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International peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global research on cultural practices, processes, texts, infrastructures, and identities.

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Check out the article "Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures", authored by Do Own (Donna) Kim and Fang Wu, in our Online First section.

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Online First. "Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures". Do Own (Donna) Kim (University of Illinois Chicago, USA) and Fang Wu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China).
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article "Precarious utopia: The affective politics of transcultural entertainment in K-pop Random Play Dance", by Kedi Zhou, Yuqi Yang, and Xinyue Zhang.

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Online First: Precarious utopia: The affective politics of transcultural entertainment in K-pop Random Play Dance. Kedi Zhou (University of Southern California, USA), Yuqi Yang (University of Southern California, USA), and Xinyue Zhang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article “Where Disney and Hallyu collide: Fashioning transcultural selves through hanbok sartorial fandom”, by Yoonsuh Jung, Tiara Wilson, and Ying Wang.

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Online First. “Where Disney and Hallyu collide: Fashioning transcultural selves through hanbok sartorial fandom”, by Yoonsuh Jung (Korea University, South Korea), Tiara Wilson (University of Southern California, USA), and Ying Wang (Shanghai University, China).
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Have you read our 28.6 issue yet?

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International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 28, issue 6, 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We are now on Instagram too! Follow us to stay updated on contemporary Cultural Studies: www.instagram.com/ijcs.journal/
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August 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We are presenting the most cited articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last three years. This week's article is “Masculinity in crisis? Reticent / han-xu politics against danmei and male effeminacy”, authored by Tingting Hu, Liang Ge, Ziyao Chen, and Xu Xia.
Most cited articles in the last 3 years. “Masculinity in crisis? Reticent / han-xu politics against danmei and male effeminacy”, authored by Tingting Hu (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China), Liang Ge (King’s College London, UK), Ziyao Chen (Wuhan University, China), and Xu Xia (Wuhan University, China). volume 26, issue 3, 2023.
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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We are presenting the most cited articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last three years. This week's article is “‘Generic visuals’ of Covid-19 in the news: Invoking banal belonging through symbolic reiteration”, authored by Aiello, Kennedy, Anderson, and Røstvik.
Most cited articles in the last three years. “‘Generic visuals’ of Covid-19 in the news: Invoking banal belonging through symbolic reiteration”, authored by Giorgia Aiello (University of Leeds, UK), Helen Kennedy (University of Sheffield, UK), C. W. Anderson (University of Leeds, UK), and Camilla Mørk Røstvik (University of Aberdeen, UK). volume 25, issue 3-4, 2022.
November 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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We are presenting the most cited articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last three years. This week's article is “An anatomy of carewashing: Corporate branding and the commodification of care during Covid-19”, authored by Andreas Chatzidakis and Jo Littler.
Most cited articles in the last three years. An anatomy of carewashing: Corporate branding and the commodification of care during Covid-19, Andreas Chatzidakis and Jo Littler (University of London, UK). volume 25, issue 3-4, 2022
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Have you read our 28.5 issue yet?

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IJCS International Journal of Cultural Studies volume 28, issue 5, 2025 Special issue: TikTok and Children
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📢😊Excited to share my new piece just out in International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social

“Pawns in the power struggle” looks at how Chinese content creators navigate the messy pressures of MCNs, platforms, and state control.

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October 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The creator function, post-structuralism, and the perils of terminological dissonance - @producing2power.bsky.social, & @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social (2025). Published in the @ijcs-journal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article “Finishing the business: Disentangled narratives of gendered success, diasporic citizenship and the ongoing quest for balance”, by Radha Sarma Hegde.

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October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article “Transcultural fan studies with a ‘Queer Asia’ focus in the 2020s”, by Jamie J. Zhao.

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There’s the acronym IJCS, the title Online First, and the article: “Transcultural fan studies with a ‘Queer Asia’ focus in the 2020s”, by Jamie J. Zhao, City University of Hong Kong.
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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In our OnlineFirst section, you can access the very latest papers in the field. Check out the article "'I don’t want my parents to know I do video clips': Managing familial relations to pursue creative work in Accra, Ghana", by Nii Kotei Nikoi.

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September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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We are presenting the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. This week's article is “Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal communication”, authored by Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller.
Over a dark plum background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink. Then it reads: Most read articles in the last 6 months. Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal communication. Mirca Madianou (University of Leicester, England), Daniel Miller (University College London, England). volume 16, issue 2, 2013 (online in 2012).
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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We are presenting the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. This week's article is “‘I cringe at the slave portions’: How fans of Gone with the Wind negotiate anti-racist criticism”, authored by Marcel van den Haak, Liedeke Plate, and Selina Bick.
Over a grayish-pink background, there’s the acronym IJCS in gray and the following text: Most read articles in the last 6 months. ‘I cringe at the slave portions’: How fans of Gone With The Wind negotiate anti-racist criticism. Marcel van den Haak (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Liedeke Plate (Radboud University, The Netherlands), Selina Bick (Radboud University, The Netherlands). volume 23, issue 6, 2020
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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In this series, we present the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. The first article is “Social media and moral panics: Assessing the effects of technological change on societal reaction”, authored by James P. Walsh.
Over a light great background, there’s the acronym IJCS in bright pink. Beside it, the image says: Most read articles in the last 6 months. Social media and moral panics: Assessing the effects of technological change on societal reaction. James P. Walsh, University of Ontario, Canada. volume 23, issue 6, 2020.
September 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The editorial board members play a pivotal role as the journal’s ambassadors.

They are responsible not only for reviewing articles, but also for encouraging outstanding researchers to submit their work. They also help with issues of ethics, representation, and accountability in knowledge creation.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Meet our new team! 🧶
Laura Guimarães Corrêa (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Wen Jin (East China Normal University, China), and Jonathan Ong (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA), co-editors of the International Journal of Cultural Studies, published by SAGE Publishing @sagepub.com
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August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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We are now on Instagram too! Follow us to stay updated on contemporary Cultural Studies: www.instagram.com/ijcs.journal/
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August 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Have you read our 28.4 issue yet?

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August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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What and where is Cultural Studies today? What is it becoming? What should or could it become? What is its meaning? What is at stake as we assess the ongoing development and maturation of Cultural Studies as field?
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August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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We publish theoretical, empirical and historical analyses that interrogate what culture means, and what culture does, across global and local scales of power and action, diverse technologies and forms of mediation, and multiple dimensions of performance, experience and identity.
Over a light-gray background, the letters IJCS in pink followed by the text: International Journal of Culture Studies is a leading venue for scholarship committed to rethinking cultural practices, processes, texts and infrastructures beyond traditional national frameworks and regional biases.
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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In IJCS: @anirbanbaishya.bsky.social explores the new resurgence of global, far right nationalisms fueled by digital technologies through the case of the media event around the release and reception of The Kashmir Files in India in 2022.

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March 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM