M&K Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft

Today’s news audiences negotiate a diverse and multifaceted array of media messages characterized by ever more bewildering heterogeneity and hybridity. These messages are relayed by a cohort of new epistemic authorities such as social media...

Recent transformations in the public sphere challenge the development of theory and research in communication studies. This article focuses on the practice of contradicting, the modes of which have evolved and diversified in networked publics, often...

To accentuate which platform characteristics particularly foster radicalization and extremist dynamics, this contribution investigates the affordances of social media as delineated in contemporary literature, conducting a platform comparison...

Rarely has the interest of lay audiences in scientific knowledge and options for action derived from it been as pronounced as during the COVID-19 pandemic. Has this interest contributed to a development of science communication towards more...

Social media is recognized as a crucial source of information about food and nutrition. Research shows that while TikTok offers a substantial number of nutrition-related videos, the quality of the information provided varies. The development of...