About the Journal

Radically open access (CC-BY-SA) because communication research should be participatory, not paywalled. Authors keep copyright while inviting remix and response.

Scope & Focus

• Platform Studies: Attention economies, algorithmic oppression, and why your Instagram feed hates you

• Journalism’s Next Life: Trauma-informed reporting, cooperative ownership models, and surviving the AI newsroom

• Misinformation Ecosystems: Memetic warfare, deepfake forensics, and the anthropology of conspiracy theories

• Cultural Tech Shifts: TikTok aesthetics, the resurgence of analog media, and how Gen Z subverts corporate platforms

• Policy & Power: Internet sovereignty battles, antitrust for attention monopolies, and the right to disconnect

Why Here?

• "Media Autopsies" Section: Forensic breakdowns of failed campaigns and viral flukes

• No Corporate Fluff: Rejects PR masquerading as research

• Global South Priority: Amplifying non-Western media frameworks and resistance strategies

• Scholars-Activists Welcome: As long as methods are transparent and replicable

Peer Review With Teeth

• Triple-Anonymized Review to crush prestige bias

• Data or It Didn’t Happen: Requires raw media samples, not just theory

• Speed Matters: Rapid review track for time-sensitive platform changes