Dear colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. The virtual conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics starts today<https://cristianvaccari.com/2020/07/21/program-of-the-2020-international-journal-of-press-politics-virtual-conference-21-24-september-2020/>, with more than 500 participants from 74 different countries. To celebrate what I hope will be a global conversation around media and politics, we have put together a special collection of articles published in the journal in the past few years that focus on media and politics in the so-called Global South and in a global perspective. The special collection is available at https://journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/research-perspectives and you can find the list of the articles and direct links to them below. I hope you will find this initiative useful. Please feel free to share this email with anyone you think might be interested. If you can join us for at least part of the conference, please sign up for free at any time via https://t.co/eXY83mmtyD?amp=1. ********************************************************************************************** Media and Politics in the Global South and in Global Perspective A special edited collection by The International Journal of Press/Politics. All articles are available for free until the end of October 2020. Latin America The Instrumental Mediated Visibility of Violence: The 2013 Protests in Brazil and the Limitations of the Protest Paradigm<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220923984> by César Jiménez-Martínez Covering Protests on Twitter: The Influences on Journalists’ Social Media Portrayals of Left- and Right-Leaning Demonstrations in Brazil<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161219882653> by Rachel R. Mourão, Weiyue Chen Serving Consumers, Citizens, or Elites: Democratic Roles of Journalism in Chilean Newspapers and Television News<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161217736888> by Daniel C. Hallin, Claudia Mellado Perceived Popularity and Online Political Dissent: Evidence from Twitter in Venezuela<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161219872942> by Juan S. Morales Strategic Allies and the Survival of Critical Media under Repressive Conditions: An Empirical Analysis of Local Mexican Press<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161219843200> by Grisel Salazar Local-Level Authoritarianism, Democratic Normative Aspirations, and Antipress Harassment: Predictors of Threats to Journalists in Mexico<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218786041> by Sallie Hughes, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez Reporting in Latin America: Issues and Perspectives on Investigative Journalism in the Region<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218782397> by Magdalena Saldaña, Rachel R. Mourão Asia Poison If You Don’t Know How to Use It: Facebook, Democracy, and Human Rights in Myanmar<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220919666> by Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, Mona S. Kleinberg, Ardeth Thawnghmung, Myat The Thitsar Donor Power and the News: The Influence of Foundation Funding on International Public Service Journalism<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161217693394> by Martin Scott, Mel Bunce, Kate Wright Examining the Roles of Political Social Network and Internal Efficacy on Social Media News Engagement: A Comparative Study of Six Asian Countries<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218814480> by Michael Chan, Hsuan-Ting Chen, Francis L. F. Lee Africa Politicians in Newspaper News: Who Attracts Coverage in Kenyan Politics<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220915719> by Kioko Ireri, Jimmy Ochieng China in Africa: An Analysis of the Effect of Chinese Media Expansion on African Public Opinion<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161216646733> by Catie Snow Bailard The Rally-Intensive Campaign: A Distinct Form of Electioneering in Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161219847952> by Dan Paget The Power of the “Audience-Public”: Interactive Radio in Africa<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218779175> by Sharath Srinivasan, Stephanie Diepeveen Middle East Social Media and the Arab Spring: Politics Comes First<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161212471716> by Gadi Wolfsfeld, Elad Segev, Tamir Sheafer Networked Gatekeeping and Networked Framing on #Egypt<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161212474472> by Sharon Meraz, Zizi Papacharissi What Drives Media Use in Authoritarian Regimes? Extending Selective Exposure Theory to Iran<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218808372> by Magdalena Wojcieszak, Erik C. Nisbet, Lea Kremer, Golnoosh Behrouzian, Carroll Glyn Unpacking Journalists’ (Dis)Trust: Expressions of Suspicion in the Narratives of Journalists Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161219841902> by Tali Aharoni, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt Europe Nothing Is True? The Credibility of News and Conflicting Narratives during “Information War” in Ukraine<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161217743258> by Joanna Szostek Comparative Investigating the Gap between Newspaper Journalists’ Role Conceptions and Role Performance in Nine European, Asian, and Latin American Countries<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220910106> by Claudia Mellado, Cornelia Mothes, Daniel C. Hallin, María Luisa Humanes, Maria Lauber, Jacques Mick, Henry Silke, Colin Sparks, Adriana Amado, Sergey Davydov, Dasniel Oliver Detached or Interventionist? Comparing the Performance of Watchdog Journalism in Transitional, Advanced and Non-democratic Countries<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161219872155> by Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Claudia Mellado, María Luisa Humanes, Adriana Amado, Daniel Beck, Sergey Davydov, Jacques Mick, Cornelia Mothes, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos Panagiotu, Sergio Roses, Henry Silke, Colin Sparks, Agnieszka Stępińska, Gabriella Szabó, Edson Tandoc, Jr., Haiyan Wang Protesting the Paradigm: A Comparative Study of News Coverage of Protests in Brazil, China, and India<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161216631114> by Saif Shahin, Pei Zheng, Heloisa Aruth Sturm, Deepa Fadnis Roaring Candidates in the Spotlight: Campaign Negativity, Emotions, and Media Coverage in 107 National Elections<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220919093> by Jürgen Maier, Alessandro Nai Contesting Strategic Narratives in a Global Context: The World Watches the 2016 U.S. Election<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218786426> by Randolph Kluver, Skye Cooley, Robert Hinck Framing the Taxation-Democratization Link: An Automated Content Analysis of Cross-National Newspaper Data<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161218771893> by Volha Kananovich Caught in the Nexus: A Comparative and Longitudinal Analysis of Public Trust in the Press<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161217740695> by Thomas Hanitzsch, Arjen Van Dalen, Nina Steindl Global Soft Power, Hard News: How Journalists at State-Funded Transnational Media Legitimize Their Work<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220922832> by Kate Wright, Martin Scott, Mel Bunce May We Have Your Attention Please? Human-Rights NGOs and the Problem of Global Communication<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161213519132> by A. Trevor Thrall, Dominik Stecula, Diana Sweet ********************************************************************************************** All the best, Cristian Cristian Vaccari ****************************************************** Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Co-Director, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/> Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Press/Politics<http://hij.sagepub.com/> Program of the 2020 IJPP virtual conference: https://bit.ly/ijpp-20 ****************************************************** Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Google Scholar profile<http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en> Twitter: @prof_vaccari<https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari> Student appointments: https://calendly.com/cristian-vaccari