Communication and the Public
Communication and the Public is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal that publishes both theoretical and empirical research articles in the intersections of communication and the public broadly defined. It welcomes research in these areas from and about any parts of the world, especially the parts of the world where the experiences have been under-considered in the extant social and cultural theories or in communication studies. It publishes quality works in both social scientific and humanistic traditions.
The regular features of the journal include research articles, theoretical essays, forum and symposium.To better reflect the multi-disciplinary thematic focus, the journal will publish frequent special issues. Proposals for special issues from any social scientific or humanistic disciplines are welcome.
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Communication and the Public has attracted scholars and readers keen on expanding intellectual exchange and dialogue across boundaries, be they disciplinary, national, or cultural. The thematic anchoring of the journal was and continues to be placed on the mutually constitutive dynamics between communication and the public. Notably, the current editorial team has developed an expansive understanding of the public, so the journal considers topical areas as various as public opinion, public culture, public diplomacy, and public policy as relevant to communication research We therefore welcome timely theoretical and empirical works stimulated by epochal changes differentially experienced or by unduly marginalized contextual positioning. While always welcoming research that dissects how the public differs from other forms of social collectivity (e.g., crowds, masses, and networks), the journal encourages in particular works that document and explicate emerging trends, including but not limited to new communication technologies such as AI-driven platforms, algorithmic systems, and immersive technologies, and the ramifications they exert on public life, democratic discourse, and collective identity.
We welcome research on:
? Theorizing Publics in the Digital Era
The formation of networked publics, hybrid media systems, and AI-augmented public spheres
Communication governance, platform power, and their implications for public interests and equity
The rise of algorithmic media (e.g., generative AI, social bots) and their impact on public trust and democratic deliberation
Historical trajectories and cultural variations in civil society, citizenship, and network societies
? Media, Technology, and Public Life
Communication technology and the reconfiguration of public space and social movements
The ethics of surveillance, datafication, and AI in public communication
Digital culture, public arts, and the blending of online/offline engagement
Comparative studies on global variations in public engagement, civic practices, and public policy
? Publics, Power, and Representation
The intersection of public opinion with misinformation, polarization, and computational propaganda
Public diplomacy and its digitalization in the age of global uncertainty and crisis
The role of algorithmic media in amplifying or marginalizing voices across class, gender, race, and nation
| Yu Hong | Zhejiang University, China |
| Bingchun Meng | The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Fei Wu | Zhejiang University, China |
| Weiyu Zhang | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Hongliang Chen | Zhejiang University, China |
| Zhao Alexandre Huang | Université Gustave Eiffel, France |
| Siyue Li | Zhejiang University, China |
| Jian Lin | Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |
| Yilang Peng | University of Georgia, USA |
| Wei Wang | Zheijiang University, China |
| Lu Wei | Zhejiang University, China |
| Liujiang Ye | Zhejiang University, China |
| Zhangyan Li | Zhejiang University, China |
| Qian Wang | Zhejiang University, China |
| Runnan Wei | Zhejiang University, China |
| Duo Zhang | Zhejiang University, China |
| Sandra Braman | Texas A&M University, USA |
| Craig Calhoun | Arizona State University, USA |
| Manuel Castells | University of Southern California, USA |
| Joseph M. Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
| Yi-Hui Christine Huang | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
| Nick Couldry | The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| John Downey | Loughborough University, UK |
| Terry Flew | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Zhongdang Pan | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Zizi Papacharissi | University of Illinois Chicago, USA |
| John D. Peters | Yale University, USA |
| Dhavan Shah | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Guobin Yang | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Barbie Zelizer | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Yuezhi Zhao | Tsinghua University, China |
| Robert Asen | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Gabriele Balbi | Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland |
| Saugata Bhaduri | Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| Ségur Céline | Université de Lorraine, France |
| Ching-Ching Chang | Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China |
| Jaeho Cho | University of California, Davis, USA |
| Michael Curtin | University of California, USA |
| Benjamin Detenber | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| John Gastil | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Jonathan Gray | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Laura Grindstaff | University of California at Davis, USA |
| Shaohua Guo | Carleton College, USA |
| Steve Guo | Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China |
| André Jansson | Karlstad University, Sweden |
| Min Jiang | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA |
| Sora Kim | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
| Tetsuro Kobayashi | Waseda University, Japan |
| Marwan Kraidy | Northwestern University, USA |
| Francis L. F. Lee | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR |
| Hongtao Li | Fudan University, China |
| Limin Liang | Communication University of Zhejiang, University of Zhejiang, China |
| Jun Liu | University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Lilach Nir | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| Enrique Peruzzotti | Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Argentina |
| Thomas Poell | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Daniel Raichvarg | University of Burgundy, French Society of Information and Communication Sciences, France |
| Hernando Rojas | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Cuihua Shen | University of California, Davis, USA |
| Fei Shen | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Lijiang Shen | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Marko Skoric | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Cara Wallis | University of Michigan, USA |
| Lars Willnat | Syracuse University, USA |
| Magdalena Wojcieszak | University of California at Davis, USA |
| Jing Wu | Peking University, China |
| Michael Xenos | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Mike Yao | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Haiqing Yu | RMIT University, Australia |
| Elaine Jingyan Yuan | University of Illinois-Chicago, USA |
| Baohua Zhou | Fudan University, China |
| Yuqiong Zhou | Shenzhen University, China |
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