In recent years, several instances of political actors who created fake grassroots activity on the Internet have been uncovered. We propose to call such fake online grassroots activity digital astroturfing, and we define it as a form of manufactured, deceptive and strategic top-down activity on the Internet initiated by political actors that mimics bottom-up activity…
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Studies in Communication Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics, Public Relations and Crisis Communication.
| Publisher | Elsevier |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Numbered (Elsevier) Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Studies in Communication Sciences 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Media Studies and Communication Social Media and Politics Public Relations and Crisis Communication Linguistic research and analysis Impact of Technology on Adolescents |
| ISSN | 1424-4896 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.44 |
| h-index | 24 |
| i10-index | 70 |
| Total citations | 2,442 |
| Open access | Yes |
| Top institutions publishing here | Università della Svizzera italiana |
| Journal website | www.hope.uzh.ch |
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In the Anglo-American context visual communication has been on the academic radar since the late 1970s. In continental Europe the diversity of disciplines and the heterogeneity of national and cultural traditions in researching the visual have hampered a unified approach towards this expanding field of research that is in and by itself transdisciplinary in nature.…
This study tests the spiral of silence theory under conditions of online communication. It is argued that a preference for user-generated content may result in different perceptions of the opinion climate than a preference for mass media. This may also affect willingness to speak out in public. This study tested the effects of selective exposure…
This paper addresses the increased use of data and data visualization in newsrooms, which has yielded a new form of storytelling: data stories. In journalism, data stories or storytelling with data are the new buzzwords. What journalists mean by data stories, however, remains blurred. We use the emergence of data stories as an opportunity to…