Introduction to Standard Issue

First paragraph: This standard issue features six contributions from postgraduate and early career scholars working at the intersections of media, communications, education, sociology, and technoculture. In spite of the numerous challenges face d in 2020 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic and its knock-on effect on universities around the world, we are delighted to be closing the difficult year with the publication of this collection of articles. This is a reason for celebration – celebration of the authors whose work is featured herein, of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary connections that allow us to engage in academic dialogue across borders, of our resilience as a global collective of researchers, and our ongoing commitment to knowledge exchange