[Commlist] International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on Comparative Media Studies in the Digital Age

International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on
Comparative Media Studies in the Digital Age

How can we move forward in comparative communication studies, traditionally
centered on legacy media, against the backdrop of an increasingly digital
media environment?

Guest-edited by Jun Liu, Xinchuan Liu, and Klaus Bruhn Jensen, this Special
Section on Comparative Media Studies in the Digital Age: Taking Stock,
Looking Ahead of eight articles:

•      Promotes reflection on classic comparative perspectives and their
redevelopment for the digital age.

•      Presents an overview of research trends and methodological
strategies.

•      Reports on recent empirical studies to advance the status and
relevance of comparative study in the field.

The articles reflectively revisit the idea of “media systems” — the
theoretical underpinning of the seminal Comparing Media Systems — and
refocus attention on changes in broader digital infrastructures and eco
systems. The contributions emphasize methodological strategies for
consolidating comparative communication studies, and situate themselves as
part of interdisciplinary dialogues involving other comparative social
sciences. Empirically, the articles address digital media use and
communicative practices across the globe from a variety of analytical angles
so as to examine technology-induced changes in different social and cultural
contexts. The authors thus outline an agenda for further comparative
communication studies to deliver a better understanding of ongoing digital
transformations in societies and cultures around the world.

We invite you to read these articles that published in the International
Journal of Communication on November 4, 2020. Please log into ijoc.org to
read the papers of interest. 
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Comparative Media Studies in the Digital Age: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead
— Introduction
Jun Liu, Xinchuan Liu, Klaus Bruhn Jensen
 Comparing Media Systems and the Digital Age
Paolo Mancini  Comparative Research, System Change, and the Complexity 
of Media Systems
Daniel C. Hallin
Comparative Communication Research: Why We Really Need Some More Fuzzy
Thinking
John Downey  Comparative Studies of Internet Use: A Review of 
SSCI-Indexed Journal
Articles, 1969–2019
Hui Zhao, Jun Liu  Does the Internet Erode Trust in Media? A Comparative 
Study in 46 Countries
Xinchuan Liu, Jia Lu  Two Levels of Digitalization and Internet Usage 
across Europe, China, and
the U.S.
Chris Chao Su, Jun Liu, Baohua Zhou
   The Everything-ness and the More-ness of the Internet: How Digital Is
Different From Other Media
Lee Rainie _________________________________________________
 Larry Gross, Editor
Arlene Luck, Founding Managing Editor Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Kasia Anderson, Managing Editor, Special Sections
Jun Liu, Xinchuan Liu, and Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Guest Editors

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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/
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