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Call for Papers International Workshop Quotation Practices in News Media across time, formats and cultures 6-7 November 2025, Innsbruck Quotations, understood broadly as any linguistic or multimodal way of reproducing content generated in a previous communication situation, are a key element of news reports (Schröder 2003: 116). It could be arg...

This study employs bibliometric analysis to investigate the evolving research landscape of social media's impact on elections from 2010 to 2024, using Scopus data. Social media has profoundly altered political communication, taking rigorous examination of its influence. This analysis identifies key authors, publications, and trends, and maps the in...

This article presents the results of the expert session “Technologies for Working with Foreign Citizens – Graduates of Country Educational Programs” held at the Center for International Humanitarian Communication Research at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, named after Patrice Lumumba on November 21, 2024. The session discussed the fol...

This study investigated the intricate interplay of fear, knowledge, and power in shaping pandemic narratives, focusing specifically on the COVID-19 crisis through historical intertextuality and genealogy. Drawing upon Kristeva’s concept of intertextuality and Foucault’s genealogical approach, the research analysed recurring patterns in constructing...

This research investigated the factors that influence the search engine rankings of local private universities in Jordan, taking into account the mediating effect of user engagement. We used stratified random sampling to distribute a structured questionnaire to 1,000 respondents, including students, faculty, and administrative staff from five local...

Currently, a considerable research effort is devoted to comparing LLMs to a group of human experts, where the term "expert" is often ill-defined or variable, at best, in a state of constantly updating LLM releases. Without proper safeguards in place, LLMs will threaten to cause harm to the established structure of safe delivery of patient care whic...

Objectives African and Caribbean heritage (ACH) communities in the UK face disproportionately high rates of HIV and often experience delayed diagnoses, worsening health inequities. Increasing HIV testing in these communities is essential to address these disparities and support the UK�s HIV reduction targets. This study examines barriers and facili...

This article examines current Australian research about digital media use by families with young children. Informed by a scoping review of 55 publications (2017-2022), we use select findings as departure points to consider how Australian media and communications research can meaningfully contribute to both local and international knowledge. We find...

Introduction: The climate crisis significantly and disproportionately impacts Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island, and worldwide. Some major issues faced are threats to reserve lands, food sovereignty, and traditional employment. The harms caused by climate change have been uniquely placed on Indigenous youth as both the future and current care...

This manuscript reviews the evolution of science communication research over the past 2 decades, highlighting publication trends and citation patterns. Key areas include public engagement, media influence, and digital tools. The study shows a rise in both the volume and impact of literature, especially after global events like the COVID-19 pandemic...

In this essay, we examine the violence of allonormativity in the communication discipline. We also provide notes on healing for asexual folks navigating an allonormative world, ultimately seeking practical tools towards ace worldmaking. This research extends Yep's (2003) theorizing of violence against sexual minorities across dimensions of interior...

Community‐partnered educational research projects exist in a complex network of stakeholders, values, time constraints and funding limitations. Many researchers are beholden to mandates around their funding, as well as the tenure clock and the ‘publish or perish’ mindset. However, building rapport and trust with communities takes time and resource...

Background: Research results are often not communicated to study participants or others with relevant lived experience. Effective communication of research results would help study participants understand their contribution to research and could improve trust in research and likelihood of research participation. Few randomized controlled trials (R...

This essay forward the theory of memorable messages (ToMM), a framework useful for examining the messages that individuals remember for long periods of time (i.e., memorable messages) and their influence on identities, beliefs, and behaviors. The ToMM empowers researchers to ask how messages deemed unhelpful, harmful, or incomplete (e.g., absent) c...

This essay forward the theory of memorable messages (ToMM), a framework useful for examining the messages that individuals remember for long periods of time (i.e., memorable messages) and their influence on identities, beliefs, and behaviors. The ToMM empowers researchers to ask how messages deemed unhelpful, harmful, or incomplete (e.g., absent) c...

The indigenous communities of Jharkhand, including the Santhal, Munda, Ho, and Oraon, have developed intricate cultural traditions deeply rooted in ecological wisdom. Their practices, such as sacred grove conservation, seasonal festivals, sustainable agriculture, and water management techniques, reflect a profound understanding of environmental sus...

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows others to remix, and build upon the work. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. For reprints contact: reprint@ipinnovative.com In the ever-evolving...

Communication science, which has made radical progress in the field of social sciences, is turning to new research methods. One of the reasons for this is the developments in new communication technologies. In recent years, it has been observed that the importance of mixed method research in communication research has been increasing. Indeed, it is...

Discussions of risk in qualitative research tend to focus on risks to research participants. However, qualitative researchers also face risks—or uncertainties with potential for harm—because they serve as the research instrument. Communication researchers are uniquely suited to problematize the meaning of risk and extend theory about what risk is b...

Tū Łídlīni (Ross River) is a Kaska Dena village nestled at the confluence of the Ross and Pelly Rivers, in so-called Yukon, Canada. 70 km north of Tū Łídlīni, the lead-zinc Faro Mine was developed illegally on unceded Kaska traditional territory in 1969, in the region known as Tsē Zūl. Over the following three decades, Kaska peoples' objections to...

By using Indigenous research methodologies with a strengths-based approach, the Tl’etinqox (Anaham) research team highlights sustainable community-led solutions suitable for the current and future public health emergencies. The purpose of the study was to identify Indigenous community-led solutions to public health emergencies, particularly climate...

Chemocommunication is important in human nonverbal communication. Behavioral effects of anxiety chemosignals on recipients are established but it is unknown whether odor sensitivity can be modulated by such stimuli. We tested recipients’ sensitivity to phenylethyl alcohol (PEA) and n-butanol after exposure to anxiety chemosignals, neutral chemosign...

Khanap Nak District in Pak Phanang has ecological diversity, including freshwater, brackish, and saltwater for nypa palm, rice, and local vegetable cultivation. Despite 1,557,482 people in Khanap Nak Subdistrict, environmental and economic changes have affected traditional nypa palm farming, which historically produced sugar and vinegar. The commun...

This study aims to discuss the construction of the problem underlying the digital literacy policy in Indonesia. As policy communication research, this study considers the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (MOCI) digital literacy programs as policy-as-discourse. This study is qualitative and uses a desk-based method to collect the data. This...

This research aims to analyze the use of illocutionary acts in the 2024 U.S. presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, focusing on how the candidates employ language strategically to influence public perception. Grounded in Searle’s (1979) speech act theory, which builds upon the foundational work of Austin (1962), the study inves...

Background When WHO declared the SARS-CoV- 2 respiratory virus pandemic in 2020, Uganda was unprepared to prevent and control its spread or manage the COVID- 19 and non-COVID patients. A community trial to assess the efficacy of an intensive community engagement and risk communication (CERC) was contemplated. However, a baseline assessment of the e...

As online communication data continues to grow, manual content analysis, which is frequently employed in media studies within the social sciences, faces challenges in terms of scalability, efficiency, and coding scope. Automated machine learning can address these issues, but it often functions as a black box, offering little insight into the featur...

Introduction . The article presents the rationale for identifying a special subject area in human-machine communication research – studying it as a social role interaction. Key provisions for describing the relational mechanism for the emergence of social roles in the performance of human-machine communication agents are formulated. Data on expert...

This study critically examines the ideology shaping Malaysian television media during Malaysia's 2022 transition to its Unity Government. Focusing on Astro Awani and Berita RTM, a content analysis of visual news elements reveals a clear ideological bias that privileges the ruling coalition. Both networks predominantly featured visuals from governme...

Qualitative research interviews are invaluable in understanding participants’ experiences within public health systems and driving systemic change. These interviews can be sensitive in nature, particularly when exploring how certain groups are failed by systems. Considering this, it is crucial to conduct interviews in a way that prioritises the psy...

This study investigates citation practices in a specific rhetorical step within the interdisciplinary field of Communication, examining changes from its emerging stage (1980–1981) to its maturing stage (2020–2021). Using a corpus-based approach, the study analyzed citation patterns of research articles (RAs) from four leading Communication research...

This paper explores aspects such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the potential risks of misinformation dissemination, highlighting the need for regulatory frameworks and ethical guidelines to regulate their applications. By synthesizing recent academic research and case studies, this paper comprehensively elaborates on the opportunities and...

With the increasing capabilities of quantum systems, the efficient, practical execution of quantum programs is becoming more critical. Each execution includes compilation time, which accounts for substantial overhead of the overall program runtime. To address this challenge, proposals that leverage precompilation techniques have emerged, whereby en...

This study investigates language curriculum development in higher education, focussing on increasing students’ interest in communication and literacy. It discusses the curriculum’s implementation, factors influencing literacy interest, the role of communication practice-based learning, and its effectiveness in preparing students for the workforce....

This paper proposes a conceptual framework for understanding AI hallucinations as a distinct form of misinformation. While misinformation scholarship has traditionally focused on human intent, generative AI systems now produce false yet plausible outputs absent of such intent. I argue that these AI hallucinations should not be treated merely as tec...

This technical report is intended as an opinionated guide on writing effective empirical software engineering papers, targeting early-career researchers as well as more seasoned writers. The report spells out the typical structure of ESE papers, detailing the purpose and content of each section, such as the Title, Abstract, Introduction, and Study...

Introduction Traditional data and measures about health and well-being provide vital insights but do not provide context on the ways in which a community may want to see development in their local area. This article is based on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project on well-being and data conducted with members of a community in Widnes, a to...

The purpose of this research was to analyze how major American and Brazilian newspapers framed the Amazon rainforest fire that occurred in August 2019. Framing theory was used as the foundation to build the literature review and guide this study to the research questions and hypotheses. The sample in the analysis was composed of news articles (N =...

Background Despite growing recognition of participatory approaches in autism research, this field continues to face several significant challenges. One key issue is the lack of guidance on how to implement participatory methods effectively, along with a shortage of evaluation tools to support researchers in adopting best practices. Meaningful parti...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the field of science communication research. We conducted a literature review of 35 articles published between 2002 and 2024, which reveals that research on AI in science communication is still in its infancy, but growing, predominantly concentrated in Western contexts, and methodologically inclined toward...

Objective. This study investigates institutional communication research, focusing on its representation in the Scopus database. It outlines and analyzes the scientific activities recorded in this database, identifying key trends and patterns that characterize its contribution to the field. Design/Methodology/Approach. The methodological procedure,...

The thesis of this study is that communicating research achievements is an important component of research and technology management in chemistry research. New chemical products and new synthetic and analytical chemical processes often have a broad and lasting socioeconomic and environmental impact. Besides differentiating chemistry from other basi...

Since the 2016 edition of this handbook, international crisis and risk communication research has experienced significant growth. Increasing awareness and manifestations of climate change, political crises and wars, the growing impact of misinformation and disinformation related to technological advances in artificial intelligence, as well as the C...

Now in its second edition, The Handbook of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research offers a timely and comprehensive exploration of the methods, challenges, and innovations in managing present-day global crises and risks. Bringing together expert insights from across the fields of communication, public relations, and social sciences, t...

Malaysian MADANI is a philosophy of governance that is in line with the mainstream values of the world and Asia. As an important part of the Malaysian population, the Chinese must also fully understand and implement this concept. As an important pillar of the Malaysian Chinese community, the Chinese-language media is responsible for reporting on MA...

Vaccine success stories in eradicating infectious diseases such as smallpox and polio have long been acknowledged. However, the function of vaccines is not widely known currently as these diseases are low profile. Studies have shown that social media users have always disseminated the harmful effects of vaccines on health without referring to valid...

As digital advancements reshape communication, researchers need interdisciplinary methods to understand the cognitive processes involved. This essential reference for advanced students and researchers provides a comprehensive introduction to innovative research methods in cognitive translation and interpreting studies (CTIS). International experts...

Advertising contributes to the revenues of the broadcasting industry, paving the way for a sustainable broadcast and media ecosystem. However, due to the popularity of streaming services, advertising has been siphoned from broadcasters, leaving them struggling to survive. This paper explores free-to-air (FTA) television (TV) advertising opportuniti...

When applied to vertebrate vocalizations, source-filter theory, initially developed for human speech, has revolutionized our understanding of animal communication, resulting in major insights into the form and function of animal sounds. However, animal calls and human nonverbal vocalizations can differ qualitatively from human speech, often having...

INTRODUCTION Minoritized ethnic populations are underrepresented in dementia research despite having differing risk and prognosis profiles. We sought to gain multiperspective insights about why minoritized ethnic groups are underrepresented in dementia research. METHODS Qualitative data were collected from focus groups with individuals from minori...

Sex determination in humans has traditionally been understood as a chromosomal process, with the global balance of approximately 50% males and 50% females attributed to probabilistic mechanisms. This article presents an alternative hypothesis: that maternal chemical sensing of environmental sex ratios may influence embryonic sex determination throu...

Sex determination in humans has traditionally been understood as a chromosomal process, with the global balance of approximately 50% males and 50% females attributed to probabilistic mechanisms. This article presents an integrated hypothesis that challenges this conventional view by proposing that maternal chemical sensing of environmental sex rati...

Wuxia culture has deep historical roots in traditional Chinese culture and is an important manifestation of the national spirit and social values. This study explores the cultural representation mechanism of Wuxia animation characters and analyzes their educational functions and communication paths. Current research on Wuxia animation is fragmented...

This study examines the use of Virtual Reality (VR), a transformative technology as a new pedagogical tool to enhance pre-service teachers' learning, progression and success, particularly for classroom simulation related activities. It explores how pre-service teachers experience the usage of VR-integrated teaching methods, specifically focusing on...

Development in the industrial sector on the one hand will produce goods and services that are beneficial for the welfare of the people, and on the other hand, industrial activities will produce waste. The problem of industrial waste is increasingly worrying, especially the waste produced generally contains toxic and hazardous chemicals. One of them...

Media and communication research can occasionally suffer from the inability of researchers to access their study populations due to prohibitive costs or other factors that make it difficult to incentivize audiences to participate in studies. With the significant uptick in the adoption of digital tools to achieve tasks online, media and communicatio...

Research on collective climate action has been increasing in the past years. Yet, as scholars base their ideas on previous research and discussions in the scientific community, research may pass by the most pressing challenges that people working for socio-ecological change currently experience. To address this problem, we conducted 22 semi-structu...

Chemical cues are crucial for aquatic organisms to assess predation risks, impacting their antipredator mechanisms. Tadpoles, recognized as valuable model organisms, use conspecific alarm cues to modulate their behaviours. However, ethical considerations in chemical communication research often necessitate the use of chemical anaesthetics, potentia...

Introduction Aphids are often infected with diverse bacterial symbionts that enhance their ecological adaptation. While geographic factors significantly influence aphid bacterial communities, research on environmental effects on the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii Glover feeding on cotton plants across China's major cotton-growing regions is limited....

As digital advancements reshape communication, researchers need interdisciplinary methods to understand the cognitive processes involved. This essential reference for advanced students and researchers provides a comprehensive introduction to innovative research methods in cognitive translation and interpreting studies (CTIS). International experts...

Virtual agents offer a scalable and cost-effective alternative to traditional human-led social skills training, which is often limited by the availability of professional trainers. Our web-based learning system, developed following Bellack et al.’s training model, integrates speech recognition, response selection, speech synthesis, and nonverbal be...

As digital advancements reshape communication, researchers need interdisciplinary methods to understand the cognitive processes involved. This essential reference for advanced students and researchers provides a comprehensive introduction to innovative research methods in cognitive translation and interpreting studies (CTIS). International experts...

As any other technological products, computers have become an integral part of human life, with their improving capabilities and many scientific disciplines have begun to utilise the facilitating functions of computers. The fact that computers play a key role in the researches carried out in disciplines of social sciences has enabled the computer t...

Traditional rate–distortion (RD) theory examines the trade-off between the average length of the compressed representation of a source and the additive distortions of its reconstruction. The rate–distortion–perception (RDP) framework, which integrates the perceptual dimension into the RD paradigm, has garnered significant attention due to recent ad...

This study addresses the future directions of coaching and communication research, highlighting the dynamic trends and innovations that are transforming the area. Coaching plays a vital role in strengthening communication skills, and its combination with contemporary communication research promises to create more successful personal and professiona...

Second language anxiety (SLA) remains a significant barrier to effective language learning, influencing learners' confidence, motivation, and overall proficiency. This study explores the application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), specifically the Milton Model and the Meta Model, in reducing second language anxiety through structured linguis...

Background Lead is an environmental health hazard that disproportionately impacts communities of color across the United States. Recent incidents of widespread lead exposure have been linked to aging infrastructure, historical land use, and challenges in lead remediation. Purpose To determine community research priorities for a subsequent lead exp...

Coaching has been a vital component in the development and advancement of communication research abilities around the globe. This study addresses the relevance of coaching in communication research, presenting a complete examination of its function in encouraging research excellence and improving academic work. While the technique of coaching has l...

Scientific information reaches public audiences predominantly via a variety of (digital) media outlets. In this case, media serve as intermediaries of trust. Media mediate trust between, what the field of communication research refers to as, “an object of trust” (here: science) and “a subject of trust” (here: public audiences). When trust is mediat...

Public trust in science is a key variable for science communication (research) but the COVID-19 pandemic and heterogeneous online content have challenged that trust. The potential consequence of this is the formation of diverse digitised publics worldwide. This study aims to identify different groups among online users in South Africa and Germany a...

Objectives/Goals: Communication between clinicians and parents of seriously ill infants is understudied. This study aims to 1) define high-quality communication with parents of critically ill infants and 2) evaluate the psychometric properties and validity of a measure of high-quality communication in parents of critically ill infants. Methods/Stud...

Decolonizing global health research involves rethinking power structures and research collaboration to prioritize the voices and experiences of communities that have been historically marginalized. Cross-sectoral and cross-regional partnerships based on reciprocity, trust, and transparency can be facilitated by decolonized research frameworks. To a...

Objectives/Goals: Citizen Science (CS) recognizes the vital role that community members play in research, centering their unique lived experiences and perspectives across the research cycle. We aim to enhance community-engaged research (CEnR) by adapting a CS Program at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Center for Clinical and Translational...

Objectives/Goals: The Research Participant Advisory Group (RPAG) was born out of the concept that, by creating a structured way for researchers to collaborate with research participants and/or community, we can improve, grow, and support clinical/research-based research, from design to dissemination. Three distinct groups exist across our Academic...

Objectives/Goals: Community engagement is critical to promoting equity for those affected by clinical and translational research. Despite its importance, investigators rarely involve community stakeholders in ancillary projects such as secondary analyses. I use a study example to demonstrate how to meaningfully partner with communities in ancillary...

Some programs and actions contribute to the reduction of violence in schools, but the relevance of studying isolating gender-based violence for overcoming school-related gender-based violence has not been analyzed. This article delves into the analysis of the relevance of identifying isolating gender-based violence in schools through the implementa...

Coherent terahertz (THz) communications are characterized by high frequency, large bandwidth, and low energy consumption and can maintain high transmission performance even in complex environments. However, THz wave propagation in the atmosphere is subject to significant attenuation and interference, affecting its coherent transmission performance...

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are a common and severe complication among diabetic patients, posing a significant burden on patients’ quality of life and healthcare systems due to their high incidence, amputation rates, and mortality. This study utilized single-cell RNA sequencing technology to deeply analyze the cellular heterogeneity of the skin on t...

The Rockefeller Series in Science and Technology (ISSN 3067-0667) publishes research monographs, edited works, collections of papers, reviews of previously published studies, and advanced textbooks covering all relevant subjects related to science and technology. Monographs of this series can contain the following contributions: Book chapters that...

In journalism studies and political communication research it is generally agreed that news media trust concerns a psychological state related to audiences’ willingness to be vulnerable to news media. Nonetheless, a number of theoretical considerations for refining conceptual understandings of news media trust remain to be addressed. These include:...

Introduction. In the conditions of modern information wars, the development of manipulation technologies, and global crisis phenomena, sources that transmit value narratives aimed at harmonizing social relations and restoring value systems deserve research attention. Relevance and study. The article reveals a scientific view of the Bible as a media...

The Rockefeller Series in Science and Technology (ISSN 3067-0667) publishes research monographs, edited works, collections of papers, reviews of previously published studies, and advanced textbooks covering all relevant subjects related to science and technology. Monographs of this series can contain the following contributions: Book chapters that...

Introduction Community-based participatory research (CBPR) and patient/ community engaged research (P/CEnR) are shown to be effective approaches that improve health inequities, particularly among disadvantaged populations. While the science of CBPR demonstrates promising partnering practices that lead to effective interventions, there are instituti...

The Rockefeller Series in Science and Technology (ISSN 3067-0667) publishes research monographs, edited works, collections of papers, reviews of previously published studies, and advanced textbooks covering all relevant subjects related to science and technology. Monographs of this series can contain the following contributions: Book chapters that...

Bericht zur Tagung „Generative Images — Generative Imageries: Challenges of Visual Communication (Research) in the Age of AI“ der Fachgruppe „Visuelle Kommunikation“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) zusammen mit der Division „Visual Communication Studies“ der International Communication Association...

The Rockefeller Series in Science and Technology (ISSN 3067-0667) publishes research monographs, edited works, collections of papers, reviews of previously published studies, and advanced textbooks covering all relevant subjects related to science and technology. Monographs of this series can contain the following contributions: Book chapters that...

3rd Call for papers Semmelweis Medical Linguistics Conference 2025: Inclusivity and Diversity in Healthcare Communication Research https://semmelweis.hu/szaknyelv/en/conferences/smlc2025/ Institute of Languages for Specific Purposes, Semmelweis University, 23-24 May, 2025 Budapest, Hungary medical translation and interpreting, medical terminolo...

This study investigates the state of the art of the Spanish research on the public communication of science, with the aim of identifying the current research groups in this field and characterise them. To do this, a twofold methodology was implemented: a content analysis of the information contained in the websites of the 91 universities in Spain,...

Disclaimers are an essential component of Chinese academic and professional communication, functioning as linguistic devices that help mitigate responsibility, express uncertainty, limit liability, and maintain politeness. Their widespread use in scholarly writing, corporate discourse, and professional correspondence reflects deeper cultural, socia...

Disclaimers are an essential component of Chinese academic and professional communication, functioning as linguistic devices that help mitigate responsibility, express uncertainty, limit liability, and maintain politeness. Their widespread use in scholarly writing, corporate discourse, and professional correspondence reflects deeper cultural, socia...

Disclaimers are an essential component of Chinese academic and professional communication, functioning as linguistic devices that help mitigate responsibility, express uncertainty, limit liability, and maintain politeness. Their widespread use in scholarly writing, corporate discourse, and professional correspondence reflects deeper cultural, socia...

Disclaimers are an essential component of Chinese academic and professional communication, functioning as linguistic devices that help mitigate responsibility, express uncertainty, limit liability, and maintain politeness. Their widespread use in scholarly writing, corporate discourse, and professional correspondence reflects deeper cultural, socia...

(accepted for publication in SCM-Studies in Media and Communication, 03/2025) Recently, autonomous driving has received significant attention in risk and science communication research due to its increasing public visibility. However, media research has not differentiated between autonomous individual mobility (IAM) and public transport (APT), alth...

Background and Aim The process of manuscript submission and review in academic publishing is multifaceted, with figures playing a crucial role in communicating research findings effectively. However, the precise impact of these visual elements on reviewer perceptions and manuscript acceptance remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate th...

Since the scarcity of bandwidth resources has become increasingly critical in modern communication systems, orbital angular momentum (OAM) with a higher degree of freedom in information modulation has become a promising solution to alleviate the shortage of spectrum resources. Consequently, the integration of OAM with millimeter-wave technology has...

Background: Subject Matter Experts (SME) play a fundamental role in shaping community-based research. Engaging SMEs (Phase 1) prior to community involvement (Phase 2) is imperative for generative and fruitful research. Despite the extensive body of literature on community engagement and the important role of SMEs, this literature is often coupled w...

Purpose While gender-affirming communication research is growing, most of the research has been focused on acoustic, biological, and perceptual factors related to the client. To date, little attention has been given to the clinician–client relationship. This study explored perspectives of gender-diverse individuals who received gender-affirming com...

Background Health inequality in Latin America is particularly severe for individuals living with HIV (PLHIV) and key populations, such as men who have sex with men, transgender women, people who use drugs, and sex workers. Despite regional programs aimed at reducing health inequalities, such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sustainable...

In recent years, with the advancement of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) there has been an increasing number of students from participating countries coming to China for study and exchange. This trend provides a practical pathway for global cooperation in transcultural communication research. Social media has emerged as a crucial platform for th...