Media and Communication is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields.

Academic Editors: Salla-Maaria Laaksonen (University of Helsinki) and Mikko Villi (University of Jyväskylä)

Academic Editors: Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez (Rey Juan Carlos University), Santiago Tejedor (Autonomous University of Barcelona), and Inmaculada Berlanga (International University of La Rioja)

Academic Editors: Claudia Riesmeyer (LMU Munich), Arne Freya Zillich (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), and Thorsten Naab (German Youth Institute)

Academic Editor: Seungyoon Lee (Purdue University, USA)

Academic Editors: Stefan Stieglitz (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Björn Ross (University of Edinburgh)

Academic Editors: Vasiliki Tsagkroni (Leiden University), Amanda Alencar (Erasmus University Rotterdam), and Dimitris Skleparis (Newcastle University)

Academic Editors: Peter Maurer (Trier University) and Christian Nuernbergk (Trier University)

Academic Editors: Cornelia Mothes (Macromedia University of Applied Sciences) and Jakob Ohme (University of Amsterdam)

Academic Editors: Katja Kaufmann (University of Innsbruck) and Monika Palmberger (University of Vienna)

Academic Editors: Homero Gil de Zúñiga (University of Salamanca / Pennsylvania State University / Diego Portales University), Isabel Inguanzo (University of Salamanca), and Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu (Universidad de La Laguna)

Academic Editor: Ashley Hinck (Xavier University)

Academic Editors: Çiğdem Bozdağ (University of Groningen / University of Bremen), Annamária Neag (Charles University), and Koen Leurs (Utrecht University)

Academic Editors: Marko Siitonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Felix Reer (University of Muenster, Germany) and Teresa de la Hera (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Academic Editor: Thorsten Quandt (University of Münster, Germany)

Academic Editors: Pere Masip (University Ramon Llull, Spain), Bella Palomo (University of Málaga, Spain) and Guillermo López (University of Valencia, Spain)

Academic Editors: Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University, Belgium) and Tonny Krijnen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Academic Editor: Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. (Lancaster University, UK)

Academic Editors: Lena Frischlich (University of Muenster, Germany), Diana Rieger (LMU Munich, Germany) and Lindsay Hahn (University at Buffalo–State University of New York, USA)

Academic Editors: Annie Waldherr (University of Vienna, Austria), Ulrike Klinger (European University Viadrina, Germany) and Barbara Pfetsch (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany / Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society, Germany)

Academic Editors: Ian Somerville (University of Leicester, UK) and Lee Edwards (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)

Academic Editors: Tonny Krijnen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Frederik Dhaenens (Ghent University, Belgium) and Niall Brennan (Fairfield University, USA)

Academic Editors: Olga Dovbysh (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Esther Somfalvy (Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany)

Academic Editors: Sanne Kruikemeier (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Sophie Boerman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Nadine Bol (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

Academic Editors: Hanan Badr (Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait) and Lena-Maria Möller (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany)

Academic Editors: Kristin Skare Orgeret (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and William Tayeebwa (University of Makerere, Uganda)

Academic Editors: Monika Taddicken and Anne Reif (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)

Academic Editor: Ramón Salaverría (University of Navarra, Spain)

Academic Editors: Neta Kligler-Vilenchik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and Ioana Literat (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)

Academic Editors: Johanna E. Möller (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany), Jakub Nowak (University Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland), Sigrid Kannengießer (University of Bremen, Germany) and Judith E. Möller (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Academic Editor(s): An Nguyen (Bournemouth University, UK) and Daniel Catalan (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)

Academic Editors: Rodrigo Zamith (University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA) and Mario Haim (University of Leipzig, Germany)

Academic Editors: Jonas Harvard (Mid Sweden University, Sweden), Mats Hyvönen (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Ingela Wadbring (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)

Academic Editors: Johannes Breuer (GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany), Tim Wulf (LMU Munich, Germany) and M. Rohangis Mohseni (TU Ilmenau, Germany)

Academic Editors: Melanie Magin (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) and Birgit Stark (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany)

Academic Editors: Emiliana De Blasio (LUISS University, Italy), Marianne Kneuer (Hildesheim University, Germany), Wolf J. Schünemann (Hildesheim University, Germany) and Michele Sorice (LUISS University, Italy)

Academic Editors: Maria Elliot (Linnaeus University, Sweden) and Kristoffer Holt (Linnaeus University, Sweden)

Academic Editors: Ralf De Wolf (Ghent University, Belgium) and Mariek Vanden Abeele (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

Academic Editors: Leen d’Haenens and Willem Joris (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Academic Editor: John Pavlik (Rutgers University, USA)

Academic Editors: Marcel Broersma and Scott Eldridge II (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Academic Editor: Hiller A. Spires (North Carolina State University, USA)

Academic Editors: Vasiliki Tsagkroni (Leiden University, The Netherlands) and Amanda Alencar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Academic Editor: María Luisa Humanes (King Juan Carlos University, Spain)

Academic Editor: Eric Gordon (Emerson College, USA)

Academic Editors: Olessia Koltsova (Higher School of Economics, Russia) and Svetlana Bodrunova (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)

Academic Editors: Avery E. Holton (University of Utah, USA), Valerie Belair-Gagnon (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA) and Oscar Westlund (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway / Volda University College, Norway / University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Academic Editor: Nicholas David Bowman (Texas Tech University, USA)

Academic Editor: David W. Park (Lake Forest College, USA)

Academic Editors: André Jansson and Johan Lindell (Karlstad University, Sweden)

Academic Editors: Julia Kneer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Ruud Jacobs (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

Academic Editors: Jessica Gustafsson (Södertörn University, Sweden) and Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Academic Editors: Margreth Lünenborg and Tanja Maier (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Raul Reis (Emerson College, USA)

Academic Editors: Oscar Westlund (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and Mats Ekström (University of Gothenburg, Sweden).

Academic Editors: Peter Mechant (Ghent University, Belgium) and Nils Walravens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

Academic Editors: Julia Pohle (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany) and Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Raul Reis (Emerson College, USA), Mark Cocks (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK) and Michelle Bogre (The New School, USA)

Academic Editors: Sigrid Kannengießer and Sebastian Kubitschko (University of Bremen, Germany)

Academic Editors: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Kaarle Nordenstreng (University of Tampere, Finland)

Academic Editors: Uta Russmann (FHWien of WKW University of Applied Sciences of Management & Communication, Austria) and Jakob Svensson (Malmö University, Sweden)

Academic Editor: Vladimir Bratic (Hollins University, USA)

Academic Editor: Raul Reis (Florida International University, USA)

Academic Editor: Gary D. Rawnsley (Aberystwyth University, UK)

Academic Editor: Dan Romer (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Academic Editor: Milly Buonanno (University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy)

Academic Editors: Anne Kaun (Södertörn University, Sweden), Maria Kyriakidou (University of East Anglia, UK) and Julie Uldam (Roskilde University, Denmark)

Academic Editors: Epp Lauk and Niina Sormanen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)

Academic Editors: James Schwoch (Northwestern University, USA), John Laprise (Independent Scholar), and Ivory Mills (Northwestern University, USA)

Academic Editors: James Schwoch (Northwestern University, USA), John Laprise (Independent Scholar), and Ivory Mills (Northwestern University, USA)

Academic Editor: Epp Lauk (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)

Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)

Academic Editors: Bradley Greenberg (Michigan State University, USA), and Elisabeth Klaus (University of Salzburg, Austria)