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Increasingly, durable goods have embedded software and are technologically tethered to the vendor's server through this software, be it digital products such as smartphones or predominantly non-digital products such as automobiles and tractors. Tethering can enable the vendor to change the product's performance or features through software updates, with implications for optimal product policy. We study a monopolist technology vendor's decision to partially degrade or fully retire their installed base of tethered goods when they release their newer version. Our work presents several novel theoretical contributions with practical implications for industry. Installed base degradation can emerge in equilibrium. To obsolete the previous version, it is no longer necessary for the seller to produce an improved version. Firms may engage in economically suboptimal partial degradation for technical reasons. Firms sometimes engage in suboptimal product obsolescence despite it harming their profit, due to their inability to commit to a no-obsolescence policy. Under some conditions the seller's commitment problem could cause them to offer excessive durability. Our work suggests important policy guidelines: when releasing new models, firms should consider releasing updated versions of their older operating systems, and allow existing customers to opt out of significant software upgrades, other than essential security patches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Have stakeholders increased their influence over firms' behavior in the digital age? In a recent article in this journal, Barnett, Henriques, and Husted (2020) suggested that, contrary to expectations, digital media has limited the influence of stakeholders on firms as information overload and heterogeneous demands make it difficult for stakeholders to synchronize their interests and achieve one coherent and persistent voice. In this exchange we contend that, while the evolution of digital media has made it harder for stakeholders to achieve synchronicity, it has made it easier for them to achieve what we refer to as heterogeneous convergence. Heterogeneous convergence entails the progressive coming together of heterogeneous stakeholders around a broader demand for change while maintaining different identities and views. We argue that, through heterogeneous convergence, secondary stakeholders can exert strong pressure over firms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The metaverse and Web 3.0 have created a new digital world with specific properties and behaviours replicating and influencing the behaviours and processes of physical entities. This study aims to advance our understanding of how the metaverse will impact supply chain and operations management (SCOM). Using elements of a structured literature search and building on the concepts of cyber-physical systems, digital supply chain twins, cloud supply chains, and Industry 4.0/Industry 5.0, we propose a framework for metaverse SCOM encompassing multiple socio-technological dimensions. We conclude that further metaverse developments could result in a co-existence of physical SCOM, metaverse SCOM, and SCOM for coordination of the physical and metaverse worlds. We offer a structured future research agenda pointing to new research questions and topics stemming from metaverse-driven visibility, computational power for data analytics, digital collaboration, and connectivity. New research areas can emerge for the novel metaverse SCOM processes and decision-making areas (e.g. joint demand forecasting for metaverse and physical products, digital inventory allocation in the metaverse, integrated production planning for the metaverse and physical worlds, and pricing and contracting for digital products), as well as new performance measures (e.g. virtual customer experience level, availability of digital products, and digital resilience and sustainability). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Industry 4.0 aims to establish highly flexible production, enabling effective and efficient mass customisation of products. Modelling techniques and simulation of production processes are among the core techniques of the manufacturing industry that facilitate flexibility and automation of a shop floor in the era of Industry 4.0. In this paper, we present an approach to support production process modelling and process model management. The approach is based on Model-Driven (MD) principles and comprises a Domain-Specific Modelling Language (DSML) named Multi-Level Production Process Modelling Language (MultiProLan). MultiProLan uses a set of concepts to specify production process models suitable for automatic instruction generation and execution of the instructions in a simulation or on a shop floor. By using MultiProLan, process designers may create process models independent of the specific production system. Such process models can either be automatically enriched by matching and scheduling algorithms or manually enriched by a process designer via MultiProLan's modelling tool. In this paper, we also present an application of our approach in the assembly industry to showcase its dynamic resource management, generation of production documentation, error handling and process monitoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media has changed how sport organizations and individuals in the sport industry communicate and conduct business. The increase in the number, complexity, and capabilities of platforms provides ample opportunities and data for researchers to employ quantitative research methods. In this article, we provide an overview of the state of scholarship by conducting a scoping review of sport social media research published between 2010 and 2022 with a focus on articles based on quantitative data. We then critically discuss four areas that present opportunities for improvement—scope, theory, data collection, and data analysis. Based on these four areas, we introduce the social media research framework to guide future social media research in sport. Within the social media research framework, we outline three focal areas of research—people, spaces, and technologies—and suggest examining these areas simultaneously, rather than in isolation, as well as their intersections in the sport industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT The study reported here sets out to investigate to what extent Generation Z EFL speakers employ English in their linguistic practices on digital media platforms and how these compare to the patterns of English use on other social occasions. To that end, 630 adolescents (aged 14 to 18) from five grammar schools were targeted in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. Results of a 27‐item survey pinpoint young individuals’ habitual reliance on English for (i) socializing on Facebook, Twitter, and similar platforms; (ii) consuming content on YouTube and TikTok; and (iii) watching series on various streaming platforms. Simultaneously, English is also revealed as an important linguistic variant underpinning their daily communicative practices, notably interactions with peers. The multiple linear regression analysis pinpoints statistically significant associations between learners’ habits of digital media use and their in‐group conversational practices. This is interpreted as a sign indicating the emergence of ESL‐like qualities in a traditional EFL setting. It is argued that consuming and engaging with digital media products through English may be affecting the psycholinguistic modus operandus of a noticeable cohort of young EFL speakers, who become increasingly bilingual as a result of those practices. Consequently, it is this adjusted psycholinguistic state (from predominantly monolingual to increasingly bilingual) that motivates the addition of English to the sociolinguistic repertoire of conversational practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Smartphones and social media have become an integral part of human daily life and they influence mental well-being. These accounts have been researched in the general population, but not in athletes. This is critical given enhanced physical and emotional stressors in athletes versus non-athletes. Therefore, we here studied intra- and interindividual relationships of four social media sites (WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat) with mood, stress, recovery, and sleep using log-based media usage tracking as an objective measure in 53 competitive athletes aged 12–27 years. Multilevel modeling revealed that intraindividual TikTok usage negatively predicted sleep (β = −0.10, p = 0.040) and recovery (β = −0.15, p < 0.002), and positively predicted stress (β = 0.12, p = 0.018). Interindividual Instagram usage predicted feelings of calmness (β = 0.27, p = 0.029) and valence (β = 0.20, p = 0.043). Intriguingly, competition level moderated the usage outcomes of all four apps: Athletes on low performance levels showed lower mental well-being when using social media longer, yet in national and international athletes the strength of these relationships was weaker or even reversed. Our study unravels social media usage associations with mental well-being to vary as a function of performance level and provides findings on intra- and interindividual effects of critical importance to inform future population-tailored and expedient interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to shed light on the key role of digital repertoire in shaping participation forms, challenging internet as a flexible, dynamic, and pervasive platform that transcends reality in terms of sense and relationship construction processes. The research design traces the narration and performance patterns in the last decade of the No Tav movement case study. The work examines the concept of innovation as both an evolving repertoire and a set of users’ practices. The empirical analysis is conducted through digital content analysis using quantitative textual analysis techniques. The research questions aim to understand how activists produce and share knowledge, what mobilization patterns emerge and are enabled by digital media, and how organizational assumptions change due to the digital turn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Digital media play a central role in the lives of today's schoolchildren, immersed in an increasingly digital world. Modern technologies blur the lines between formal school settings and informal settings outside of school. Although formats like bring-your-own-device align the use in the formal setting with informal usage, a disjunction exists between children's interactions with digital technologies in their home environments and those within the educational setting. For bridging the gap between school learning and children's lives outside of school, it is essential to explore the differences and similarities in media usage in both settings. Methods: In our case study, we examined schoolchildren's motives and evaluations of digital media usage in both settings, addressing individual needs. Additionally, we explored several dimensions of digital literacy through self-assessment, identified associated learning opportunities within and outside the school environment, and captured self-reported learning gains. We collected this data over the course of several weeks in a longitudinal design with media diaries, aiming to estimate the extent of the fluctuation. Results: Eighty-four German schoolchildren aged between 10 and 16 years participated over a six-week period. We found differences but also similarities between media usage outside of school and in class. Digital media were less frequently used in class for entertainment, communication, and learning compared to outside of school, but no differences were reported regarding information search. Schoolchildren expressed above-average satisfaction with their media usage in both settings, but they perceived the usage of digital media outside of school as significantly more important than in class. Regarding their digital competencies, the schoolchildren displayed high self-confidence in most areas. Only in the areas of algorithms and programming, schoolchildren rated themselves as below average. While learning opportunities were identified in class and outside of school, the frequency of these opportunities varied across different digital skills. The self-reported learning gain in digital media usage remained consistently low in both settings. Across all analyses, there was no substantial temporal fluctuation in media usage over the study period. Discussion: The findings raise crucial considerations regarding the integration of digital media in the classroom, fostering a discussion on their implications for both research and educational practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews various social media platforms used for delivering content about Nazi persecution and the Holocaust, focusing on educational efforts.

Recent literature has underscored the power of digital activism, but few studies have symmetrically examined its impact beyond domestic audiences and among illiberal regimes. The co-occurrence of mass protests in East and Southeast Asia in 2019–2021, when protesters called for help from international communities, offers a valuable opportunity to test the power of digital media. This study uses a data set of 154 million Twitter posts and a time-series model to contrast sets of collective action metrics and connective action metrics with a novel dependent variable—foreign politicians' responses. We then analyze the directional, intensity, and time-lagged effects of the relevant cue-taking processes. We find that the new metrics are more potent in predicting responses from foreign politicians. Agency- and network-centered metrics also outperform number- and intensity-oriented metrics across the three cases. These findings have implications for the roles of opinion leadership and engagement networks in digital activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the intersection between two key fields in which international migrants respond to displacement and negotiate a sense of home: digital media and religion. The example chosen is the vlogging strategies used by Indonesian marriage migrants to navigate complex religious relationships with their followers and weave these into wider homemaking practices. The vlog analysis and in-depth interviews with the Indonesian marriage migrants in France and Belgium show that religion is an important element in constructing a sense of home in new locations. However, the immediacy of vlogs exposes them to religious expectations from followers back in Indonesia. As a result, homemaking is shaped by a complex interplay between the feelings of belonging and alienation in relation to their followers. Using vlogs, the marriage migrants seek to maintain control over their sense of home by building a mediated form of religious tolerance with their followers through adapted religious expressions in the vlogosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID‐19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown measures in many countries have increased young people's engagement with digital media. The digital divide goes beyond just having devices and includes differences in how well young people can use digital technology. In this paper, we shift our attention beyond screen time to the nature of the adolescents' digital media use. Our study looks at two adolescents from different backgrounds to understand how their digital media experiences differ in viewing, play, and reading. We add to the literature on the influence SES has on the ways in which adolescents are using digital media during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Singapore. Our study was conducted during the pandemic and participants were selected using convenience stratified sampling and the snowballing method. Our findings show that the adolescents' digital viewing was motivated by the need to be a part of an affinity group and that while the viewing was passive, it served a social function to develop a sense of connectedness with peers. We also found that adolescents from high socioeconomic backgrounds tended to engage in more digital reading compared to their peers from low socioeconomic backgrounds. In addition, while the adolescents' digital play was shaped by their socioeconomic realities, they were able to make the most from their circumstances and demonstrated both creativity and savviness. By demonstrating the disparities in digital media experiences between two adolescents from contrastive socioeconomic backgrounds, we shed light on the implications of the digital divide, where both equitable access to digital resources and the development of digital literacies necessary to navigate the digital landscape is currently lacking. We argue for the importance for researchers and policymakers to move beyond acknowledging long‐standing concerns and take actionable steps to address these issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Immersive virtual reality (VR) is anticipated to peak in development this decade bringing new opportunities for 3D multimodal designing across all levels of education. The need for students to gain capabilities with multimodal texts—texts that combine two or more modes, such as spoken, written, and visual—is emphasised at all levels of education from P-12 in the Australian Curriculum. Likewise, the use of technology-supported pedagogies is increasing worldwide, rendering multimodal texts ubiquitous across all knowledge domains. This original, qualitative classroom research investigated students' 3D designing of multimodal texts using an immersive VR head-mounted display. Upper primary students (ages 10–12 years, n = 48) transferred their knowledge of ancient Rome through 2D drawing, writing, speaking, and 3D multimodal designing with VR. The application of multimodal analysis to video data, screen recordings, and think-aloud protocols, and the thematic coding of student and teacher interviews yielded four key findings: (i) VR gaming supported 3D multimodal designing through haptic and embodied experience, (ii) VR improved performance through creative redesigning, (iii) VR-supported knowledge application, consolidation, and transfer, and (iv) pedagogical strengths of VR were situated and transformed practice. This research is timely and significant given the increasing accessibility and affordability of VR and the need to connect research and pedagogical practice to support students' advanced knowledge and capabilities with multimodal learning across the curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Programmatic advertising has come to dominate the landscape of digital media planning. To prepare ad majors for their future careers in the industry, it is essential to teach students programmatic buying and provide them with hands-on experience. In this article, the authors present their approach of integrating teaching programmatic buying into a media planning course. A key feature of their educational package is a custom digital media buying tool developed by the authors. They hope this article will benefit other college educators in this field and spark further discussions on best teaching practices of programmatic buying and digital media planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the practices of investigative journalism in China in changing times. It does so by focusing on the case study of Southern Metropolitan Daily (SMD), a well-known newspaper in China which built its name on investigative journalism. The aim is to understand how the changing social conditions have shaped investigative journalism and transformed the role performance of investigative journalists. Drawing on data from multiple sources, including archival research, in-depth interviews, and news content analysis, the study found that under a trio of pressures: technological disruption, economic downturn and most importantly tightened political control, the media have been repositioning and reorienting themselves in relation to power. Investigative journalism, although it still retains the name, has shifted to trumpeting the value of constructiveness rather than criticism. This study contributes to the ongoing debates on journalistic role performance by showing how the watchdog and facilitator roles are combined in the practice of Chinese investigative journalists in changing times. It reaffirms the complex cooccurrence of journalistic roles and adds insights into the possibility of roles overlapping, not only across different dimensions but within the same dimension of power relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within digital media, the effectiveness of content material advice systems is pivotal for boosting user engagement and satisfaction. This study's article delves into the development and implementation of a singular set of rules recommendation gadgets based totally on the principles of support Vector device (SVM), a distinguished machine learning approach. The objective is to address the demanding situations faced by using traditional recommendation structures, such as media content problems, by leveraging the type and regression talents of SVM. The methodology encompasses the usage of a large dataset of person interactions and alternatives extracted from diverse virtual media systems. This statistic is then processed via an SVM version and relationships among user behaviors and content material characteristics. The particular issue of this technique lies in its adaptability and precision in dealing with excessive-dimensional facts, which is ordinary in digital media environments. The SVM model is high-quality-tuned to optimize content recommendation via not most effective matching consumer choices but additionally introducing a degree of content material variety to combat echo chambers. This research evaluates the performance of the SVMbased recommendation system towards traditional algorithms via a sequence of metrics inclusive of accuracy, range, and consumer engagement charges. This assessment gives insights into the efficacy of SVM in delivering extra applicable and various content to users, thereby enhancing their digital media experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital technologies are a common part of everyday life for families with young children (aged 0–8). Despite public anxiety around this reality, much of the current guidance for families and practitioners is conflicting and lacks sufficient evidence. This article maps recent research to gauge the extent to which it is providing nuanced understandings of digital technology use that can positively contribute to this context. Through a large-scale, multi-disciplinary scoping review, this article provides a high-level view of dominant topics, research designs, and conceptual approaches. It finds that the field is largely rooted in methodological and conceptual approaches to childhood, family, difference, and technology that are insufficient for capturing the breadth and complexity of experiences in this area. Rather than arguing for a specific approach, we call for forward momentum in the form of greater ambition to look beyond current methods, concepts, and questions – especially those that are no longer fit for purpose. The review identifies several issues and gaps around which research agendas could be reframed. These include the need for more precise articulations of technologies, greater emphasis on dimensions of use other than time, abandoning dosage models of media effects, and greater attention to diverse digital childhoods. Impact Summary: Prior State of Knowledge: Research on digital technology use by families with very young children is now well established and speaks to important and contested social and policy contexts. Yet there is little evidence about broad trends shaping the field or their implications. Novel Contributions: This large-scale, multi-disciplinary scoping review analyses recent research on digital technology use by families with young children (aged 0–8). It establishes a foundational understanding of the dominant topics, methods, and concepts across this field. Practical Implications: This article argues for greater attention to diverse childhoods, more methodological rigor and innovation, and conceptual approaches that move beyond entrenched paradigms. This will strengthen research, ensuring that the evidence base from which recommendations are developed better reflects family experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the widespread use of digital media in our deeply mediatized society, parental mediation can be viewed as a dynamic and processual media practice that is integrated into everyday family life. We therefore advocate that parental mediation should be seen as part of the socialization that changes over time due to an ongoing stream of negotiations, instead of focusing purely on strategies. It is particularly important to us to show that this process is not only situational and procedural, but also relational. In the text, we present four case studies that illustrate how these aspects influence parental mediation. The cases were chosen from a longitudinal qualitative panel study with three survey waves. They were analyzed from the perspective of parents and children. The study itself focused on the process of socialization and its transformation through mediatization. On this basis we demonstrate that parental mediation is a relational process that is influenced by parents' own biography, by other parents, friends or the wider family context as well as by negotiations with the affected children and their media repertoires. Impact Summary: Prior State of Knowledge: Although a majority of studies analyze parental mediation, literature lacks the perspective of children on the topic. Further, there are almost no longitudinal studies on the subject. Novel Contributions: The article shows that parental mediation can only be fully understood as an element of socialization that is situational, dynamic, processual and repeatedly negotiated. It emphasizes relationality, as parental mediation depends on the biographies of the parents, people outside the family and the children involved. Practical Implications: Since parental mediation is not trivial, parents should be encouraged to seek support in this task. In addition, practitioners should take into account the relationality of mediation practices rather than pointing to an ideal way of parental mediating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Networked technologies and device use have become a significant source of conflict between parents and their children, negatively affecting family cohesion and wellbeing. Drawing on the findings of a participatory action research project which consisted of family workshops designed to discuss, and ultimately reduce, family digital conflict, this article explores the main sources of digital conflict amongst Australian families. Four main causes of digital conflict were reported by parents and their children: the amount of time that young people spend online and the subsequent displacement of other tasks considered by parents as more worthwhile; "inappropriate" content; the perceived effects of digital media use on children's behaviour, and sibling conflict. Findings also revealed differing perspectives and knowledges about the value of digital technologies between parents and children which contributed to family conflict. The findings point towards a greater need for interventions which facilitate a more democratic approach to digital parenting, premised upon parental listening, negotiation, and mutual understanding. Impact Summary: Prior state of knowledge: A number of international studies show that networked technologies are a significant source of family conflict and affect family relationships and dynamics in various ways. Novel contribution: This study explores this topic from the Australian perspective. It also contributes to prior research by exploring parent and child knowledges and perspectives and how the divergence in these knowledges and perspectives contribute to family conflict. Practical implications: This study has implications for online safety providers and policymakers. It points to a greater need for online safety interventions, policies and resource that facilitate family discussion, parental listening and mutual understanding about media use to reduce family conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we analyze the conjuncture framing the recent rise of media representations of female con artists, looking at two recent examples of the trope on television: Inventing Anna (a fictionalized account of con artist Anna Delvey) and The Dropout (a fictionalized account of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes). We situate the new visibility of women who lie, scam and cheat on television within a set of distinct yet interlocking cultural anxieties: about the “believability” of women’s speech in the aftermath of the #MeToo movement; about the capacities for inauthenticity, artifice, and deception inherent to digital media culture; about the con logics of contemporary global capitalism; and about the pernicious role that white women’s believability plays within everyday operations of white supremacy in the United States. Read through this lens, the “post-authentic” con woman becomes legible as an ambivalent backlash text: a parable that warns about what happens when (white) women are taken at face value and allocated the benefit of the doubt. In a contemporary popular feminist context where women have been implored to be confident, self-assured, and self-possessed “girlbosses”, shows like Inventing Anna and The Dropout reposition the con(fident) woman as a figure of necessary cultural suspicion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Objectives Methods Results and Conclusions The rising importance of digital technologies in everyday communication has played a key role in processes of political polarization and rising mistrust and intolerance. We suggest this crisis could be productively conceptualized as a crisis in perspective‐taking—the tendency and competency to actively consider others' mental and emotional states.This conceptual paper sets out to propose a theoretical framework that identifies the key affordances of digital platforms for promoting perspective‐taking in formal educational settings (K‐12 and higher education): (1) connecting diverse individuals, (2) simulating interactions with other perspectives and (3) supporting the articulation and sharing of perspectives.Rather than summarizing the state of existing research, this paper aims to offer a novel conceptualization that allows unpacking the interplay between research on perspective‐taking and work on the affordances and constraints of digital media. We identify the three key affordances outlined above, exemplifying them by focusing on one type of digital tool and comparing them along two axes: (i) the depth vs. diversity of interactions it supports and (ii) its cultivation of intergroup perspective‐taking vs. interpersonal perspective‐taking.This framework, we argue, articulates the advantages and limitations of digital tools towards engagement in perspective‐taking, while providing a conceptual roadmap, and practical considerations, for researchers and practitioners interested in cultivating digitally mediated perspective‐taking in educational settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1998 MoveOn pioneered a new and powerful form of digitally enabled, multi-issue, member-driven, rapid response, advocacy organization. This model quickly spread around the world as progressive activists emulated it in twenty other countries. These digital advocacy organizations share progressive values and have been influential actors in their national contexts. What is surprising is that right-wing actors have replicated this new organization model. We examine four right-wing digital advocacy organizations: Grassfire (United States), Advance (Australia), Patriot Petition (Germany), and CitizenGo (transnational). We find that all four ‘copycat’ organizations are rapid-response, multi-issue, on-line campaigning organizations, like their left-wing counterparts. However, none appear to be fully-member driven in their funding and decision-making, rather the right has a tendency towards “astroturfing”. We also find that these right-wing organizations explicitly sought to emulate the organizational model of their left-wing counterparts, and there was no evidence of transnational diffusion on the right. This article enriches our understanding of right-wing digital advocacy organizations, and how learning and emulation occur across partisan divides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Digital journalism is well established in Portugal. However, the Portuguese public tend to opt for traditional media websites over those of a digital native nature. This research will confirm whether the reason for the national success of the former type of media is that their websites offer more participation mechanisms for the publics. Methods: Based on a qualitative methodology, an ad hoc methodological instrument was designed that allows for the evaluation of the ways in which audiences can interact with brands and content. Results and discussion: The results are highly surprising, since it is not possible to verify any type of relationship between preferred media and the number of audience participation mechanisms. Experts on a Delphi panel attribute media selection to the audiences' interest in the stories covered and to the trust placed in the media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media are gaining significance in organizations and their business strategies. Therefore, the self-presentation of solo entrepreneurs on social media requires a strategic analysis and concept due to their specific business structure. Solo entrepreneurs work on their own without having any employees in their company. In other words, they stay as the personification of a one-(wo)man-firm. The business structure of solo entrepreneurs is particular since they operate in the most decentralized form of a firm, which is a one-person firm. In some way, solo entrepreneurs can be regarded as independent (self-employed) laborers. When presenting themselves online, they must decide which characteristics of the private self should be emphasized and which should be incorporated into the entrepreneurial identity to be useful to the business. Our qualitative study conducted twelve semi-structured interviews with solo entrepreneurs to understand how they present themselves on social media and how the solo entrepreneur offered online differs from the private self. We have found that there are features of the personal self that are kept strictly out of the entrepreneurial sphere, but there are areas that make a mix of personal and entrepreneurial selves. Our results help to understand the group of solo entrepreneurs and their unique characteristics in an increasingly important field of digital media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates the Marcos golden age narratives on YouTube before the 2022 Philippine presidential elections. Despite evidence of brutality during the Marcos years, many Filipinos reminisce about his tenure as a period of peace and progress, influenced by selective historical accounts propagated through digital media. Expanding Laclau's theory of populism, we identify affective storytelling techniques prominent pro-Marcos YouTubers employ to glorify the Marcos era and examine them to understand how the populist logic of difference and equivalence guides the articulation of a romanticized past and endorses the vilification of elites and Marcos critics. Our analysis underscores the potency of nostalgia in populist and authoritarian politics, demonstrating their capacity to foster a collective yearning for a mythic past and stoke a collective desire for Marcos-brand authoritarianism. Ultimately, this article contributes to understanding the dynamics of historical revisionism and its implications for political discourse and historical consciousness in the digital age, emphasizing the role of YouTubers in shaping political landscapes through nostalgia and the manipulation of social memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The digital media landscape is rapidly shifting, and some children begin using digital media in infancy. As with book reading, young children need adult guidance to learn from digital media. Joint media engagement (JME) occurs when preschool children and their parents actively use digital media together. JME during early childhood is associated with increased learning from media. However, there are no validated scales of JME. In the present study, parents of 353 1‐to‐5‐year olds answered a series of questions about their media use and behaviours. Exploratory factor analysis yielded two scales, one for viewing video content together and one for playing digital games together. Convergent validity was established by comparison to the widely used Television Mediation Scale. Together, these findings establish the JME instrument as a valid and reliable tool for measuring joint media engagement during early childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current media environment, John Durham Peters emphasizes the importance of non-verbal communication and notes that underpinned by digital technology, "media" is returning to its original meaning as the milieu that surrounds living beings. To concretize and critically discuss this idea, this paper examines the artworks created by the authors, which incorporate microorganisms into digital technology. These works applied luminous bacteria as ink to digitally screen print text and images. The first work, A Medium for Images or Luminous Bacteria (2022), prints Japanese text with luminous bacteria ink. The second work, '... (I)' (1926) by BioLuminescent Bacteria (2024), recreates the first image in the history of Japanese television, '... (I)', with luminous bacteria. This paper compares and analyzes these practices in light of classical media theory, including the work of William Ivins Jr. and Marshall McLuhan. The paper introduces another work, Grow.Glow. (2023), to further expand the discussion to contemporary digital media. Finally, drawing on the recent arguments of Anna Tsing and Antonio Damasio, we elucidate the critical implications that the works of luminous bacteria bring to the current media environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Children's exposure to sugary beverage advertising may have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic due to shifts in media habits, which could subsequently have influenced intake. This study aimed to examine: 1) children's frequency and setting of exposure to advertisements of sugary beverages in six countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) the association between exposure to sugary beverage advertisements and intake. Methods: Children aged 10–17 years (n = 28,908) in Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) completed online surveys in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as part of the International Food Policy Study using a repeat cross-sectional study design. Respondents self-reported frequency and setting of exposure to sugary beverage advertisements, location of school classes (in-person/online, 2020–2021 only), screen time, and sugary beverage intake. Adjusted weighted logistic and negative binomial regression models stratified by country examined associations between year and reported sugary beverage advertising exposure, and associations between sugary beverage advertising exposure and intake. Differences in reported advertising exposure between students taking online or in-person school classes were explored. Results: Self-reported exposure to advertisements for sugary beverages at least weekly was relatively stable across years within countries, with differences in settings of exposure. Exposure to sugary beverage advertisements increased on digital media independently of screen time from 2019 to 2021 in Australia, Canada, the UK and US, with a concomitant decrease in exposure in retail settings in all countries except the UK. In Australia and the UK, children attending all classes online were more likely to report at least weekly (vs less than once a week) exposure to sugary beverage advertisements, and children attending all classes online were more likely to report exposure to advertisements on digital media and in other settings (e.g., billboard, magazines) compared to children attending in-person classes in Australia, Canada and the UK. Exposure to sugary beverage advertisements at least weekly (IRR = 1.12,99%CI:1.09–1.15) and in each of the settings was associated with sugary beverage intake. Conclusions: Exposure to digital advertisements for sugary beverages increased from 2019 to 2021 in most countries, and exposure was associated with sugary beverage intake. Reducing children's exposure to advertising of less healthy foods, including on digital media, may reduce sugary beverage intake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Despite the ubiquity of adolescent screen use, there are limited longitudinal studies that examine the prospective relationships between screen time and child behavioral problems in a large, diverse nationwide sample of adolescents in the United States, which was the objective of the current study. Methods: We analyzed cohort data of 9,538 adolescents (9–10 years at baseline in 2016–2018) with two years of follow-up from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. We used mixed-effects models to analyze associations between baseline self-reported screen time and parent-reported mental health symptoms using the Child Behavior Checklist, with random effects adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, household income, parent education, and study site. We tested for effect modification by sex and race/ethnicity. Results: The sample was 48.8% female and racially/ethnically diverse (47.6% racial/ethnic minority). Higher total screen time was associated with all mental health symptoms in adjusted models, and the association was strongest for depressive (B = 0.10, 95% CI 0.06, 0.13, p < 0.001), conduct (B = 0.07, 95% CI 0.03, 0.10, p < 0.001), somatic (B = 0.06, 95% CI 0.01, 0.11, p = 0.026), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms (B = 0.06, 95% CI 0.01, 0.10, p = 0.013). The specific screen types with the greatest associations with depressive symptoms included video chat, texting, videos, and video games. The association between screen time and depressive, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, and oppositional defiant symptoms was stronger among White compared to Black adolescents. The association between screen time and depressive symptoms was stronger among White compared to Asian adolescents. Conclusions: Screen time is prospectively associated with a range of mental health symptoms, especially depressive symptoms, though effect sizes are small. Video chat, texting, videos, and video games were the screen types with the greatest associations with depressive symptoms. Future research should examine potential mechanisms linking screen use with child behavior problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the "Sleepy Asian" meme, exploring its rise in popular culture and its racialized implications in the context of digital media and capitalism. Topics include the commodification of sleep in the attention economy, the relationship between Asian racialization and labor dynamics, and how public portrayals of Asian sleep reinforce stereotypes about industriousness and social ineptness.

The article focuses on the 1506 CE recovery of the Laocoon statue and its impact on the interpretation of art across different media. Topics include the distinct spatial and temporal qualities of painting and poetry, the intermedial dynamics of memes, particularly through the SpongeBob meme, and the influence of cultural anxieties, such as gender identity, on modern interpretations of art and media.

In an increasingly advanced modern era and growing communication technology, mediatization is present in every aspect of people's lives, including in the context of religiosity. The transition to the use of new media in supporting religious activities to keep running faces challenges that are not easy with the issue of the sacredness of religious activities that are communal in nature at first and are forced to change formats. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and supported by a literature review method and complemented by supporting data obtained from researcher observations of related phenomena that occur today. In the end, mediatization in the religious context is like a double-edged sword with all its advantages and challenges, especially for conventional religious leaders who are increasingly eroded in power and reach by influencers who are able to reach a stronger and wider audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a conceptualization and exploration of 'Black dis/engagement', which refers to Black people's 'non-presence' in mainstream media and involves a simultaneous engagement with grassroots community media that divert – to various degrees – from the norms of white respectability. Based on 20 in-depth interviews with media practitioners (journalists, writers, digital media producers, and activists) of Black African descent in Belgium, this study challenges popular media diversity discourses that equate mainstream media visibility and engagement with social progress and disengagement with quite the opposite: an alarming loss. Drawing on Black ontology and feminist epistemologies of refusal rooted in histories of marronage and Black fugitivity, the study sheds light on how Black people create, write, and engage outside the mainstream, and examines the possibilities and limitations that Black individuals can encounter along the way. The study reveals that while some Black critical voices have found platforms within mainstream media, there is increasing skepticism and questioning among Black individuals and communities toward mainstream media infrastructures and cultures. Centering Black people's agency and decentering the demands of dominant media cultures, the article sheds light on the diverse ways in which Black people have withdrawn from mainstream media, established digital community spaces, and engaged in various forms of community activities. Recognizing the fluid and contextual nature of Black dis/engagement, the author underscores the importance of valuing and understanding the diverse strategies employed by Black individuals and communities to navigate and resist oppressive media systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social Media Marketing (SMM) has impacted marketing significantly in the past decade. This study uses bibliometric and content analysis to examine academic research on Social Media Marketing (SMM). Focusing on the Scopus database, the research analyzed 899 papers from 2011 to 2021, excluding duplicates. We employed performance analysis, science mapping, and content analysis to understand social media marketing comprehensively. The top journal publishing SMM papers was the Journal of Interactive Marketing, with 6424 citations and 41 articles. The most influential author was Hollebeek L D..Science mapping revealed that ‘"influencer marketing",’ ‘"social media advertising,"’ and ‘"social media"’ are the trending themes in SMM. These themes complement the results found in cocitation clusters. Future research should use new theoretical frameworks like the Consumers Online Brand Related Activities (COBRA) Framework and apply Pierre Bourdieu's social capital theory in the context of SMM. This study offers a comprehensive understanding of social media marketing by visualizing the latest fields of research and trending themes. This study identifies various strategies used in social media marketing and how marketers can garner high engagement. This study utilizes various bibliometric methods to deliver a broad view of social media marketing and content analysis. The latest trends in the field are identified through science mapping techniques. Further, it also gives insight into the top authors and journals that prominently publish literature on social media marketing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using the socio-ecological model of social and behavior change communication, our review highlights current trends in understanding message design factors and media technologies promoting proenvironment and climate mitigative behaviors. We explain that much of this research has focused on the individual level, and relatively few studies have been conducted at the interpersonal and community levels. With respect to changing communication ecology, we note the potential for research on the use of social media platforms to influence positive behavior changes and, conversely, the challenges of misinformation and its impact on behavior shifts. This area requires further investigation as these communication platforms transform and become increasingly relevant. Additionally, we need to explicate the long-term shifts and impacts of behavior change interventions as well as track behaviors over time. Overall, our review underscores the continued need for research across different geographical, sociopolitical, and technological contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Special Issue of the journal Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education (ADCHE) revisits the purpose and potential of art and design from an Australian perspective. It draws on the November 2023 Australian Council of University Art & Design Schools (ACUADS) 43rd conference, co-convened by Thao Nguyen, School of Art, RMIT University and myself. This national forum sought to consider the following: (1) how can creative education and research embrace our unique Australian perspective and integrate First Nations knowledge to cultivate a 'thriving future'? (2) What is the potential of creative research and pedagogy in responding to the climate crisis and other urgent societal concerns? (3) How has the global pandemic disrupted and catalysed innovation in creative art education, including the rapid uptake of digital media by traditionally haptic disciplines? What are the key technological agendas for art and design schools? Drawing on our unique perspective, with particular acknowledgement of First Nations knowledge and ways of being, our colonial history and Asia–Pacific context, this edition considers how creative education and research can contribute not only to economies but also to the array of pressing social, environmental and cultural issues necessary to enable thriving futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigated the role of parental mediation strategies employed by parents in Saudi Arabia as a preventive factor against adolescents' engagement in cyberbullying and cybervictimization within social media. It also examined the role of age, gender, and educational level of parents as moderators. Using an online survey, the sample consisted of 389 parent participants and their adolescent child, aged between 12 and 17. Results show that active, restrictive, and internet safety mediation strategies significantly predict a decrease in cyberbullying and cybervictimization, while a technical mediation strategy significantly predicts an increase. Results also show that parents' age moderates the relation between active and internet safety mediation and adolescents' engagement in cyberbullying. Parental gender also did not moderate the relation between parental mediation strategies and adolescents' engagement in cyberbullying and cybervictimization, whereas parents' educational level moderates the relation between restrictive, monitoring, and technical mediation strategies and adolescents' engagement in cyberbullying. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The motivation to use apps to measure and automate intimate aspects of life, including sexual behaviours, is growing. This research qualitatively collects diaries and interviews of 21 user experiences with sex-tracking apps, which are designed to help users evaluate and manage relationships via the quantification of sexual activities. The article seeks a tripartite understanding of how the apps are used as an instrument to (1) know oneself, (2) control one's bodies and desires and (3) mapping, ordering and collecting sexual interactions. The results reveal that participatory innovation, performance prioritisation and trophy cataloguing are they key outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Screen media serves an essential role in adolescents' lives, posing growth opportunities and mental health challenges. Family plays a crucial role in mitigating these challenges. This systematic review offers a comprehensive analysis of the family factors related to adolescent screen media use and mental health. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Embase, adhering to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines using the following inclusion criteria: English, peer‐reviewed, observational design, and published since 2013; adolescent samples aged 10–17 years; and examining screen media use, family factors, and internalizing problems. The role of family factors as predictors, moderators, and mediators was also examined. Results: Of the 3587 records, 32 met the inclusion criteria. These studies, primarily cross‐sectional, presented a global perspective of 14 countries. A heterogeneous range of family factors, screen media use, and mental health outcomes were examined, revealing significant associations between elevated screen media use and internalizing problems. Positive family processes and democratic media‐specific parenting mitigate such association. A few studies underscored family socioeconomic status (SES), noting elevated screen media use and mental health risks among adolescents in families of low SES. Conclusions: Accumulating evidence supports the important role of positive family contexts in fostering balanced screen media use and mental health in adolescents, accentuating the need for professional screening and education to promote positive screen media use among adolescents and families. Further research requires refinement in measurement and methodology to better capture the intricate relationship between family dynamics, screen media use, and adolescent mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the performance of genetic ancestry "reveal" videos on YouTube, examining how individuals use test results to shape their racial or ethnic identities. Topics include the authority granted to genetic ancestry tests in identity formation, the negotiation of narrative authority when family history conflicts with test results, and the broader implications of genetic determinism in these online performances.

Comparative communication research needs to catch up to other disciplines. In this special issue and the associated International Communication Association preconference, we focus on comparative work related to digital political communication. This introduction argues that comparative digital political communication needs to consider comparisons across various dimensions, including countries, platforms, and time, whereas existing comparative communication research focuses on country or territorial comparison. We highlight the six submissions' approaches to comparative work. Each submission provides at least one of these three dimensions of contrast. We conclude with a discussion of enduring gaps in this field of research, such as the lack of studies using time as a dimension of comparison. Time is crucial for understanding ever-changing digital media platforms. We also conclude by discussing some ongoing challenges in political communication research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many modern digital products use Machine Learning (ML) to emulate human abilities, knowledge, and intellect. In order to achieve this goal, ML systems need the greatest possible quantity of training data to allow the Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to develop an understanding of "what it means to be human". We propose that the processes by which companies collect this data are problematic, because they entail extractive practices that resemble labour exploitation. The article presents four case studies in which unwitting individuals contribute their humanness to develop AI training sets. By employing a post-Marxian framework, we then analyse the characteristic of these individuals and describe the elements of the capture-machine. Then, by describing and characterising the types of applications that are problematic, we set a foundation for defining and justifying interventions to address this form of labour exploitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current social and technological scenario, the term digital is abundantly used with an apparently transparent and unambiguous meaning. This article aims to unveil the complexity of this concept, retracing its historical and cultural origin. This genealogical overview allows to understand the reason why an instrumental conception of digital media has prevailed, considering the digital as a mere tool to convey a message, as opposed to a constitutive conception. The constitutive conception places the digital phenomenon in the broader ground of media studies, and it considers digital technologies as an interface between the subject and the world. In this perspective, the media is not added to the experience of the person, but it shapes it from within on a cognitive, expressive and communicative level. The article makes use of two powerful examples to show the shortcomings of an instrumental conception of the digital, and to affirm the value of a constitutive conception for current media studies regarding digital interfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]