About this journal

Communication Studies is committed to publishing high-quality original scholarship that examines significant aspects of diverse communication phenomena, processes, and outcomes. The journal publishes research reflective of the breadth of communication concentrations including interpersonal, small group, organizational, intercultural, international, health, media, performance, persuasion, political, public address, rhetorical, and digitally generated communication. Communication Studies welcomes submissions from established and emerging areas of research with various philosophical, theoretical, or methodological underpinnings (including socio-psychological, interpretive, and critical approaches as well as quantitative, qualitative, autoethnographic, performative, and rhetorical methods). Communication Studies is committed to publishing essays and reports of studies that make significant social and academic contributions to advance communication scholarship. Communication Studies supports research and writing free of sexism and other biases.

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Peer Review Policy:

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

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

Questions concerning manuscripts can be directed to Dr. Yuping Mao at [email protected].

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 
Yuping Mao – California State University, Long Beach, USA

EDITOR ELECT FOR 2025 
Sandra L. Faulkner -  Bowling Green State University, USA

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Amy N. Heuman– Texas Tech University, USA

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Joe Gordon-  California State University, Long Beach, USA
Ahmet Aksoy– Texas Tech University, USA
Jeevani Sammeta– Bowling Green State University, USA
Syeda Zainab Akbar - Bowling Green State University, USA 

EDITORIAL BOARD
Tony Adams Bradley University, USA
Robert Agne Auburn University, USA
Rukhsana Ahmed University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
Ahmed Al-Rawi Simon Fraser University, Canada
Mike Allen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Noor Ghazal Aswad University of Alabama, USA
Ahmet Atay The College of Wooster, USA
Joshua D. Atkinson Bowling Green State University, USA
Christina Beck Ohio University, USA
Stephenson Beck North Dakota State University, USA
Lissa Behm-Morawitz University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Keith Berry University of South Florida, USA
David S. Birdsell Kean University,USA
Joseph Blaney Illinois State University, USA
Paul Booth DePaul University, USA
Mick Brewer Lincoln University, USA
Hans-Bernd Brosius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Barry Brummett University of Texas-Austin, USA
Leah Bryant DePaul University, USA
Michael Butterworth University of Texas Austin, USA
Patrice M. Buzzanell University of South Florida, USA
Bernadette Calafell Gonzaga University, USA
Christopher J. Carpenter Western Illinois University, USA
Caleb Carr Illinois State University, USA
Hsuan-Ting (Ting) Chen The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hsing-I Cheng  Santa Clara University, USA
Stella Chia  City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Deborah Chung  University of Kentucky, USA
Monica Cornejo Cornell University, USA
Stephen M. Croucher Massey University, USA
Shardé M. Davis University of Conneticut, USA
Kathy Denker Ball State University, USA
Jayson Dibble Hope College, USA
Megan R. Dillow West Virgina University, USA
Travis L. Dixon University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, USA
Debbie Dougherty University of Missouri, USA
Norah Dunbar University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Tasha Dunn University of Toledo, USA
Tiffany Dykstra-DeVette  San Diego State University, USA
Tori Ekstrand University of North Carolina, USA
Laura Ellingson Santa Clara University, USA
Lawrence R. Frey  University of Colorado-Boulder, USA
Nicholas Geidner  The University of Tennessee, USA
Haneen Ghabra Kuwait University, USA
Alberto Gonzalez  Bowling Green State University, USA
Dennis Gouran  Penn State University, USA
Kathryn Greene Rutgers University, USA
Diane S. Grimes Syracuse University, USA
Laura K. Guerrero  Arizona State University, USA
Jessica Smaart Guillion  Texas Woman's University, College of Arts and SciencesUSA
Andrea L. Guzman  Northern Illinois University, USA
Kyu S. Hahn  Seoul National University, South Korea
Dale Hample  University of Maryland - College Park, USA
Min Wha Han  West Texas University, USA
Lisa Hanasono Bowling Green State University, USA
Leslie Harris  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA
Tina M. Harris; Louisiana State University, USA
Sally Hastings  University of Miami, USA
Manda Hicks; Boise State University, USA
Mike Horning Virgina Tech University, USA
Ronald L. Jackson II University of Central Florida, USA
Parul Jain Ohio University, USA
Jing Jiang Hunan University, USA
David Henningsen  Northern Illinois University, USA
Jay Hmielowski, University of Florida, USA
Yadong Ji  Western Washington University, USA
Bengt Johansson  University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Younbo Jung  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Adam Kahn  California State University, Long Beach, USA
Renee Kaufmann  University of Kentucky, USA
Do Kyun Kim  University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
Jang Hyun Kim  Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Jihyun Kim University of Central Florida, USA
Sang-Yeon Kim  Kwangwoon University, South Korea
Yong-Chan Kim  Yonsei University, South Korea
Susan Kline  Ohio State University, USA
Adrianne Kunkel  University of Kansas, USA
Kenneth Lachlan  University of Connecticut, USA
Pamela Lannutti Widener University, USA
Michael Lechuga University of New Mexico, USA
Andrew Ledbetter  Texas Christian University, USA
Chul-joo "CJ" Lee  Seoul National University, South Korea
Ronald Lee  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Loretta LeMaster Arizona State University, USA
Lara Martin Lengel  Bowling Green State University, USA
Hongmei Li  Miami University, USA
Zhenyi Li  Royal Roads University, USA
Sun Kyong (Sunny) Lee  Korea University, South Korea
Robert S. Littlefield  University of Central Florida, USA
Xialing Lin  Penn State Scranton, USA
Yanqin Lu  Bowling Green State University, USA
Kate Magsamen-Conrad University of Iowa, USA
Jenny Mandelbaum  Rutgers University, USA
David Markowitz  University of Oregon, USA
Joseph Mazer  Clemson University, USA
Rachel McLaren University of Iowa, USA
Bree McEwan  DePaul University, USA
Jasmine McNealy  University of Florida, USA
Mitchell S. McKinney  University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Kevin Meyer  Illinois State University, USA
Michaela Meyer  Christopher Newport University, USA
Leena Mikkola Tampere University, Finland
Vernon Miller  Michigan State University, USA
Rahul Mitra Wayne State University, USA
Yi Mou  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Anjana Mudambi  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Seungahn Nah  University of Florida, USA
Victoria Newsom  Olympic College,USA
Jacob Nelson  University of Utah,USA
Ephraim Nikoi  University of Wisconsin - Superior, USA
David Oh Syracuse University, USA
James O. Olufowote  The University of Oklahoma, USA
Leah Omilion-Hodges  Western Michigan University, USA
Hiroshi Ota  Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan
Mark P. Orbe Western Michigan University, USA
Alexandru Stana Winona State University, USA
Hee Sun Park  Korea University, South Korea
Sora Park  University of Canberra, Australia
Sung-Yeon Park University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Trevor S. Parry-Giles  University of Maryland, USA
Charnell Peters Saint Louis University, USA
Michael Pfau University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
Madison Pollino University of South Florida, USA
Yuxia Qian  Kutztown University, USA
Adam Rainear  West Chester University, USA
Torsten O. Reimer  Purdue University, USA
Kristina Scharp Rutgers University, USA
Matt Seeger  Wayne State University, USA
Deanna D. Sellnow  Chair of the Communication Department, Clemson University, USA
Timothy L. Sellnow  University of Central Florida, USA
Hayeon Song  GachonUniversity, South Korea
Stephen Spates  Missouri State University, USA
Patric Spence  University of Central Florida, USA
Dinah Tetteh Arkansas State University, USA
Stephanie Tong  Wayne State University, USA
Steven Venette  University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Catherine Y. Kingsley Westerman  North Dakota State University, USA
David K. Westerman  North Dakota State University, USA
Erin K. Willer University of Denver, USA
Ann Williams  Georgia State University, USA
Christy Mesaros Winckles   Adrian College, Communication Arts & Science, USA
Chelsea Woods  Virginia Tech, USA
Masahiro Yamamoto  University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
Christina G. Yoshimura University of Montana, USA
Kelly M. Young  Wayne State University, USA
Stephanie L. Young  University of Southern Indiana, USA
Gi W. Yun University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Yan Bing Zhang  University of Kansas, USA

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