About this journal

Published quarterly for the Broadcast Education Association, the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media presents timely research articles about new developments, trends, and innovations in electronic and digital communication to advance scholarly discoveries and real-world solutions. The Journal invites original research submissions that examine a broad range of topics addressing audiences and media technologies, including technological, social, psychological, cultural, historical, political, economic, legal and policy dimensions. Scholarship that tests theory, extends knowledge and/or fosters innovative perspectives on issues of importance to interdisciplinary research, is particularly encouraged. The Journal is open to a diversity of theoretic paradigms and research methodologies.

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two or more anonymous referees.

Readership:

Academics, students, and professionals in broadcasting, telecommunication, media, mass communication, and communication.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

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Editor
Shuhua Zhou - University of Missouri, USA
Contact: [email protected]

Associate Editor
Jaeho Cho - University of California, Davis, USA

Book Review Editor
Travis Bell - University of South Florida, USA

Editorial Assistant
Yuanyi Chen - University of Missouri, USA

Production Editor
Usha Thangaraj - Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, USA
Contact: [email protected]

Editorial Board Members
David Atkin - University of Connecticut, USA
Travis Bell - University of South Florida, USA
Andrew C. Billings - University of Alabama, USA
Hajo Boomgaarden - University of Vienna, Austria
Nicholas Bowman - Texas Tech University, USA
Erik Bucy - Texas Tech University, USA
Jan Van den Bulck - University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA
Andrea Ceron - University of Milan, Italy
Hsuan-Ting Chen - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Russell B. Clayton - Florida State University, USA
Akiba Cohen - Tel Aviv University, Israel
Elizabeth Cohen - West Virginia University, USA
Juliann Cortese - Florida State University, USA
Enny Das - Radboud University, Netherlands
Dennis Davis (former editor) - Penn State University, USA
Travis Dixon - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Matthew Eastin- University of Texas at Austin, USA
Allison Eden - Michigan State University, USA
Gary Edgerton - Butler University, USA
Steven Eggermont - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Michael Elasmar - Boston University, USA
Douglas Ferguson - College of Charleston, USA
Jan Fernback - Temple University, USA
Edward Fink - Temple University, USA
Julia Fox - Indiana University, USA
Bärbel Garsoffky - Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany
Donald Godfrey - Arizona State University, USA
Guy Golan - Texas Christian University, USA
Maria Elizabeth Grabe - The Media School, Indiana University, USA
Melanie Green - University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA
Louisa Ha - Bowling Green State University, USA
Alice Hall - University of Missouri St. Louis, USA
Eszter Hargittai - University of Zurich, Switzerland
Paul Haridakis - Kent State University, USA
Itai Himelboim - University of Georgia, USA
Amanda Hinnant - University of Missouri, USA
Jay Hmielowski - University of Florida, USA
Cynthia Hoffner - Georgia State University, USA
Lance Holbert - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Avery Holton - University of Utah, USA
Juan Jose Igartua - University of Salamanca, Spain
James Ivory - Virginia Tech, USA
Nancy Jennings - University of Cincinnati, USA
Klaus Bruhn Jensen - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Tom Johnson - University of Texas at Austin, USA
Sri Kalyanaraman - University of Florida, USA
Su Jung Kim - University of Southern California, USA
Spiro Kiousis - University of Florida, USA
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick - The Ohio State University, USA
Marina Krcmar - Wake Forest University, USA
Eun-Ju Lee - Seoul National University, South Korea
Kwan Min Lee - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Sungkyoung Lee - University of Missouri, USA
María Len-Ríos - University of Georgia, USA
Anthony Limperos - University of Kentucky, USA
Hairong Li - Michigan State University, USA
Carolyn Lin (former editor) - University of Connecticut, USA
Rebecca Lind- University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Yu-li Liu - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ven-hwei Lo - Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Teresa Lynch - Ohio State University, USA
Joerg Matthes - University of Vienna, Austria
Matthew McAllister - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Yi Mou - Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Emily Moyer-Guse - Ohio State University, USA
Seungahn Nah - University of Oregon, USA
Robin Nabi - University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Philip Napoli - Duke University, USA
Shintaro Okazaki - King's College London, UK
Mary Beth Oliver - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Po-Lin Pan - Arkansas State University, USA
Zizi Papacharissi (former editor) - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Katy Pearce - University of Washington, USA
Tai-Quan Peng - Michigan State University, USA
Stephen Perry - Regent University, USA
Jessica Piotrowski - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ivanka Pjesivac - University of Georgia, USA
Jim Potter - University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Robert F. Potter - Indiana University, USA
Cornelius Puschmann - University of Bremen, Germany
Arthur A. Raney - Florida State University, USA
Rob Wicks - University of Arkansas, USA
Emma Rodero - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Dan Romer - Annenberg Public Policy Center, USA
Joshua Scacco - University of South Florida, USA
Erica Scharrer - University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Frank Schneider - University of Mannheim, Germany
Alexander Schouten - Tilburg University, Netherlands
Holger Schramm - University of Würzburg, Germany
Shaojing Sun - Fudan University, China
Donghee Shin - Zayed University, UAE
Natalie Stroud - University of Texas at Austin, USA
S. Shyam Sundar- Pennsylvania State University, USA
Ron Tamborini - Michigan State Univesity, USA
Lu Tang - Texas A&M University, USA
David Tewksbury - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Kjerstin Thorson - Michigan State University, USA
Joseph Turow - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Yong Volz - University of Missouri, USA
Hilde Voorveld - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Claes De Vreese - University Amsterdam, Netherlands
James Webster - Northwestern University, USA
Lu Wei - Zhejiang University, China
Ran Wei - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wei Wei - Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Robert Wicks - University of Arkansas, USA
Mike Wirth - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Anke Wonneberger - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jie Xu - Villanova University, USA
Jinghong Xu - Beijing Normal University, China
Yan Yan - Renmin University of China, China
Dannagal Young - University of Delaware, USA
Homero Gil de Zúñiga - University of Salamanca, Spain<br /><br />