Volume 10, Issue 1

New Issue Released: Volume 10, Issue 1

The Journal of Public Interest Communications has released Volume 10, Issue 1, mapping the influence of nonprofits, social media platforms, and civic actors on public discourse and depolarization.

In This Issue:

1) Editors' Essay by Joseph Radice opens the volume with a reflection on the themes connecting this issue's contributions.

2) Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. Immigration News: Sources Serving the Public Interest by Melissa A. Johnson analyzes nearly 2,000 news sources across three decades of immigration reporting in U.S.-Mexico border state newspapers, finding that nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations comprise nearly 40% of sources quoted.

3) Is Less More? An Analysis of Microblogs vs. Discussion Forums as Tools for Understanding the Public by Marco Castillo compares Reddit and X as tools for gauging public sentiment, showing that while Reddit enables deeper exploration of issues, X remains effective for sentiment assessment.

4) Mapping the "Bridging Field": Actors Depolarizing the Public Sphere by Seong Jae Min maps 463 civic organizations and journalism projects working to counter political polarization, offering a typology of the emerging "bridging field" in the United States.

Read the Full Issue: https://doi.org/10.32473/jpic.v10.i1