Media International Australia

Aims & Scope

Media International Australia - MIA - is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarly research and reviews about media, telecommunications and cultural industries, policies and practices.

Founded in 1976 and primarily focused on Australia and New Zealand, MIA aims to be inclusive, interdisciplinary and international.

Articles range widely across media forms, scholarly fields and geographic regions, including Asia and the Pacific.

We welcome empirical, applied and theoretical research, historical and speculative analysis, as well as debate and commentary.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.858

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6125

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	551

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Visibility labour: Engaging with Influencers’ fashion brands and #OOTD advertorial campaigns on Instagram

  Citation: 499

  Authors: Crystal

• Social Media Ethnography: The Digital Researcher in a Messy Web

  Citation: 381

  Authors: John, Sarah

• A Manifesto for Performative Research

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Brad

• ‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Axel, Stephen, Edward

• From Cultural to Creative Industries: Theory, Industry and Policy Implications

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Stuart

• Discourse, Deficit and Identity: Aboriginality, the Race Paradigm and the Language of Representation in Contemporary Australia

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Cressida, Lawrence, Ray, Scott, Bill

• Who's Driving the Asylum Debate? Newspaper and Government Representations of Asylum Seekers

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Natascha, Kevin M.

• Being ‘really real’ on YouTube: authenticity, community and brand culture in social media entertainment

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Stuart, David

• Empathy machines

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Grant

• Enacting intimacy and sociality at a distance in the COVID-19 crisis: the sociomaterialities of home-based communication technologies

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Ash, Deborah, Mike

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