Akane Kanai

1.0k total citations
29 papers, 537 citations indexed

About

Akane Kanai is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Akane Kanai has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 537 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Gender Studies, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Akane Kanai's work include Gender, Feminism, and Media (24 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Digital Games and Media (5 papers). Akane Kanai is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Feminism, and Media (24 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Digital Games and Media (5 papers). Akane Kanai collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Slovenia. Akane Kanai's co-authors include Rosalind Gill, Amy Shields Dobson, Francesca Sobande, Julia Coffey and Tessa Dwyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, New Media & Society and Information Communication & Society.

In The Last Decade

Akane Kanai

25 papers receiving 512 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akane Kanai Australia 14 366 265 122 69 41 29 537
Katherine Sender United States 14 300 0.8× 179 0.7× 126 1.0× 103 1.5× 80 2.0× 28 549
Laurie Ouellette United States 13 188 0.5× 169 0.6× 134 1.1× 34 0.5× 21 0.5× 34 427
Jane Arthurs United Kingdom 10 281 0.8× 179 0.7× 127 1.0× 70 1.0× 24 0.6× 26 518
C. Lee Harrington United States 13 224 0.6× 251 0.9× 134 1.1× 35 0.5× 58 1.4× 38 507
Tobias Raun Denmark 8 216 0.6× 184 0.7× 126 1.0× 88 1.3× 69 1.7× 22 418
Diane Negra Ireland 13 517 1.4× 264 1.0× 131 1.1× 87 1.3× 32 0.8× 54 770
Nathan Rambukkana Canada 8 131 0.4× 225 0.8× 230 1.9× 42 0.6× 61 1.5× 15 450
Kishonna L. Gray United States 13 301 0.8× 521 2.0× 112 0.9× 131 1.9× 63 1.5× 28 677
Frances Bonner Australia 10 208 0.6× 180 0.7× 127 1.0× 23 0.3× 25 0.6× 43 434
Anne Jerslev Denmark 10 172 0.5× 221 0.8× 130 1.1× 24 0.3× 17 0.4× 33 429

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akane Kanai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akane Kanai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akane Kanai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akane Kanai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akane Kanai. Akane Kanai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coffey, Julia, et al.. (2025). Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self. New Media & Society.
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Kanai, Akane. (2024). What’s perfect, and what’s good?. Feminist Media Studies. 25(4). 1047–1050.
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Kanai, Akane, et al.. (2023). Influence and expertise: distancing and distinction in online youth feminist knowledge cultures. Journal of Youth Studies. 27(8). 1097–1111. 2 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane & Julia Coffey. (2023). Dissonance and defensiveness: orienting affects in online feminist cultures. Cultural Studies. 38(4). 645–667.
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Sobande, Francesca, et al.. (2022). The hypervisibility and discourses of ‘wokeness’ in digital culture. Media Culture & Society. 44(8). 1576–1587. 25 indexed citations
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Dwyer, Tessa, et al.. (2021). Media Comforts and International Student Mobility: Managing Hopes, Host and Home. Journal of Intercultural Studies. 42(4). 406–422. 5 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2020). Intersectionality in digital feminist knowledge cultures: the practices and politics of a travelling theory. Feminist Theory. 22(4). 518–535. 15 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane, et al.. (2020). Feminist filter bubbles: ambivalence, vigilance and labour. Information Communication & Society. 24(15). 2307–2322. 14 indexed citations
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Dobson, Amy Shields & Akane Kanai. (2018). From “can-do” girls to insecure and angry: affective dissonances in young women’s post-recessional media. Feminist Media Studies. 19(6). 771–786. 42 indexed citations
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Gill, Rosalind & Akane Kanai. (2018). Mediating Neoliberal Capitalism: Affect, Subjectivity and Inequality. Journal of Communication. 68(2). 318–326. 80 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2018). Gender and Relatability in Digital Culture. 48 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2017). Beyond Repudiation: The Affective Instrumentalisation of Feminism in Girlfriendly Spaces. Australian Feminist Studies. 32(93). 240–258. 11 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2017). On not taking the self seriously: Resilience, relatability and humour in young women’s Tumblr blogs. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 22(1). 60–77. 43 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2017). Girlfriendship and sameness: affective belonging in a digital intimate public. Journal of Gender Studies. 26(3). 293–306. 32 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2017). The Girl in the GIF. Girlhood Studies. 10(3). 1 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2016). Sociality and Classification: Reading Gender, Race, and Class in a Humorous Meme. Social Media + Society. 2(4). 38 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2015). WhatShouldWeCallMe? Self-Branding, Individuality and Belonging in Youthful Femininities on Tumblr. M/C Journal. 18(1). 24 indexed citations
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Kanai, Akane. (2015). Jennifer Lawrence, remixed: approaching celebrity through DIY digital culture. Celebrity Studies. 6(3). 322–340. 18 indexed citations

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