Studies in Media and Communication (SMC) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether SMC publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 12 Number 2 Abel Suing, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, EcuadorAina Fernàndez Aragonès, TecnocampusUPF, SpainÁlvaro Jiménez Sánchez, University of Valladolid, SpainAndré Iribure Rodrigues, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilAndreas Veglis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceAntonio García Gómez, University of Alcalá de Henares, SpainAyşe Aslı Sezgin, Çukurova University, TurkeyBernard Naledzani Rasila, University of Venda, South AfricaBranco Di Fátima, University of Beira Interior (UBI), PortugalCamelia Cmeciu, Danubius University of Galati, RomaniaCarlos Andrés Trejos-Gil, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, ColombiaDaniel Moise, Bucharest University, RomaniaDario Nikić Čakar, University of Zagreb, CroatiaDi Zhang, Universiti Putra Malaysia, ChinaDonka Petrova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, BulgariaDorela Kaçauni, “Fan S. Noli” University, AlbaniaElsa Simões, Fernando Pessoa University, PortugalElsir Ali Saad Mohamed, Umm Al Quwain University, UAEErika Tiburcio Moreno, Carlos III University, SpainEva Solomon, University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaFerit Hysa, Dardania College, AlbaniaFilosa Gita Sukmono, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, IndonesiaFrans Sayogie, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, IndonesiaFred Fang, South China Normal University, ChinaGebru Kahsay Kiflu, Adigrat University, EthiopiaGopolang Ditlhokwa, University of Botswana, BotswanaGordana Lesinger, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, CroatiaHarisur Rahman, North South University, BangladeshHsu Thiri Zaw, National Management Degree College, MyanmarJarlene Rodrigues Reis, Cefet/RJ, BrazilJianbo Hou, Xi'an International Studies University, ChinaJosé SixtoGarcía, University of Santiago de Compostela, SpainJosipa Bubaš, Independent Researcher, CroatiaKarim Ben Yahia, University of Bahrain, BahrainKrešimir Žažar, University of Zagreb, CroatiaLei Ye, Hefei Normal University, ChinaLidia Peralta García, University of Granada, SpainLucia Zbihlejová, University of Presov, SlovakiaMaria de los Angeles Ferrer Mavarez, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, ChileMaría Guadalupe Venteño, National Autonomous University of Mexico, MexicoMaría José Serrano, Universidad de La Laguna, SpainMarta Rizo García, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, MexicoMartial Agbor Fanga, The University of Religions and Denominations, IranMasduki Masduki, Universitas Islam Indonesia, IndonesiaMatthias Degen, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, GermanyMohammad Zamroni, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, IndonesiaNavarro Nicoletti Felipe, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, ArgentinaNgoc Tai Huynh, Tra Vinh University, VietnamNina Gunnarsson, Jönköping university, SwedenNingyang Chen, Soochow University, ChinaPatrick Neil M. Santiago, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, PhilippinesPeggy Peattie, University of San Diego, USAPhilemon Bantimaroudis, University of Cyprus, CyprusRafael Ángel Rodríguez López, University of Malaga, SpainRafiza Luziani Varão Ribeiro Carvalho, University of Brasilia, BrazilRamez Abuhasirah, Middle East University, JordanRanda A. Makled, Beijing University of Technology, ChinaSarah Min, Dalton State College, USASeverin Mbog, University of Douala, CameroonStefan Markov, Sofia University, BulgariaVeneza Mayora Ronsini, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilVladimir Dosev, University of EconomicsVarna, BulgariaXiao Li, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, ChinaYi Luo, Montclair State University, USAYoung Joon Lim, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USAYudie Aprianto, Universitas Gadjah Mada, IndonesiaYuhan Wang, Guangdong University of Technology, ChinaZeinab Abulhul, George Mason University, USAZeynep Genel, İstanbul Okan University, Turkey Patricia JohnsonEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Studies in Media and CommunicationRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://smc.redfame.com
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