About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Digital Communication Research (DCR) focuses on the study of communication within digitally mediated environments. The journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for examining how digital technologies, media systems, algorithms, and networked platforms shape communication practices, social relations, cultural expressions, institutions, identities, and public life.

The journal welcomes empirical, theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and critical contributions addressing topics including, but not limited to:

• Digital communication theories and research methods

• Social media, online communities, and digital participation

• Digital culture, identity, representation, and everyday life

• Platform studies, algorithms, and platform governance

• Artificial intelligence and communication

• Datafication, surveillance, privacy, and digital ethics

• Digital journalism, political communication, and public discourse

• Digital literacy, inclusion, inequality, and accessibility

• Media industries, creator cultures, and the digital economy

• Technology-mediated interpersonal and organizational communication

• Online activism, digital movements, and civic engagement

• Emerging communication technologies and their social implications

DCR welcomes studies employing qualitative, quantitative, computational, mixed-method, and critical approaches. Manuscripts may examine local, national, regional, comparative, or global contexts, provided that digital communication remains central to the analysis.