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  A multimodal analysis of COVID-19 metaphors on magazine and journal covers

  (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2026) Yildirim, Damla; CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies

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  Magazine and journal covers became important sites for communicating the COVID-19 pandemic, conceptualizing complex scientific and social issues in accessible ways. This study examines metaphorical framings of the COVID-19 pandemic on magazine and journal covers published between 2020 and 2024, focusing on how metaphors are constructed through the interaction of visual and verbal modes. The analysis identifies WAR as the most frequent source domain, alongside less frequent domains such as BURDEN and CONTAINER. The results further indicate that metaphors are most frequently realized multimodally, with cover design playing a crucial role in structuring how images and cover lines interact to cue source and target domains. The study highlights the role of multimodality not merely in enhancing rhetorical impact, but also in shaping how metaphorical meaning is created and interpreted within a highly condensed communicative space.

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  How do we feel about facts : emotionalism in newsmagazine coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's death

  (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2026) Ragasová, Anna Becková; CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies

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  The study, titled How do we feel about facts: emotionalism in newsmagazine coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, explores the construction and presentation of emotionalism in journalistic responses to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, examining 111 articles from three culturally and geographically distinct newsmagazines: Time (USA), The Economist (UK), and .týžden (Slovakia). Using content and semiotic analysis, the research investigates the textual, visual, and structural elements that contribute to emotional engagement, sentiment construction, and potential audience influence. Emotionalism is defined as the deliberate insertion of emotional cues by journalists or content creators and the reader’s interpretation of such cues within the narrative framework. The selection of three distinct newsmagazines enables cross-cultural comparison, illuminating how editorial traditions, national perspectives, and media norms shape representations of mourning, legacy, and royal symbolism. The analysis examines headline formulation, article structure, visual design, multimedia presence, authorial voice, and nuanced elements such as image color, framing, and the Queen’s prominence in photographs.The selection of three distinct newsmagazines enables cross-cultural comparison, illuminating how editorial traditions, national perspectives, and media norms shape representations of mourning, legacy, and royal symbolism. The analysis examines headline formulation, article structure, visual design, multimedia presence, authorial voice, and nuanced elements such as image color, framing, and the Queen’s prominence in photographs.This perspective provides insights into emotionalism in journalism and shows how even restrained publications employ emotional cues. It contributes to understanding of journalistic text construction and the potential influence of media on public perception during national and international mourning, with applications in media studies, journalism ethics, and cross-cultural communication. This perspective provides insights into emotionalism in journalism and shows how even restrained publications employ emotional cues. It contributes to understanding of journalistic text construction and the potential influence of media on public perception during national and international mourning, with applications in media studies, journalism ethics, and cross-cultural communication.

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  Health magazines in Portugal : publishing trends from 1993 to 2025

  (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2026) Oliveira, Hernani; Lima, Helena; CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies

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  Although there is no clear consensus on what constitutes specialized journalism, health journalism is widely understood as fulfilling a civic role by translating complex medical and scientific information into accessible narratives for the public. This study maps the landscape of Portuguese health magazines between 1993 and 2025, analyzing their circulation patterns and thematic orientations. Drawing on longitudinal data and content classification, the findings identify three distinct phases in the sector’s evolution. The first phase (1993–2006) is marked by expansion and editorial specialization, with a growing number of publications targeting niche audiences such as parents, women, and fitness-oriented readers. The second phase (2007–2016) reflects a period of contraction, characterized by declining circulation figures and the gradual disappearance of several titles, in line with wider economic pressures affecting the media industry. The third phase (2017 onwards) reveals a context of structural fragility, shaped by digital transition, audience fragmentation, and instability in media ownership.

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  Inclusion and distance : embedded messages in Finnish magazinescape

  (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2026) Kivikuru, Ullamaija; CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies

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  Over the past decades, traditional magazines have suffered economic and readership losses in many countries and have failed to gain momentum with their website activities. For old media, particularly magazines, establishing fresh connections with readers is essential. Today, magazines—print and digital—encourage readers to participate in comments, discussions and games. However, research found that calls to action directed at readers tend to remain at the level of invitations to react and comment rather than to exercise true decision-making power, as in participatory journalism. This limited empirical study focuses on four issues of three popular Finnish magazines. It analyses their print versions to determine whether true participation has a chance in the magazinescape. The results indicate that the form of participation suggested to readers is limited. Calls for inclusion are mostly subtle, disguised as part of the ‘editorial line’. While explicit exclusionis rare, strong stereotyping can serve as a form of exclusion. The study, experimenting with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, identified four frequently used inclusive narratives in these magazines: narratives of accidents, narratives of overcoming challenges, narratives of happiness and season-bound narratives.

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  Discovering magazines : the scholarly meanderings of an accidental magazine scholar

  (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2026) Johinke, Rebecca; CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies

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