About the Journal
Mediascapes Journal is an open access online journal published twice a year by Sapienza University committed to the advancement of media studies.
Born in 2013, Mediascapes Journal is a forward-thinking forum that explores communication and mass communication phenomena within a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. It emphasizes the publication of original investigations that increase theoretical and empirical advancements in fields of media studies.
Mediascapes Journal has two sections: a monographic section and a research section. The monographic section is composed of single essays written by scholars in order to discuss a single monographic theme; the research section publishes original works and special issues on the state-of-the art of media studies. The call for papers for the research section is always open. All articles are double blind-refereed.
Mediascapes Journal accepts contributions in Italian and English.
EDITOR: Giovanni Boccia Artieri
JOURNAL MANAGER: Manolo Farci
Casa Editrice Sapienza
ISSN: 2282-2542
E-mail: mediascapesjournal@gmail.com
Scientific journal of Sapienza University of Rome
registered at the Civil Tribunal of Rome (No. 256 of 30/10/2013)
Current Issue
Vol. 26 No. 2 (2025): Risk (of) Communication: Ethics, Futures, and Strategic Complexity
This issue of Mediascapes Journal, Risk (of) Communication: Ethics, Futures, and Strategic Complexity, edited by Alessandro Lovari, explores a dual lens: risk communication as a response to crises and disasters, and the risk of communication when organizational messaging is poorly planned or ethically fraught. Across climate and environmental emergencies, digital platforms, and generative AI, the papers show how communication can anticipate, create, amplify, or resolve crises while raising urgent ethical questions about responsibility, power, and justice. Bringing together 13 articles by 27 scholars from 16 universities across Europe, Asia, and the United States, the issue advances new debates on misinformation, AI-enabled infrastructures, geopolitical tensions, and normative ethics in strategic communication.
Published:
2025-12-31
