We're happy to announce our new issue (Volume 23, Issue 4) is out in print! Here's a thread of articles you will find in it:
"Shaping a ‘pedagogy of interruption’: Theorizing the role of educational agents in democratic education in urban contexts" by Evelyne Deceur, Griet Roets, @RuttenKris and Maria De Bie. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ecsa/current
"Political comedy engagement: Identity and community construction" by @JDoona. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549418810081
"Distinctively queer in the Parish: Performances of distinction and LGBTQ+ representations in Flemish prestige television fiction" by Florian Vanlee, Sofie Van Bauwel and @FrederikDH. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549418821844
"‘Let’s get this thing open’: The pleasures of unboxing videos" by Sharif Mowlabocus. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549418810098
"Decentring the vernacular web: Meaning, affect and power in networked culture" by Artur Szarecki. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549418824051
"The anti-social network: Precarious life in online conversations of the socially withdrawn" by @EVainikka. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549418810075
"Critics, politics and cultural legitimation: An exploratory analysis of the Turkish film field" by Özgür Yaren and @KarademirIrmak. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549418810079
Then, our special Cultural Commons section, all open access, this time aimed at critical responses to the COVID-19 crisis. It starts with an introduction by @jillybkay and @helentellywood. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420928360
"‘We are doing better’: Biopolitical nationalism and the COVID-19 virus in East Asia" by @jeroendekloet, Jian Lin and Yiu Fai Chow. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420928092
"Clap for carers? From care gratitude to care justice" by @helentellywood and @bevskeggs. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420928362
"The work of culture and C-19" by @MarkOliverBanks. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420924687
"Television's undoing of social distancing" by @jokehermes74 and Annette Hill. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420927724
"The haunting figure of the useless academic: Critical thinking in coronavirus time" by @anthroprofhage. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420926182
Lee Edwards reviewed Anne M Cronin's book "Public Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy". https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549419839871
Eva-Maria Aigner reviewed Hili Razinky's book "Ambivalence: A Philosophical Exploration". https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549420912667
. @hannahtribuna reviewed Jane Arthurs and Ben Little's book "Russell Brand: Comedy, Celebrity Politics". https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1367549419861705