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Critical Communication Research with Global Inclusivity book cover

1st Edition

Critical Communication Research with Global Inclusivity

Edited By Hanan Badr, Karin G. Wilkins Copyright 2026
254 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Critical Communication Research with Global Inclusivity provides a critical lens through which to prepare, engage and read communication research methods. Inviting new and innovative perspectives that question the status quo and push the boundaries of knowledge production, the book begins with the premise of global inclusivity, intentionally correcting the power imbalance of research... Read more

Part 1: Confronting Power and Privilege

1. Centering Global Inclusivity as an epistemic lens in communication studies

2. Understanding collective identities in communication studies: Inclusion and exclusion as part of the field’s history

3. Intersectionality and standpoint epistemology in journalism studies: Interrogating journalism’s power for a more equitable field

4. Academic International Research Teams: Chances and limitations of equal collaboration

Part 2: Crossing Geographic and Epistemic Borders

5. Communication history as a critical intervention: Crossing temporal and cultural boundaries of digital communication research

6. (Post-)colonial silences in transnational research:  The case of the Herero and Nama genocide in German and Namibian newspapers

7. Rural Research in the Space of News Deserts: Redefining boundaries around Journalism Practice, the Climate Crisis, Natural Disasters, and Health Disparities

Part 3: Creating Innovative Inclusive Methods

8. To do no harm: from scientific ambition and extractivist design to taking research participants into account

9. Critical Algorithmic Literacy: Combining Critical Perspectives with Quantitative Data Sciences

10. Towards more truly international comparative research: Current opportunities and challenges of multilingual text analysis with computational methods

11. Finding innovative avenues in communication research for more inclusive data: Three approaches from intercultural communication

Part 4: Changing Scholarly Communities and Venues

12. Striving for excellence is striving for diversity: reflections from Digital Journalism editorial team

13. Broadening the conversation: inclusivity and internationalization in academic journals

14. (W)righting Wrongs: Creating Space for Scholars from an Overstudied Region

15. Prioritizing Global Inclusivity in a Growing Scholarly Community: Mobile Communication and Global Openness

16. Deepening de-westernization: Addressing global inequalities in communication studies

Index

Biography

Hanan Badr is Professor and Chair for Public Spheres and Inequalities in the Department of Communication at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

Karin G. Wilkins is Dean of the School of Communication at the University of Miami, USA.

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