Department of Media and Communication

Research output

Research output per year 1998 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2026

• 113 Article
• 104 Chapter
• 61 Book
• 40 Conference Proceeding
• 72 More
  • 36 Paper
  • 8 Review article
  • 6 Other contribution
  • 4 Edited volume
  • 3 Conference article
  • 3 Design, Architecture, Interiors
  • 3 Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work
  • 3 Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
  • 2 Editorial
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Textual work

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Who gets to speak in news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? A comparative study of quoting patterns in Brazil, India, and South Africa

  Wozniak, A., Fabienne, L. & Liu, Z., 2025, (In preparation) In: Journalism Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2024

  Comparative analysis of news framing in the UK and Russia during the 2014 Crimean crisis

  Liu, Z. & Wozniak, A., 2024, (Submitted) In: International Communication Gazette.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Connecting gender role attitudes among China’s youth to perceptions of the state: A bottom-up approach

  Hu, T., Guan, T. & Yang, Y., Aug 2024, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11, 1082

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Defiance in Amnesia: Memory and Abjection in Wang Xiaoshuai’s Red Amnesia

  Miao, H., 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Chinese Cinemas.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• English-Language Media Coverage of the Two Olympics Under the Threat of the Pandemic

  Zhang, X. & Shaw, G., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Coverage 100%
  • English Language 100%
  • Olympic Games 100%
  • News Media 100%
  • Understanding 50%

• Framing NATO during the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war in China

  Zhang, S. I., Liu, Z. & Peng, A. Y., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Media, War & Conflict.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Graded phonological neighborhood effects on lexical retrieval: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese

  Li, L., Hu, T. & Liu, S., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 137, 104526.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Lexical retrieval 100%
  • Phonological neighborhood 100%
  • Neighborhood Effect 100%
  • Phonological Similarity 20%
  • Response Latency 20%

• Journalists’ and religious leaders’ perceptions of media engagement in the context of interfaith dialogue

  Adhikari, D. & Pande, N., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue. 34, 1, p. 63-89

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Interfaith dialogue 100%
  • Inter-religious Dialogue 100%

• Kim Shin Dong and Marco Pellitteri on the global creative industries from East Asia

  Pellitteri, M. & Kim, S. D., Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Youth and Globalization. 6, 6.1-6.2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Lao Hu’s social media warfare: Journalist as semi-state actor in China’s Twitter diplomacy

  Zhang, S. I., Liu, Z. & Peng, A. Y., 2024, (Submitted) In: Asian Journal of Communication.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Manufacturing foreign news from afar: Views from an editor’s desk

  Bergman, T., 2024, In: Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies. 13, 1, p. 49-65 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Media Content 100%
  • Afar 100%
  • News Agencies 100%
  • Journalistic practices 100%
  • Working Time 100%

• Media coverage of the Russo-Ukraine war beyond the West: Geopolitics and mainstream news in Brazil, India, and South Africa

  Wozniak, A., Liu, Z. & Fabienne, L., 2024, (Submitted) In: Media, War & Conflict.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Mobile immobility: an exploratory study of rural women’s engagement with e‑commerce livestreaming in China

  Huang, Y., Yang, Z. & Chang, K., 2024, In: The Journal of Chinese Sociology. 11, 1, 5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Autonomous Region 100%
  • Specific Industry 100%
  • Femininity 20%
  • Domesticity 20%
  • Social Setting 20%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Powerful or Powerless? Women’s Power Levels in Contemporary Chinese Films

  Hu, T. & Cai, J., 1 Apr 2024, In: SAGE Open. 14, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chinese 100%
  • Subjectivity 12%
  • Population Censuses 12%
  • Tuition Fee 12%
  • Rhetoric 12%

• Public diplomacy through development assistance: China’s 10,000 Villages Project across Africa.

  Lewis, A., Jan 2024, In: Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. p. 1-13

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Raising the Spectrum of Polarization: Generating Issue Alignment with a Weighted Balance Opinion Dynamics Model

  Schweighofer, S. & Garcia, D., 2024, In: JASSS. 27, 1, 15.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Polarization 100%
  • Dynamic Models 100%
  • Balance Theory 75%
  • Dimensional Space 50%
  • Left-Liberals 25%

• Rural Boy Groups: Awkward (Ga) Dance, Reflexive Gimmick, and the Livestreaming Craze in China

  Wang, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Asiascape : Digital Asia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Shop, Snap and Share: Exploring Chinese university students’ perception on the consumption and sharing of luxury goods on social media

  Wang, Z. & Skulsuthavong, M., 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Consumer Marketing.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The dilemma between innovation and authenticity in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage: Community agency in preserving Suzhou pingtan

  Miao, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: China Information.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Diverse Agendas Surrounding Nathan Chen on China's Social Media During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games: The Sport, the Athlete, and Nationalism

  Wang, Q., 6 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • China 100%
  • Social Media 100%
  • Electric Network Analysis 100%
  • Content Analysis 33%
  • Tuition Fee 33%

• Uncertainty avoidance, news genres and framing of Traditional Chinese Medicine: a content analysis of news from seven countries

  Tang, J., Kuang, X. & Wei, R., 2024, In: Journal of Transcultural Communication.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Warm in 2008 vs. cold in 2022? A comparison of China-related news in the US media during the Beijing Summer and Winter Olympic Games

  Kuang, X., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  1978-1981: arrivano i giapponesi. Prima che li chiamassimo ‹anime›

  Translated title of the contribution: 1978-1981: here comes the Japanese. Prior to us calling them ‹anime›Pellitteri, M., Nov 2023, In: Anime Cult. p. 6 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• A male idol becoming a girl? Nisu fans' sexual fantasy about male stars

  Hu, T. & Zou, C., 14 Dec 2023, In: Transformative Works and Cultures.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Men 100%
  • Stars 100%
  • Girls 100%
  • Process 20%
  • China 20%

• A Transmedia ‘Third’ Space: The Counterculture of Chinese Boys’ Love Audio Dramas

  Hu, T., Jin, J. & Liao, L., 2023, In: Asian Studies Review. 47, 4, p. 836-854 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Space 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Emotions 100%
  • Drama 100%
  • Boys 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Auspiciousness in the Digital Age

  Skulsuthavong, M., 2023, (In preparation) In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Engaging ESL Students by Online Discussion Forum and Gamification: Teaching Social Sciences to BA Students in a Chinese Transnational University in the Covid-19 Contex

  Huang, Y., 2023, In: The Educational Review USA. 7, 2, p. 137-151 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Image of a city in the local and global media: Suzhou as a case

  Jiang, Y. & Kuang, X., 2023, In: Cities.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Intervista a Luca Raffaelli. La ‘conoscenza’ prima di tutto

  Translated title of the contribution: Interview with Luca Raffaelli: ‹Knowing› comes before everythingPellitteri, M., Nov 2023, In: Anime Cult. p. 78 83 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Lovely heteronormative families in a harmonious society? The docudrama representations of the human-pet relationship in contemporary China

  Liu, T. & Hu, T., 8 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Popular Culture. 56, 5-6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • docudrama 100%
  • Docudramas 100%
  • Gender Ideology 33%
  • Living Conditions 33%
  • Owners 25%

• Malaysia’s Media Framing of Plastic Pollution: The Case of Imported Plastic Waste

  Ong, S. W. & Diong, F. W., 2023, In: Environmental Communication. 17, 7, p. 689-700

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Medium 100%
  • Plastic Waste 100%
  • Plastic Pollution 100%
  • Malaysia 100%
  • Wastes 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Masculinity in crisis? Reticent / han-xu politics against danmei and male effeminacy

  Hu, T. & Ge, L., 2 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Cultural Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Legislation 100%
  • State 100%
  • Politics 100%
  • Men 100%
  • Masculinity 100%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Remote learning satisfaction during COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of a private higher education institution in Malaysia

  Wei, C. Y., Ong, S. W., Diong, F. W., Ngeow, Y. M. & Chen, K. P., 2023, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education. 38, 1, p. 163-187

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Superstition in the Digital Age: A study of Thai digital amulets on social media

  Skulsuthavong, M., 2023, (In preparation) In: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Bias on characters’ Visual Traits in Japanese Animation and the Misconceived ‘transnationality’ of Anime

  Pellitteri, M., Dec 2023, In: Mutual Images Journal. 11, p. 109-138

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Transgressive Play and the Inherent Limits of Business Growth for China’s LGBTQ Platforms: The Case of a Social Game in Aloha

  Wang, S., 30 May 2023, In: Social Media and Society. 9, 2, p. 1-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • China 100%
  • Enterprises 100%
  • Markets 100%
  • Growth 100%
  • LGBTQIA+ 100%

• Un mare di nuovi fumetti italiani

  Translated title of the contribution: A sea of new Italian comicsPellitteri, M., Mar 2023, In: Pepeverde.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• ‘Becoming’ a global leader: China’s evolving official media discourse in Xi’s New Era

  Zhang, X. & Shaw, G., Dec 2023, In: Global Media and Communication. 19, 3, p. 313-333 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • China 100%
  • Belt and Road Initiative 28%
  • Leadership 14%
  • Support 14%
  • Evidence 14%

• 日常生活中的城乡、阶层和性别: 家政女工身份认同与意义构建

  Chen, Z. T., Kuang, X. & Liu, X., 20 Dec 2023, In: 中国研究. 30, 2, p. 268 297 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2022

  Being recognized in an algorithmic system: Cruel optimism in gay visibility on Douyin and Zhihu

  Wang, S. & Zhou, O. T., 6 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sexualities.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Men 100%
  • Optimism 100%
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus 100%
  • Algorithms 100%
  • Relationships 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• China’s Development of Tai Chi Diplomacy: A Collaborative Model

  Zhang, X. & Hong, T., Feb 2022, In: China: An International Journal. 20, 1, p. 142-158 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • China 100%
  • Diplomacy 100%
  • Economic and Social Development 100%
  • State 75%
  • Actors 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Comparing Online and Offline Political Support

  Brandenberger, L., Casiraghi, G., Andres, G., Schweighofer, S. & Schweitzer, F., Dec 2022, In: Swiss Political Science Review. 28, 4, p. 604-623 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Behavior 100%
  • Regression Model 50%
  • Interpersonal Relations 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Cultural Mediaries on Anitube: Between Fans and Social Media Entertainers

  High, M., 14 Sept 2022, In: Transformative Works and Cultures. 38

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Japanese 100%
  • Communities 100%
  • Demand 100%
  • Social Media 100%
  • Fan 100%

• Enabling student participation in syllabus design through film nominations and voting: An action research project

  Sava, L., 2022, In: Film Education Journal . p. 80-92 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Fake WMDs all over again? How Dutch newspapers supported western propaganda on an alleged chemical attack in Syria

  Bergman, T. & Van De Beek, E., 2022, In: Journal of Contemporary Iraq and the Arab World. 16, 3, p. 197-215 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Western 100%
  • Newspapers 100%
  • Chemicals 100%
  • Dutch 100%
  • Propaganda 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• From the main-melody story to gaming experience: Is the Chinese digital game arena a potential counterpublic sphere?

  Hu, T., Ouyang, M., Zhang, Z. & Wang, C. Y., 2022, In: Media, Culture and Society. 44, 5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chinese 100%
  • Experience 100%
  • Mainstream Medium 100%
  • Gaming Experience 100%
  • Narrative Analysis 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Generazioni e pubblici giovanili italiani intorno ai manga e anime: Dove subculturale e nazionale-popolare coesistono

  Translated title of the contribution: Italian youth audiences and generations around manga and anime: Where subcultural and national-popular coexistPellitteri, M., 2022, In: H-Ermes – Journal of Communication. 21, p. 115-147

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Italian 100%
  • Popular 100%
  • Manga 100%
  • Anime 100%
  • Cultural Users 100%

• Horror Video Games and the “Active-Passive” Debate

  Christopher, D. & Leuszler, A., 27 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Games and Culture. 18, 2, p. 209-228 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fear 100%
  • compendium 20%
  • Orbit 20%
  • Argumentation 20%
  • Diegetic 20%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction: Journalism Studies and the Global South- Theory, Practice and Pedagogy

  Moyo, L., 2022, In: Journalism Studies. 23, 13, p. 1567-1577 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Introduction 100%
  • Journalism 100%
  • Educational Sciences 100%
  • Practice Theory 100%
  • Global South 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Manufacturing news from afar: Views from an editor’s desk

  Bergman, T., 2022, In: Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review