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im: Journal of communication and media studies believes that for open access to work effectively, user rights and copyright ownership through licensing must be clear. The journal's open access articles are licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The CC BY-NC 4.0 licence permits sharing, copying, reproduction, and adaptation of the work in any size and format, except for commercial use, including remixing, transforming, and building upon the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work. The licensee may not revoke these freedoms (specified rights) as long as the terms of the licence are fulfilled.

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