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· Ya De Xu, Fai Ka Cheung, Lei Guo, Yan Oi Chan, and Ping Sun (The Chinese University of Hong Kong): The paradigm of social media research in Greater China: A study of major communication journals from 2001 to 2015
Mariam Faisal Alkazemi (Gulf University for Sciences and Technology) and Wayne Wanta (University of Florida): Factors influencing press freedom: An examination of four cultural dimensions
· Saira Ali (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) and Umi Khattab (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia): Trans-mediatised war – on - terror: East-West comparative analysis
· David Jesse Katiambo (Technical University of Kenya): #SomeonetellCNN: The agonistic relationship between South and North media memories
