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Peer-reviewed journal articles
2026
Madrid-Morales, D., Wasserman, H., Davies-Laubscher, N., & Sow, F. (2026). How civil society coalition-building affects information integrity during elections: Evidence from four African countries. Information, Communication & Society. [Advanced Online Publication]
Davies-Laubscher, N., Madrid-Morales, D., & Wasserman, H. (2026). 'Too aggressive' or 'slay queens': Gendered attacks, threats and disinformation in Kenyan elections. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 11(115), 44–57.
2025
Wright, K., Madrid-Morales, D., & Barrie, C. (2025). Beyond "emergencies?" Reporting on humanitarian issues around the world. Digital Journalism. [Advanced Online Publication]
Madrid-Morales, D., Tully, M., Mudavadi, K. C., Matanji, F., & Diop, L. (2025). Exploring audience agency in countering misinformation. International Journal of Communication, 19, 2382–2406.
Kobayashi, T., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2025). Are Hong Kongese still bicultural? Six preregistered replications of the cultural priming effect in Hong Kong. Japanese Psychological Research. [Advanced Online Publication]
Gondwe, G., Madrid-Morales, D., Tully, M., & Wasserman, H. (2025). Misinformation and digital inequalities: Comparing how different demographic groups get exposed to and engage with false information. Mass Communication and Society, 29(1), 1–15.
Diop, L., Madrid-Morales, D., Mudavadi, K. C., Matanji, F., & Tully, M. (2025). What is media literacy and why does it matter? Perspectives of Senegalese media professionals. Journal of African Media Studies, 17(1), 55–72.
Madrid-Morales, D., & Wasserman, H. (2025). Cynical or critical media consumers? Exploring the misinformation literacy needs of South African youth. African Journalism Studies, 45(4), 327–345.
2024
Mudavadi, K. C., Matanji, F., Diop, L., Tully, M., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2024). Stakeholder perceptions of regulatory responses to misinformation in Kenya and Senegal. Journalism, 26(7), 1488–1507.
Matanji, F., Tully, M., Mudavadi, K. C., Diop, L., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2024). Media literacy and fact-checking as proactive and reactive responses to misinformation in Kenya and Senegal. African Journalism Studies, 47(1), 1–18.
Madrid-Morales, D., Wasserman, H., & Ahmed, S. (2024). The geopolitics of disinformation: Worldviews, media consumption and the adoption of global strategic disinformation narratives. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(3), edad042.
2023
Madrid-Morales, D., Rodríguez-Amat, J. R., & Lindner, P. (2023). A computational mapping of online news deserts on African news websites. Media and Communication, 11(3), 330–342.
Ahmed, S., Madrid-Morales, D., & Tully, M. (2023). Online political engagement, cognitive skills, and engagement with misinformation: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States. Online Information Review, 47(5), 989–1008.
2022
Madrid-Morales, D., & Wasserman, H. (2022). How effective are Chinese media in shaping audiences' attitudes towards China? A survey analysis in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Online Media and Global Communication, 1(4), 1–26.
Kobayashi, T., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2022). ¿Se acumula capital social en Asia oriental con el uso de las redes sociales? Inferencia causal estadística con datos del Asian Barometer Survey. Revista Internacional de Sociología, 80(4), e215.
Ahmed, S., Madrid-Morales, D., & Tully, M. (2022). Social media, misinformation, and age inequality in online political engagement. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 20(3).
2021
Tully, M., Madrid-Morales, D., Wasserman, H., Gondwe, G., & Ireri, K. (2021). Who is responsible for stopping the spread of misinformation? Examining audience perceptions of responsibilities and responses in six sub-Saharan African countries. Digital Journalism, 10(5), 679–697.
Madrid-Morales, D., Wasserman, H., Gondwe, G., Ndlovu, K., Sikanku, E., Tully, M., Umejei, E., & Uzuegbunam, C. E. (2021). Motivations for sharing misinformation: A comparative study in six sub-Saharan African countries. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1200–1219.
Madrid-Morales, D. (2021). Who set the narrative? Assessing the influence of Chinese global media on news coverage of COVID-19 in 30 African countries. Global Media and China, 6(2), 129–151.
Kobayashi, T., Miura, A., Madrid-Morales, D., & Shimizu, H. (2021). Why are politically active people avoided in countries with collectivistic culture? A cross-cultural experiment. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(4), 388–405.
Ahmed, S., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2021). Is it still a man's world? Social media news use and gender inequality in online political engagement. Information, Communication & Society, 24(3), 381–399.
2020
Madrid-Morales, D. (2020). Using computational text analysis tools to study African online news content. African Journalism Studies, 41(4), 68–82.
Hernández, M., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2020). Diversifying voice, democratizing the news? A content analysis of citizen news sources in Spanish-language international broadcasting. Journalism Studies, 21(8), 1076–1092.
2019
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2019). An exploratory study of "fake news" and media trust in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. African Journalism Studies, 40(1), 107–123.
Kobayashi, T., Madrid-Morales, D., Asaba, Y., & Tago, A. (2019). Economic downturns and hardline public opinion. Social Science Quarterly, 101(1), 309–324.
2018
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2018). How influential are Chinese media in Africa? An audience analysis in Kenya and South Africa. International Journal of Communication, 12, 2212–2231.
Madrid-Morales, D., & Wasserman, H. (2018). Chinese media engagement in South Africa: What is its impact on local journalism? Journalism Studies, 9(8), 1218–1235.
Madrid-Morales, D., & Gorfinkel, L. (2018). Narratives of contemporary Africa on China Global Television Network's documentary series Faces of Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 53(6), 917–931.
2017
Madrid-Morales, D. (2017). La internacionalización de los medios de comunicación chinos: Un estudio de la producción periodística en CGTN África. Communication Papers, 6(11), 51–69.
2015
Madrid-Morales, D., & Lovric, B. (2015). 'Transatlantic connection': K-pop and K-drama fandom in Spain and Latin America. Journal of Fandom Studies, 3(1), 23–41.
Book reviews
Madrid-Morales, D. (2018). The Power and the Story: The Global Battle for News and Information by John Lloyd (2017). Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 13(1), 48–53.
Madrid-Morales, D. (2016). Identity and pleasure: The politics of Indonesian screen culture. Asian Journal of Communication, 26(2), 197–199.
Edited books
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (Eds.). (2022). Disinformation in the Global South. Wiley.
Madrid-Morales, D. (Ed.). (2017). Comunicación y poder en Asia Oriental [Communication and Power in East Asia]. Editorial UOC.
Books
Madrid-Morales, D., & Martínez, G. (2015). El manga y la animación japonesa. Editorial UOC.
Junqueras i Vies, O., Madrid-Morales, D., Martínez Taberner, G., & Pitarch Fernández, P. (2012). Historia de Japón: economía, política y sociedad. UOC.
Junqueras i Vies, O., Madrid-Morales, D., Martínez Taberner, G., & Pitarch Fernández, P. (2011). Història del Japó. UOC.
Madrid-Morales, D., & Martínez, G. (2010). El manga i l'animació japonesa. Editorial UOC.
Book chapters
Forthcoming
Madrid-Morales, D. (Forthcoming). Journalism and disinformation. In S. Chesterman, A. Taeihagh, & A. Yue (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Misinformation and Disinformation. Oxford University Press.
Paterson, C., & Madrid-Morales, D. (Forthcoming). Researching news agency production and content. In O. Boyd-Barrett, P. Aguiar, & C. A. Vukasovich (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of News Agencies. Routledge.
Wasserman, H., Madrid-Morales, D., Tandoc, E. C., Bosch, T., Bachmann, I., Vraga, E. K., Cunliffe-Jones, P., & Lukito, J. (Forthcoming). Introduction. In H. Wasserman (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and the Media. Routledge.
2025
Mudavadi, K. C., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2025). Countering political disinformation. In S. A. Eldridge II, D. Cheruiyot, S. Banjac, & J. Swart (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies (2nd ed., pp. 450–459). Routledge.
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2025). Engaging and disengaging with political disinformation on WhatsApp: A study of young adults in South Africa. In S. Udupa & H. Wasserman (Eds.), WhatsApp in the World: Disinformation, Encryption, and Extreme Speech (pp. 126–140). NYU Press.
2024
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2024). What motivated the sharing of disinformation about China and COVID-19? In G. Yang, B. Meng, & E. J. Yuan (Eds.), Pandemic Crossings: Digital Technology, Everyday Experience, and Governance in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 189–212). Michigan State University Press.
2023
Madrid-Morales, D., & Wasserman, H. (2023). The "rise of the rest" in global media and competition over news narratives in Africa. In G. Carbone & L. Ragazzi (Eds.), Is Africa Turning against the West? (pp. 93–112). ISPI.
2022
Madrid-Morales, D., & Wasserman, H. (2022). Research methods in comparative disinformation studies. In H. Wasserman & D. Madrid-Morales (Eds.), Disinformation in the Global South (pp. 41–57). Wiley.
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2022). The messenger, the message, and the receiver: South African government communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. In P. J. Maarek (Ed.), Manufacturing Government Communication on Covid-19: A Comparative Perspective (pp. 319–333). Springer Cham.
2021
Madrid-Morales, D. (2021). Sino-African media cooperation? An overview of a longstanding asymmetric relationship. In It's About Their Story: How China, Turkey and Russia Try to Influence Media in Africa (pp. 9–70). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
2017
Madrid-Morales, D. (2017). Inmovilismo e innovación: La comunicación de masas en Japón. In D. Madrid-Morales (Ed.), Comunicación y poder en Asia oriental (pp. 117–158). Editorial UOC.
Madrid-Morales, D. (2017). Soft power in the living room: A survey of television drama on CCTV's foreign-language channels. In P. Voci & L. Hui (Eds.), Screening China's Soft Power (pp. 38–55). Routledge.
Madrid-Morales, D. (2017). China's digital public diplomacy towards Africa: Actors, messages and audiences. In K. Batchelor & X. Zhang (Eds.), China-Africa Relations: Building Images through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation and On the Ground Activities (pp. 129–146). Routledge.
2016
Madrid-Morales, D. (2016). Why are Chinese media in Africa? Evidence from three decades of Xinhua's news coverage of Africa. In X. Zhang, H. Wasserman, & W. Mano (Eds.), China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions (pp. 79–92). Palgrave Macmillan.
2015
Madrid-Morales, D. (2015). China's international broadcasting and the Spanish speaking world. In Q. Luo (Ed.), Global Media Worlds and China (pp. 187–203). Communication University of China Press.
2010
Madrid-Morales, D., & Martínez, G. (2010). Comunicación 2.0 en Asia: redes sociales, blogs y tecnología móvil. In Anuario Asia-Pacífico 2010 (pp. 295–304). CIDOB.
Madrid-Morales, D., & Martínez, G. (2010). La Ola Nipona: consumo de cultura popular japonesa en España. In P. San Guinés Aguilar (Ed.), Cruces de Miradas, Relaciones e Intercambios (pp. 49–61). Editorial Universidad de Granada.
Reports & special issue introductions
Madrid-Morales, D., Wasserman, H., Davies-Laubscher, N., & Sow, F. (2025). Tackling Disinformation, Information Manipulation and Interference in Four African Elections. MEDiA Project.
Marsh, V., Madrid-Morales, D., & Paterson, C. (2023). Global Chinese media and a decade of change. International Communication Gazette, 85(1), 3–14. [Special Issue Introduction]
Wasserman, H., & Madrid-Morales, D. (2022). An Assessment of Media Literacy and Fact-Checking Training Needs in South African Schools and Universities. Africa Check.
Madrid-Morales, D., & Ireri, K. (2021). Disruptions and transformations of digital media in Africa: An interdisciplinary overview. Journal of African Media Studies, 13(1), 3–16. [Special Issue Introduction]
Software
Watanabe, K. (Author); Müller, S., Madrid-Morales, D., & Tertytchnaya, K. (Contributors). (2018). newsmap: Semi-supervised model for geographical document classification [R package].
Datasets
Madrid-Morales, D., Wright, K., & Jones, A. (2025). Global English-language Corpus of Humanitarian News, 2010–2020. University of Edinburgh DataShare.
Madrid-Morales, D., Lindner, P., & Periyasamy, M. (2021). Corpus of African Digital News from 600 websites formatted for text mining / computational text analysis. Texas Data Repository, V3.
Doctoral dissertation
Madrid-Morales, D. (2018). African News with Chinese Characteristics: A Case Study of CGTN Africa [有中國特色的非洲新聞：中國環球電視網非洲分台的案例分析]. PhD Thesis. City University of Hong Kong.
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