Instructional Communication Competence and Instructor Social Presence: Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment

Sherwyn Morreale, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Janice Thorpe, Larisa Olesova

Frontiers Media SA

The coronavirus pandemic mandated unexpected 'instant transitions' to remote learning and...

Humanities and Social Sciences Communication Culture and Communication

Keywords: Online Education,­Online Learning,­Instructional Communication Competence,­Instructor Immediacy,­Instructor presence,­Instructor social presence,­Teaching presence

The dark and the light side of gaming

Felix Reer, Marko Siitonen, Teresa De La Hera

Frontiers Media SA

Science Psychology Human-Media Interaction

Keywords: Digital Games,­Media Effects,­Media Use,­Gaming communities,­Video game culture

COVID-19: Risk Communication and Blame

Victoria Team, Rukhsana Ahmed, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Audra Diers-Lawson

Frontiers Media SA

In the context of COVID-19, political leaders, governments, public health authorities, and citizens...

Humanities and Social Sciences Communication Health Communication

The nature of human experience with language and education

Çelen Dimililer, Ahmet Güneyli

Frontiers Media SA

Science Psychology Psychology of Language

Keywords: sychology of Education,­Affective factors,­Psycholinguistics,­technology in language learning,­Artificial intelligence in language learning

Translation and interpreting as communication: Issues and perspectives

Binhua Wang, Chonglong Gu

Frontiers Media SA

Humanities and Social Sciences Communication Culture and Communication

Keywords: translation,­interpreting,­Cross-language communication,­cross-cultural communication

Sign Language Research Sixty Years Later: Current and Future Perspectives

Valentina Cuccio, Erin Wilkinson, Brigitte Garcia, Adam Schembri, Erin Moriarty, Sabina Fontana

Frontiers Media SA

Science Psychology Educational Psychology

Keywords: sign language structure,­pragmatics,­Language and Cognition,­neural bases of sign language,­sociolinguistics of sign language,­Variation and change,­theorization of iconicity

Songs and Signs: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cultural Transmission and Inheritance in Human and Nonhuman Animals

Julia Hyland Bruno, Brian Boyd, David Rothenberg

Frontiers Media SA

Science Psychology Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cultural transmission,­animal traditions,­birdsong,­language evolution,­iterated learning

Cultural Changes in Instructional Practices Due to Covid-19

Stephanie Kelly, Tatiana M. Permyakova, Davide Girardelli, Christopher J. Claus

Frontiers Media SA

Humanities and Social Sciences Communication Culture and Communication

Keywords: COVID-19,­culture,­Education,­Learning,­classroom,­instruction,­Online Learning,­Learning Technology,­efficacy