In this issue we explore the emerging contexts in which journalism and media studies are operating amid a shifting global order. The post-Second World War system, long centered on the United States, is increasingly decoupling as economic and political power undergoes significant transformation and redistribution. This raises an important question: how should we interpret the new contexts in which media and communication now function? What kinds of paradigms – ones that are neither overlapping nor merely complementary – can help us make sense of these evolving realities? For us, at least in part, the answer lies in creating space for bold and radical intellectual departures. This is precisely what makes this edition of the journal particularly significant. The scholars featured here engage with diverse realities that open up challenging and innovative intellectual possibilities. In doing so, they continue the journal’s longstanding commitment to amplifying voices from the Global South, offering alternative perspectives to the dominant and prevailing paradigms in the field.
Jairo Lugo-Ocando (Sun,) studied this question.