Journal
International Journal of Communication
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1932-8036
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Political elites’ use of fake news discourse across communications platforms
This article finds evidence in the Australian context supporting the concept of a “fake news” contagion. Fake news language has emerged as part of Australian strategic political communications since Donald Trump’s election; however, its usage is not (yet) widespread among Australian MPs.
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Precarities of migrant work in Singapore: migration, (im)mobility, and neoliberal governmentality
Building on dialectical relationship between mobility and materiality, and drawing on collaborations with foreign domestic workers (FDWs) and migrant construction workers (MCWs) in Singapore in co-creating communication infrastructures, this article theorises resistance as mobilities in Asia.
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Algorithmic labor and information asymmetries: a case study of Uber’s drivers
Uber manages a large, disaggregated workforce through its ridehail platform, one that delivers a relatively standardized experience to passengers while simultaneously promoting its drivers as entrepreneurs whose work is characterized by freedom, flexibility, and independence. Through a nine-month empirical study of Uber driver experiences, we found that Uber does leverage significant indirect control over how...
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Why drop a paywall? Mapping industry accounts of online news decommodification
This article by University of Southern California professor Mike Ananny and USC Ph.D. candidate Leila Bighash examines the reasons behind online news organisations eliminating or temporarily reconfiguring their paywalls, including in response to national emergencies and natural disasters.
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Young people, social media, social network sites and sexual health communication in Australia
This article presents and discuss the findings from six rural and urban focus groups with young people in Australia about the use of social media and social network sites (SNS) for sexual health communication.