Journal Description
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ) is the flagship journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). It is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal ranked in the Journal Citation Reports that focuses on research in journalism and mass communication. Established in 1924, JMCQ or the Quarterly is the oldest refereed scholarly journal in mass communication and provides leadership in scholarship for the field. It serves all the divisions and interest groups of AEJMC and publishes original articles and book reviews on topics including but not limited to theoretical and methodological developments in journalism and mass communication, international communication, media technologies and society, advertising, public relations, journalism history, media law and policy, media management and economics, political communication and health communication.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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- by Anjali DasSarma, Valentina ProustJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article analyzesThe New Orleans Tribune’s role as the first Black daily newspaper and its role as a counterpublic entity for Black Americans. Founded in 1864, it advocated radical equity for the newly manumitted Black community, challenging dominant …
- by Dae-Yun ParkJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Programmatic advertising (PA) has revolutionized the digital marketing landscape, providing automated and data-driven solutions for advertisers. However, concerns regarding the credibility of PA platforms have emerged, necessitating a comprehensive …
- by Miya Williams FayneJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Historically, the Black press has primarily targeted the African American audience, yet the increased accessibility of these outlets via digital media raises the question of who comprises the Black press audience online. Via an analysis of web metrics, I …
- by Jonathan HendrickxJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. TikTok is rapidly establishing itself as an important platform for contemporary digital journalism but explorations on its transnational journalistic usage thus far remain limited in size and scope. Hence, this explorative study adopts a digital methods …
- How the Engagement Journalism Movement Is Changing Political News Content: An Applied-Research Studyby Sue Robinson, Margarita Orozco, Joshua P. DarrJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Our multi-methodological, multi-university team was hired to evaluate whether news outlets participating in substantive training in journalism engagement and solutions-oriented practices were also changing their content. Analyzing a large dataset of …
- by Yanru Jiang, Sha Lai, Lei Guo, Prakash Ishwar, Derry Wijaya, Margrit BetkeJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study introduces the “framing element” method, an alternative approach to computational news framing detection. Rooted in a constructionist framing analysis framework, it identifies frames as packages of framing elements, including actors (…
- by Courtney Lawton, Brenda WawaJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Drawing on Youngblood’s call for “compelling, impactful, and thoughtful” journalism, this study introduces Just-Peace Journalism (JPJ), merging Just War Theory and Peace Journalism to deepen ethical scrutiny and practical coverage. A quantitative analysis …
- by Colleen Connolly-Ahern, J. Suzanne Horsley, Shuning Lu, Yan Qu, Jordan Morehouse, Virginia Harrison, Chuqing Dong, Hye Jin Yoon, Yan Huang, Dean Mundy, Sandra BooneJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The inability to anticipate and address the current disruptive onslaught in communications has contributed to the erosion of trust in journalism, given rise to social media echo chambers, spawned “infodemics” that cause confusion during health crises and …
- by Yunju Kim, Joonhwan LeeJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study compares the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI)-aided versus human-assisted fact-checking for different types of news, namely hard and soft news. To this end, an online experiment was carried out separately in Korea and the United …
- by Sandra A. MensahJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Stance-taking has become a widespread phenomenon in social media discourses, and status conferral, an existing crucial media function. This study explores both concepts within the context of positive media status conferral and the audience’s stances in …
- by Fanni Toth, Mojca Pajnik, Lana ZdravkovićJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study explores media instrumentalization in Central and Eastern Europe through the perceptions of journalists in Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia. Using semi-structured interviews, the article argues for a historical perspective on media …
- by Jennifer Midberry, Patrick WaltersJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Philadelphia set records for gun violence in 2021. This textual analysis examined stories about firearm incidents from the four local television news networks in Philadelphia from June through August 2021 to see how proposed solutions to gun violence were …
- by Grace FicaraJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print.
- by Danford ZirugoJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Combining textual analysis and interviews, this study extends journalistic role conceptualization research not only to Zimbabwe but also to nonjournalistic actors by examining Zimbabwean press freedom debates generated between 1993 and 2023. Results show …
- by Alexya MartinezJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print.
- by Dhanabalan ThangamJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print.
- by Elliott EdsallJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print.
- by Lindsey A. SherrillUniversity of North Alabama, Florence, AL, USAJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print.
- by Yan Qu, Shuning LuJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There is a growing concern about the spread of misinformation on the internet. One of the key solutions to address this challenge is the practice of information verification by individuals. Current research on information verification tends to overlook …
- by Haley PierceJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Research has begun to explore the effects of Sinclair ownership on news content and on public opinion. However, research has not yet linked changes in news content to changes in public opinion. Using computational textual analysis, this study finds that …