merging point of many streams of human being in the world. In addition to most up-to-date challenges, the discussion also encompassed a broad historical perspective, down to the Rennaissance.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Normative Press Theories and the Revisiting of Media Roles in Africa's Changing Socio-economic and Political Contexts -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 An Overview of African Media Environment -- 1.2 Evolution and Development of the Mass Media in Africa -- 1.2.1 Nigeria -- 1.2.2 Kenya -- 1.2.3 South Africa -- 1.2.4 Tunisia -- 2 Normative Theories in Perspective -- 2.1 Application of Normative Theories in Africa's Changing Socio-economic and Political Contexts: Matters Arising -- 2.2 Rethinking Normative Media Theories in the Digital Era: Case Studies in Africa -- 2.3 Critical Evaluation of the Normative Theories and the State: Press Relations in Africa -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Theorising African Journalism: The Reportage of China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative in Four African Newspapers -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background of the Case Study: MSRI -- 3 Framing (and Frame-Building) Theory and Resource Dependence Theory: The African Context -- 3.1 Critiquing Framing Theory -- 3.1.1 Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Portrayal Patterns -- 4.1.1 Predominant Themes in Media Reportage of BRI-MSRI -- Primary Beneficiaries of BRI-MSRI Outcomes, as Indicated in the Newspapers -- 5 Pointers for Building Theoretical Propositions on African Journalism -- 5.1 (Theoretical) Propositions -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Legislative Control and Native Metaphors in Social Media Interactions in Africa: Making Liberal Press Theories Functional in the Continent -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Debating Speech Freedom and the Politics of Authority -- 3 Interrogating the Nigerian Press Scenario: A Script for Africa -- 4 A Tree with Four Branches: Normative Theories in Perspective.

From an established author with a growing international profile in media studies, Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of thinking about media and communications in modern life.Shaun Moores draws on ideas from a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, and expertly connects the analysis of media and communications with key themes in contemporary social theory.Examining core issues of time and space, Moores also examines matters of interactions, signification and identity, and argues that media studies is bound up in the wider processes of the modern wo