media-studies

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 05 September 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08960-9 Health, image, and influence: how social media influencers shape consumer behavior in Hungary

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 05 September 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08597-8 Narratives of distrust: climate change, disinformation, and the dynamics of right-wing media

BackgroundIn highly mediated environments, individuals often form impressions of foreign countries through indirect information rather than direct experience. Drawing on social cognition theory, this study examines how media exposure contributes to national stereotype formation through perceived stereotype accessibility and whether media literacy functions as a boundary condition.MethodsThree com…

IntroductionMarriage-related discourse on social media has become a prominent source of social influence, yet its impact on women’s marriage-related cognitions in contemporary China remains underexplored. This study integrates the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to examine how characteristics of Weibo marriage comments influence marriage attitudes and …

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02560-y Across more than 1.6 million posts on Twitter, Reddit and 8chan, Candia et al. find that moral language is associated with higher engagement up to a measurable sweet spot. Beyond it, moral saturation is linked to lower engagement.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08845-x Language, gender and news media: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study of binary gender representations in China Daily

arXiv:2609.03269v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: What is the emotional register of Arabic YouTube's affective publics? To investigate this, we analyzed 67,725 YouTube comments collected around socio-political topics associated with Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria using a unified sentiment-and-emotion pipeline. Our results profile a single regional affective public rather than five sep…

This study examines the gender dimension of ad hominem attacks as a component of confrontational argumentative style of creators of Czech disinformation websites. Drawing on pragma-dialectical theory, specifically van Eemeren’s (2019, 2021) concept of argumentative style and Peng’s (2021) framework of compromising and uncompromising confrontational styles — we analyse 1,483 ad hominem attacks dir…

How Do U.S. Teens Perceive News Media and Journalism? News Literacy Project Posted on September 2, 2026 Background Key Findings Why it Matters Background This summary is provided by the IPR Behavioral Insights Research Center (BIRC). The News Literacy Project examined U.S. teens’ distrust in news media, including their current attitudes toward news and their perceptions of journalism … Continue r…

Jaya Sinha, National Law Institute University, Bhopal Ritik Ranjan, National Law Institute University, Bhopal INTRODUCTION Cinema has always been one of the most powerful mediums of mass communication in India. Films are not only a form of entertainment but also instruments of social influence, capable of shaping public opinion, spreading cultural values, and sometimes even challenging establishe…

Precious Moments figurines and Christian romance novels aren’t overtly political, but they shape how Christian women see themselves and the world.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 31 August 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08839-9 Media frames of China’s poverty alleviation: the case of The New York Times

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Sudhakar Thakur, LLB, St. Wilfred’s College of Law, Panvel, Maharashtra Revati Goswami, LLB, St. Wilfred’s College of Law, Panvel, Maharashtra ABSTRACT Digital technology has transformed human civilization from physical communities into networked societies. From smartphones and social media to online education, gaming, artificial intelligence and digital workspaces, screen-based interaction now s…