Journal of Communication Technology

The Journal of Communication Technology (ISSN 2694-3883) is the official journal of the Communication Technology division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The expressed aim of this journal is to bring together research that facilitates discussion and cultivates understanding of the ways in which communication technologies are changing not only media processes and content, but also audiences, institutions, and society at large. Since communication technologies themselves have now come to fulfill a central, social role in virtually all forms of mediated communication, JoCTEC welcomes scholarship from a broad area of inquiry. Provided that the focus pertains to communication technologies, this includes but is not limited to studies of advertising, science, networks, health, politics, history, policy, public relations, management, economics, ethics, minorities, visual communication, and social media.

In addition, as the journal is vitally positioned in a growing international field, it strives to be a home for all theoretical and methodological perspectives. Research that informs debates from comparative empirical perspectives is especially welcome, though more conceptual and theoretical approaches are equally invited. Altogether, systematic and rigorous scholarship of communication technologies and their impacts from virtually any approach from micro to macro and throughout sub-disciplines will be considered.

We consider article submissions on a rolling basis for regular issues. Periodically, JoCTEC will extend a call for special issues or book reviews. To view current calls, click HERE.

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Current Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3

Wu, M., & Bien-Aimé, S. (2022). Drab to fab: Examining the effects of perceived coolness on news consumption on social media. Journal of Communication Technology, 5(3), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec-2022-011

Srinivasan, P., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Joergensen, G. (2022). “Attention! It’s the News.” Cognitive load and news posts on Facebook: An eye-tracking study. Journal of Communication Technology, 5(3), 27-52. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec-2022-012

Lee, Y-J., Park, M., Silva, D. E., & Joo, J. (2022). Power users’ branded virtual reality experience: A preliminary study. Journal of Communication Technology, 5(3), 53-77. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec-2022-013

Liu, J. (2022). Framing social credit system: An experimental investigation of social credit system’s chilling effect on freedom of expression. Journal of Communication Technology, 5(3), 78-102. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec-2022-014