http://hdl.handle.net/1893/234 Electronic copies of Communications, Media and Culture journal articles. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:40:35 GMT 2026-10-03T04:40:35Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38115 Title: Digital discourse and the human experiences of AI music: an ethnomusicological perspective Author(s): Avdeeff, Melissa Abstract: First paragraph: When Anna Indiana, the self-proclaimed first AI singer songwriter, released her debut track, ‘Betrayed by this Town’, on Twitter/X in November 2023, the response was overwhelmingly negative. A common theme in the discourse was a defence of the perceived creative superiority of predominantly male rock musicians, often juxtaposed with comparisons to Taylor Swift and the denigration of pop music and female singer-songwriters: Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38115 2025-05-04T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38111 Title: "I'm in the House Bored": TikTok's Sonic Mediation of Boredom and Class in the Pandemic Home Author(s): Avdeeff, Melissa Abstract: This article explores the #Boredinthehouse TikTok trend as sonic and visual mediation of domestic boredom during COVID-19 lockdowns. Employing Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis, it examines how the viral sound facilitated collective expressions of boredom while exposing socioeconomic disparities through performative depictions of domestic life. Analyzing more than 4000 TikTok comments, this research focuses on how features like pools and mansions became symbols of class visibility. The findings highlight how TikTok’s music ecologies and platform conventions shaped affective responses, framing boredom as a digitally mediated critique of privilege, productivity, and domestic normality. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38111 2026-02-04T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38098 Title: Journalism and social media in creator economies: Evolving structures and labor Author(s): Salamon, Errol; Bélair-Gagnon, Valérie; Crawford, Monica Abstract: Amid journalism’s business model crisis and the rise of creator economies, this article examines how legacy journalism and social media converge under neoliberal platform capitalism, reshaping industry structures, labor conditions, and journalism’s democratic role. Drawing on a thematic analysis of 19 in-depth interviews with US-based journalists, social media editors, and independent news creators, it integrates critical political economy of media approaches with journalism and creator studies to analyze how workers navigate unstable revenue models, platform governance, and technological disruption. The findings reveal intersecting business- and labor-oriented crises characterized by algorithmic control, low pay, unpaid work, and varying degrees of autonomy and collective protection. While newsroom workers experience structural rigidity, independent creators—akin to freelance journalists—face intensified self-exploitation and financial risk through individualized branding and visibility pressures. Neoliberal platform capitalism reconfigures journalism labor around precarity, entrepreneurialism, and self-management, underscoring the need for sustainable public interventions to safeguard journalism’s democratic role. Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38098 2026-01-04T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37982 Title: The role of health information behaviour research for informing health communication: exploring and mapping connections and impact pathways. Author(s): Buchanan, Steven Abstract: Purpose: This article explores the theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions health information behaviour (HIB) research can make to health communication (HC). Design/Methodology/Approach: Process of critical reflection. Author reflection on the contribution of a prior HIB study to HC including review of other similar HIB studies (2000-2024) and reinterpretation of the output of the authors prior study with reference to the WHO Strategic Communications Framework. Findings: Whilst the number of HIB studies reporting HC relevant findings is exponentially increasing; depth of theoretical, methodological, and practical connections between fields appears limited. Review and reinterpretation of HIB research output in HC terms identifies and illustrates important connections including the potential for HIB research to address calls for better understanding of HC complexity and extend understanding of concepts and research methods applicable to HC research. Research limitations/implications: Interdisciplinary connections are made within the limitations of a single HIB study retrospectively reviewed. Further studies are called for to extend understanding further including how to incorporate HC considerations into HIB research from outset. This article provides initial guidance for future HIB research to build upon. Practical implications: Advances understanding of HIB research translation and impact pathways; and addresses calls to extend conceptual and methodological support and guidance for WHO Framework. Originality/value: Advances our theoretical, methodological, and practical understanding of interdisciplinary connections between HIB and HC including novel integrated mapping to WHO Framework. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37982 2026-04-07T00:00:00Z