Thematic section in SComS, edited by Gabriele Balbi, Berber Hagedoorn, Nazan Haydari, Valérie Schafer, & Christian Schwarzenegger

Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS) is a peer-reviewed journal of communication and media research with platinum open access: https://www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/. The journal is edited by Jolanta Drzewiecka, Silke Fürst, Katharina Lobinger, and Thilo von Pape.

Issue 23(3) is published and can be accessed for free https://www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/issue/view/375. It includes a Thematic Section on “Old media persistence. Past continuities in the brand-new digital world” as well as a General Section which is composed of two studies investigating into parasocial relationships with morally ambiguous media characters on the one hand and the COVID-19 discourse in politicians’ speeches in Iran on the other hand. Additionally, the issue contains a dissertation summary, a fact sheet on DOCA as well as two book reviews.