CRP Journal

Sharon Storch and Nicky Chang Bi (@UNOmaha) explore the impact mobile device usage has on managerial communication decisions and family communication. tinyurl.com/2eubbj2h

Davor Trbušić (Catholic University of Croatia) draws on the Kotler-Mindak typology to examine the impact of organisational models on the relationship between marketing and public relations practices. tinyurl.com/2px9adnv

Commentary: Ben Egliston, Joanne Gray, Marcus Carter, Milica Stilinovic and Wenqi Tan (@Sydney_Uni) critique AI governance in extended reality (XR) systems, advocating a move away from hype and towards evidence-based, medium-specific realities. tinyurl.com/3nppympa

Ann Vaneza Jude and Padmakumari P (@ChristBangalore) explore Generation Z’s social media activism to uncover intersecting identities, emotional turbulence and adverse psychological impacts that have wide-ranging implications. tinyurl.com/2f4jfz49

Commentary: Kenneth Paul Tan (@hkbaptistu) discusses how casting AI as a disruptive and threatening ‘Other’ to human-ness risks sidelining sociotechnical imaginaries about alternative communicative futures. tinyurl.com/4wena33k

Jing Wang (@nyushanghai) explores how knowledge influencers promote financial literacy online and how this practice impacts business, finance, and everyday economic life. tinyurl.com/3wvuk92p

Our first issue for 2026 is now out! Read the introductory editorial by editor-in-chief Jian Xu (@Deakin) about the disruptions today that impact the way we communicate. tinyurl.com/mrk4xt4a

We hope you enjoyed our offering of articles and commentaries for 2025. The CRP team wishes you a safe and restful holiday, and we will see you again in 2026!

Caryn Coatney (@unisqaus) uncovers how news coverage and journalists’ comments about their reporting of the #Robodebt scandal affirmed reflective inquiry and disrupted spin. tinyurl.com/4xkx9n98

Intan Primadini (@kampusumn) and Camelia Catharina (@univ_indonesia) examine how feminist and LGBT organisations use strategies that blend action, information, and community to advocate on Instagram. tinyurl.com/mr334vzw

Putri Limilia (@unpad) taps on data from @japelidi to critique engagement and trustworthiness of astroturfing during political campaigns. tinyurl.com/yuzn2y5k

Commentary – Terence Lee (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) reflects on the use of ‘keywords’ as envisioned by Raymond Williams and contemplates their socio-cultural evolution in the age of #GenAI. tinyurl.com/mk9smfvf

Paul Atkinson and the research team from @MonashUni argue for #GenAI to be evaluated as a medium rather than a tool in communication and media studies, and for educators to better understand how it affects the communicative and learning environments. tinyurl.com/hhsfn2mt

Bella Choo (@UniMelb) examines how discourse at the disability-migration intersection perpetuates a citizen/non-citizen dichotomy and contradicts Australian egalitarian values. tinyurl.com/mt7erner

Commentary – Donald Matheson (@UCNZ) examines the ethics of AI development and argues for the need to put human relations – logic, understanding and dialogue – at the core. tinyurl.com/jp6jyykd

Kylie Stevenson (@MurdochUni), Harrison See and Emma Jayakumar (@EdithCowanUni) propose using an attitude-ability-awareness-access model to guide children’s digital citizenship development. tinyurl.com/33zpubj8

Howard Lee (@MurdochUni) introduces the papers for #AANZCA 2024 special issue as guest editor. The conference theme was ‘Pause’. tinyurl.com/5ek5e86a

@dralycemcgovern and Julie McNamee (@UNSW) examine the use of podcasting by the police in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and interrogate the proliferation of #copspeak and #copaganda. tinyurl.com/9sk7jffx

Our fourth issue for 2025 is out! Read the introduction from Editor-in-Chief, Assoc Prof Jian Xu (@Deakin) as we close off the final issue of the year and reflect on our achievements. tinyurl.com/32hxaxbt

@1CathyJ (@EdithCowanUni) and @k8mirandilla (@UTSEngage) critique the legal and ethical boundaries of children working as social media influencers. tinyurl.com/yby3z7jm