ABSTRACT “Post-truth era” and “fake news” have been the talk of the day for around 10
years now. In our understanding, these terms are used to refer to the contestations of …

Previous research into the gendered social identity work involved in conspiracy theories
(CTs) has largely focused on expressions of masculinity. The present study investigates the …

News media trust, and the lack thereof, has been a prominent topic of discussion among
journalism scholars in recent years. In this article, we study young adults' trust in news media …

In addition to their conduct, organizations can be stigmatized for conduct they did not
engage in. Advancing a conceptual foundation of illusory conduct stigma, I explain how it …

This introduction to a Special Section, Global Populism: Its Roots in Media and Religion,
advances scholarly understanding of the present dynamics of global politics in the hybrid …

This article explores how the present-day disruptive hybrid media events shape the
conditions for the politics of recognition in political communication. The article sets off with …

Artikkeli analysoi salaliittoteorioita populistisena kuvitteluna suomenkielisen sosiaalisen
median keskusteluissa pandemiavuonna 2020–2021. Artikkelissa populismia tarkastellaan …

In this presidential address to the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture
(ismrc) I argue for the relevance of studying digital religion as a public phenomenon in one …

The broader adoption of social media platforms (eg, TikTok), combined with recent
developments in Generative AI (GAI) technologies has had a transformative effect on many …

This chapter sketches what kinds of methods are applied in the study of digital religion and
how those methods guide research in the third and fourth wave of research in this …