Convergence, Ahead of Print. This study explores intergenerational differences in attitudes toward mobile advertising (addressing their informativeness, irritation, trustworthiness, entertainment, and intrusiveness) and actual response to mobile advert…
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1558-1570, December 2021. Public attention on disconnection and digital detox focuses on the health and wellbeing associated with disconnecting without much attention on what happens to selfhood or identity when ab…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Players in the European market have developed a series of transnational collaborations and practices in the cross-border production and distribution of audio-visual content, media ownership, regulation and audience receptio…
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1648-1662, December 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, China has implemented the most stringent lockdown measures across major cities during moments of heightened risk of infection. This mechanism is aided by the …
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1753-1769, December 2021. This paper examines a nascent network of commercial DIY gay porn production by microcelebrities in China against the background of platformization, commodification, and illiberal cultural …
Convergence, Ahead of Print. In an era of datafication, data visualisation is playing an increasing role in civic meaning-making processes. However, the conventions of data visualisation have been criticised for their reductiveness and rhetoric of neut…
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1571-1583, December 2021. In this contribution, I do not engage in digital disconnection merely as an empirical phenomenon but as a way of seeing digital culture and as a heuristic. I do not ask whether or not digi…
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1536-1557, December 2021. Disconnection presents itself as a modern answer to problems of media addiction and overuse. But, is it really novel? Through a thematic analysis of Dutch and American newspaper articles s…
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1678-1695, December 2021. This article focusses on the musical history of the telephone, an aspect of telephonic history that is often overlooked and has not yet received systematic academic attention. The article …
Convergence, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1615-1630, December 2021. In post-digital capitalism, digital disconnection is not merely a “luxury” but also an obligation. Aiming to re-contextualize digital disconnection outside of digital detox resorts, social…