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KOME is a theory and pure research-oriented journal of communication studies and related fields. Therefore theoretical researches and discussions that help to understand better, or reconceptualize the understanding of communication or the media are its center of interests; being either an useful supplement to, or a reasonable alternative to current models and theories. Given the connection between theory and empirical research, we are open to submissions of empirical papers if the research demonstrates a clear endorsement of communication and media theories. We are also committed to the ideas of trans- and interdisciplinarity and prefer topics that are relevant for more than one special discipline of social sciences. Articles published in KOME should represent the diversity that comprises the study of communication and related disciplines, regardless of philosophical paradigms and in favor of methodological pluralism. KOME encourage the use of non-sexist language in research writing.


Parallel Empires of Knowledge AI and the Fracturing of Global Science

Márton Demeter, Ferenc Petruska, Gergő Háló, Erik Palusek
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This study examines shifting patterns in global academic knowledge production through the lens of world-systems theory, focusing on the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping epistemic hierarchies. Drawing on longitudinal bibliometric data (1996–2023), it analyses publication volumes, international collaborations and open access trends across core (U.S., U.K.), semi-peripheral and peripheral regions, with special attention to China’s emergence as a leading scientific producer. The paper highlights a growing divergence in AI infrastructure and access: Western scholars increasingly rely on open tools like ChatGPT, while China’s closed ecosystem is governed by distinct political and epistemic norms. These
developments may entrench parallel scientific systems, exacerbating inequalities in visibility, legitimacy and collaboration. As AI becomes a central driver of research
practices, this paper argues for inclusive, interoperable knowledge infrastructures to avoid deepening global academic fragmentation. The findings offer a critical perspective on the geopolitics of knowledge in the digital age.

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This article examines the way in which hijacked victimhood was used to evade accountability and preserve the power of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio at three congressional hearings. To achieve its goals, the study used the concept of indexicals to identify linguistic forms that signal a repurposing of the traditional concept of victimhood. The study found five discursive devices of victimhood employed to demonise critics, deflect their criticism, and elicit public sympathy and support. Through these discursive strategies, the vice president avoided critical scrutiny of her budget during the hearings, which could have caused her legal difficulties. She launched personal attacks against her opponents through her answers, a tactic
that appears in populist rhetoric. The results highlight the need for critical vigilance and analysis of political communication in the Philippines to ensure that concepts traditionally associated with campaigns for justice for actual victims of harm are not reconfigured to serve partisan purposes.

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Social media currently plays a key role for adolescents and young people in accessing information. The integration of these platforms into their media diet leads them to build their own digital architecture to stay informed and to avoid disinformation. Based on academic literature and a survey (n = 1,800), this study analyses the perceptions of Spanish young people and adolescents (aged 14 to 24) regarding various characteristics of social media in relation to information and disinformation. Our findings reveal that daily access to social media is a good predictor regarding propositions related to information, whereas age is generally a slightly better indicator for those related to disinformation. These results provide deeper insight into the components that influence adolescents and young people, helping to better understand how they shape their own media repertoires.

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This qualitative study explores the transformations and constraints that journalists from four post-Arab Spring countries, namely Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Bahrain, faced amid Covid-19 pandemic and their impact on their journalistic practices. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 journalists from these countries representing different professional affiliations, geographic areas, and demographic profiles, we investigate their journalistic practices amid the pandemic. Using the communication ecology model which includes interpersonal, organizational, and mediated communication resources, we examined the internal and external factors influencing journalistic practices in these countries. Externally, we analyzed the political, economic, legal, and infrastructural factors which impacted the nature of the communication ecology in these countries. Internally, we explored the media organizations’ routines and the journalists’ individual demographic variables, such as age, generation, and employment status, and their impact on journalistic practices in these countries.

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Rasha El-Ibiary (PhD. Newcastle University, 2006) is an Associate Professor and Diroctor of Digital Media and Communication, School of Digital Humanities, Nile University, Egypt. She is also an Individual Consultant with UN Women, Egypt. Her work focuses on the thematic intersections of media and politics, including mediated gendered identities; cultural geography and geopolitics; imagery and memory; the politics of fear; media policies; censorship; and public diplomacy, among others. She serves as a Chair for Activism, Communication and Social Justice Interest Group, International Communication Association; Regional Lead at the Global Risk Journalism Hub (GRJH); Regional Co-Lead at the Center for the Journalists Safety Research Network, Sheffield University, UK; and Academic Expert at Safety of Journalists, University of Liverpool, UK. She is also an active researcher in Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) research project; and an editorial board member, in Sage Open, Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS), and Frontiers in Communication. Her research was published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, International Communication Gazette, Digital Journalism, Global Media and Communication, the International Journal of Communication, Kome Journal, Communication and Society among others.
 
 
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Sahar Khamis (Ph.D.)

Associate Professor of Communication
Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies
Affiliate Professor in the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
University of Maryland
2104 Skinner Building
University of Maryland, College Park MD 20742
Office phone:+1-301-405-0864
President, Arab-US Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE)
Chair, Spiritual Communication Division, National Communication Association (NCA)
Books:
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