Ferments in the Field: The Past, Present and Future of Communication Studies
The special issue “Ferments in the Field: The Past, Present and Future of Communication Studies” has now been published in the Journal of Communication 68 (2): 219-451. The issue is edited by Jack Qiu and WIAS Director Christian Fuchs.
Journal of Communication (JoC) published its special issue “Ferment in the Field” in 1983 (vol. 33, no. 3). Thirty-five years later, discussing the origins, current state, and prospects of our field prevails. This special issue titled “Ferments in the Field: The Past, Present and Future of Communication Studies” presents 20 articles, plus an introductory essay/reflection by Fuchs and Qiu. The issue assesses the field and provokes discussions about the status of communication studies. By proposing a new “Ferments in the Field” issue, the goal was to recapitulate and renew the spirit and critical discourses of the 1983 special issue.
EDITORIAL
Ferments in the Field: Introductory Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of Communication Studies
by Christian Fuchs; Jack Linchuan Qiu
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 219–232, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqy008
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Cultural Voyeurism: A New Framework for Understanding Race, Ethnicity, and Mediated Intergroup Interaction
by Osei Appiah
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 233–242, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx021
by W Lance Bennett; Barbara Pfetsch
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 243–253, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx017
#CommunicationSoWhite
by Paula Chakravartty; Rachel Kuo; Victoria Grubbs; Charlton McIlwain
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 254–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqy003
Media, Communication, and the Environment in Precarious Times
by Miyase Christensen; Annika E Nilsson
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 267–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqy004
Materializing Communication: Making the Case for a Relational Ontology
by François Cooren
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 278–288, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx014
For a Practical Discipline
by Robert T Craig
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 289–297, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx013
Intergroup Communication: Identities and Effective Interactions
by Cindy Gallois; Bernadette M Watson; Howard Giles
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 309–317, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx016
Mediating Neoliberal Capitalism: Affect, Subjectivity and Inequality
by Rosalind Gill; Akane Kanai
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 318–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqy002
Moving Beyond Self-Castigation: Let’s Reinvigorate Communication Policy Research Now!
by Natascha Just; Manuel Puppis
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 327–336, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx012
Global Media Studies: A Critical Agenda
by Marwan M Kraidy
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 337–346, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx024
Charting an Itinerary for Postcolonial Communication and Media Studies
by Sangeet Kumar; Radhika Parameswaran
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 347–358, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx025
by Graham Murdock
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 359–368, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx023
The Paradox of the Paradigm: An Important Gap in Media Effects Research
by W Russell Neuman
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 369–379, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx022
Self-transcendent Media Experiences: Taking Meaningful Media to a Higher Level
by Mary Beth Oliver; Arthur A Raney; Michael D Slater; Markus Appel; Tilo Hartmann …
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 380–389, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx020
Changing Concepts for a Changing World
by Colin Sparks
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 390–398, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx026
Paradigm(s) Lost? Islands of Critical Media Research in Communication Journals
Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 399–414, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx018
by Joseph Turow; Nick Couldry
by Nathan Walter; Michael J Cody; Sandra J Ball-Rokeach
by Herman Wasserman
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