Convergence, Ahead of Print. The number of digital tools able to capture and manipulate online information poses implications for how users manage content connected to online life. Blending media convergence and networked sociality frameworks, an explo…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Digital platforms and media are fertile breeding grounds for disinformation and conspirational views. They provide a variety of communication venues for a mixed set of actors and foster the diffusion of content between acto…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Since 2015, academic enquiry into the ‘Connected Migrant’ has proliferated globally. This scholarship has demonstrated the significant role that digital media play in the decision-making, information-seeking and community-b…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. We now live in an age of unhidden gender wars where direct violence occurs within online and offline spaces. These online spaces on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram become venues for attacks on gender and woman’s rights, as w…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. This study advances the understanding of consumer nationalism through an analysis of a Chinese boycott of South Korean goods. In early 2017, Chinese internet users expressed their strong aversion to the South Korean conglom…
Convergence, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 925-926, June 2022.
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Virtual reality (VR) has been designated as the ‘ultimate empathy machine’ due to its alleged ability to powerfully immerse users in another’s perspective. As VR has attracted growing attention, criticism of its alleged ‘em…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Nowhere were Walkmans in higher demand than in the Netherlands. Especially youth embraced the device. This research presents a discourse analysis of Dutch media coverage of the Walkman from 1980 through 1995. It demonstrate…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. This article analyses the role of facework in the discourse of confessional YouTube videos by female fashion and beauty content creators, where they disclose personal problems, and offer viewers advice. It uses thematic ana…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Casual gaming has become an increasingly important part of leisure in the last decade, and role-playing games (RPGs) are one of the most popular genres. RPGs prompt players to develop emotional attachments, so exploring pla…