Calls for Papers for Communication and Media Studies related journals are advertised below:

The International Journal on Media Management

Editor: Alan B. Albarran, University of North Texas, USA

The International Journal on Media Management publishes original research and scholarship on the management aspects of the media and communications industries. The content is both interdisciplinary, combining a number of different academic disciplines (strategy, technology, marketing, finance, etc.) and multisectoral, exploring the interrelationship between developments in related industries. While the journal is open to all methodological approaches, all submissions are expected to be theoretically grounded.

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Asian Journal of Communication

Since its inception in 1990, the Asian Journal of Communication (AJC) has been a flagship publication of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in conjunction with the School of Communication and Information (SCI) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The vision of the AJC is to create a world-class academic journal to advance the understanding of communication issues related to Asia by publishing articles that develop communication theory, report empirical research, and describe advances made in research methodology.

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The Communication Review
Editors: Andrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams, Both at the University of Virginia, USA

The Communication Review seeks a synthesis of concerns traditional to the fields of communication and media studies. The journal’s heuristic division of the field into three analytical perspectives provides a natural structure for creating new knowledge across conventional disciplinary boundaries: Communication and Culture, Communication as a Social Force, and Communication and Mind. The Journal seeks papers in the interdisciplinary field of media studies.

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Communication Teacher

Communication Teacher, a quarterly teaching resource, is now soliciting manuscripts. Two types of manuscripts will be considered for publication in the journal. First, as in the past, instructional activities that can be conducted in either the K-12 or college classroom will be considered. Second, a new addition, manuscripts focused on communication education assessment in either the K-12 or college classroom will be considered.

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The International Journal on Media Management
Editor: Alan B. Albarran, University of North Texas, USA

The International Journal on Media Management publishes original research and scholarship on the management aspects of the media and communications industries. The content is both interdisciplinary, combining a number of different academic disciplines (strategy, technology, marketing, finance, etc.) and multisectoral, exploring the interrelationship between developments in related industries. While the journal is open to all methodological approaches, all submissions are expected to be theoretically grounded.

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Communication Research Reports
Editor: Wendy Samter, Bryant University, USA

Communication Research Reports, a scholarly, academic journal sponsored by the Eastern Communication Association (ECA), publishes refereed manuscripts on a wide variety of topics pertaining to human communication. The journal is philosophically committed to publishing the highest quality brief empirical articles derived from a variety of research areas within the discipline.

Manuscripts considered for publication are short empirical reports, approximately 10-12 pages in length (including references, tables, and appendices). Although Communication Research Reports is supported by ECA, a regional communication association, it has a national and international readership and is considered by many leaders in the field to be the best source for short research reports on communication. As such, submissions from diverse geographic areas and cultures worldwide are encouraged.

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Communication Education Special Issue:

“Instructional Communication in Organizational Contexts: Innovations in Training and Consulting”

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The Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC), to be launched in 2008, is a new venture of scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions, while contributing to the understanding of media, information, and communication phenomena around the world.

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Critical Arts: A Journal of South-North Cultural Studies
A publication of the UNISA

New to Routledge in 2007!

Keyan Tomaselli - University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Critical Arts has been publishing since 1980. A number of integrated theoretical trajectories and ongoing debates have emerged during the intervening period. Submitting authors are requested to familiarise themselves with these themes. For example, Critical Arts prefers analyses which interrogate essentialist ideas rather than simply assuming them. We prefer it if current authors address and critically engage discussions previously published in the Journal, in their own analyses. For example, the question “What is African cinema?' is a recurring one.

Critical Arts publishes the work of established scholars and is also geared to opening spaces for new, young and dynamic authors, whose emerging work is of critical and theoretical significance. Amongst our authors (and in the book series) are MA and PhD students whose work is often theoretically refreshing, conceptually innovative and critically challenging. Critical Arts provides a platform for such students who need to find their niche within the research and publishing community.

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Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

A publication of the World Communication Association

Editor: James W. Neuliep, St Norbert College, USA

The Journal of Intercultural Communication Research publishes qualitative and quantitative research that focuses on interrelationships between culture and communication. Generally, research published in JICR emphasizes non-mediated contexts.

Submitted manuscripts may report results from either cross-cultural comparative research or results from other types of research concerning the ways culture affects human symbolic activities. Studies reporting data from within a single nation/culture should focus on cultural factors and explore the theoretical or practical relevance of their findings from a cross-cultural perspective.

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Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research
A publication of the UNISA

New to Routledge in 2007!

Editor: Prof. Pieter J. Fourie, University of South Africa (UNISA), S. Africa

Communicatio focuses on and seeks to publish original research articles of the highest standard and of special interest on South African and African communication contexts in the fields of:

• communication theory and philosophy
• media and cultural studies
• organisational and management communication
• visual communication
• intercultural communication
• advertising and marketing
• developmental communication
• political communication
• new media (policy and social implications)
• international communication.

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The Review of Communication is a refereed, online only journal that publishes state-of- the-art reviews dealing with all communication issues in all modes of communication. While book reviews remain extremely important to this journal, any communication mode can be reviewed and submitted for consideration in this journal. In particular, reviews may focus on matters of importance to the communication discipline, including pedagogical and other professional issues within the academy, as well as historical events, scholars, or classical texts of importance to the contemporary study of communication.

The Review of Communication includes extended analyses of single books, longer review essays covering several thematically related texts, as well as brief summaries. Reviews of all types of books dealing with human communication, including academic books, textbooks, and appropriate trade books are encouraged. As of January 2007, access to the journal is through subscription. Queries regarding review options are invited; send an email note to Raymie E. McKerrow at mckerrow@ohio.edu.

Manuscript Submission Process

Manuscripts should be submitted online and in English through the journal's Manuscript Central web site at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rroc. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. The "create an account" button can be found at the top right corner of that page.

Manuscripts should be formatted in Microsoft Word in a PC-compatible version (Mac users should be sure to use the most current versions of Word and to end their file names in ".doc"). For all reviews, create a separate title that reflects the review’s content or viewpoint. You will NOT need an abstract if you are writing a review of a 1-4 books. If you are writing a broader “literature review” essay covering multiple sources, submit a separate, 75-150 word abstract outlining the argument/issue being covered. Manuscripts should be prepared in 12-point font, double-spaced throughout and should not exceed 9,000 words including references. The journal adheres to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 5th Edition (2001). Manuscripts also must conform to the guidelines for avoiding ethnic biases and sexist language. Manuscipts submitted to Review of Communication should not be under review elsewhere or have previously appeared in any other published form.

Manuscripts submitted to Review of Communication must not be under review elsewhere or have appeared in any other published form. Upon notification of acceptance, authors must assign copyright to the National Communication Association and provide copyright clearance for any copyrighted material.

Raymie E. McKerrow, Editor
Review of Communication
212 Lasher Hall
Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
740-593-4843; fax: 740-593-4810
mckerrow@ohio.edu

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

New for 2008!

A publication of the National Communication Association

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication will publish scholarship for an international readership on international and intercultural communication from a range of theoretical, conceptual and methodological perspectives. The journal features leading edge inquiry that cuts across academic boundaries to focus on international, intercultural, as well as indigenous communication issues. It invites manuscripts that not only address pressing issues in multiple regions, multilingual communities, social, political, and cultural practices from the standpoint of communication, but it also invites manuscripts that push the boundaries of contemporary work in international and intercultural communication. A nation-state should not necessarily be synonymous with a single culture as nation-states might be more productively viewed as comprising multiple cultures, nor should a culture be thought of as bounded by national boundaries, as cultures may cross the boundaries of multiple nation-states. International and intercultural communication, from interpersonal interaction to mass media, should be considered in the context of contemporary tensions, including globalization, post colonialism, cultural imperialism, and more. Theoretical, historical, experiential, experimental, as well as critical, discursive and textual analyses are welcome.

Initial questions relating to the submission process may be addressed to:

Tom Nakayama
Editor-Elect
Arizona State University
jiic@asu.edu