MCS Journal

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @monicalcrawford finds that following women’s sports in the US is a labor of love. Fans perform extensive digital labor & navigate fragmented streaming apps just to find live games—a quest constrained by media availability journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Nii Kotei Nikoi examines the "industrial self-theorizing" of #Ghana’s music video scene, revealing how casting & imported tech work together to reproduce or contest light skin valorization in #Accra. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @NdawanaY explores the precarious conditions of Zambian journalism. Facing state control & job insecurity, journalists adapt through contingency journalism, an ad hoc culture shaped by survival & post-ethical dilemmas journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @kwpangj @EvaCYLi introduce the "queer fantasy economy" as an alternative to the #queerbaiting critique to explore how queer media can act as a strategy for advocacy & visibility, using Thai Y-series #BL #GL as case study journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Hongmei Chen examines how "dead bills" in the US are actually reshaping the future of local news. @ECNUER journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @daithimcmahon @VernicaPosada2 @JuliaHGiese examine the affective power of sports radio in the #Irish diaspora and how radio fosters "multi-axial togetherness" while navigating gendered exclusions in media rituals. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Xiaomin Luo analyzes how Li Ziqi’s YouTube videos reconstruct the "digital pastoral," exploring how nature & nostalgia are recoded into consumable spectacles, fueled by modern anxiety and platform capitalism. @sjtu1896 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Mariam Abazeri examines how participatory media from #Iran is received by global audiences, revealing how "Orientalist suspicion" and viewers' positionalities shape the afterlife of representation in transnational cinema. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Lotta Hultin & Markus Göransson explore how young Syrian migrants in Sweden use social media to navigate "temporal dislocation", balancing past lifelines with new Swedish timelines. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @nintendongwook examines the closure of South Korea’s first esports TV network, OGN, showing how developer and publisher shaped esports governance, team finances, and fan experience. #LeagueOfLegends journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @SophusLai, @SofieFlensburg & Kristian Sick examine ownership shifts in the submarine data cable industry, showing how platform companies increasingly consolidate control over global internet infrastructure. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Anders Grønlund & Stine Agnete Sand examine how Indigenous screen industries in Sápmi & Kalaallit Nunaat emerge through Arctic collaboration, advancing narrative sovereignty while navigating colonial legacies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Stephanie C Milford examines how shifting screen-time guidelines and moralized media discourse place responsibility & guilt on parents. The article calls for more collaborative approaches to children’s digital wellbeing. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Shaheen Amid Whyte explores how Muslim podcasts across the UK, US & Australia form digital counterpublics challenge marginalization in mainstream media while reshaping religious authority online. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Meaghan Furlano examines the rise of social media tradwives, arguing that their backlash targets “feminism” while misrecognising the real source of discontent: capitalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Yangzi Chen & Stella C Chia examines how the popular TV series Delicious Romance reflects a distinctly Chinese form of postfeminism that celebrate women’s autonomy while quietly reinforcing patriarchal norms. @Concordia journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @grohmann_rafael & Alexandre Costa Barbosa introduce “sovereignty-as-a-service” to show how #BigTech redefine digital sovereignty through cloud programs, turning it into a purchasable, platform-driven service. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Katherine Sender & colleagues propose “strategic methodological essentialism” for researching transnational LGBTQ+ audiences—balancing identity categories with their limits to study #QueerEye viewers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Maren Hartmann, David Lowis & Vera Klocke show how digital (dis)connection is both precarious and sometimes chosen as coping or resistance, through research with roofless people in Berlin. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this new #OnlineFirst article, @anirbanbaishya & Darshana S. Mini analyse how streaming platforms like Sling TV & #ZEE5 Global market #SouthAsian media to diasporic audiences, turning cultural identity into a global market category. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…