Antonakis, AnnaAnnaAntonakisDrüeke, RicardaRicardaDrüeke2025-08-202025-08-202021https://doi.org/10.24451/dspace/1207110.22032/dbt.51025https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/45501This special issue aims to strengthening critical perspectives in Global Media Studies as well as International Communication in order to expand and challenge the hegemonic canon of media studies. Drawing from our own research, we observed that the representation of post and neocolonial, intersectional and queer perspectives in the field does not do justice to their rich histories, transgression and contributions, as they are often sidelined or washed into the canon, where they frequently lose their potential of critique of power. While being very aware of the differentiated trajectories of epistemologies, methodologies and backgrounds of these perspectives, we think that they all draw attention to blind spots in communication studies, mark and question global norms and ex pose Eurocentric standards, and finally productively use ambiguities in analyses of media and communication processes.enarticle