Global Media Journal
The Global Media Journal is an open-access academic refereed publication in various national or regional editions around the globe. GMJ-German Edition is affiliated with the Freie University Berlin/Germany and the University of Erfurt/Germany and hosted by Carola Richter and Christine Horz.
GMJ-DE is published semi-annually (spring and fall) and bilingually (English and German). It is dedicated to research in the fields of communication and media studies, with the ambition to present communication and media theories, report empirical and analytical research, present critical discourses, apply theories to case studies, and set out innovative research methodologies. It aims to advance research and understanding of international and cross-cultural communication and media in the German-spoken countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and around the globe such as research on Media Systems, Journalism, Migration & Diaspora, Development Communication and other fields of communication and media studies.
The GMJ-DE is funded in 2020-2022 by the DFG program "Infrastructure for Electronic Publications and Digital Science Communication".
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The GMJ-DE contains four sections:
– academic articles (peer-reviewed)
– reports of media praxis and scientific field work
– graduate papers
– book reviews
The current issue Vol. 15, No. 2 (2025) contains following articles:
Special Section: Norms, Power Relations and Injustices in Digitality: Global Perspectives
- Christoph Böhm, Oliver Zöllner
Norms, Power Relations and Injustices in Digitality: Global Perspectives. An Introduction to the Special Section on Content Moderation (Article in English) PDF
- Lukas Beckmann, Sebastian Suttner, Björn Wiegärtner
Content Moderation zwischen Anstandsdame, Schiedsrichter und Zensor? Zu Formen der Kommunikationskontrolle und ihren Folgeproblemen PDF
- Sarah Rebecca Strömel, Lea Watzinger
Transparenz und De-Platforming als Strategien der Debatte im digitalen öffentlichen Raum PDF
- Mariana Magalhães Avelar, Luana Mathias Souto
Genderwashing in Digital Platforms’ Self-Regulation: A Case Study of Decisions by the Meta Oversight Board (Article in English) PDF
- Jonathan D. Geiger
Structuring the Infosphere Online: Web Search Engines as Protagonists of Content Moderation (Article in English) PDF
Debate
- Anke Fiedler, Cherian George, Winston Mano, Melanie Radue, Carola Richter, Ylva Rodny-Gumede, Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo
A Critical Dialogue on the Cosmopolitan Turn in Communication Studies (Article in English) PDF
Media Practice
- Zsuzsa Detrekői
Media Regulation and LGBTQ Representation: Analyzing the Impact of Hungary’s "Pedophile Law" in the EU Context (Article in English) PDF
Book Reviews
- Mira Keßler
Silvio Waisbord (2025). An Introduction to Journalism: Thinking Globally (Review in English) PDF
- Christine Horz-Ishak
Nadja-Christina Schneider (2025). Transkulturelle Medien und Kommunikation PDF
- Hazrat Bahar
Saad Mohseni with Jenna Krajeski (2024). Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul (Review in English) PDF
Vol. 15, No. 1 (2025) contains following articles:
Debate
- Christian Strippel, Kai Hafez, Carsten Reinemann, Mandy Tröger
Freiheit zu Schweigen? Die deutsche Kommunikationswissenschaft im Nahostdiskurs PDF
Media Practice & Research Report
- Hazrat Bahar, Anja Wollenberg
„Geldgeber setzten die Prioritäten“ – Eine kritische Analyse der internationalen Medienhilfe in Afghanistan (2001–2021) PDF
Graduate Section
- Kira Welker
Publizistische Gegenöffentlichkeit in Polen in der Zeitschrift Krytyka Polityczna PDF
Book Reviews
- Karolína Bieliková
Václav Štětka, Sabina Mihelj (2024). The Illiberal Public Sphere: Media in Polarized Societies (Review in English) PDF
- Jeffrey Wimmer
Carola Richter, Melanie Radue, Christine Horz-Ishak, Anna Litvinenko, Hanan Badr und Anke Fiedler (Hg.) (2025). Cosmopolitan Communication Studies – Toward Deep Internationalization (Review in English) PDF
- Mitra Shamsi
Hossein Kermani (2025). Twitter Activism in Iran: Social Media and Democracy in Authoritarian Regimes (Review in English) PDF
Vol. 14, No. 2 (2024) contains following articles:
Peer-Reviewed Article
- Tilo Grätz
Interaktive Radiosendungen und die Rolle neuer Informationsmittler in der Republik Benin PDF
Graduate Section
- Mariia Dumanska
Ukrainian Public Diplomacy During the Russian Full-Scale Invasion (February 2022 – June 2023) (Article in English) PDF
Special Graduate Section: Foreign And War Reporting
- Lena Rückerl
Zwischen Standortentscheidungen und entscheidenden Standorten: Deutsche Berichterstattung aus Westasien und Nordafrika PDF
- Hanna Blume, Leonie Götz, Lara Pauline Hille, Anna Kushnir, Luca Lang, Lene Rügamer
(Macht-)Dynamiken in der Kriegsberichterstattung: Die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen lokalen Produzent:innen und deutschen Auslandskorrespondent:innen im Ukraine-Krieg PDF
- Gianna Albrecht, Judith Gayler, Marla Hanenberg, Steven Hermanutz, Susanne Ködel
Die Konstruktion des Fremden: Stereotype in der westlichen Berichterstattung über China und Indien PDF
Book Review
- Kai Hafez
Thussu, Daya Kishan. (2024). Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication (Article in English) PDF
- Matthias Künzler
Jerónimo, Pedro. (Ed.). (2024). Local Journalism, Global Challenges. News Deserts, Infodemic and the Vastness in Between (Article in English) PDF
Vol. 14, No. 1 "Frühling/Sommer 2024" contains following articles:
Debate
- Carola Richter, Anna Litvinenko, Subekti Priyadharma, Hanan Badr
Internationalizing German Communication Studies: Learning From the World. A Conversation Between Carola Richter, Anna Litvinenko, Subekti Priyadharma and Hanan Badr (Article in English) PDF
- Anne Grüne, Herman Wasserman, Afonso de Albuquerque, Marwan M. Kraidy
From Islandization to Joint Internationalization: A Conversation About a “Deep” Internationalization in Communication Studies Between Anne Grüne, Herman Wasserman, Afonso de Albuquerque and Marwan M. Kraidy (Article in English) PDF
Media Practice & Research Reports
- Jochen Spangenberg
Journalism on the Digital Frontline and the Mental Health of Investigators: Risks, Tactics, and Resources (Article in English) PDF
Graduate Section
- Polina Eremenko
Russian Collective Identity Construction in State Media During Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine (Article in English) PDF
- Tamer Farag
Constructing the Establishment - Foreign Enemy Conspiracies: A Comparative Analysis of the Media Framing in the USA and Egypt (Article in English) PDF
Book Reviews
- Johanna Mack
Rothenberger, Liane, Löffelholz, Martin & Weaver, David H. (Eds.). (2023). The Palgrave Handbook of Cross-Border Journalism (Review in English) PDF
- Brigitte Hipfl
Lünenborg, Margreth & Röttger-Rössler, Birgitt (Eds.). (2023). Affective Formation of Publics. Places, Networks, and Media (Review in English) PDF
