NEW COMMENTARY: From mandate to metrics: journalism and the crisis of moral credibility in Indonesia’s hajj quota scandal by Fajar Adi and Winfrey Oktavian (Received: 26 Oct 2025; Accepted: 08 Nov 2025; Published online: 09 Dec 2025) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW ARTICLE: Vaccine hesitancy in Southeast Asia: evidence from COVID-related discourses on YouTube by DF Silvallana, DC Matamoros, P Anzari and PK Shiong (Received: 13 Jan 2025; Accepted: 17 Nov 2025; Published online: 09 Dec 2025) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

STATUS REPORT: Media Asia's Scopus CiteScoreTracker 2025 (as of December 9) is 1.4 (or 193 citations from 137 documents).

UPDATE: From January 1 to December 17, 2025, there was a 30.78% increase in new manuscript submissions compared to the same period last year.

STATUS REPORT: For the 2026 issues, we already have a rough issue line-up based on the more than 80 articles published online first. We're excited about the March 2026 issue that focuses on an Asian country that has hogged the global headlines this year. It's thickest so far.

ADVISORY: Our editorial and production teams shall rest to be with loved ones for the rest of the month. Just like you, we deserve a break. While you may still submit your manuscript online, its handling may have to wait until next month. Thank you for understanding.

NEW COMMENTARY: Licensing the news: the state capture logic of copyright journalism in Indonesia by Hendry Roris P. Sianturi (Received: 12 Oct 2025; Accepted: 10 Dec 2025; Published online: 22 Dec 2025) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW REVIEW: Media and the truth: review of the film The Taj Story by Amit Verma (Received: 04 Nov 2025; Accepted: 10 Dec 2025; Published online: 22 Dec 2025) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW REVIEW: Exploited hands of artificial intelligence: review of the film Humans in the Loop by Takshila Bhadana (Received: 07 Nov 2025; Accepted: 10 Dec 2025; Published online: 22 Dec 2025) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

UPDATE: As of 5 January 2026, Media Asia's Scopus CiteScore Tracker 2025 is 1.5 (or 206 citations from 136 documents).

NEW ARTICLE: Humanitarian disaster and historical injustice: CNN and Al Jazeera’s discursive construction of the Palestine–Israel conflict by Ahmed Dakhel ALoufi et al. (Received: 27 Oct 2025; Accepted: 14 Dec 2025; Published online: 15 Jan 2026) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW ARTICLE: What really predicts digital competence? Evidence from online journalists by Hendra Alfani, Alamsyah, Agustinus Rustanta and Dian Novitasari (Received: 05 Oct 2025; Accepted: 07 Dec 2025; Published online: 15 Jan 2026) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW ARTICLE: Responsible digital conduct among Indonesian youth: a PLS-SEM study of digital ethics, empathy, and peer norms by Abhirama Swastyayana et al. (Received: 27 Sep 2025; Accepted: 05 Jan 2026; Published online: 18 Jan 2026) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW ARTICLE: Digital news media as micro-public spheres in Northeast India: a structural analysis by Privat Giri and Deep Moni Gogoi (Received: 11 Aug 2025; Accepted: 11 Jan 2026; Published online: 21 Jan 2026) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW ARTICLE: Obstacles and opportunities of integrating AI in Bangladeshi media houses: a managerial perspective by Shahrin Zahwa Rifat and Mridha Md. Shiblee Noman (Received: 19 Nov 2025; Accepted: 11 Jan 2026; Published online: 23 Jan 2026) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW ISSUE: Media Asia's Vol. 53, No. 1 (March 2026) issue is already published. Titled Indonesia, it has 6 refereed articles, 23 commentaries and 2 reviews. Since the editorial board took over in 2020, this is the thickest issue so far at 344 pages. tandfonline.com/toc/rmea20/53/1

NEW ARTICLE: Enemies in war, allies in survival: comparative climate change coverage in two South Asian archrivals by Muhammad Awais and Ahmed Farouk (Received: 08 Aug 2025; Accepted: 11 Jan 2026; Published online: 03 Feb 2026) doi.org/10.1080/012966…

NEW COMMENTARY: Researching speech in a criminalised timeline: critical reflections on state intervention in social media expression in Indonesia by Ansar Suherman (Received: 12 Dec 2025; Accepted 20 Dec 2025; Published online: 17 Feb 2026) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

NEW ARTICLE: Transforming mental health conversations on X: content and sentiment analysis from Indonesia by Agus Susanto, Markus Utomo Sukendar and Rizka Licia (Received: 24 Jul 2025; Accepted: 13 Feb 2026; Published online: 27 Feb 2026) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

NEW ARTICLE: A model proposal for the stardom process of television figures: “The Stardom Trajectory” and representative figures from Turkish television by Nihan Dönmez (Received: 07 Aug 2025; Accepted: 13 Feb 2026; Published online: 27 Feb 2026) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…